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Actually, Minnesota's setter didn't graduate. Kelly Bowman didn't do the setting last year -- Minnesota ran a 5-1 with Rachel Hartmann doing the setting, and she'll be a junior this year. So I don't think there's as big a dropoff as you suspect.
----- Original Message -----From: Peglar, RobertSent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 3:27 PMSubject: [bigtenvb] Pre-Season Predictions?
Anyone bold enough to opine about this season and where the teams may end up?Here's my thoughts...somewhat at random, in order of finish (groups)...other thoughts equally valid, of course* PSU is clearly at the top* Wisconsin and Purdue have the best shot after PSU at finishing high, in particular Purdue returns all 6 starters and could make life very miserable for the rest of the conference; Wisconsin will do very well to match their 15 wins from last season* OSU and Minnesota graduated excellent setters and their challenge will be integration; 13 and 17 wins from last year (respectively) may be difficult to match* Michigan and MSU return 5 starters each and could challenge OSU and Minn, but they must play well on the road* Illinois, ditto their 6 wins, they should be able to get 7 or 8* Iowa should be able to be a couple of wins better than 2 wins (as they did last season)* Indiana may again win only 1 or get the 0-20 conference bagel as they lost their starting setter as well and must incorporate/integrate Rob
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