If you haven’t been paying attention to the men’s basketball season, then you’re in for a surprise.
Head coach Matt Painter has a team that very well could contend for a Big Ten title and should be ranked in the AP Top 25 to begin the season. But how? When did this happen?
Last season showed that Painter and staff have done a good job of developing players who were already on the team and that incoming freshmen were ready to play from day one.
As juniors, guard Rapheal Davis and center A.J. Hammons took big steps forward.