B1G is the best league in basketball and it isn't close. It's really incredible how many talented and title worthy teams there are in the league this year.
This is just ridiculous. There’s 87 high major teams in the 7 high major leagues within Division 1. Of them, only 16 of the 73 (21.9%) that aren’t in the Big Ten already would be expected to have a winning record in this league. Plus only 1 per league out of the MWC/WCC (San Diego State + Gonzaga) which are also very solid mid-major leagues. Big Ten this year may be the deepest league in CBB history (perhaps the Big East in 2011 or the ACC a few years back).
The good thing for NU is that there are a LOT of senior laden teams in the Big Ten this year. Hopefully that works well timing wise for us, we’re young with a new roster this year. Seemingly next year when everyone is working to replace a ton of guys, NU can take a step up with the experience they’ve gotten and lumps they’ve taken this year a la Northwestern from 2019 to 2020.