Couple tidbits of note from Torvik's preview page in conference:
Wisconsin, Purdue and MSU return the most minutes of all teams. Wisconsin and Purdue each only brought in one transfer, MSU zero. MSU brings in a ridiculous recruiting class including 3 top-30 recruits plus a 4-star, while Wisconsin has 2 4-stars and Purdue 1.
Michigan has the most "talented" roster, adding a top-100 recruit and three P6 transfers...but Juwan Howard is still their coach. MSU, Maryland and IU round out the top tier of "talent", with MD bringing in two top-75 recruits and three transfers, and IU, despite losing 4 starters, reloads with a top-10 recruit, a 5-star C transfer from Oregon, two 4-star recruits and two other P6 transfers. IU is also the 2nd-least experienced team and the youngest team, so it make some time for them to gel together.
NU's roster has the 2nd-least "talent" on paper, just ahead of Nebraska.
Nebraska has the most experienced team despite losing 3 starters - they add four mid-major seniors who were among the best players on their respective teams last year at New Mexico, Charlotte, Ball State and Bradley. Again, will see how long it takes for them to come together as a team.
PSU should be dead last given a new coach, the loss of their entire starting lineup plus one bench player to graduation, and the loss of four other bench players to transfers. They bring in 9 new transfers, including some decent mid-major guys and some underperforming P6 guys.
Illinois is the 2nd-most experienced team in the conference, and returns their best player in Shannon, but is bringing in 5 transfers plus a top-100 recruit, and given Undy's temperament, who knows how the team will come together.
I think I tend to agree with
@GatoLouco of us being anywhere from 3rd to 10th. Seems Collins has learned his lessons from the 1st time he made the tourney about not being complacent, which hopefully bodes well for this year.