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<blockquote data-quote="Piotyr" data-source="post: 1998030" data-attributes="member: 747104"><p>Illini followed up their worst effort of the season with one of their best (T-Rank places it 4th by game score behind NW, Missouri and Rutgers). Coleman was the best player on the court by far, Harmon and Rodgers brought it. Defense was much better in the second half after a rough first half, only 6 turnovers on the game, outrebounded Michigan heavily, and pulled down 3/4 of the defensive rebounds in this one after a few bad performances on that end in a row.</p><p></p><p>Updated EM after a week (since Illinois took the early part of this week off, so did I):</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]30304[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Observations:</p><p>- Loss by Wisconsin this week was huge for both Illinois and Purdue, keeping them in striking distance as long as they win games.</p><p>- Tonight's Illinois win pushed them back into 2nd in conference EM.</p><p>- Only 4 above average teams in the conference (which tracks). MSU finally starting to overcome their 2 game crater to start conference play.</p><p>- Minnesota falls back to the back half of the conference with their last 3 performances.</p><p>- No team is worse than -0.09 PPP, which means there are no terrible teams. Just not a lot of good teams either at this point.</p><p>- Ohio State has also nose dived of late, bad loss to Michigan drops them to a tie for 12th in conference. Though everyone in conference has at least 2 wins now.</p><p></p><p>B1G Power Rankings, week 4:</p><p>1. Purdue - Their two losses keep them within reach of the rest, but they're still a step above</p><p>2. Wisconsin - Hey, their bad loss was at least on the road, and they maintain the top EM in the conference right now.</p><p>3. Illinois - They are alive after tonight's effort.</p><p>4. Michigan State - Still just 3-4 in conference, have some work to do to build a worthy tournament resume, but they're still clearly the 4th best team in this conference right now.</p><p>5. Yikes....I mean...Iowa maybe? They've won two straight and have climbed to 5th in conference EM</p><p>6. Nebraska - Need to win some games on the road to solidify any tournament hopes</p><p>7. Ohio State - Need to win some games period to solidify tournament hopes.</p><p>8. Maryland - Still disappointing, but not "worst team in the conference" disappointing anymore.</p><p>9. Northwestern - Still 3-2 in conference, but need to build a resume to consider themselves tournament-worthy.</p><p>10. Indiana - No show against Purdue, still good defensively.</p><p>11. Michigan - Last in the standings, still their 2 wins are both good wins and better than anyone below them.</p><p>12. Minnesota - And it started to look so promising...</p><p>13. Rutgers - Their offense is somehow worse than Indiana, however that's possible.</p><p>14. Penn State - They are 3-4 in conference and still the worst team. Could have a conference year where everyone gets at least 6-7 wins.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Piotyr, post: 1998030, member: 747104"] Illini followed up their worst effort of the season with one of their best (T-Rank places it 4th by game score behind NW, Missouri and Rutgers). Coleman was the best player on the court by far, Harmon and Rodgers brought it. Defense was much better in the second half after a rough first half, only 6 turnovers on the game, outrebounded Michigan heavily, and pulled down 3/4 of the defensive rebounds in this one after a few bad performances on that end in a row. Updated EM after a week (since Illinois took the early part of this week off, so did I): [ATTACH type="full"]30304[/ATTACH] Observations: - Loss by Wisconsin this week was huge for both Illinois and Purdue, keeping them in striking distance as long as they win games. - Tonight's Illinois win pushed them back into 2nd in conference EM. - Only 4 above average teams in the conference (which tracks). MSU finally starting to overcome their 2 game crater to start conference play. - Minnesota falls back to the back half of the conference with their last 3 performances. - No team is worse than -0.09 PPP, which means there are no terrible teams. Just not a lot of good teams either at this point. - Ohio State has also nose dived of late, bad loss to Michigan drops them to a tie for 12th in conference. Though everyone in conference has at least 2 wins now. B1G Power Rankings, week 4: 1. Purdue - Their two losses keep them within reach of the rest, but they're still a step above 2. Wisconsin - Hey, their bad loss was at least on the road, and they maintain the top EM in the conference right now. 3. Illinois - They are alive after tonight's effort. 4. Michigan State - Still just 3-4 in conference, have some work to do to build a worthy tournament resume, but they're still clearly the 4th best team in this conference right now. 5. Yikes....I mean...Iowa maybe? They've won two straight and have climbed to 5th in conference EM 6. Nebraska - Need to win some games on the road to solidify any tournament hopes 7. Ohio State - Need to win some games period to solidify tournament hopes. 8. Maryland - Still disappointing, but not "worst team in the conference" disappointing anymore. 9. Northwestern - Still 3-2 in conference, but need to build a resume to consider themselves tournament-worthy. 10. Indiana - No show against Purdue, still good defensively. 11. Michigan - Last in the standings, still their 2 wins are both good wins and better than anyone below them. 12. Minnesota - And it started to look so promising... 13. Rutgers - Their offense is somehow worse than Indiana, however that's possible. 14. Penn State - They are 3-4 in conference and still the worst team. Could have a conference year where everyone gets at least 6-7 wins. [/QUOTE]
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