Whoa. It’s basketball season already. How did that happen? Penn State fans are feeling surprisingly optimistic about the upcoming campaign thanks to an exhibition win at West Virginia, but there’s a lot of talent returning to other Big Ten programs. How does the conference stack up? I’ve divided the league into five categories.
1) Teams that were successful last year and are returning a lot of talent
2) Teams that were successful last year and are likely to take a step back
3) Teams that disappointed last year but are likely to rebound
4) Teams that finished in the middle last year and will probably stay in the middle
5) Teams that were bad and will stay bad
This isn’t a projected order of finish!