Indykev Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 Win out and deep run in the bbt? Would that be enough? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parakeet Jones Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 We definitely have to win out. Then we have to get at least two and maybe three in the BTT. I would love for that to happen as much as anyone. I just have a hard time seeing it happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblaz13 Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 2 minutes ago, Parakeet Jones said: We definitely have to win out. Then we have to get at least two and maybe three in the BTT. I would love for that to happen as much as anyone. I just have a hard time seeing it happening. IF they beat Sparty perhaps you might rethink your stance. Winning out and taking 2 or 3 in the BTT likely wouldn't look so improbable but they definitely have to do that first. Streaks can work both ways.... once they start. Who knows how many this team might string together , but the most important is getting consecutive win #2 right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 Just win the BTT and not have to worry about anything else. The more games we can win to finish the season the better our seeding for the BTT will be and we need to get out of having to play the first day of the BTT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CauseThatsMyDJ Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 Not sure if this is even mathematically feasible, but winning out and remaining in the bottom 4 would be helpful. That would put us at 17-14 heading into the tourney. Win that first game against Penn State/Northwestern/Nebraska. Then get that second game against Wisconsin/Iowa/Minnesota/Ohio State. That would put us at 19-14 and we'd have a shot at one of the top 4 to get to 20 wins. 20-15 gets us in you would have to think. 19-15 gets us at least on the bubble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbmhoosier Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 Gotta get 5 more wins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CauseThatsMyDJ Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 http://bball.notnothing.net/big10.php?sport=mbb I ran a scenario using KenPom but switching IU to all wins. Only six schools finish with a winning conference record: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parakeet Jones Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 1 hour ago, jblaz13 said: IF they beat Sparty perhaps you might rethink your stance. Winning out and taking 2 or 3 in the BTT likely wouldn't look so improbable but they definitely have to do that first. Streaks can work both ways.... once they start. Who knows how many this team might string together , but the most important is getting consecutive win #2 right now IF they beat Sparty, I absolutely would rethink my stance. That is going to be a tough game and even with our improved play, I have a hard time seeing us winning it. I hope I am wrong. Let's be honest though, at Illinois won't be easy. I still will be pretty cautious in my optimism even with a win Saturday. If we find a way to win out in the regular season, I think we might just pull off getting at least two BTT wins. You are absolutely correct, getting #2 in a row is all that matters right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BGleas Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 3 minutes ago, Parakeet Jones said: IF they beat Sparty, I absolutely would rethink my stance. That is going to be a tough game and even with our improved play, I have a hard time seeing us winning it. I hope I am wrong. Let's be honest though, at Illinois won't be easy. I still will be pretty cautious in my optimism even with a win Saturday. If we find a way to win out in the regular season, I think we might just pull off getting at least two BTT wins. You are absolutely correct, getting #2 in a row is all that matters right now. I think at Illinois is actually a pretty hard game. I know they're record isn't great, but they play extremely hard. It's not going to be easy to win there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwtaylor1055 Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 Gotta win 5 games at min to make the big dance, whether it starts this Saturday or starts after the Mich st game. If it starts this Saturday, they need 2 wins in BIG tourney. If they lose Saturday, they need to win last two regular season games and at least 3 wins in BIG tourney. Plain and simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proud2BAHoosier Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 Just don't see it happening. If it does, I'll be the first here to say I was wrong!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 A whole bunch of teams get declared ineligible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoHoosier Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 With the bubble being incredibly weak.... Ideally, we win out and take care of business. Getting help from teams winning their conference tournaments that should win them will help a great deal. 19 or more wins. Yesterday, I think I saw Seton Hall projected as last 4 in with a NET of 62. We were at 57 in the NET. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3Ballin Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 Hope that the FBI comes down HARD on about 20 schools that aren't us and the NCAA is forced to actually do something to them by suspending the schools immediatly for post season play? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 1 hour ago, dwtaylor1055 said: Gotta win 5 games at min to make the big dance, whether it starts this Saturday or starts after the Mich st game. If it starts this Saturday, they need 2 wins in BIG tourney. If they lose Saturday, they need to win last two regular season games and at least 3 wins in BIG tourney. Plain and simple. Pretty much the way I see it....win 5 more games. I am aboard on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwtaylor1055 Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 1 minute ago, rico said: Pretty much the way I see it....win 5 more games. I am aboard on this. glad we think alike, now lets go fishing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 1 minute ago, dwtaylor1055 said: glad we think alike, now lets go fishing! LOL, anytime you are in the Warsaw area...I am your guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogue3542 Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 I really think we only have to win 4 more games in any combination without losing to Rutgers at home. We would be the best bubble team in terms of quality wins and SOS. Beat Illinois and Rutgers, and win two in the BTT - in. Win out and win one in the BTT - in. Beat Rutgers, lose to Illinois and MSU, but win 3 in the BTT - in. Lose out - we have to win BTT, obviously haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 I'm in the camp of getting to 18 wins as well. Oklahoma had 18 wins last year, lost in first round of conference tourney and still made it. If we beat Sparty that makes 7 quad 1 wins as well as 3 vs top 10ish (Marquette, Sparty). Even if we lose at Illinois it isn't a bad loss...but if we win it's another quad 1 win. *Does anyone know if because conference tourney games are considered neutral would our first win up there or even second count as quad 1 wins for NET rankings? If that's the case we could beat Sparty and Rutgers, lose at Illinois and win 2 in BTT. That would give us 10 quad 1 wins. I'd say it would be hard to keep us off that 10 or 11 line in that scenario. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 11 minutes ago, rogue3542 said: I really think we only have to win 4 more games in any combination without losing to Rutgers at home. We would be the best bubble team in terms of quality wins and SOS. Beat Illinois and Rutgers, and win two in the BTT - in. Win out and win one in the BTT - in. Beat Rutgers, lose to Illinois and MSU, but win 3 in the BTT - in. Lose out - we have to win BTT, obviously haha. 4-2 gives us an overall record of 18-16. That would definitely test the boundaries of the tournament committee's reliance on things like Quad 1 wins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 22 minutes ago, 5fouls said: 4-2 gives us an overall record of 18-16. That would definitely test the boundaries of the tournament committee's reliance on things like Quad 1 wins. They owe us. After going from a 2 or 3 seed in 2008 to 8 seed in 6 games where we went 3-3.....I'd say the committee needs to give us one back. Haha. Or having us play all of our tourney games at 10pm EST Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosierhoopster Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 Our record is obviously bad in the BTT, but on the flip side, the way we're playing right now and with our team's motivation, I wouldn't want to face IU in the BTT. I said it before and was admittedly being a nutjob optimist, but the way the team is playing now, winning the BTT is conceivable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 1 minute ago, Hoosierhoopster said: Our record is obviously bad in the BTT, but on the flip side, the way we're playing right now and with our team's motivation, I wouldn't want to face IU in the BTT. I said it before and was admittedly being a nutjob optimist, but the way the team is playing now, winning the BTT is conceivable. I can't see us having the stamina to win 4 or 5 days in a row. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosierhoopster Posted February 28, 2019 Report Share Posted February 28, 2019 4 hours ago, 5fouls said: I can't see us having the stamina to win 4 or 5 days in a row. Tall order for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoB2011 Posted February 28, 2019 Report Share Posted February 28, 2019 10 hours ago, CauseThatsMyDJ said: http://bball.notnothing.net/big10.php?sport=mbb I ran a scenario using KenPom but switching IU to all wins. Only six schools finish with a winning conference record: In this scenario, we definitely get in with 19 wins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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