When doing a Big Ten Power rankings this time of year, there's three tiers. You have your top three teams, a force to be reckoned with in national college basketball. Then you have this muddled mix of mediocre blah. Some of it will rise to the cream, and possibly make a run in March because this is kind of a down year nationally. Some of the muddled mass is just blahhhh ughh … [Read more...] about Big Ten Basketball Power Rankings 2-28-11
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Big Ten Basketball Power Rankings February 2011 Edition
Lots of shakeup this week in my Big Ten Power Rankings. Let's see where everyone shakes up. "CAN'T WAIT" as the New York Jets Bart Scott would say: … [Read more...] about Big Ten Basketball Power Rankings February 2011 Edition
Big 10 Power Rankings 1-17-11 Edition
Ohio State takes over the #1 position in both national college basketball polls. Just like they did in college football a couple months ago...then they lost their very next game at Wisconsin. In hoops, they don't visit Madison until February 12th, so maybe they'll be alright for awhile this time. After the Buckeyes, the talent level drops off DRAMATICALLY! as 2-6 are about … [Read more...] about Big 10 Power Rankings 1-17-11 Edition
Big Ten Power Rankings: Start of Conference Season Edition
Back around Halloween, there was this belief that the Big Ten was the most powerful conference in college basketball. Of course that was before the season started. With the league going just 17-18 versus other power conference teams, while the Big East has gone 24-12 with the same criteria. In other words, this league is rather overrated; and they've suffered some unexpected … [Read more...] about Big Ten Power Rankings: Start of Conference Season Edition
Big Ten Basketball Power Rankings: Holiday Party Edition
When you get into mid-late December, the featured games in college basketball can be less than appealing. We're past the riveting pairings of the Big Ten/ACC Challenge and Feast Week Thanksgiving tournaments. However, we still have three weeks until conference season begins. Last Saturday's nationally televised match-ups on Saturday were so dreadfully boring that Indiana … [Read more...] about Big Ten Basketball Power Rankings: Holiday Party Edition
2011 Big Ten Basketball Power Rankings, Premature Edition
As we learn every November/December, college basketball polls in the early season are often pretty useless. Therefore, as I do my power rankings I'm going to try and ignore the polls in evaluating these Big Ten teams. We'll see how that works out. Going with the eye test here. By Paul M. Banks … [Read more...] about 2011 Big Ten Basketball Power Rankings, Premature Edition