Ready or not, basketball season is finally here! This is the earliest we have ever started a season, and there are a lot of changes. We have a 20-game Big Ten schedule. We have four new starters. We have a ton of newcomers. What we do know is that Mackey Arena will continue to be one of the toughest venues in all of college basketball for visiting teams. We only lost once at home all of last season, by one rebound, essentially.
But this team is new. We are turning over another page and hope that THIS is finally THE year for a run to the Final Four is anew.