Tag: Big Ten 2020-21 Season

The KenPom preseason rankings have the Badgers in the nation’s top 10

Of all the college basketball rankings, polls and analysis, there is one that accurately predicts future production with advanced…

Of all the college basketball rankings, polls and analysis, there is one that accurately predicts future production with advanced statistics and metrice. It is Ken Pomeroy’s KenPom rankings.

Last night those rankings were released for the 2020-2021 college basketball season and coming in at No. 7 in the nation are the Wisconsin Badgers.

From KenPom.com, the ratings are “designed to be purely predictive” and use advanced metrics to predict each team’s offensive production, defensive production, strength of schedule and more.

Related: Here is how Wisconsin football can still make the Big Ten Championship game

The recently-released rankings have Greg Gard’s team as the best team in the Big Ten, with Ohio State, Iowa, Michigan State, Michigan, Illinois and Purdue also making the Top 25.

The Badgers, coming off a shared regular-season Big Ten title, return their entire core from last season and, if national rankings and polls are any indication, are in for another successful season.

 

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Tom Izzo confident Big Ten will have 2020-21 basketball season

Michigan State Basketball head coach Tom Izzo said he is confident the Big Ten will have a 2020-21 basketball season. Read his thoughts.

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Graham Couch of the Lansing State Journal recently sat down for an interview with Michigan State basketball HC Tom Izzo. In this chat, Izzo said he is confident that the Big Ten will have a 2020-21 basketball season. He even brought up the potential of a bubble-like environment.

Here is a quote from Tom Izzo, per Graham Couch of the Lansing State Journal:

“I think we’re 100% going to play,” Izzo said. “I think there’s going to be a vaccine or we’re going to get this (under control) and, with (in-person classes) ending in November (this year), I think we’ve got a built-in bubble (to start playing).”

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