B1G Women's & Men's BB Media Days: Oct 9 & 10, Target Center, Minneapolis. Iowa Men Picked 9th in Media Poll. Iowa Women 5th???
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The Big Ten “official unofficial” Media Poll
....The annual “official unofficial” Big Ten preseason media poll was released this morning.
The unofficial poll surveys 28 writers from around the conference (two from each Big Ten beat) to get their predicted order of finish for the league.
The panel of writers is also asked to pick their preseason player of the year, preseason all-league first and second teams, preseason freshman and preseason transfer of the year.
The poll is organized by Brendan Quinn of The Athletic and Adam Jardy of The Columbus Dispatch. The Big Ten no longer conducts a full preseason media poll for men’s basketball.
You can access the complete Big Ten media poll results at this link.
Predicted order of finish for the Big Ten (first-place votes in parenthesis)
1. Purdue, 388 (24)2. Michigan State, 368 (4)
3. Maryland, 304
4. Illinois, 301
5. Wisconsin, 276
6. Indiana, 244
7. Ohio State, 228
8. Northwestern, 195
9. Iowa, 164
10. Rutgers, 147
11. Michigan, 131
12. Nebraska, 90
13. Penn State, 71
14. Minnesota, 33
(Out of a possible 392 votes)
Preseason Big Ten player, freshman and transfer of the year
Purdue’s Zach Edey was voted Big Ten preseason player of the year, but it was not unanimous. Edey received 27 of a possible 28 votes. The other vote went to Michigan State’s Tyson Walker.Indiana’s Mackenzie Mgbako was voted Big Ten preseason freshman of the year. Mgbako received 19 votes. Others receiving votes included Maryland’s DeShawn Harris-Smith (5), Michigan State’s Xavier Booker (2), Purdue’s Myles Colvin (1) and Ohio State’s Scotty Middleton (1).
Penn State’s Ace Baldwin was voted Big Ten preseason transfer of the year. Baldwin received 14 votes. Other receiving votes included Michigan’s Olivier Nkamhoua (6), Ohio State’s Jamison Battle (4), Indiana’s Kel’el Ware (2) and Wisconsin’s AJ Storr (2).
Preseason All-Big Ten teams
Players received two points for a first-team vote and one point for a second-team vote.First team (unanimous selections in all caps)
ZACH EDEY, Purdue 56
Jahmir Young, Maryland 55
Terrence Shannon Jr., Illinois 55
Tyson Walker, Michigan State 46
Boo Buie, Northwestern 45
Second team
Clifford Omoruyi, Rutgers 36
A.J. Hoggard, Michigan State 26
Ace Baldwin, Penn State 11
Keisei Tominaga, Nebraska 11
Coleman Hawkins, Illinois 8
Others receiving votes: Bruce Thornton, Ohio State 7; Julian Reese, Maryland 6; Steven Crowl, Wisconsin 5; Dawson Garcia, Minnesota 5; Braden Smith, Purdue 5; Chucky Hepburn, Wisconsin 4; Xavier Johnson, Indiana 4; Zed Key, Ohio State 4; Mackenzie Mgbako, Indiana 4; Payton Sandfort, Iowa 4; Jaden Akins, Michigan State 3; Connor Essegian, Wisconsin 3; Olivier Nkamhoua, Michigan 3; Tony Perkins, Iowa 3; Jamison Battle, Ohio State 2; Fletcher Loyer, Purdue 2; AJ Storr, Wisconsin 2; Tyler Wahl, Wisconsin 2; Malik Hall, Michigan State 1; Ben Krikke, Iowa 1; Donta Scott, Maryland 1; Kel’el Ware, Indiana 1.
Complete list of voters (two from each Big Ten beat)
Scott Richey — Illinois | Champaign News-GazetteJeremy Werner — Illinois | 247Sports
Alex Bozich — Indiana | Inside the Hall
Zach Osterman — Indiana | Indianapolis Star
Tyler Tachman — Iowa | The Des Moines Register
Chad Leistikow — Iowa | The Des Moines Register
Emmett Siegel — Maryland | Testudo Times
Patrick Stevens — Maryland | The Washington Post
Dylan Burkhardt — Michigan | UMHoops
Brendan Quinn — Michigan | The Athletic
Kyle Austin — Michigan State | MLive
Graham Couch — Michigan State | Lansing State Journal
Marcus Fuller — Minnesota | Minneapolis Star Tribune
Ryan James — Minnesota | 247Sports
Robin Washut — Nebraska | On3
Wilson Moore — Nebraska | Omaha World-Herald
Steve Greenberg — Northwestern | Chicago Sun-Times
Alex Cervantes — Northwestern | The Daily Northwestern
Adam Jardy — Ohio State | Columbus Dispatch
Bill Landis — Ohio State | Rivals
Ben Jones — Penn State | StateCollege.com
David Jones — Penn State | The Harrisburg Patriot-News
Mike Carmin — Purdue | GoldandBlack.com
Brian Neubert — Purdue | GoldandBlack.com
Jerry Carino — Rutgers | Asbury Park Press
Brian Fonseca — Rutgers | NJ.com
Michael McCleary — Wisconsin | Wisconsin State Journal
Jeff Potrykus — Wisconsin | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Indiana picked to finish 6th in the Big Ten in "official unofficial" media poll
Big Ten media day for men's basketball is tomorrow in Minneapolis and the annual "official unofficial" Big Ten preseason media poll was released this morning.
www.insidethehall.com
The Big Ten “official unofficial” Media Poll
....The annual “official unofficial” Big Ten preseason media poll was released this morning.
The unofficial poll surveys 28 writers from around the conference (two from each Big Ten beat) to get their predicted order of finish for the league.
The panel of writers is also asked to pick their preseason player of the year, preseason all-league first and second teams, preseason freshman and preseason transfer of the year.
The poll is organized by Brendan Quinn of The Athletic and Adam Jardy of The Columbus Dispatch. The Big Ten no longer conducts a full preseason media poll for men’s basketball.
You can access the complete Big Ten media poll results at this link.
Predicted order of finish for the Big Ten (first-place votes in parenthesis)
1. Purdue, 388 (24)
2. Michigan State, 368 (4)
3. Maryland, 304
4. Illinois, 301
5. Wisconsin, 276
6. Indiana, 244
7. Ohio State, 228
8. Northwestern, 195
9. Iowa, 164
10. Rutgers, 147
11. Michigan, 131
12. Nebraska, 90
13. Penn State, 71
14. Minnesota, 33
(Out of a possible 392 votes)
Preseason Big Ten player, freshman and transfer of the year
Purdue’s Zach Edey was voted Big Ten preseason player of the year, but it was not unanimous. Edey received 27 of a possible 28 votes. The other vote went to Michigan State’s Tyson Walker.
Indiana’s Mackenzie Mgbako was voted Big Ten preseason freshman of the year. Mgbako received 19 votes. Others receiving votes included Maryland’s DeShawn Harris-Smith (5), Michigan State’s Xavier Booker (2), Purdue’s Myles Colvin (1) and Ohio State’s Scotty Middleton (1).
Penn State’s Ace Baldwin was voted Big Ten preseason transfer of the year. Baldwin received 14 votes. Other receiving votes included Michigan’s Olivier Nkamhoua (6), Ohio State’s Jamison Battle (4), Indiana’s Kel’el Ware (2) and Wisconsin’s AJ Storr (2).
Preseason All-Big Ten teams
Players received two points for a first-team vote and one point for a second-team vote.
First team (unanimous selections in all caps)
ZACH EDEY, Purdue 56
Jahmir Young, Maryland 55
Terrence Shannon Jr., Illinois 55
Tyson Walker, Michigan State 46
Boo Buie, Northwestern 45
Second team
Clifford Omoruyi, Rutgers 36
A.J. Hoggard, Michigan State 26
Ace Baldwin, Penn State 11
Keisei Tominaga, Nebraska 11
Coleman Hawkins, Illinois 8
Others receiving votes: Bruce Thornton, Ohio State 7; Julian Reese, Maryland 6; Steven Crowl, Wisconsin 5; Dawson Garcia, Minnesota 5; Braden Smith, Purdue 5; Chucky Hepburn, Wisconsin 4; Xavier Johnson, Indiana 4; Zed Key, Ohio State 4; Mackenzie Mgbako, Indiana 4; Payton Sandfort, Iowa 4; Jaden Akins, Michigan State 3; Connor Essegian, Wisconsin 3; Olivier Nkamhoua, Michigan 3; Tony Perkins, Iowa 3; Jamison Battle, Ohio State 2; Fletcher Loyer, Purdue 2; AJ Storr, Wisconsin 2; Tyler Wahl, Wisconsin 2; Malik Hall, Michigan State 1; Ben Krikke, Iowa 1; Donta Scott, Maryland 1; Kel’el Ware, Indiana 1.
Complete list of voters (two from each Big Ten beat)
Scott Richey — Illinois | Champaign News-Gazette
Jeremy Werner — Illinois | 247Sports
Alex Bozich — Indiana | Inside the Hall
Zach Osterman — Indiana | Indianapolis Star
Tyler Tachman — Iowa | The Des Moines Register
Chad Leistikow — Iowa | The Des Moines Register
Emmett Siegel — Maryland | Testudo Times
Patrick Stevens — Maryland | The Washington Post
Dylan Burkhardt — Michigan | UMHoops
Brendan Quinn — Michigan | The Athletic
Kyle Austin — Michigan State | MLive
Graham Couch — Michigan State | Lansing State Journal
Marcus Fuller — Minnesota | Minneapolis Star Tribune
Ryan James — Minnesota | 247Sports
Robin Washut — Nebraska | On3
Wilson Moore — Nebraska | Omaha World-Herald
Steve Greenberg — Northwestern | Chicago Sun-Times
Alex Cervantes — Northwestern | The Daily Northwestern
Adam Jardy — Ohio State | Columbus Dispatch
Bill Landis — Ohio State | Rivals
Ben Jones — Penn State | StateCollege.com
David Jones — Penn State | The Harrisburg Patriot-News
Mike Carmin — Purdue | GoldandBlack.com
Brian Neubert — Purdue | GoldandBlack.com
Jerry Carino — Rutgers | Asbury Park Press
Brian Fonseca — Rutgers | NJ.com
Michael McCleary — Wisconsin | Wisconsin State Journal
Jeff Potrykus — Wisconsin | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Indiana picked to finish 6th in the Big Ten in "official unofficial" media poll
Big Ten media day for men's basketball is tomorrow in Minneapolis and the annual "official unofficial" Big Ten preseason media poll was released this morning.
One voter/writer had Iowa finishing 5th; another had us finishing 13th.
The Big Ten gets 8 or 9 teams in every year since they switched to a 20 game schedule (and thus helped increase the conference's overall SOS & analytics numbers)
23: 8
22: 9
21: 9
20: 10 (BracketMatrix Projection)
19: 8
9th absolutely would be a bubble team.
Really nice story from the Minneapolis Star Tribune:
By Marcus Fuller Star Tribune
OCTOBER 9, 2023 — 5:43PM
Iowa junior Caitlin Clark answered reporters’ questions during Big Ten media day at Target Center on Monday.
On the eve of Big Ten media day in Minneapolis, Iowa star Caitlin Clark embraced her celebrity status while running into some fans at Murray's Steakhouse.
Being one of the most popular college basketball players ever means never going unnoticed in public.
This particular group was in town Sunday to see the Kansas City Chiefs play the Vikings but were so ecstatic to run into Clark that she might as well have been Patrick Mahomes. They had come from Cedar Rapids.
"They were just so excited," Clark said at media day on Monday at Target Center. "They loved watching our team and now they're going to continue to be fans of you and women's basketball."
Clark has taken over the attention in her sport like no other athlete has in recent memory.
After leading Iowa to the Big Ten tournament title in front of record-setting crowds in Minneapolis, the All-America guard led the Hawkeyes to the Final Four and an NCAA runner-up finish last season.
Iowa's NCAA tournament run (including Clark's back-to-back 41-point performances) drew a larger TV audience than top college football games, including 9.9 million viewers in Iowa's title game vs. LSU.
The spectacular 6-foot junior returned to college with even more eyes on what she'll do next.
"It's definitely hard to wrap my head around it," Clark said. "What we were able to do for women's basketball got people talking about the game. … All of our lives changed from that run."
Next Saturday, the Hawkeye women will play for the first time outdoors at their football stadium in the "Crossover at Kinnick" exhibition game vs. DePaul, which sold 40,000 tickets for charity.
Not long after last season, Iowa announced season tickets for the entire 2023-24 season were sold out. Iowa coach Lisa Bluder describes that as, "incredible. It's beyond our wildest dreams."
Bluder first saw Clark playing for All Iowa Attack's high school AAU team as a relatively unknown seventh-grader from Des Moines. But now she worries that so much stardom for the Hawkeyes leader can be draining for Clark to always have to "be on" with her nonstop energetic personality and exciting play.
"She wants to be that role model to every young girl," Bluder said. "But it can zap a lot of your energy out having to be that person all of the time. It's sad that as a junior you can't just go to the mall with your friends."
Bluder said Clark has done well figuring out most of her off-the-court business responsibilities already, so she can focus on the season. "She's racked up more frequent flyer miles than most human beings over the summer," she joked.
Clark has security escorts to go to Iowa's football games because she's stopped so often by fans. She also manages her NIL deals, which are reported close to a million dollars.
When it comes to basketball, the Hawkeyes return the sport's biggest star but lose Minnesota native and All-Big Ten post Monika Czinano. The Hawkeyes are the Big Ten's preseason favorites. They won't be the same team, but expectations will be out of this world again, with Clark's seemingly larger than life talent on the court.
Clark hasn't made up her mind yet on leaving early for the WNBA after this season. She loves that her Iowa team still treats her the same and not like the celebrity she is. But her dream was always to play at the highest level.
"I'm picked on the most on the team by far," Clark said. "I grew up cheering for the Minnesota Lynx, who played in this building. I wanted to be on this stage."
Clark takes center stage wherever she goes these days. And the crowds are only getting bigger.
.........................
Marcus Fuller covers Gophers men's basketball and college basketball for the Star Tribune. He has 13 years of experience covering Twin Cities college and professional sports.
marcus.fuller@startribune.com
Twitter: Marcus_R_Fuller
Iowa's Caitlin Clark returns to Target Center ready to dazzle once more
Iowa junior Caitlin Clark led her team to a Big Ten tournament title and the Final Four last season. Now she's back for another season, at least.By Marcus Fuller Star Tribune
OCTOBER 9, 2023 — 5:43PM
Iowa junior Caitlin Clark answered reporters’ questions during Big Ten media day at Target Center on Monday.
On the eve of Big Ten media day in Minneapolis, Iowa star Caitlin Clark embraced her celebrity status while running into some fans at Murray's Steakhouse.
Being one of the most popular college basketball players ever means never going unnoticed in public.
This particular group was in town Sunday to see the Kansas City Chiefs play the Vikings but were so ecstatic to run into Clark that she might as well have been Patrick Mahomes. They had come from Cedar Rapids.
"They were just so excited," Clark said at media day on Monday at Target Center. "They loved watching our team and now they're going to continue to be fans of you and women's basketball."
Clark has taken over the attention in her sport like no other athlete has in recent memory.
After leading Iowa to the Big Ten tournament title in front of record-setting crowds in Minneapolis, the All-America guard led the Hawkeyes to the Final Four and an NCAA runner-up finish last season.
Iowa's NCAA tournament run (including Clark's back-to-back 41-point performances) drew a larger TV audience than top college football games, including 9.9 million viewers in Iowa's title game vs. LSU.
The spectacular 6-foot junior returned to college with even more eyes on what she'll do next.
"It's definitely hard to wrap my head around it," Clark said. "What we were able to do for women's basketball got people talking about the game. … All of our lives changed from that run."
Next Saturday, the Hawkeye women will play for the first time outdoors at their football stadium in the "Crossover at Kinnick" exhibition game vs. DePaul, which sold 40,000 tickets for charity.
Not long after last season, Iowa announced season tickets for the entire 2023-24 season were sold out. Iowa coach Lisa Bluder describes that as, "incredible. It's beyond our wildest dreams."
Bluder first saw Clark playing for All Iowa Attack's high school AAU team as a relatively unknown seventh-grader from Des Moines. But now she worries that so much stardom for the Hawkeyes leader can be draining for Clark to always have to "be on" with her nonstop energetic personality and exciting play.
"She wants to be that role model to every young girl," Bluder said. "But it can zap a lot of your energy out having to be that person all of the time. It's sad that as a junior you can't just go to the mall with your friends."
Bluder said Clark has done well figuring out most of her off-the-court business responsibilities already, so she can focus on the season. "She's racked up more frequent flyer miles than most human beings over the summer," she joked.
Clark has security escorts to go to Iowa's football games because she's stopped so often by fans. She also manages her NIL deals, which are reported close to a million dollars.
When it comes to basketball, the Hawkeyes return the sport's biggest star but lose Minnesota native and All-Big Ten post Monika Czinano. The Hawkeyes are the Big Ten's preseason favorites. They won't be the same team, but expectations will be out of this world again, with Clark's seemingly larger than life talent on the court.
Clark hasn't made up her mind yet on leaving early for the WNBA after this season. She loves that her Iowa team still treats her the same and not like the celebrity she is. But her dream was always to play at the highest level.
"I'm picked on the most on the team by far," Clark said. "I grew up cheering for the Minnesota Lynx, who played in this building. I wanted to be on this stage."
Clark takes center stage wherever she goes these days. And the crowds are only getting bigger.
.........................
Marcus Fuller covers Gophers men's basketball and college basketball for the Star Tribune. He has 13 years of experience covering Twin Cities college and professional sports.
marcus.fuller@startribune.com
Twitter: Marcus_R_Fuller
Indiana's women lose only one starter, would have thought they would have been ranked above Iowa. Hawks will have a bullseye on there back, will be a challenging year. Hannah and Addie's progression will be key. Can Caitlin have another year like 2022-23? Kate and Gabbie will have to do a little more. How much more will the bench provide?
Check out what Shimmy has to say in the 2nd video! Iowa is ranked #6 in ESPN's preseason poll but Shimmy BARELY has Iowa in her top 5 in the B1G.
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