So while this weekend's slate was supposed to clarify things, there is a legitimate possibility that there is a 6 way tie for 3rd place in the B10 this year. Since I started doing this stuff (we're talking over 10 years now), I have never seen anything like this. The B10 is so bunched up it's just insanity to do much of anything with. Basically this is what the B10 currently is with 2 games left:
Outstanding: Purdue
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Great: Illinois
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Better than average (Goodish?): Nebraska, Northwestern, Wisconsin, Iowa, MSU, Minnesota
Worse than average (Baddish?): PSU, Indiana, OSU, Rutgers, Maryland
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Absolute trash: Michigan
Just insanity this year. By the way, if I have done my math correctly with the tiebreakers, there is no possible way Maryland can get any better than an 11 seed, meaning that Maryland in their loss has clinched a spot in the 1st round game with Michigan. So, Purdue and Illinois have clinched the double byes, Michigan and Maryland have clinched spots in the bottom 4, and everything else is a giant mess. One other thing to be aware of- if we are the 2 seed in the BTT, MSU is the team right now projected to be the 7 seed we face in the Quarters. So if we were to make a run to the title game we are now projected to face the following to end our season pre-tourney:
@Wisconsin- Quad 1A
vPurdue- Quad 1A
@Iowa- Quad 1
N-MSU- Quad 1A
N-Neb/NW/Wisky- Quad 1
N-Purdue- Quad 1A
That's 6 consecutive Quad 1 games, 4 of which are Quad 1A. It'd be nuts, but if we were to somehow win all 6 of those, I think a 2 seed is possible. That'd be an 11-5 record in Quad 1 games, 16-7 in Quad 1 and 2 combined with no bad losses. That's 3 seed at absolute worst material. Anyways here are the projections for the BTT:
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