JG10Hawk
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Agreed on both counts.
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Agreed on both counts.
99topdawg
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I think he's counting some games as automatic wins and saying this. I still don't see how he figures this as "worst finish" even if it's just his prediction.
99topdawg
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After the Indiana win, I really liked the schedule seeing NW at home, mid-week off, the Rutgers. Should win 2 (eek!) plus the mid-week bye will give everyone else the chance to beat each other or lose games they shouldn't. Gives us a chance to close the gap.
WindsorHawk
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Play well. Get ahead by double digits...making the occasional bad call a moot point. Get a double bye. It sounds so simple. But nothing is easy in the Big 10 this year...except games against Nebraska since Copeland went down. Seriously, Nebraska is the team I would rather play over anyone else right now.
Robowe
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Here's the missed double dribble on Penn State. Almost as bad as the Bradley Beal 5 step non travel in the NBA.
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DDThompson
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Bumpity bump bump
Northside Hawk
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I really want that double bye now. There is going to be absolute chaos between seeds five through fourteen on Wednesday and Thursday
Yeah I think it’s going to be a dogfight to make it to the Friday quarterfinals. It would be great to have that ticket punched before the tournament starts. Outside of Nebraska I think every team will be a tough out.
Northside Hawk
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It's happening all over the league, for what it's worth. It isn't just Iowa.
Teams like Rutgers and Northwestern and Penn State are closer to the top six than the standings would indicate. It's just that when conference games are played somebody has to lose.
It's a good year to have a veteran experienced team.
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Northside Hawk
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We're about 98% of the way into the dance right now.. Beating Maryland will remove all doubt. We will be a lock with a win tomorrow night.
If they're still talking about Ohio State and Minnesota being ten or eleven seeds I think our position is pretty safe right now.
By “ticket punched” I was referring to a ticket in Friday’s quarterfinals in the BTT. It would be nice to have earned that spot prior to the BTT starting. Basically like you said, the double bye is huge.
WindsorHawk
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We just have to win out and we don’t play until Friday...no worse than the 4 seed and quite possibly the 3.
Edit - I think another loss puts us at 5 or 6...doesn’t matter who beats us.
Edit - I think another loss puts us at 5 or 6...doesn’t matter who beats us.
Northside Hawk
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Wisconsin has just completed the gauntlet part their schedule.
Purdue has an interesting game at Indiana this week.
Michigan and Michigan State still play each other twice guaranteeing two losses between them.
Maryland still has Michigan again. Obviously, tomorrow night is our biggest game the year to date.
WindsorHawk
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Toughest Games IMO
@ Wisconsin
Maryland
Should win...but still plenty tough
The rest
@ Wisconsin
Maryland
Should win...but still plenty tough
The rest
NikeHawk21
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Edit. I see what you meant here. Hopefully we can get Maryland tomorrow night but at UW will be tough.
Wisconsin is currently 11th in KenPom. My guess is Iowa will be 6-7+ point underdogs and have a maybe a 20%-30% chance of winning.
Also pretty sure it’s their senior night which will be Happ’s senior night.
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JG10Hawk
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HawkPrdatr40
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I would be very surprised if we were that big of a dog at Wisconsin. Very tough game but 6 to 7+ points sounds like alot.
NikeHawk21
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We were +9.5 at Purdue. They are 10th in KenPom. +11.5 at Michigan State. Those are our only road games against similar level opponents.
