@JohnGasaway
No league’s ever earned 7 or more bids without a team seeded at least as high as 2. B1G may send 7 without a No. 3. Historically weird year.
@JohnGasaway
No league’s ever earned 7 or more bids without a team seeded at least as high as 2. B1G may send 7 without a No. 3. Historically weird year.
Bracket matrix update (% to make / Team) based on model and simulations of remaining games:
In or nearly so
100% Wiscy
99% Purdue
93% Maryland
Good or decent shot
70% NW (it's gonna happen!)
60% Indiana
56% Minnesota
45% Michigan
43% MSU
Almost eliminated
12% tOSU
7% Illinois
Gotta win the BTT
2% Iowa
2% Penn State
1% Nebraska
0% Rutgers
Indiana won't have a chance without Blackmon and Anunoby. I'd put them behind us in tournament likelihood. (Obviously bracket matrix came up with this, but just saying)
NIT... Emotionally: pass, we deserve better, etc. Practically: it's good game experience for the younger guys, so I want us to make it.We're still in one of the 82 brackets, but it's probably because it's not updated. So the question seems to be, can we make the NIT? Would you want us to?
Bracket matrix update (% to make / Team) based on model and simulations of remaining games:
Almost eliminated
12% tOSU
7% Illinois
Gotta win the BTT
2% Iowa
2% Penn State
1% Nebraska
0% Rutgers
Wow. It's gotten really quiet on this thread. Did I miss something? :hand:
Shouldn't the Illini be somewhere between Rutgers and Nebraska right now?
Is there another tournament below the NIT that's possible?
Ok, thanks.
Wow. It's gotten really quiet on this thread. Did I miss something? :hand:
Shouldn't the Illini be somewhere between Rutgers and Nebraska right now?
The Illini's RPI are the only thing that are even giving them a shred of a chance.
The Illini's RPI are the only thing that are even giving them a shred of a chance.
Our R.I.P. is 100%
Our R.I.P. is 100%
I can't take any mort of these puns.
Not really anymore. We're at like 70 or something now.
We are 53 now, but projected to end the season 70ish.
http://www.rpiforecast.com/stats.html
If we win out and get some help we could end up with a very similar RPI to Northwestern, and both on the bubble. How fun would that be? I think the committee gives the Cats their first tourney, and we'll get to hear how great Duke is because of it.
Based upon the analysis at http://barttorvik.com/conf.php?conf=B10, there are 8 teams projected to finish between 7-11 and 9-9. I think that there could be possibly as many as seven teams at 9-9 (especially since I think NW is just as likely to finish at 9-9 as the projected 11-7). This could be good for as high as fourth place in the B1G. If Illinois can get to 9-9, then the B1G tourney will decide their fate. If they finish well enough to get to 9-9, I like those odds.
I actually think this would be a quite humorous and ironic result. The fanbase wanting Groce's head despite a top 4 conference finish, lol.
9-9 and tied for fourth through tenth? Hmm, is this finally the time to bet my beach house?