Big Ten Basketball 2024-2025

[IUFLA]

Since all of the transfer activity seems to be over, a look at Big 10 rosters for discussion...

Green=Returning player Blue=Portal Transfer Red=Freshman

*=Returning starter (at least 50% of team’s games)

Illinois

Ty Rodgers (6.2 PPG)*

Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn (2.4 PPG)

Jake Davis (9.0 PPG at Mercer)

Carey Booth (6.4 PPG at Notre Dame)

Tre White (12.3 PPG at Louisville)

Kylan Boswell (9.6 PPG at Arizona)

Ben Humrichous (14.7 PPG at Evansville)

Morez Johnson (No. 28 in ESPN 100)

Jason Jakstys (four-star)

Tomislav Ivisic (NR)

Kasparas Jakucionis (NR)

Will Riley (No. 24 in ESPN 100 for 2025)

 

Indiana

Malik Reneau (15.4 PPG)*

Mackenzie Mgbako (12.2 PPG)*

Trey Galloway (10.6 PPG)*

Gabe Cupps (2.6 PPG)*

Anthony Leal (2.4 PPG)

Myles Rice (14.8 PPG at Washington State)

Oumar Ballo (14.2 PPG at Arizona)

Kanaan Carlyle (11.5 PPG at Stanford)

Langdon Hatton (10.5 PPG at Bellarmine)

Luke Goode (5.7 PPG at Illinois)

Bryson Tucker (No. 20 in ESPN 100)

Jakai Newton (redshirt)

 

Iowa

Owen Freeman (10.6 PPG)*

Josh Dix (8.9 PPG)*

Brock Harding (3.4 PPG)

Pryce Sandfort (2.3 PPG)

Ladji Dembele (2.2 PPG)

Even Brauns (0.6 PPG)

Riley Mulvey (redshirt)

Payton Sandfort (16.4 PPG)*

Seydou Traore (11.8 PPG at Manhattan)

Drew Thelwell (10.0 PPG at Morehead State)

Cooper Koch (No. 64 in ESPN 100)

Chris Tadjo (NR)

 

Maryland

Julian Reese (13.7 PPG)*

Jordan Geronimo (5.4 PPG)*

DeShawn Harris-Smith (7.3 PPG)*

Jahari Long (4.7 PPG)

Ja'Kobi Gillespie (17.2 PPG at Belmont)

Rodney Rice (7.4 PPG at Virginia Tech in 2022-23)

Selton Miguel (14.7 PPG at South Florida)

Tafara Gapare (5.1 PPG at Georgia Tech

 Jayhlon Young (2.2 PPG at Memphis)

Chance Stephens (6.0 PPG at Loyola Marymount in 2022-23)

Derik Queen (No. 8 in ESPN 100)

Malachi Palmer (four-star)

Braden Pierce (redshirt)

 

Michigan

Nimari Burnett (9.6 PPG)*

Will Tschetter (6.8 PPG)

Jace Howard (2.6 PPG)

Danny Wolf (14.1 PPG at Yale)

Tre Donaldson (6.7 PPG at Auburn)

Rubin Jones (12.1 PPG at North Texas)

Roddy Gayle Jr. (13.5 PPG at Ohio State)

Sam Walters (5.4 PPG at Alabama)

Vladislav Goldin (15.7 PPG at Florida Atlantic)

Justin Pippen (No. 73 in ESPN 100)

Durral Brooks (four-star)

Lorenzo Cason (NR)

 

Michigan State

Jaden Akins (10.4 PPG)*

Tre Holloman (5.7 PPG)

Xavier Booker (3.7 PPG)

Jeremy Fears Jr. (3.5 PPG)

Carson Cooper (3.4 PPG)

Coen Carr (3.1 PPG)

Jaxon Kohler (2.0 PPG)

Frankie Fidler (20.1 PPG at Omaha)

Szymon Zapala (9.8 PPG at Longwood)

Jase Richardson (No. 24 in ESPN 100)

Kur Teng (No. 52 in ESPN 100)

Jesse McCullough (No. 99 in ESPN 100)

Gehrig Normand (redshirt)

 

Minnesota

Dawson Garcia (17.6 PPG)*

Mike Mitchell Jr. (10.2 PPG)*

Parker Fox (5.1 PPG)

Kadyn Betts (1.3 PPG)

Caleb Williams (19.6 PPG at Macalester - D-III)

Frank Mitchell (12.1 PPG at Canisius)

Femi Odukale (10.7 PPG at New Mexico State)

Trey Edmonds (7.0 PPG at UTSA)

Brennan Rigsby (6.1 PPG at Oregon)

Lu'Cye Patterson (14.6 PPG at Charlotte)

Isaac Asuma (four-star)

Grayson Grove (NR)

 

Nebraska

Brice Williams (13.4 PPG)*

Rienk Mast (12.3 PPG)* (Knee surgery-Redshirting this season)

Juwan Gary (11.6 PPG)*

Sam Hoiberg (3.4 PPG)

Andrew Morgan (12.9 PPG at North Dakota State)

Rollie Worster (9.9 PPG at Utah)

Ahron Ulis (6.1 PPG at Iowa in 2022-23)

Gavin Griffiths (5.8 PPG at Rutgers)

Braxton Meah (5.3 PPG at Washington)

Berke Buyuktuncel (4.5 PPG at UCLA)

Connor Essegian (3.2 PPG at Wisconsin)

Nick Janowski (four-star)

Braden Frager (NR)

 

Northwestern

Brooks Barnhizer (14.6 PPG)*

Ty Berry (11.6 PPG)*

Nick Martinelli (8.8 PPG)

Matthew Nicholson (5.3 PPG)*

Luke Hunger (3.8 PPG)

Blake Smith (2.4 PPG)

Justin Mullins (0.4 PPG)

Jordan Clayton (0.3 PPG)

Jalen Leach (16.2 PPG at Fairfield)

Keenan Fitzmorris (10.9 PPG at Stony Brook)

KJ Windham (three-star)

Angelo Ciaravino (NR)

Blake Barkley (redshirt)

 

Ohio State

Bruce Thornton (15.7 PPG)*

Devin Royal (4.7 PPG)

Evan Mahaffey (4.3 PPG)*

Taison Chatman (1.0 PPG) (tore ACL in June...Probably miss the season)

Austin Parks (0.3 PPG)

Kalen Etzler

Meechie Johnson (14.1 PPG at South Carolina)

Micah Parrish (9.3 PPG at San Diego State)

Aaron Bradshaw (4.9 PPG at Kentucky)

Sean Stewart (2.6 PPG at Duke)

John Mobley (No. 41 in ESPN 100)

Colin White (four-star)

 

Oregon

Jackson Shelstad (12.8 PPG)*

Keeshawn Barthelemy (7.9 PPG)

Jadrian Tracey (7.6 PPG)*

Kwame Evans Jr. (7.3 PPG)*

Nate Bittle (10.0 PPG)

Mookie Cook (1.2 PPG)

Ra'Heim Moss (15.5 PPG at Toledo)

Brandon Angel (13.0 PPG at Stanford)

Supreme Cook (10.5 PPG at Georgetown)

TJ Bamba (10.1 PPG at Villanova)

Dez Lindsay (JUCO)

Jamari Phillips (No. 44 in ESPN 100)

Ibrahima Traore (three-star)

 

Penn State

Ace Baldwin Jr. (14.2 PPG)*

Zach Hicks (8.4 PPG)*

Nick Kern Jr. (8.7 PPG)*

Puff Johnson (7.3 PPG)

D'Marco Dunn (6.8 PPG)

Freddie Dilione V (1.7 PPG at Tennessee)

Kachi Nzeh (2.5 PPG at Xavier)

Eli Rice (4.2 PPG at Nebraska)

Yanic Konan Niederhauser (7.3 PPG at Northern Illinois)

Miles Goodman (four-star)

Jahvin Carter (NR)

Dominick Stewart (NR)

Hudson Ward (NR)

 

Purdue

Braden Smith (12.0 PPG)*

Fletcher Loyer (10.3 PPG)*

Trey Kaufman-Renn (6.4 PPG)*

Caleb Furst (2.2 PPG)

Myles Colvin (3.3 PPG)

Camden Heide (3.3 PPG)

Brian Waddell (1.1 PPG)

Will Berg (2.6 PPG)

Gicarri Harris (No. 88 in ESPN 100)

Raleigh Burgess (four-star)

Daniel Jacobsen (four-star)

CJ Cox (three-star)

Jack Benter (three-star)

 

Rutgers

Jeremiah Williams (12.2 PPG)*

Jamichael Davis (5.6 PPG)*

Emmanuel Ogbole (2.1 PPG)

Tyson Acuff (21.7 PPG at Eastern Michigan)

Zach Martini (8.4 PPG at Princeton)

Jordan Derkack (17.0 PPG at Merrimack)

PJ Hayes (10.5 PPG at San Diego)

Airious Bailey (No. 2 in ESPN 100)

Dylan Harper (No. 4 in ESPN 100)

Lathan Sommerville (four-star)

Bryce Dortch (three-star)

Dylan Grant (four-star)

 

UCLA

Sebastian Mack (12.1 PPG)*

Dylan Andrews (12.9 PPG)*

Lazar Stefanovic (11.5 PPG)*

Aday Mara (3.5 PPG)

Brandon Williams (3.1 PPG)*

Devin Williams (1.4 PPG)

Kobe Johnson (10.9 PPG at USC)

Skyy Clark (13.2 PPG at Louisville)

Eric Dailey Jr. (9.3 PPG at Oklahoma State)

Tyler Bilodeau (14.3 PPG at Oregon State)

William Kyle III (13.1 PPG at South Dakota State)

Dominick Harris (14.3 PPG at Loyola Marymount)

Trent Perry (No. 27 in ESPN 100)

Eric Freeny (No. 97 in ESPN 100)

USC

Harrison Hornery (3.3 PPG)

Saint Thomas (19.7 PPG at Northern Colorado)

Bryce Pope (18.3 PPG at UC San Diego)

Clark Slajchert (18.0 PPG at Pennsylvania)

Desmond Claude (16.6 PPG at Xavier)

Josh Cohen (15.9 PPG at Massachusetts)

Chibuzo Agbo (13.7 PPG at Boise State)

Rashaun Agee (13.3 PPG at Bowling Green)

Terrance Williams II (12.4 PPG at Michigan)

Matt Knowling (11.6 PPG at Yale)

Kevin Patton Jr. (9.8 PPG at San Diego)

Wesley Yates III (redshirt at Washington)

Jalen Shelley (No. 50 in ESPN 100)

Isaiah Elohim (No. 55 in ESPN 100)

 

Washington

Wilhelm Breidenbach (5.3 PPG)

Franck Kepnang (8.3 PPG)

Great Osobor (17.7 PPG at Utah State)

Mekhi Mason (14.0 PPG at Rice)

DJ Davis (13.5 PPG at Butler)

Tyler Harris (12.1 PPG at Portland)

Luis Kortright (10.0 PPG at Rhode Island)

KC Ibekwe (5.1 PPG at Oregon State)

Tyree Ihenacho (14.5 PPG at North Dakota)

Chris Conway (10.0 PPG at Oakland)

Zoom Diallo (No. 43 in ESPN 100)

Jase Butler (four-star)

Christian King (redshirt)

 

Wisconsin

Steven Crowl (11.2 PPG)*

John Blackwell (8.0 PPG)

Max Klesmit (9.9 PPG)*

Nolan Winter (2.4 PPG)

Carter Gilmore (1.8 PPG)

Kamari McGee (2.1 PPG)

Markus Ilver (1.1 PPG)

Chris Hodges (0.1 PPG)

Camren Hunter (16.9 PPG at Central Arkansas in 2022-23)

Xavier Amos (13.8 PPG at Northern Illinois)

John Tonje (2.6 PPG at Missouri)

Daniel Freitag (four-star)

Jack Robison (four-star)

Edited July 21 by IUFLA

[IowaHoosierFan]

On 7/18/2024 at 6:49 PM, 5fouls said:

Somewhat Off-Topic.  

Is there a better scent in the world than walking in the house and smelling bacon?

 

Roast maybe?

[IUFLA]

Big 10 basketball off season grade for each team...

 

[IUFLA]

Good read on where we are as a program and next year's team per Miller Kopp via @The Daily Hoosier 

 

[Parakeet Jones]

2 hours ago, IUFLA said:

Good read on where we are as a program and next year's team per Miller Kopp via @The Daily Hoosier 

 

I love the approach taken with former players.  That will pay dividends for them and the program. 

[IUFLA]

5 Big 10 Breakout Players for 2024-25

[IUFLA]

So going back to this for a minute...

I can buy Purdue in the top tier...3 starters coming back, a couple of guys in Heide and Colvin that could make a jump, and a decent freshman class...

But Illinois? Especially over UCLA...So just to summarize...

I like Ty Rodgers as a player...Have ever since Underwood put him on TJD to get dunks bounced off his noggin when we were blowing them out in Champaign when Rodgers was a freshman...But he was the lowest scorer of the starters, and he's got a limited offensive game...Motor's there, though...

And I guess Katz thinks Kylan Boswell is going to be a top shelf PG, but in 2 games against Myles Rice, Myles outscored him 23-5...and in one game against Kanaan Carlyle (KC was injured for the second Stanford-Arizona game) Carlyle outscored Boswell 28-6  I know Arizona had a lot of offensive firepower, but come on...

I know they have the two Euro kids coming in, but they, along with Morez Johnson and Will Riley are gonna have to be dynamite, and we all know how freshmen are...

I'd like to see some justification for having Illinois that high...

Edited July 26 by IUFLA

[Hoosierinbham]

53 minutes ago, IUFLA said:

So going back to this for a minute...

I can buy Purdue in the top tier...3 starters coming back, a couple of guys in Heide and Colvin that could make a jump, and a decent freshman class...

But Illinois? Especially over UCLA...So just to summarize...

I like Ty Rodgers as a player...Have ever since Underwood put him on TJD to get dunks bounced off his noggin when we were blowing them out in Champaign when Rodgers was a freshman...But he was the lowest scorer of the starters, and he's got a limited offensive game...Motor's there, though...

And I guess Katz thinks Kylan Boswell is going to be a top shelf PG, but in 2 games against Myles Rice, Myles outscored him 23-5...and in one game against Kanaan Carlyle (KC was injured for the second Stanford-Arizona game) Carlyle outscored Boswell 28-6  I know Arizona had a lot of offensive firepower, but come on...

I know they have the two Euro kids coming in, but they, along with Morez Johnson and Will Riley are gonna have to be dynamite, and we all know how freshmen are...

I'd like to see some justification for having Illinois that high...

That is an exceptionally well-thought and referenced argument. Tough to debate what you cited. And Underwood doesn't exactly seem to build cohesive teams either. You never know anymore with the portal and NIL, but I have to agree with you.

[IUFLA]

8 minutes ago, Hoosierinbham said:

That is an exceptionally well-thought and referenced argument. Tough to debate what you cited. And Underwood doesn't exactly seem to build cohesive teams either. You never know anymore with the portal and NIL, but I have to agree with you.

I think a lot of question marks have to be straightened into exclamation points for the Illini to contend...

[Purdue7]

 

[IUFLA]

2 bigs at the same time?!?! And from Dusty May?!?!

Say it ain't so!  

[IowaHoosierFan]

18 hours ago, Purdue7 said:

 

F*&^ Luke Recker. 

[IUFLA]

The biggest homer on BTN thinks Trey Kaufman-Renn will be All Big 10...

 

[JW75]

33 minutes ago, IUFLA said:

The biggest homer on BTN thinks Trey Kaufman-Renn will be All Big 10...

 

His footwork is “suspect “….. seems to me out of control with it and shuffles a lot. 

[IUFLA]

1 hour ago, JW75 said:

His footwork is “suspect “….. seems to me out of control with it and shuffles a lot. 

I think TKR is a solid player...But with all of the quality bigs in the league, and the up and comers, I just don't see him as All Conference...

[BruceDouglas]

On 7/26/2024 at 10:40 AM, IUFLA said:

So going back to this for a minute...

I can buy Purdue in the top tier...3 starters coming back, a couple of guys in Heide and Colvin that could make a jump, and a decent freshman class...

But Illinois? Especially over UCLA...So just to summarize...

I like Ty Rodgers as a player...Have ever since Underwood put him on TJD to get dunks bounced off his noggin when we were blowing them out in Champaign when Rodgers was a freshman...But he was the lowest scorer of the starters, and he's got a limited offensive game...Motor's there, though...

And I guess Katz thinks Kylan Boswell is going to be a top shelf PG, but in 2 games against Myles Rice, Myles outscored him 23-5...and in one game against Kanaan Carlyle (KC was injured for the second Stanford-Arizona game) Carlyle outscored Boswell 28-6  I know Arizona had a lot of offensive firepower, but come on...

I know they have the two Euro kids coming in, but they, along with Morez Johnson and Will Riley are gonna have to be dynamite, and we all know how freshmen are...

I'd like to see some justification for having Illinois that high...

It's Andy Katz, not exactly a deep thinker. And in the portal/NIL era preseason projections are more worthless than usual.

Simple explanation, Illinois has a bunch of talent and Brad has averaged almost 14 conference wins over the past 5 seasons so it's a reasonable bet.

[Kdug]

2 hours ago, BruceDouglas said:

It's Andy Katz, not exactly a deep thinker. And in the portal/NIL era preseason projections are more worthless than usual.

Simple explanation, Illinois has a bunch of talent and Brad has averaged almost 14 conference wins over the past 5 seasons so it's a reasonable bet.

The last 5 seasons you guys have had at least one of Shannon, Ayo, or Cockburn. I think that has a lot to do with your recent big ten success, and not sure you guys have the caliber of player this year.

[IUFLA]

Just now, Kdug said:

The last 5 seasons you guys have had at least one of Shannon, Ayo, or Cockburn. I think that has a lot to do with your recent big ten success, and not sure you guys have the caliber of player this year.

Along with Mayer and Domask...

As you said, Underwood has always had the luxury of guys who could get theirs when the team needed it...

Not sure I see one of those in this years group...

[BruceDouglas]

5 hours ago, Kdug said:

The last 5 seasons you guys have had at least one of Shannon, Ayo, or Cockburn. I think that has a lot to do with your recent big ten success, and not sure you guys have the caliber of player this year.

Yes, this is true. But we're talking about preseason prognostications here and like I said, not sure that depth of thought has gone into them. Every team has a lot of questions right now.

And a year ago a lot of Illini fans thought Goode should start instead of Domask...

Edited July 29 by BruceDouglas

[IUFLA]

11 hours ago, BruceDouglas said:

Yes, this is true. But we're talking about preseason prognostications here and like I said, not sure that depth of thought has gone into them. Every team has a lot of questions right now.

And a year ago a lot of Illini fans thought Goode should start instead of Domask...

And, as I said, the Illini have more questions than most...

What's your guess on the starting 5?

[IUFLA]

Jon Rothstein Big 10 breakdown...

 

[Indykev]

kind of Big Ten. Fran loses another son who doesnt want to play for ol' dad.

[BruceDouglas]

4 hours ago, IUFLA said:

And, as I said, the Illini have more questions than most...

What's your guess on the starting 5?

Perhaps, but there was a ton of blue and red in that conference listing you posted. The 4 P12 programs are having to adjust to a new league. Washington, USC, Ohio St and Michigan have new coaches. Some teams like MSU maybe *should* have more questions because the answers they have haven't been all that great.

Right now I'd guess Boswell, Jakucionis, Humrichous, Ivisic and Rodgers start. But could also see Riley or White in place of Ty.

[IUFLA]

17 minutes ago, Indykev said:

kind of Big Ten. Fran loses another son who doesnt want to play for ol' dad.

I was just going to post that...

Maybe nearing the end of the Fran era?

[Indykev]

14 minutes ago, IUFLA said:

I was just going to post that...

Maybe nearing the end of the Fran era?

kind of my feeling.