The Blue Ribbon School Basketball Yearbook, an annual publication previewing the school basketball season for the reason that early Nineteen Eighties, was launched this week in a digital format.
Printed copies will probably be obtainable later this month.
After being picked to complete fourth within the Large Ten final season, Blue Ribbon tasks the Hoosiers to win the Large Ten this season. Blue Ribbon additionally ranked Indiana No. 14 in its preseason high 25.
The opposite Large Ten applications within the Blue Ribbon preseason high 25: Illinois (No. 17) and Purdue (No. 22).
Listed below are some notes on Indiana, the Large Ten at giant and extra from the Blue Ribbon Yearbook:
• Blue Ribbon predicts the order of end within the Large Ten as follows: Indiana, Illinois, Purdue, UCLA, Ohio State, Michigan State, Oregon, USC, Michigan, Washington, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Maryland, Northwestern, Rutgers, Iowa, Penn State and Minnesota
• Purdue’s Braden Smith is the Blue Ribbon choose for Large Ten participant of the 12 months.
• Indiana’s Oumar Ballo, a switch from Arizona, is the Blue Ribbon choose for Large Ten newcomer of the 12 months.
• The preseason Large Ten all-conference workforce chosen by Blue Ribbon is Smith, Ballo, Minnesota’s Dawson Garcia, Washington’s Nice Osobor and Iowa’s Payton Sandfort.
• The highest three Large Ten backcourts are Purdue, Illinois and UCLA.
• The highest three Large Ten frontcourts are Indiana, Ohio State and Michigan.
• Alabama’s Mark Sears is Blue Ribbon’s choose for nationwide participant of the 12 months and Duke’s Cooper Flagg is the choose for newcomer of the 12 months.
• Listed below are the Blue Ribbon preseason All-American groups:
First workforce: Sears, Arizona’s Caleb Love, North Carolina’s RJ Davis, UConn’s Alex Karaban and Hunter Dickinson of Kansas.
Second workforce: Auburn’s Johni Broome, Flagg, Wade Taylor IV of Texas A&M, Tennessee’s Zakai Zeigler and Smith.
Third workforce: Creighton’s Ryan Kalkbrenner, Gonzaga’s Graham Ike, Robbie Avila of Saint Louis, Houston’s J’Wan Roberts and Iowa State’s Tamin Lipsey.
Fourth workforce: Ballo, Osobor, UAB’s Yaxel Lendeborg, Hunter Sallis of Wake Forest and Houston’s LJ Cryer.
The Blue Ribbon faculty basketball yearbook is obtainable to buy right here.
Presenting Blue Ribbon’s preseason All-American squad:
G) @ariidavis_ (@UNC_Basketball)G) @caleb2love (@ArizonaMBB)G) @imcsears (@AlabamaMBB)F) @AlexKaraban (@UConnMBB)C) @H_Dickinson24 (@KUHoops)
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— Chris Dortch (@cdortch) September 3, 2024
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