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  • Offseason Biggest Winners

    Texas Tech – All-American JT Toppin returned to school for 4M  Purdue – Highest minutes returning in the power five, including two All-Americans Braden Smith and Trey Kaufman-Renn  Houston – Milos Uzan, Emanuel Sharp and Joseph Tuglar are back BYU – AJ Dybnasta  Louisville – Massive transfer class with guards Adrian Wooley, Ryan Conwell and…

  • Big 10 Coaches Ranked for 2025-26

    New coaches not ranked: Darian DeVries, Buzz Williams, Ben McCollum, Niko Medved

  • Big 10 Standings Prediction

    Purdue 1-2 Seed Michigan 2-3 seed UCLA 3-4 seed Illinois 4-5 seed Oregon 4-5 seed Michigan State 5-6 seed Wisconsin 6-7 seed Iowa 7-8 seed USC 8-9 seed Ohio State – bubble  Indiana – bubble  Washington – bubble  Northwestern Maryland Nebraska Minnesota Rutgers Penn State

  • All-Big 10 First & Second Team

    First Team G Braden Smith – POY G Donovan Dent F Yaxel LudebergF Trey Kaufman – RennC Tomislav Ivisic  Second Team G Bennett Stirtz G Jackson ShelstadG John Blackwell G Bruce Thorton C Nate Bittle

  • Picking Every Conference Winner

    ACC – Duke  Big 10 – Purdue Big 12 – Houston  Big East – UConn SEC – Florida  A10 – VCU  Mountain West – San Diego State   MVC – Illinois State WCC – Gonzaga American – Memphis  AE – Vermont  Atlantic Sun – FGCU  Big Sky – Idaho  Big South – Radford  Big West –…

  • Offseason Biggest Losers

    Rutgers – Underachieved with two top five picks and are expected to be at the bottom of the Big 10  Xavier – Lost Sean Miller and Ryan Conwell after a tourney appearance  Texas A&M – Lost Buzz Williams and program legend Wade Taylor IV  Memphis – Still in the American and have 0% of minutes…

  • High Major Coaching Hires This Cycle Ranked
  • Top 10 Offenses for 2025-26

    HM: Arizona, Michigan, Houston

  • Top 10 Defenses for 2025-26

    HM: Arkansas, St. John’s 

  • Preseason Top 16

    Lock Mamba has officially announced our preseason top 16 below. The top 16 better resembles the NCAA Tournament’s top 16 protected seed list (Seeds 1 – 4) rather than a top 25 ranking Honorable mentioned: Arizona, Tennessee, Auburn, Kansas, Gonzaga