The Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook, an annual publication previewing the college basketball season since the early 1980s, was released this week in a digital format.
Printed copies will be available later this month.
After being picked to finish fourth in the Big Ten last season, Blue Ribbon projects the Hoosiers to win the Big Ten this season. Blue Ribbon also ranked Indiana No. 14 in its preseason top 25.
The other Big Ten programs in the Blue Ribbon preseason top 25: Illinois (No. 17) and Purdue (No. 22).
Here are some notes on Indiana, the Big Ten at large and more from the Blue Ribbon Yearbook:
• Blue Ribbon predicts the order of finish in the Big Ten as follows: Indiana, Illinois, Purdue, UCLA, Ohio State, Michigan State, Oregon, USC, Michigan, Washington, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Maryland, Northwestern, Rutgers, Iowa, Penn State and Minnesota
• Purdue’s Braden Smith is the Blue Ribbon pick for Big Ten player of the year.