B1G Thread

[ericd7633]

At this point it's looking like 8 max for the league. With Minnesota being the 8th. And we could sure as hell play ourselves out of it.

 

[rmilia1]

At this point it's looking like 8 max for the league. With Minnesota being the 8th. And we could sure as hell play ourselves out of it.

If be surprised if it's less than 8. Looking at teams schedules left o think it'll be tough for IU to get to 9 wins but I still think they may get in at 8-12 pending who they beat and how the rest of the bubble fares. I'd love for Iowa to get a protected seed and end up in Des Moines but they'll probably need to go minimum 5-2 the rest if the way to have a shot ( and win a game or 2 in the B10 tourney )

 

[ericd7633]

If be surprised if it's less than 8. Looking at teams schedules left o think it'll be tough for IU to get to 9 wins but I still think they may get in at 8-12 pending who they beat and how the rest of the bubble fares. I'd love for Iowa to get a protected seed and end up in Des Moines but they'll probably need to go minimum 5-2 the rest if the way to have a shot ( and win a game or 2 in the B10 tourney )

I wouldn't considering it's the Gophers who you probably peg as the 8th team. We SHOULD get to 10 wins, given we have 4 games left against teams below us in the standings, but that doesn't really mean anything. IF IU does finish 8-12 in conference they'd be 17-14 entering the B1G tournament. I think they'd probably have to make it to the finals, which would make them 20-15 entering Selection Sunday. Beating Minnesota, Illinois and Rutgers won't really do much for them. And then that's projecting another win against Purdue/Iowa/Wisconsin/MSU, which would obviously be a quality win.

And yeah it's going to be extremely tough for Iowa to be a protected seed. Especially if the committee puts Kentucky in Columbus. Because then that has a domino effect with teams like MSU, Michigan, Marquette etc.

 

[rmilia1]

Just heard on BTN that NW has lost 6 games this year where they had the game winning shot in the air ( 0-6 in such games ). Even if they'd made 3 of the 6 they'd probably be a bubble team right now . Pretty crazy how close your season can be to being pretty good but still be bad

 

[jontaejones]

If be surprised if it's less than 8. Looking at teams schedules left o think it'll be tough for IU to get to 9 wins but I still think they may get in at 8-12 pending who they beat and how the rest of the bubble fares. I'd love for Iowa to get a protected seed and end up in Des Moines but they'll probably need to go minimum 5-2 the rest if the way to have a shot ( and win a game or 2 in the B10 tourney )

I say it every year, but I don't think the sub .500 teams deserve to get in.

I'd rather teams from the Pac12 and American get in than Seton Hall and St Johns if they finish under .500.

At some point you have to reward quantity of wins over a team that has a couple of good wins and piles of losses.

Oklahoma is 5 games under .500 in league play and is safely in the field.

 

[rmilia1]

I say it every year, but I don't think the sub .500 teams deserve to get in.

I'd rather teams from the Pac12 and American get in than Seton Hall and St Johns if they finish under .500.

At some point you have to reward quantity of wins over a team that has a couple of good wins and piles of losses.

Oklahoma is 5 games under .500 in league play and is safely in the field.

I agree to an extent but I'd rather see the at larges come from the mid majors ( teams like UNCG, Furman , Liberty etc ) if they don't win their tourneys . I don't mind 2 games under getting in if the league was really good but it needs to be a top 2 or 3 league and they need to have had a great ooc

 

[mr.hockey4242]

If be surprised if it's less than 8. Looking at teams schedules left o think it'll be tough for IU to get to 9 wins but I still think they may get in at 8-12 pending who they beat and how the rest of the bubble fares. I'd love for Iowa to get a protected seed and end up in Des Moines but they'll probably need to go minimum 5-2 the rest if the way to have a shot ( and win a game or 2 in the B10 tourney )

Iowa has very minimal shot at Des Moines

0 shot if they go 5-2 imo

 

[mr.hockey4242]

I say it every year, but I don't think the sub .500 teams deserve to get in.

I'd rather teams from the Pac12 and American get in than Seton Hall and St Johns if they finish under .500.

At some point you have to reward quantity of wins over a team that has a couple of good wins and piles of losses.

Oklahoma is 5 games under .500 in league play and is safely in the field.

The American and PAC have no contenders tho. Like legit no contenders.

Shit, Cincy is one of the few locks and they would be 5-6 at best in the BE.

Agree about OU tho. 3-8 is an abomination.

 

[rmilia1]

Iowa has very minimal shot at Des Moines

0 shot if they go 5-2 imo

You're probably right given the schedule . Not a lot of really quality wins left

 

[ericd7633]

Iowa has very minimal shot at Des Moines

0 shot if they go 5-2 imo

It's almost impossible for them to be there. Between Duke, UVA, UK and Tennessee those 4 teams are going to take up the Columbia and Columbus Pods. After that you have MSU, Michigan, Purdue, Marquette, Kansas, Wisconsin and Iowa State all fighting for the Des Moines Pod. Along with Iowa. I guess they could send MSU, Michigan and Purdue to Hartford. But Des Moines is slightly closer for all 3 of those schools. There not being a Pod in like Memphis is really going to hurt some of these Midwest schools as far as where they get placed. One of the "Midwest" Pods will be taken by an ACC/SEC school.

 

[ericd7633]

You're probably right given the schedule . Not a lot of really quality wins left

It honestly might take Iowa winning out to have a chance.

 

[osubuckeye89]

I say it every year, but I don't think the sub .500 teams deserve to get in.

I'd rather teams from the Pac12 and American get in than Seton Hall and St Johns if they finish under .500.

At some point you have to reward quantity of wins over a team that has a couple of good wins and piles of losses.

Oklahoma is 5 games under .500 in league play and is safely in the field.

I wouldnt.

The Pac 12 is terrible this year and the American is meh at best.

5 games under .500 is a bit much though (in OUs case)

But i'd take a 9-11 maybe even 8-12 B1G team over a .500 or barely over Pac 12 team any day

 

[osubuckeye89]

I'm still bullish on Ohio State's tourney chances

4-4 the rest of the way gets them to .500 which is pretty much a lock to get in at that point i'd think

tough sledding though

Illinois (whos been playing really well lately)
@Michigan State
Northwestern
@Maryland
Iowa
@Purdue
@Northwestern
Wisconsin

Not sure if I see 4 wins there.

ABSOLUTELY have to beat Northwestern both times. Hopefully beat Illinois at home. That would be 3 and hope for 1 more (though 9-11 in conference probably gets them in this year, hope to get to .500 to be safe though)

 

[rmilia1]

It honestly might take Iowa winning out to have a chance.

Which isn't crazy . The only game I'd imagine we won't be favored in is @Wisconsin

 

[mr.hockey4242]

You're probably right given the schedule . Not a lot of really quality wins left

Yeah like Eric mentioned in his post there are so many teams they have to jump to get protected.

And if they lose the Wisco game and get swept by them that almost eliminates that jump unless the badgers tank

 

[rmilia1]

Yeah like Eric mentioned in his post there are so many teams they have to jump to get protected.

And if they lose the Wisco game and get swept by them that almost eliminates that jump unless the badgers tank

Going to be a really interesting last 5 weeks . I think my heart has finally stopped beating out of my chest after last night lol. Shit like that amazes me . How dudes can remain calm enough in the midst of runs like that to make a shot. I could barely stand up afterwards and he's sinking a 26 foot 3 with a hand in his face lol

 

[ericd7633]

Which isn't crazy . The only game I'd imagine we won't be favored in is @Wisconsin

I'm talking about through the conference tournament as well.

 

[rmilia1]

I'm talking about through the conference tournament as well.

I'd be surprised if it took all that given the likelihood Iowa winning out in the regular season probably gets then to no worse than second in the league and the unlikelihood Kansas doesn't stop a few more but we will see. I'd say if Iowa wins all the way out there's a great chance they'd end up as a 1 seed but probably no worse than a 2. Too many other big matchups between teams who are both ahead of them left to be able to tell for sure

 

[mr.hockey4242]

I'd be surprised if it took all that given the likelihood Iowa winning out in the regular season probably gets then to no worse than second in the league and the unlikelihood Kansas doesn't stop a few more but we will see. I'd say if Iowa wins all the way out there's a great chance they'd end up as a 1 seed but probably no worse than a 2. Too many other big matchups between teams who are both ahead of them left to be able to tell for sure

Yeah Kansas will probably drop a few more especially if Vick stays out. They do have a shit ton of Q1 wins tho.

Moving to a 1 seed will be tough tho. The top 3 are simply locked in. Zags and Kentucky would have to really fall.

Shit I think Marquette would even be very borderline to a 1 seed if they somehow won out. And they would be solidly over 10 Q1 wins while doing so.

I think most teams are fighting for 2-5 seeds

 

[ericd7633]

I'd be surprised if it took all that given the likelihood Iowa winning out in the regular season probably gets then to no worse than second in the league and the unlikelihood Kansas doesn't stop a few more but we will see. I'd say if Iowa wins all the way out there's a great chance they'd end up as a 1 seed but probably no worse than a 2. Too many other big matchups between teams who are both ahead of them left to be able to tell for sure

If Iowa did win out, all it would take is for a team like Marquette or any combo of the B1G teams to be ahead of you. Which isn't that far fetched even if Iowa were to win out. This is also assuming the top 4 don't nose dive.