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Maryland being crowned WAY too early as best in Big Ten basketball


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    Everyone seems ready to already crown Maryland the NCAA national trophy in the preseason, the hype is so high on this team. I don't get it..

    With a conference that has Michigan and Michigan State, Wisconsin, Purdue, Ohio State, Illinois, and Iowa... these teams routinely make it into the big tournament. Why is Maryland deemed so head and shoulders better (for preseason hype) then all those teams?

    Oh and don't forget the Hoosiers. They should be mighty good this year too.

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    So how many peeps did Wisconsin lose from starting squad? you would think that a final four member of last season would top the preseason rankings. I think that Maryland will be very good this year, but they need to get past Wisconsin I think in the big 10 tourney, or they will fall early in the lower part of the NCAA tournament. And I have a hard time seeing them doing so, given last year's game.
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    Well, they looked vulnerable against Rider already in game 3. So they are definitely beatable. Gotta give it to them for rallying late though. 3-0 start definitely makes you realize they are so far legit. But Purdue is 5-0, and Indiana, Iowa, Mich State, and Northwestern are all undefeated still too. So this will be very interesting I think down the stretch.

    I'm all in for Michigan State, for what it's worth.

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    It's all bandwagon hype to me. Kind of like what's going on with the Panthers. It'll die down once they lose their first game.