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Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Wed Feb 10, 2021 6:25 pm

HopFan16 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 31, 2020 8:42 pm

gymman1031 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 31, 2020 7:41 pm So most of you think Michigan will finish last again?

Someone has to.

I've acknowledged Hopkins could finish last too—the range of outcomes for the Blue Jays is pretty big IMO. New staff trying to instill their culture and develop a new system without an offseason? As far as I know they still haven't met a lot of the players in person yet. It'd be a lot to ask of them to be super competitive in the conference this year—but it's a good staff, and there is talent to work with, so who really knows. I wouldn't be shocked to see them finish anywhere between 2 and 6.

Penn State without Ament is also a little bit of a wild card. I think the team they'll have in 2021 is better than the one they had the year Ament was injured but there's no denying that they just weren't the same with him out of the lineup.

Rutgers should be improved—again, their fans seem quite optimistic—but they've consistently been one of the weaker teams in the conference and I'm not sure if Kirst changes things THAT much to the point where they can't still finish last. Offense has not really been the issue for them recently. The FOGO transfer could help but he was 55% at St. John's—pretty good but we'll see how he does against the Big Ten gauntlet of faceoff guys: Arceri, Inacio, Prouty, Shockey, etc.

I think any of those four teams could finish last. I'd be surprised if Ohio State does—they might not win the conference but they're pretty solid, no huge glaring weaknesses. Though curious to see the goalie situation. The kid from Furman they replaced Kirson with has had a solid career but was underwhelming in 2020. Schedule is not going to get any easier.

Think I’d be more surprised if PSU finished last rather than OSU. Don’t see Tambroni having a truly down year now that he’s got this thing rolling (which took longer than anyone seemed to think it would but he got there).

Basically, could end differently w various permutations but if you just head to head the teams other than UMD where do you find the Mich win? Seems most likely to be Hop or Rutgers but I don’t see that assuming Hop gets their act together quickly and Tinney is 85-90% of his old self (supposedly he wasn’t last year). So hard to not see Mich at the bottom at the moment. The more interesting question may be Rutgers v Hop.

Mr3Putt wrote: ↑Thu Feb 11, 2021 9:13 pm What does Epstein look like currently? What does his gate look like?

jhu06 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 17, 2021 6:36 pm with no ivy this has to be make or break years for rutgers, ohio state, penn state, michigan right? If not now when are they breaking through?

bananas wrote: ↑Wed Feb 17, 2021 6:53 pm To make it doubly interesting ,bet a friend a hundreth of bitcoin's value on selection day that Rutgers is making NCAA if held

jhu08 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 17, 2021 7:33 pm

bananas wrote: ↑Wed Feb 17, 2021 6:53 pm To make it doubly interesting ,bet a friend a hundreth of bitcoin's value on selection day that Rutgers is making NCAA if held

So roughly 500-600 USD? Bold call.

HopFan16 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 17, 2021 8:10 pm Can someone explain to me the Rutgers love on this board? I grew up in NJ, have a lot of friends who are alums, I'd love nothing more than for them to make some noise—and take anyone's spot in the tournament other than Hopkins. Would love for them to beat up on OSU and PSU. But where is this coming from? Is it all based solely on the addition of Kirst? He's great, but scoring wasn't really the issue for them. They weren't good in 2020 or 2019 and were kinda meh in 2018, and that was with Heningburg and Rexrode. We don't really know if this FOGO transfer is going to make a significant difference. I won't be too surprised if they finish 3rd or 4th in the conference but making the NCAAs this year is going to require a huge jump from where they've been the last several years.

Wheels wrote: ↑Wed Feb 17, 2021 8:23 pm

HopFan16 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 17, 2021 8:10 pm Can someone explain to me the Rutgers love on this board? I grew up in NJ, have a lot of friends who are alums, I'd love nothing more than for them to make some noise—and take anyone's spot in the tournament other than Hopkins. Would love for them to beat up on OSU and PSU. But where is this coming from? Is it all based solely on the addition of Kirst? He's great, but scoring wasn't really the issue for them. They weren't good in 2020 or 2019 and were kinda meh in 2018, and that was with Heningburg and Rexrode. We don't really know if this FOGO transfer is going to make a significant difference. I won't be too surprised if they finish 3rd or 4th in the conference but making the NCAAs this year is going to require a huge jump from where they've been the last several years.

Win the B1G Tournament. Or finish 3rd and have a whole lot go wrong in the ACC for the B1G to get 3 teams in.

Their offense is going to be quite good, at least their top 6. It's going to come down to their FOGO, as you said.

livelovelax wrote: ↑Thu Feb 18, 2021 7:43 am Rutgers will win the Big Ten.

HopFan16 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 17, 2021 8:10 pm Can someone explain to me the Rutgers love on this board? I grew up in NJ, have a lot of friends who are alums, I'd love nothing more than for them to make some noise—and take anyone's spot in the tournament other than Hopkins. Would love for them to beat up on OSU and PSU. But where is this coming from? Is it all based solely on the addition of Kirst? He's great, but scoring wasn't really the issue for them. They weren't good in 2020 or 2019 and were kinda meh in 2018, and that was with Heningburg and Rexrode. We don't really know if this FOGO transfer is going to make a significant difference. I won't be too surprised if they finish 3rd or 4th in the conference but making the NCAAs this year is going to require a huge jump from where they've been the last several years.

HopFan16 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 17, 2021 8:10 pm Can someone explain to me the Rutgers love on this board? I grew up in NJ, have a lot of friends who are alums, I'd love nothing more than for them to make some noise—and take anyone's spot in the tournament other than Hopkins. Would love for them to beat up on OSU and PSU. But where is this coming from? Is it all based solely on the addition of Kirst? He's great, but scoring wasn't really the issue for them. They weren't good in 2020 or 2019 and were kinda meh in 2018, and that was with Heningburg and Rexrode. We don't really know if this FOGO transfer is going to make a significant difference. I won't be too surprised if they finish 3rd or 4th in the conference but making the NCAAs this year is going to require a huge jump from where they've been the last several years.