No. 21 Mississippi State tries to keep rolling at Georgia Tech bignewsnetwork.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bignewsnetwork.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The question entering the Big Ten men's basketball season is which team will challenge defending champion Purdue. Michigan State has the best chance. That's according to the preseason media poll conducted by The Athletic and Columbus Dispatch. The Boilermakers return national player of the year Zach Edey. Both the Boilermakers are Spartans are loaded with experience. No. 3 Purdue, No. 4 Michigan State and No. 25 Illinois are the Big Ten's only teams in the AP preseason Top 25. Top returning players in the league besides Edey are Northwestern's Boo Buie, Illinois' Terrence Shannon, Rutgers' Clifford Omoruyi and Maryland's Jahmir Young.
The question entering the Big Ten men's basketball season is which team will challenge defending champion Purdue. Michigan State has the best chance. That's according to the preseason media poll conducted by The Athletic and Columbus Dispatch. The Boilermakers return national player of the year Zach Edey. Both the Boilermakers are Spartans are loaded with experience. No. 3 Purdue, No. 4 Michigan State and No. 25 Illinois are the Big Ten's only teams in the AP preseason Top 25. Top returning players in the league besides Edey are Northwestern's Boo Buie, Illinois' Terrence Shannon, Rutgers' Clifford Omoruyi and Maryland's Jahmir Young.
The first two years for Ben Johnson as head coach at his alma mater Minnesota were a struggle in many ways, with myriad injuries that made program development all the more challenging given the impact of the transfer portal and growing pains for a young team. After going 22-39 overall and 6-33 in the Big Ten, there is pressure this season on Johnson to shepherd measurable progress even with external expectations never lower. For now, with the opener on Nov. 6 against Bethune-Cookman coming up, J