By the way, here is how our Tournament resume looks heading into tonight's huge matchup with Rutgers at the Trapezoid of Terror:
Record: 18-6
NET Rank: #13
SOS Rank: #8
Q1 Wins: 5 (at #19 IOWA, vs. #21 WISC, vs. #27 MSU, at #45 IND, at #66 NU)
Q2 Wins: 5 (vs. #36 MICH, vs. #55 ND, vs. #61 KSU in KC, vs. #66 NU, at #103 MINN)
Q3 Losses: 0
Q4 Losses: 0
Some Things We Should Root For:
- Unless it interferes with a double bye in the BTT or winning the Big Ten ... we want RU to win enough to get into the top 75. It would both turn our home win vs. them into another Q2 win AND make any potential victory tonight into a Q1 win!
- Again, unless it interferes with our Big Ten goals, it would be great for Michigan to sneak into the top 30 somehow ... no matter how much it might make you puke, it would give us another Q1 win vs. them at home already!
- NU to stay in the top 75, as that road win in Evanston is deceptively huge for our resume.
- KSU to do well ... if they moved into the top 50 somehow, it would turn into a Q1 win since it was at a neutral site in Kansas City.
Remaining Opportunities:
at #81 Rutgers (Quad 2)
at #27 Michigan State (Quad 1)
vs. #17 Ohio State (Quad 1)
at #36 Michigan (Quad 1)
vs. #86 Penn State (Quad 3 ... only TERRIBLE loss left on the schedule)
vs. #19 Iowa (Quad 1)
Assuming a PSU loss is avoided, I think a 4-2 finish keeps us firmly in the 3-seed camp, and a 5-2 finish likely gets us firmly in the 2-seed camp, depending on who the wins are against. Exciting stretch coming up!