Two seed talk
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Yeah still early, and notice that in the top one they have 11 different teams that have a 3-seed in their projected range. That's a lot of teams, speaking to how even that cluster of teams is. One mediocre loss and at team like Purdue would drop to the back end of that group. But we've made such a move in the last few weeks that 2-3 is absolutely warranted.
We are the 3rd #4 seed on the matrix currently, but most of the brackets there don't include Saturday, which resulted in major shifting across the landscape not just us.
This year's team is starting to remind me of 2018-19.
That team also started off rocky (6-5 after losing to ND in mid-December). They won 17 of their next 20 games and eventually shared the B1G title with MSU. They got a #3 seed in the NCAA Tournament and advanced to the Elite 8. I don't think anybody saw that coming in the first six weeks of the season.
That team also started off rocky (6-5 after losing to ND in mid-December). They won 17 of their next 20 games and eventually shared the B1G title with MSU. They got a #3 seed in the NCAA Tournament and advanced to the Elite 8. I don't think anybody saw that coming in the first six weeks of the season.
Yup. Seen if we were to win the B1G outright, with 3 losses, we are more than likely a 1 seed…which would be insane 😂
Yeah 25-6 would be in decent shape for a #1. Gotta figure (at least) 2 SEC teams and Duke look really good for 1s. The ACC competition is just not strong enough to give Duke more than 3 more losses. The top of the Big East is not looking good right now, so yeah 17-3 in the balanced B1G should make that happen.
But Iowa State in there too.
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Yeah for sure. Would be one of paints best coaching years if that happens haha. I’m thinking 15-5ish will win it. MSU needs to start losing a few here… 😂
Have to defend Mackey here. Can’t afford to let one go at home.
MSU will have to lose a wheel to get to 5 conference loses … I’m guessing they drop maybe 3-4 but would love to see that wheel come off… the sooner the better lol.
Not so sure. According to KenPom, only Michigan has had an easier B1G schedule to date.
Shit our B1G schedule thus far has actually been on the easier side of things looking at who we’ve played and who we still have to play…BUT theirs had been pretty light
Yep. Illinois was their first top 30 KenPom opponent. They end the season with 7 in their last 9 games.
They have a rough time coming. I see three losses easy. They will likely pick up a 4th somewhere. So we have up to 3 losses to tie, think we get to that.
The refs aren't going to save them every time like they did with IL by taking out the IL star PG. At least two of those fouls were flat out corrupt calls. Can you imagine if they do that to Smith? Crazy.
Up to the 4th 3 seed this morning. with a bunch of the more recent updates having us a 2.
True, but Purdue has already played 5 Big Ten road games. If Purdue can go undefeated at home from here on out, it is hard to see how Purdue isn’t at least tied for the title.
That seems about right given our resume to date and this team's performance the last seven games. This team has a long way to go to get to the point where they're consistently playing to their potential. Hopefully they take another step forward tonight against a talented OSU team.
I would take a 3 seed in the Midwest. Need to kick Kansas out of there.
Interestingly, I looked a little at the rest of Duke's schedule, because I noticed that they are only 5-2 in Q1+Q2 right now. For comparison, Auburn is 11-1, Purdue is 9-4. Duke has the fewest number of Q1+Q2 wins in the top 13 of the NET.
The rest of the way, currently at least, they only have 6 more Q1+Q2 opponents, and one of them is actually Illinois.
The ACC is just that mediocre this year. Some of the Q3s could move to Q2 over time, sure, but that's a poor schedule.
Kansas getting a ton of mileage out of the early defeat of Duke. Duke will get a ton of mileage from a very weak ACC.
Being the 2 seed in Tennessee’s bracket would make for some sleepless nights down on Rocky Top…
In that bracket, UT would get taken care of by Gonzaga/creighton/illinois.
I’d be interested in the second round matchup of smith vs chucky hepburn
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