ESPN B1G Power Rankings

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Recently updated. Iowa at #8.

Conference Power Rankings: Big Ten - Men's College Basketball Nation Blog - ESPN

 

[ssckelley]

8. Iowa. Not much new to report on the Iowa front. Sure, the Hawkeyes struggled at Penn State Thursday night, but they won, which at least kept their still-mostly-theoretical tournament hopes alive. Sunday's game might be their biggest of the season. With a home win over RPI-favorite Minnesota, Iowa could get at least some sort of RPI boost, something to put them in reasonable Bubble Watch territory.

ILHawk must have wrote this.

 

[ILHawk]

ILHawk must have wrote this.

Theoretically you are right. Technically, no.

 

[bcl20]

If they win a home game vs an unranked team than the tourny hopes are no longer theoretical? This doesn't make any sense.

 

[ILHawk]

The chances are more like they are today than they were yesterday.

 

[tm3308]

If they win a home game vs an unranked team than the tourny hopes are no longer theoretical? This doesn't make any sense.

Minnesota is 13th in RPI. A win would give Iowa a pretty solid bump, even if Minnesota doesn't pass the eye test at this point.

 

[hawkfan33]

If they win a home game vs an unranked team than the tourny hopes are no longer theoretical? This doesn't make any sense.

Minnesota is only unranked in the human polls, they are very highly ranked in all the computer polls.

 

[bcl20]

I know all that. The writer's logic doesn't make sense though. Their hopes are only theoretical until they win one winnable game at home?