Iowa up 6. So, we should be cheering for Wiscy over Iowa?
If Iowa wins this one, they have to lose at home against PSU.
Iowa up 6. So, we should be cheering for Wiscy over Iowa?
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I agree. They've had a great season and if they get to the MVC Championship game, they should be in without question.
I do find it somewhat humorous in some of our fans puffing our chests out on how deserving we are over a team like Illinois State, who has played great since December.
Three weeks ago, we're ready to fire the coach, the team wasn't NIT worthy.....The SFC was on the verge of being burned to the ground....
ISU is going to win between 25-28 games, they won their conference regular season championship and we'll see what happens this weekend. If they get to the Championship game, lose to Wichita State and get left out.....That would be BRUTAL. They've done the work.
We still have work to do.
I think were going to have 3 bad losses when it's all done. Indiana and Penn State will have an RPI of over a 100.
Now that Minnesota has won, is there any outcome where Illinois doesn't play round1 vs Iowa and round2 vs Purdue now?
If Iowa splits and Michigan loses at Nebraska, we end up with the 7 seed against either Nebraska or OSU, right? Assuming we win at RU, that is.
If Iowa splits and Michigan loses at Nebraska, we end up with the 7 seed against either Nebraska or OSU, right? Assuming we win at RU, that is.
Yea they looked great losing by 41 to wichita st...in feb
they played 24 of their games vs RPI 100+teams...a lot of the bubble teams would look pretty good vs that sched.
They have ONE top 50 win....ONE
two top 100 wins to our 11...
They have as many bad losses as decent wins (lost to 236 murray state and 114 tulsa).
Travesty? no. They should schedule someone OOC or go to a conf that has some teams if they don't like it.
Iowa wins @ Wisconsin. They have good wins & 2 in a row on the road. RPI is still really high, but they are probably on the fringe of the bubble now. Not that we needed any more company.
Can Nebraska still get as high as a ten seed?
Iowa wins @ Wisconsin. They have good wins & 2 in a row on the road. RPI is still really high, but they are probably on the fringe of the bubble now. Not that we needed any more company.
Iowa wins @ Wisconsin. They have good wins & 2 in a row on the road. RPI is still really high, but they are probably on the fringe of the bubble now. Not that we needed any more company.
Possible Scenarios after Iowa defeats Wisconsin: 128
Of those, Illinois is a 7 seed in 16 (12.5%), and an 8 or 9 seed in 112 (87.5%)
Scenarios:
#9 vs. Michigan: 48 / 128 (37.5%)
#9 vs. Iowa: 48 / 128 (37.5%)
#8 vs. Iowa: 16 / 128 (12.5%)
#7 vs. Nebraska: 8 / 128 (6.25%)
#7 vs. Ohio State: 8 / 128 (6.25%)
Note: This is just a grouping of all possible scenarios, and does not assume the likelihood of an individual event occurring. If someone wants to provide me the win likelihood of the final seven games, I would love to weigh each scenario that way.
If Iowa and Michigan both win, we get Michigan in the 8/9 game? That's an awful draw if so.
Will this push Iowa into the RPI top 100, and thereby give us two more RPI top-100 wins, though?
Possible Scenarios after Iowa defeats Wisconsin: 128
Of those, Illinois is a 7 seed in 16 (12.5%), and an 8 or 9 seed in 112 (87.5%)
Scenarios:
#9 vs. Michigan: 48 / 128 (37.5%)
#9 vs. Iowa: 48 / 128 (37.5%)
#8 vs. Iowa: 16 / 128 (12.5%)
#7 vs. Nebraska: 8 / 128 (6.25%)
#7 vs. Ohio State: 8 / 128 (6.25%)
Note: This is just a grouping of all possible scenarios, and does not assume the likelihood of an individual event occurring. If someone wants to provide me the win likelihood of the final seven games, I would love to weigh each scenario that way.