ILLINI76
- Springfiled, IL.
Change it so we win all of our games, Maryland loses all of their games, PSU loses to Indiana, and the rest of the favored results play out, and we get the #1 seed on tie-break over PSU. Not likely, but imaginable.
Almost correct, but the bracket has PSU favored to finish 5-0, including a win at the Breslin Center. They finish ahead of us if we both win all of our remaining games.We could be 1 if we win out and Maryland lost all 5 games.
OSU seems to be returning to their early season form, so I think that one is a loss. The prospect that really concerns me is beating Iowa on Saturday, and then having to play them again on Friday in the 4-5 game. Not sure we can beat them twice in a week. Hopefully, our PSU win reduces the chance of meeting them on Friday in the BTT.Our remaining schedule will skew us toward a 3/4 finish. However OSU/Iowa I'm not as sure about.
I do love the idea of beating OSU at their place in March. After 2005 that will never get old.OSU seems to be returning to their early season form, so I think that one is a loss. The prospect that really concerns me is beating Iowa on Saturday, and then having to play them again on Friday in the 4-5 game. Not sure we can beat them twice in a week. Hopefully, our PSU win reduces the chance of meeting them on Friday in the BTT.
Ugh. The notnothing.net default bracket says we won't meet them on Friday in the 4-5 bracket as Daniel's table from last week suggested was fairly likely; we could meet them on Friday in the 3-6 bracket instead!OSU seems to be returning to their early season form, so I think that one is a loss. The prospect that really concerns me is beating Iowa on Saturday, and then having to play them again on Friday in the 4-5 game. Not sure we can beat them twice in a week. Hopefully, our PSU win reduces the chance of meeting them on Friday in the BTT.
IU basically trades places with Minnesota after their road win last night, while Rutgers and Michigan also fall/rise about 1 seed line each.
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Would be a great result. In a two team tie with Penn State, we’d win the tie break because we beat them.I've been maintaining a chart to track team-by-team results this Big 10 season. I think it's at least 98% accurate. (Indiana is playing at Minnesota as I type. ) If the top 12 teams win all home games and lose all road games (with the single exception of also beating both NW and NEB on the road), we finish in a 2-way tie with Penn State for 2nd place at 13-7, one game behind MD.
Or a three team tie with PSU and Wisconsin. We beat them both, so we could get a 2 seed from that one.Would be a great result. In a two team tie with Penn State, we’d win the tie break because we beat them.
the tiebreakers seem to help us here ...head to head we lose to MD (but doesn't really matter at this point), lose to MSU, but are ahead of Wisc, PSU, Rutgers, & MI; trail IA (with a home chance to tie)...if we end up in multiple team tie scenarios which seem likely, we should be rooting for Rutgers, Mich, PSU, & Wisc to be there with usThe latest:
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Quite a bit better than with random outcomes, I assume due to our relatively easy schedule vs. other teams around us: