In conference with Maryland and Wisconsin above us - is it head to head so we should be 4 for beating Maryland?
ESPN says we are 5th
- Thread starter SaratogaBoiler1
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Right now the seedings are...
1. Michigan State
2. Michigan
3. Wisconsin
4. Purdue
5. Maryland
6. UCLA
7. Illinois
8. Oregon
9. Indiana
10. Ohio State
Then there is a jumbled mess of 7-11 Rutgers, Minnesota, Nebraska and Northwestern that I would have to look further into.
15. USC
But we lost to Wisconsin. Purdue, Maryland and Wisconsin are each 1-1 against the other 2. So the next tiebreaker is record against the team at the top. We all lost to MSU. So then it's record against #2. If you assume Michigan beats Maryland, which kind of has to happen for this tiebreaker to be created, then Purdue wins that tiebreaker because we beat Michigan. That tiebreaker assumes we lose to Illinois and Wisconsin loses to Minnesota. So all are at 13-7.
If Maryland beats Michigan, everything changes, and could result in a 4-way tie at 14-6, or a 3-way tie if Wisconsin loses to Minnesota.
There are a whole lot of games that still play a role in the seedings. And the fact that Maryland plays Michigan jumbles everything us.
I wouldn't put any stake in how ESPN orders the teams. Use this site:
mred's Big 10 MBB Tournament Seeding Tiebreaker
Big 10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Seeding and Tiebreakers
bball.notnothing.net
Or Penn State beats Bucky instead of Minny. But Michigan has to lose to both Maryland and Michigan State.
True. Gotta make some assumptions to do this and I'm assuming Wisconsin beats Penn State (at home) and MSU beats Michigan (at home). I know what happens when you assume though.
I'm going to give them a puncher's chance. Home game, rivalry, playing decent right now, Tonje struggling. I bet the spread is less than 3.
Minnesota has been one of the oldest teams of the year. Probably the oldest resume in the country.
It is uncommon that Purdue is not in the top three. Course a couple bad games and more teams..,
I assume you meant oddest. Anything is possible, Purdue got blown out by PSU, but I'd still be pretty surprised.
Yea it was supposed to be oddest. Don't always try and swipe text with speed. Minnesota though is 5-7 against Q1. But are 93rd in the NET. Not very many teams have more than 5 Q1 wins. 22 teams have 6+. All 2 are considered in the tourney. Then there are 10 other teams with 5. All 10 of the others are in or on the bubble. Minnesota isn't close to the bubble. What hurts Minnesota are metrics and losses to Wichita State and Washington(they are 0-2 against Q3). BUT... A team like Villanova is 2-6 against Q1, 6-2 against Q3 and have a Q4 loss to #266 Columbia and Nova is considered on the bubble.
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