rico Posted January 24, 2018 Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 Hard to believe we got a chance at making it, but the fact is we do. I think we all know what we need to do just to get on the "bubble". But we also have to keep our eyes out for "bid stealers". Which I have not been doing. It does appear that Gonzaga and St. Mary's will both get in but other than that I have no idea about the other mid-major conferences. Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted January 24, 2018 Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 My thoughts isn't related necessarily to mid-major conferences but other P5 conferences. Looking at Big 12, ACC, and Big East the early season story is you could have as many as 6-7 teams from each of those conferences make the tourney. Possibly more. Normally we focus on mid-majors but for Big 10 this year I think our 5th place team (assuming Purdue, Sparty, Michigan, and Ohio St are locks as of today) could have it's invite taken away from major conference overload. Jim Delany doesn't lose often but after Ohio St getting left out of playoff in football....I'm sure he's sitting there saying no way we only get 4 teams in tourney. I think 5 make it. Hopefully it's us but need to get wins vs Purdue, Sparty, Ohio St to end season. Other conferences to watch. American (Cincy, Houston, Wichita St). Do they get all 3 in? Additional? SEC too. They have 3-6 teams that can make an argument but on paper right now only 3 look the part (Florida, UK, and Auburn) with another 3-4 teams trying to fight for another spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted January 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 7 minutes ago, Seeking6 said: My thoughts isn't related necessarily to mid-major conferences but other P5 conferences. Looking at Big 12, ACC, and Big East the early season story is you could have as many as 6-7 teams from each of those conferences make the tourney. Possibly more. Normally we focus on mid-majors but for Big 10 this year I think our 5th place team (assuming Purdue, Sparty, Michigan, and Ohio St are locks as of today) could have it's invite taken away from major conference overload. Jim Delany doesn't lose often but after Ohio St getting left out of playoff in football....I'm sure he's sitting there saying no way we only get 4 teams in tourney. I think 5 make it. Hopefully it's us but need to get wins vs Purdue, Sparty, Ohio St to end season. Other conferences to watch. American (Cincy, Houston, Wichita St). Do they get all 3 in? Additional? SEC too. They have 3-6 teams that can make an argument but on paper right now only 3 look the part (Florida, UK, and Auburn) with another 3-4 teams trying to fight for another spot. Speaking of the American.......UCF and SMU? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdhoosier Posted January 24, 2018 Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 I'm going to make a prediction. If we get into the tournament it's not going to come from a bid. It'd be from winning the B1G tournament. So all of it will be irrelevant. haha. I just can't see this team winning all the games their 'supposed' to win AND THEN stealing one from the big 3 in the conference. That's a lot of things that need to add up in our favor. Heck, I'm not even completely sure we'll beat Illinois tonight because they've been playing tough and are thirsty for a win. Plus they still seem to have that Eric Gordon (he who shall not be named) chip on their shoulder. I mean....let it go already! and sorry to be pessimistic, but we are still 96 in Ken Pom. The only good win we have is to a now Bonzie Colson-less ND team (#30). The other wins? Well, Minnesota is falling apart. Any tourney team should be able to beat PSU at home. Iowa - they suck. And then Maryland is not even on the bubble anymore. We are really hanging on to an unraveling thread right now. Lloyd Christmas might have a better chance of hooking up with Mary Swanson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CampHoosier Posted January 24, 2018 Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 28 minutes ago, tdhoosier said: We are really hanging on to an unraveling thread right now. Lloyd Christmas might have a better chance of hooking up with Mary Swanson What was all that one in a million talk? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted January 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 44 minutes ago, tdhoosier said: I'm going to make a prediction. If we get into the tournament it's not going to come from a bid. It'd be from winning the B1G tournament. So all of it will be irrelevant. haha. I just can't see this team winning all the games their 'supposed' to win AND THEN stealing one from the big 3 in the conference. That's a lot of things that need to add up in our favor. Heck, I'm not even completely sure we'll beat Illinois tonight because they've been playing tough and are thirsty for a win. Plus they still seem to have that Eric Gordon (he who shall not be named) chip on their shoulder. I mean....let it go already! and sorry to be pessimistic, but we are still 96 in Ken Pom. The only good win we have is to a now Bonzie Colson-less ND team (#30). The other wins? Well, Minnesota is falling apart. Any tourney team should be able to beat PSU at home. Iowa - they suck. And then Maryland is not even on the bubble anymore. We are really hanging on to an unraveling thread right now. Lloyd Christmas might have a better chance of hooking up with Mary Swanson. The fact is we get 4 cracks at teams that are ranked #13 and higher.......with 3 coming at home. Just buckle up!!!!!! Enjoy the ride!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdhoosier Posted January 24, 2018 Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 1 minute ago, rico said: The fact is we get 4 cracks at teams that are ranked #13 and higher.......with 3 coming at home. Just buckle up!!!!!! Enjoy the ride!!!!!!! Oh I'm strapped in with a 5 point harness and wearing depends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
addictedtoIU Posted January 24, 2018 Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 If we only had 1 bad loss to ISU, we may get by. But 2 terrible beatdowns at home against mid-majors pretty much sealed the deal. We definitely need about 2 marquee wins OR we just need to win the BTT to get in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierKix Posted January 24, 2018 Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 1 hour ago, Seeking6 said: My thoughts isn't related necessarily to mid-major conferences but other P5 conferences. Looking at Big 12, ACC, and Big East the early season story is you could have as many as 6-7 teams from each of those conferences make the tourney. Possibly more. Normally we focus on mid-majors but for Big 10 this year I think our 5th place team (assuming Purdue, Sparty, Michigan, and Ohio St are locks as of today) could have it's invite taken away from major conference overload. Jim Delany doesn't lose often but after Ohio St getting left out of playoff in football....I'm sure he's sitting there saying no way we only get 4 teams in tourney. I think 5 make it. Hopefully it's us but need to get wins vs Purdue, Sparty, Ohio St to end season. Other conferences to watch. American (Cincy, Houston, Wichita St). Do they get all 3 in? Additional? SEC too. They have 3-6 teams that can make an argument but on paper right now only 3 look the part (Florida, UK, and Auburn) with another 3-4 teams trying to fight for another spot. I would Argue Tennessee is right there I mean heck they have been in the top 25 for most of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted January 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 2 minutes ago, HoosierKix said: I would Argue Tennessee is right there I mean heck they have been in the top 25 for most of the season. Yep, to me the Vols are a lock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierKix Posted January 24, 2018 Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 I would also say that ACC if stays on the course they are will probably get 5 or 6 teams in if not 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoB2011 Posted January 24, 2018 Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 2 minutes ago, rico said: Yep, to me the Vols are a lock. Yes, but not sure UK is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierKix Posted January 24, 2018 Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 Just now, KoB2011 said: Yes, but not sure UK is. UK will make it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierKix Posted January 24, 2018 Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 Mountain West could have two teams make it in Nevada and Boise State Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoB2011 Posted January 24, 2018 Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 21 minutes ago, HoosierKix said: UK will make it I think they will too, but they aren't a lock at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted January 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 8 minutes ago, KoB2011 said: I think they will too, but they aren't a lock at this point. No they aren't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted January 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 28 minutes ago, HoosierKix said: Mountain West could have two teams make it in Nevada and Boise State Which conference is New Mexico St. in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted January 24, 2018 Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 I think we would have to go 11-7 just to be mentioned for the bubble so that would have us going -4 the rest of the way. That would give us a record of 18-12 overall and probably would have to make the semi final of the Big ten tournament to have a chance for a bid. I just look back 3 games that will probably keep us out as of right now and that is the ISU, Fort Wayne and UW games. We had the lead at half against UW and if we could have won that game we would be 6-2 in the conference right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
addictedtoIU Posted January 24, 2018 Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 Tennessee seems to be a lock at this point. They didn't have terrible loss. They beat Purdue, NC State, Georgia Tech, and UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted January 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 Hell, I just seen where BYU is 17-4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FW_Hoosier Posted January 24, 2018 Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 If we don’t have 20 wins on Selection Sunday, there is absolutely no way we’re getting into the tournament unless we won the BTT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted January 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 Interesting tidbit........every team in the SEC has a better RPI than us sans Vandy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CauseThatsMyDJ Posted January 24, 2018 Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 There is no point in even having this discussion until we were to get two wins against the B1Gs top 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zerawkid Posted January 24, 2018 Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 It might be obvious to point out: Granted we show up and take care of Illinois, our effort against Purdue likely tells us a great deal in terms of what we might expect moving forward. If we can find a way to not lay anymore eggs like the MSU, IPFW, or the Sycamore games, we might be able to build momentum. I think it’s key, they just have to prove to themselves that they can run with the big teams in crunch time. I’m just not so sure they have the upperclassmen leadership nor instesinal fortitude. But, I want to see if they can find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUaic Posted January 24, 2018 Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 Is this the NIT "bubble" thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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