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The final college basketball rankings included five Big Ten schools. 7 Michigan State 9 Maryland 10 Michigan 14 Purdue 16 Wisconsin The way-to-early basketball projections for the 2025-2026 season are: 2 Purdue 5 Michigan 10 UCLA 14 Wisconsin 18 Michigan State 23 Ohio State 26 Illinois 30 Oregon Jon Wilner's picks: 5 Michigan 13 UCLA 15 Purdue 19 Iowa 23 Michigan State Honorable Mention: Oregon Yikes! This doesn't look good at all. Let's hope Bittle returns and Coach Altman can get some guys through the transfer portal. It certainly isn't getting any easier being in the Big Ten. Go Ducks!

This is great news! Up until his decision, I thought it would be 50-50 that he would return. With forwards Supreme Cook and Brandon Angel graduating and Mookie Cook transferring only forwards Dezdrick Lindsay (injured last season) and Oleksandr Kobzystyi only playing in two games with a total of eight minutes return. I would be surprised if Evans isn't in the starting lineup next season. A look at next years players. Shelstad guard Phillips guard Frakes guard Lindsay forward Kobzystyi forward Evans forward Pryor forward Bittle center ???

Here's the stats for Jadrian Tracey 2023-2024 games played 36 games started 22 total minutes 975 per game 27 field goal 42% 3 point 36% free throws 78% points per game 7.6 total rebounds 129 total assists 64 2024-2025 games played 35 games started 16 total minutes 740 per game 21 field goal 48% 3 point 34% free throws 69% points per game 6.9 total rebounds 97 total assists 58 A few weeks ago, Tracey said he was coming back. I wonder what happened for him to change his mind. With the NIL, its becoming more difficult for coaches to keep players in the program. If Bittle, Evans and Shelstad stay, Coach Altman will be able to build around his core group of players.

I was a Comcast customer for about 25 years. All they did was raise the cost seemingly every year. I had the "bundle", cable tv, wifi and a land line. I finally pulled the plug, sort of, ditched cable tv and my land line phone. I still have the wifi. I haven't received any calls from them but do get a lot of emails saying my account has been compromised and I can't get any service, which is simply not true. Also emails saying I need to contact social security, Amazon, my local bank etc. I did actually receive a phone call years ago. I could tell it was from a foreign country because the caller spoke broken English. I toyed with him for a while before he hung up on me. And speaking of Comcast, if anyone is ready to move on, I would suggest YouTube TV. It has all the sports channels and I am very satisfied with it.

Duck pitchers gave up: 11 runs (10 earned) 12 hits, 5 walks, 2 doubles, 1 triple, 1 home run, 6 wild pitches, 4 hit batters along with 3 errors. And this to a last place Buckeye team. These guys aren't getting anywhere near Omaha. Approximately 153 days until football, 225 days until basketball.

Continuing on with our discussion about the B1G Ten arena's, Ben Kenney writes for USA Today Sports and gave his take on each arena. He wrote this article in May 2024. This is his perspective and how he ranks them. 18. Rutgers - Jersey Mikes Arena Great environment, layout makes it tough to watch game as a fan. 17. USC - Galen Center A mostly nondescript arena. 16. Oregon - Matthew Knight A great place to watch a game, however, the court is challenging to look at. He wrote this before Oregon changed the court. 15. Penn St. - Bryce Jordan Center Look's like a professional arena, seats far back from the court. It's a multi-purpose facility, not great for basketball. 14. Minnesota - Williams Arena Terrific architecture and old-school feel, a great college basketball arena. 13. Ohio St. - Value City Arena Capacity 18,809, is too large for college ball. 12. Northwestern - Welsh-Ryan Arena Smallest arena in the Big Ten (7,039) Just like Ohio St., this arena is too small. 11. Nebraska - Pinnacle Bank Arena A new building, a professional feel to it and too many luxury boxes. 10. Washington - Alaska Airlines Correct size (10,000) and fan intimacy court side. 9. Maryland - Xfinity Center It's a hybrid between college/professional arena 8. Iowa - Carver-Hawkeye Arena A right feel for college basketball and fans are right on top of the action. 7. UCLA - Pauley Pavillion A good hybrid of old school arena and new renovations. 6. Michigan - Crisler Center Part of the court has the student section, a good environment for college basketball. 5. Illinois - State Farm Center Just like Michigan, student section surrounds the court, terrific environment for college basketball. 4. Wisconsin - Kohl Center Too large and professional feeling, but large crowds and a winning atmosphere make up for this. 3. Purdue - Mackey Arena Ugly arena and not up-to-date, but a great college environment. This place is rocking for every game. 2. Michigan St. - Breslin Center One of the best student sections in the B1G ten. 70% of the court is surrounded by students. 1. Indiana - Assembly Hall An ideal combination of a unique feel and a terrific atmosphere.

Hi Charles I think there was a misunderstanding when I listed the arena capacities. Ohio State did not average 18,000 fans, same thing with Penn St, they didn't average 15,000 fans either. I should have also listed the average attendance in the previous post. I have added that here, the school and the AVERAGE attendance for each game. 1. Indiana 16,464 2. Wisconsin 15,512 3. Illinois 15,378 4. Maryland 15,157 5. Nebraska 15,012 6. Purdue 14,876 7. Michigan St. 14,797 8. Michigan 12,388 9. Ohio St. 12,000 10. Minnesota 9,983 11. Iowa 9.369 12. UCLA 8,628 13. Oregon 8,438 14. Rutgers 8,000 15. Washington 7,746 16. Penn St. 7,713 17. Northwestern 6,474 18. USC 6,214

This is a list of the final attendance percentages for B1G TEN basketball. Listed is the school, arena capacity and the percentage of actual attendance. This is based on ten home games against big ten opponents. I did not list non-conference games. School Arena Capacity % Purdue 14,876 100 Michigan State 14,797 100 Rutgers 8,000 100 Illinois 15,544 99 Nebraska 15,500 97 Michigan 12,707 97 Indiana 17,222 96 Wisconsin 16,838 92 Northwestern 7,039 92 Maryland 17,950 84 Washington 10,000 77 Minnesota 14,625 68 Oregon 12,364 68 Ohio State 18,809 64 UCLA 13,800 63 USC 10,258 61 Iowa 15,500 60 Penn State 15,261 51

On October 2nd, 2024 the fine folks at the Columbus Dispatch and Indianapolis Star released a pre-season media poll on the B1G Ten standings. Listed below is their list and the final standings. They actually got two of them correct, USC and Penn St. pre-season predictions final standings 1. Purdue 1. Michigan State 2. Indiana 2. Maryland 3. UCLA 3. Michigan 4. Illinois 4. UCLA 5. Michigan State 5. Wisconsin 6. Oregon 6. Purdue 7. Rutgers 7. Illinois 8. Ohio State 8. Oregon 9. Michigan 9. Indiana 10. Maryland 10. Ohio State 11. Iowa 11. Rutgers 12. Wisconsin 12. Minnesota 13. Nebraska 13. Northwestern 14. USC 14. USC 15. Washington 15. Iowa 16. Northwestern 16. Nebraska 17. Penn State 17. Penn State 18. Minnesota 18. Washington

There is a very important game tonight with Illinois vs. Purdue. The game is at 5 pm on the FOX network. If Purdue wins and the Ducks beat the Huskies, Oregon would have the 7th seed and would play the #10 vs. #15 winner in the Big Ten tournament. If Illinois wins, Oregon ends up with the #8 seed and would play the winner of the Indiana/Ohio State game. Earlier this year, Indiana won at Ohio State 77-76 in overtime. Oregon beat Indiana 73-64 in Eugene and the Ducks beat Ohio State in Columbus 73-71. If Oregon faces Indiana, it will be like a home game for the Hoosiers. Bloomington is only 56 miles away from Indianapolis. If the Ducks don't get that 7th seed, I'd rather see us play Ohio State again.

The latest college baseball rankings (D 1) are out. The Ducks are # 10 this week and they are the only B1G Ten team in the top 25. Playing USC this week-end, they will have a target on their backs. Hope the guys are prepared for their first away series this season. As noted above, USC'S home field, Dedeaux Field, is still under renovation. The ballpark seats 2,500 fans. Playing at Great Park Stadium, the seating capacity is 1,200. All USC home games are free of charge this season.

This is not going to be an easy game to win. Ducks home losses were to UCLA 73-71, Illinois 109-77 (inexcusable), Purdue 65-58 and Nebraska 77-71. The Trojans are currently on a four game losing streak. USC lost to Oregon 68-60 in LA. Although the Trojans are not a very good basketball team, they have been in a few close games, losing by two points to Northwestern, lost by three to Minnesota and by five to Ohio St. Win those three games and they would be a much more dangerous opponent. If the Big Ten Conference started today, USC would be the # 15 seed in the tournament. They are going to give Oregon all they can handle. Let's hope our Ducks are ready for the battle at hand.

It took a while, but I'm thoroughly enjoying all the B1G Ten games. At first I just watched the Ducks play, but now take an interest in the other games as were getting closer to the post season. There is a lot more parity in the league than I thought. Using the current conference standings, I have listed the winning and losing streaks for each team. All games are included, non-conference and conference games. SCHOOL WINNING STREAK LOSING STREAK Michigan State 13 2 Michigan 7 2 Maryland 5 2 Wisconsin 8 3 UCLA 9 4 Purdue 7 4 Illinois 5 3 Oregon 9 5 Nebraska 6 6 Indiana 5 5 Ohio State 3 3 Rutgers 4 3 Minnesota 3 4 USC 4 3 Iowa 5 3 Northwestern 4 3 Penn State 6 7 Washington 5 6

Although It's early in the season, I'm skeptical of how good our pitching staff is. Giving up 24 runs in two games to Rhode Island, an unranked team is not a good sign of things to come. I took a look at Oregon's last two games from last year against Texas A&M. The Ducks pitching gave up 25 runs in those games. Oregon lost by scores of 10-6 and 15-9. Against Texas A&M... pitcher IP H R ER BB SO WP NP ERA Ryan Featherstone 0.2 0 3 3 4 0 2 28 31.15 game one Grayson Grinsell 4 6 4 4 2 2 2 85 9.00 game two Game against Rhode Island Grayson Grinsell 5.1 6 4 4 1 4 1 81 7.06 game one Ryan featherstone 0.2 2 5 5 2 1 1 30 51.9 game one Currently for this season, Grinsell's ERA is 4.35 and Featherstone is 16.88. The comparison for these pitchers from last year to this year is eerily the same.

I completely agree with you guys that Oregon can't lose to lower class teams, especially on their home field. I will use our little brother to point out what can and did happen to them. After winning back-to-back baseball championships, their 2008 season came crashing back to Earth. They did not make the playoffs. They lost to Gonzaga 11-6 and 4-2 in Spokane, Utah Valley beat them 11-6 in Corvallis and a loss to Long Beach State 10-0 in Long Beach. Fast forward to 2015 where they did make the NCAA Baseball Playoffs. Losing twice to New Mexico 7-4 and 5-2 in Surprise, Arizona and losing in Corvallis twice to Cal Poly 8-1 and 7-2. They had a 39-18-1 record and you would think they would start the playoffs at home but they were sent packing to Dallas where they lost two of three games to be eliminated. Looking ahead to Rhode Island, I checked to see their record. There is no way Oregon should lose to these guys. They beat William and Mary 10-9, lost 5-4 (in 7 innings) and wait for it...won the rubber match 36-22 (in 7 innings)!!! I thought I was looking at a football score. In that game there were a combined 40 hits and 7 errors. Columbia doesn't start their season until Friday, February 21st. Bottom line...the Ducks have absolutely no excuse to lose any of these games or it will come back to bite them in the butt if they do.