Assuming we don’t beat Purdue we need couple things to happen this week to avoid the 8/9 game. Michigan state or Rutgers to lose one game this week. And beat Michigan. In that scenario we have the tiebreakers over them.
Big Ten Tournament Discussion
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danielb927
Orange Krush Class of 2013
- Rochester, MN
4.2% - we probably have a 10-15% chance of finishing the season 2-0, so that suggests we'd need to go 2-0 and get some help.
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
Leaving everything else in the simulator the same except for Maryland losing at PSU, I got this path for the Illini:
(8) Illinois vs. (9) Michigan at 11:00 am on Thursday
(8) Illinois vs. (1) Purdue at 11:00 am on Friday
... kill me now, lol.
If also beat Purdue:
(5) Illinois vs. (12) Nebraska or (13) Ohio State at 1:30 pm on Thursday
(5) Illinois vs. (4) Maryland at 1:30 pm on Friday
Safe to say our BTT prospects got a lot worse after losing to OSU, and we could REALLY use a win or two in Chicago come Selection Sunday.
(8) Illinois vs. (9) Michigan at 11:00 am on Thursday
(8) Illinois vs. (1) Purdue at 11:00 am on Friday
... kill me now, lol.
If also beat Purdue:
(5) Illinois vs. (12) Nebraska or (13) Ohio State at 1:30 pm on Thursday
(5) Illinois vs. (4) Maryland at 1:30 pm on Friday
Safe to say our BTT prospects got a lot worse after losing to OSU, and we could REALLY use a win or two in Chicago come Selection Sunday.
Our best course if we go 1-1 this week is to have either Nebraska or Ohio St beat MSU and we can slide into the 7 seed.
I'd take a run in march for sure!
the national
- the Front Range
This makes me want to destroy Michigan.
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
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Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
I think it's easily Sweet Sixteen for the sake of the program. As others have said, we need to get the monkey off of our back that the Illini are a regular season team that never makes the Second Weekend ... I know it's dumb to assume that off of TWO seasons, but people definitely say it. I'm also not sure if my heart can take Michigan squeaking into the Tournament and making another Sweet Sixteen while we get bounced before that. I was REALLY hoping they'd miss out on March Madness.
This statement is just so sad I had to laugh. We're to the point where we're hoping Nebraska can get a win so we can sneak into the 7th seed..how quickly things change
Well I guess I should say if that happens I should have 7 at minimum. Lots of ways to end up 4-6 in that scenario too. But that OSU loss definitely put us behind the 8 ball.This statement is just so sad I had to laugh. We're to the point where we're hoping Nebraska can get a win so we can sneak into the 7th seed..how quickly things change
Just thought I would post Sports Illustrated preseason basketball picks in Big. National ranking first then Big finish 2nd
#15 Illinois- 1st in Big
#20 Indiana-2nd in Big
#24 Michigan-3rd in Big
#29 Iowa- 4th in Big
#32 OSU-5th in Big
#35 Purdue-6th in Big
#36 MSU-7th in Big
#52 Rutgers-8th in Big
#55 Wisconsin- 9th in Big
$58 Maryland-10th in Big
#76 Penn State-11th in Big
#84 Minnesota-12th in Big
#127 Northwestern-13th in Big
#138 Nebraska-14th in Big
Looks like they had no clue either!
#15 Illinois- 1st in Big
#20 Indiana-2nd in Big
#24 Michigan-3rd in Big
#29 Iowa- 4th in Big
#32 OSU-5th in Big
#35 Purdue-6th in Big
#36 MSU-7th in Big
#52 Rutgers-8th in Big
#55 Wisconsin- 9th in Big
$58 Maryland-10th in Big
#76 Penn State-11th in Big
#84 Minnesota-12th in Big
#127 Northwestern-13th in Big
#138 Nebraska-14th in Big
Looks like they had no clue either!
Ransom Stoddard
Ordained Dudeist Priest
- Bloomington, IL
Given how clogged up the conference is, some of this will wind up close. Northwestern is the massive outlier here.
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
After the Texas game, we legit looked as good as anyone in the Big Ten. Unfortunately, the PSU loss just after set our new pattern of alternating between good and absent, haha.
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
I was just playing around with the simulator ... can someone smarter than I am confirm my initial finding that it seems almost impossible for us to get on the bottom side of the bracket? That really sucks, haha, as those are the 5:30 pm and later game times. 
EDIT: It looks like the most realistic scenario is leaving everything the same as the simulator defaults (including Illinois beating Michigan and losing at Purdue) but having Nebraska upset Michigan State in Lincoln, making us the #7 seed playing against #10 Wisconsin ... so I guess it's not that crazy. Personally, assuming we go 1-1 this next week, I am really hoping for that. Avoid the top half of the bracket.
EDIT: It looks like the most realistic scenario is leaving everything the same as the simulator defaults (including Illinois beating Michigan and losing at Purdue) but having Nebraska upset Michigan State in Lincoln, making us the #7 seed playing against #10 Wisconsin ... so I guess it's not that crazy. Personally, assuming we go 1-1 this next week, I am really hoping for that. Avoid the top half of the bracket.
With the Hoosiers getting spanked is there a realistic possibility of an 8 way tie for second?
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