Illini1221
Peru,IL
Most were updated through Saturday games.
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Most were updated through Saturday games.
If you actually open the recent brackets you will see where we are. The matrix doesn't trim until the next day.
Dance card projections are based on records as of today and do not account for future upsets in any way. If we really are their last team in, then we need there to be ZERO upsets where an "out" team steals a bid and the losing team then gets a wild card bid. I don't like the odds of that happening.
If Iowa wins, they get the seven seed and Michigan gets the eight seed. It does not matter if Michigan beats Nebraska.
WE need to root for Mich to win today. I want them comfortably in the tourney when we play them rather than a cornered animal playing for their tourney lives!
Truly blew it, I think we may have been in regardless of what happened in the BTT if we beat Rutgers
Bracket matrix updated and has us as first four out. It is sounding like 2 wins and in. Much easier said than done.
Now it's actually been updated, we are the 2nd team out. Still, if we beat Michigan we'd have 12 top 100 wins and only 1 bad loss. Still a chance, but I just wonder about our ability to actually win another game.
BillyBob1
- Champaign
Frustrating, we were in pretty solid before this game. That's why I said earlier, if you beat Michigan, they should be in. This would be another top 50 win on a neutral court.
As a fan, I find it hard to imagine a worse season than this. Playing poorly, and looking like we probably won't go dancing, then playing so horrible, it was obvious we weren't going to go dancing, then as the clock was about to tick off our last chances, just a tiny spark of hope, then winning game after game after game, and looking good, and clawing our way back onto the bubble....then with the season (again) on the line, against our weakest possible conference foe, taking care of business until a total collapse in the last 5 minutes. And this on the heals of a complete crapfest of a season (granted, lot of injuries), and the season before that, crap as well.
If there's a way to make fans more frustrated, I'm all ears.
I suppose you have to hold on and hope for a similar surge in the BTT. A couple wins could put us back on the bubble. Would be unsatisfying to back into the tournament, but better than missing.
If there's a way to make fans more frustrated, I'm all ears.
I suppose you have to hold on and hope for a similar surge in the BTT. A couple wins could put us back on the bubble. Would be unsatisfying to back into the tournament, but better than missing.
Illini1221
Peru,IL
Our history with must win games against Michigan isn't exactly on our side either. (Especially in the btt)
Beating them would probably knock them out of the top 50 though.
Northwestern and MSU are right on that line, too.Like I said above though, 12 top 100 wins would be pretty solid.
If the team reads all the "upbeat" comments around this board, then they are done and they won't win another game. I understand people's frustration with yesterday, but everyone needs to remember these are young men who are trying hard and may have just squeezed it too hard yesterday. That being said, they played pretty well for the last 7 games or so. They lost to a hot shooting PSU (about 56% I believe) and yesterday shooting the ball yesterday at a cool 36%. For those who truly believe, they did not "want to win" like Iowa today, I simply disagree. I also think it is likely they will get in with two wins. Can they win two? Yes. Would they essentially be in if they had won yesterday, pretty likely-but that option is gone. I believe they can win two if they shoot the ball well. But before they beat Purdue they have to beat Michigan. All the clichés are accurate, one game at a time. It simply does come down to making shots. The tournament is more enjoyable when Illinois is in it. I would take the play in game and take my chances. It all starts at 11:00 on Thursday morning.
We'd need some help to get there, so far not many other teams (and none ahead of us) have really stumbled.
ISU laying a major egg right now.
Cheez
- Sun Prairie WI
Not the worst thing in the world for Illinois. If the committee uses this game as the "eye test" - Illinois State will not be in the tournament, potentially opening up one more spot.
Illwinsagain
- Cary, IL
OK, I thought it was over after yesterday. Now I am hearing John Belushi, "Was it over, when the German's bombed Pearl Harbor?" I guess the full figured woman hasn't started singing yet, only warming up. I-L-L...
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