Big Ten Tiers: Past 20 years
- Thread starter ObeseMuffins
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Okay, I'll go. Note that I have not taken a look at any statistics or records. Just going off of my own life experience and bias. Past 20 years tiers (2000 - 2020):
Elite: Michigan State, Wisconsin
Great: Michigan, Ohio State, Maryland
Good: Purdue, Indiana, Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota
Mediocre: Penn State
Bad: Northwestern, Rutgers
Big 12: Nebraska
Okay, debate me!
Elite: Michigan State, Wisconsin
Great: Michigan, Ohio State, Maryland
Good: Purdue, Indiana, Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota
Mediocre: Penn State
Bad: Northwestern, Rutgers
Big 12: Nebraska
Okay, debate me!
because Torvik makes it easy, here are the teams sorted by NCAA tourney wins from 2000 until now...
MSU: 46 wins (also 12 Sweet 16, 7 FF, 1 title)
Wisconsin: 33 wins (10 Sweet 16, 3 FF)
OSU: 22 wins (5 Sweet 16, 2 FF)
Maryland: 21 wins (4 Sweet 16, 1 FF, 1 title)
Michigan: 19 wins (5 Sweet 16, 2 FF)
Purdue: 19 wins (6 Sweet 16)
Illinois: 17 wins (4 Sweet 16, 1 FF)
Indiana: 14 wins (4 Sweet 16, 1 FF)
No other conference team with more than 4 wins over that time frame and only 1 other S16 appearance (PSU) combined.
Those same schools with their number of conference titles
MSU: 8
Wisconsin: 5
OSU: 5
Maryland: 1
Michigan: 2
Purdue: 3
Illinois: 4
Indiana: 3
The other schools have 0 combined titles in that time frame.
If you ask me...
#1 MSU
#2 Wisconsin
#3 OSU
then gets a little jumbled with some others. Where Maryland fits exactly depends on if you give them any credit for ACC accomplishments in that time frame including their 2002 national title.
MSU: 46 wins (also 12 Sweet 16, 7 FF, 1 title)
Wisconsin: 33 wins (10 Sweet 16, 3 FF)
OSU: 22 wins (5 Sweet 16, 2 FF)
Maryland: 21 wins (4 Sweet 16, 1 FF, 1 title)
Michigan: 19 wins (5 Sweet 16, 2 FF)
Purdue: 19 wins (6 Sweet 16)
Illinois: 17 wins (4 Sweet 16, 1 FF)
Indiana: 14 wins (4 Sweet 16, 1 FF)
No other conference team with more than 4 wins over that time frame and only 1 other S16 appearance (PSU) combined.
Those same schools with their number of conference titles
MSU: 8
Wisconsin: 5
OSU: 5
Maryland: 1
Michigan: 2
Purdue: 3
Illinois: 4
Indiana: 3
The other schools have 0 combined titles in that time frame.
If you ask me...
#1 MSU
#2 Wisconsin
#3 OSU
then gets a little jumbled with some others. Where Maryland fits exactly depends on if you give them any credit for ACC accomplishments in that time frame including their 2002 national title.
BirdistheWord
HB Legend
Elite: MSU, Wisky, OSU
Tier 2: MD, UM, PU, IL, IU
Tier 3: Iowa, MN
Tier 4: Penn St.
Tier 5: Rutgers, NU, Neb
Tier 2: MD, UM, PU, IL, IU
Tier 3: Iowa, MN
Tier 4: Penn St.
Tier 5: Rutgers, NU, Neb
1. Michigan State
2. Maryland (they won a national title)
3. Wisconsin
4. Ohio State
5. Michigan
6. Indiana
7. Purdue
8. Illinois
9. Iowa
10. Minnesota
11. Penn State
12. Northwestern
13. Nebraska
14. Rutgers
I have a difficult time with Rutgers and Nebraska. Maryland was in a brutal ACC during the 2000s, and I think they would have won more had they been in the B1G Ten back then.
2. Maryland (they won a national title)
3. Wisconsin
4. Ohio State
5. Michigan
6. Indiana
7. Purdue
8. Illinois
9. Iowa
10. Minnesota
11. Penn State
12. Northwestern
13. Nebraska
14. Rutgers
I have a difficult time with Rutgers and Nebraska. Maryland was in a brutal ACC during the 2000s, and I think they would have won more had they been in the B1G Ten back then.
And they've made one NCAA appearance since their 2001 Sweet Sixteen. We certainly haven't been great, but we can beat that.
Iowa being in the same tier as Purdue and Indiana is laughable. We haven't made it out of the second round since 1998.
