Michigan State returns its core of players from a championship team, Purdue returns everyone, Illinois returns four out of its five leading scorers, and Minnesota and Indiana are both teams on the rise.
But they still have their coach, a guy who flirted with the NBA for a season. He is bringing some crazy new offense to a conference built on man-to-man defense.
"A lot of guys can sit down at a table and X and O, talk all about it, but most can't touch John in his ability to teach it on the floor and get guys to do it," NBA executive Rod Thorn said. "What he's done with this year's team is especially remarkable. They lost all their players, and he's got guys who didn't play last year, or weren’t big recruits—and it's just amazing how they still carve people up.
"He's one of the best coaches in all of basketball."
And will have one of the best teams in the Big Ten.
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