Gophers: in or out?

[hawkdrummer1]

Many projections have the Gophs in the tourney, I'm not so sure they make it.

With Indiana, @ Wisc,@ NW, Ill, @ tOSU , they'd be 19-11 going into the BTT (assuming things go "to form").

Iowa was in the same place (20-11) last year, went 1-1 in the BTT and ended up in the NIT. It would seem the Gophs will need at least 2 Ws in the BTT to get in. (unless they beat Wisconsin or tOSU on the road)

What thinkest thou?

 

[BryceC]

Their SOS is much higher than Iowa's last year and they'd have some pretty good wins. They'd be in easy IMO.

 

[ssckelley]

One thing you have to remember is that ever since the NCAA expanded to 68 teams the bubble has gotten weaker. If you think Minnesota's resume is bad take a look at some of the other teams that Lunardi or other Bracketologists have on their bubble. If you do that then you will agree with all those that have Minnesota solidly in at this point.

However if they lose tonight at Northwestern I think they slip on to the bubble.

 

[HawksMN]

Right now they are solid bubble...which for major conf teams means they are OUT.
Lose to a bad NW team again....and they may not even be in the talk anymore.

Iowa last year was much better than this Goofball team.

 

[DDThompson]

Minn is in right now. Other bubble team's resume's are -meh-
They have wins @Richmond (bubble) FL ST (bubble) and OSU, Wisky.

Two bad losses are NW and at Pur. Other bubble teams have worse losses.

The committee has to take into account how tought the B1G is comparted to bubble teams in the SEC, MW, BEast, and even ACC (which is weak at the bottom).

 

[volhawk50]

Bryce is right. If Minnesota ends up with the same record as Iowa had last year, their resume will be significantly better than ours was. Even with 19-12 they are probably still in, 18-13 might make it dicey for them.

 

[HawksMN]

MN is very fortunate that NW didn't decide to show up today and they squeaked out a win.
A loss might have cooked them for good.

 

[ssckelley]

MN is very fortunate that NW didn't decide to show up today and they squeaked out a win.
A loss might have cooked them for good.

A loss would have put them on the bubble.

 

[HawksMN]

A loss would have put them on the bubble.

They are still on it man.

 

[ssckelley]

They are still on it man.

Which bracketologist are you following?

 

[BryceC]

There are teams with way worse resumes on the bubble right now. Another reason why expanding to 96 is absurd, some of the teams would be honestly just bad.

 

[volhawk50]

Which bracketologist are you following?

They are on the bubble, that's pretty fair to say. But they are in a lot better shape than MN likes to believe.

 

[HawksMN]

They are on the bubble, that's pretty fair to say. But they are in a lot better shape than MN likes to believe.

Thank you. MN and the bub are synonomous.
Now if we can get that sucker to pop come March, all would be good.

 

[ssckelley]

A B1G team ranked 33rd in the RPI is not on the bubble.

NCAA Men's Basketball RPI | NCAA.com

 

[HomerChampless]

You know the RPI is a fluid indicator, don't you? The RPI is relative. The only thing that matters in RPIs is what are the RPIs of teams just before tournament selection time. <P> A team that Iowa beat in Dec, for example, Notre Dame, has a much lower RPI now, without their best player and more losses to lower RPI'ed teams, than they did in Dec. Iowa received a big boost in their RPI in Dec. from that ND win but not so much today from the same Notre Dame win in Dec. <P> With a month left of 'RPI changing'. With the two highest teams in the B1G missing key players on their team. - MSU and Meechegan. With teams like Nebraska and Georgetown beating teams like MSU, the RPI of, for example, MSU (heck, any team that's played MSU), has gone DOWN. Conversely, the RPIs of lower RPI'ed teams that have beaten teams like, for example, MSU have gone up.

 

[HomerChampless]

Are the Gophers in? Too close to call.

 

[wundergrape]

They're in today. Could easily play themselves out.

 

[HawksMN]

Are the Gophers in? Too close to call.

This sums it up. If the Gophers go into sel. sunday, having beaten no one from here on out, they better bring extra deodorant to their war room cause their gonna be sweatin!

 

[wundergrape]

This sums it up. If the Gophers go into sel. sunday, having beaten no one from here on out, they better bring extra deodorant to their war room cause their gonna be sweatin!

What? No.

Right now they are firmly, squarely, in. Not on anybody's bubble. In.

Lot's of basketball left, though.

 

[HawksMN]

What? No.

Right now they are firmly, squarely, in. Not on anybody's bubble. In.

Lot's of basketball left, though.

Whatever, aint what Bubble Watch is saying. Might want to do some more reading.