Bubble Watch

[Shuttlesworth]

Games updated in thread.

Useful Links:

CBS Bubblewatch:

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/bracketology/bubble-watch

Live RPI:

http://www.rpiforecast.com/live-rpi.html

Eye on College Basketball/Poppin' Bubbles (Bubble movers and shakers):

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/eye-on-college-basketball

Bracket Matrix:

http://www.bracketmatrix.com

Basketball Power Index (BPI)

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/bpi/_/type/tournament

[PAhusker]

The only reason I miss the Big 12 is not having games on Saturday. Who doesn't love a little Studio 66?

[GoBigRed]

That's a lot of teams to root for! I have enough trouble just trying to root for one team. You trying to kill me?

[AuroranHusker]

The only reason I miss the Big 12 is not having games on Saturday. Who doesn't love a little Studio 66?

 

Concur on Studio 66's Saturday double or tripleheader being one of the few reasons to miss the last conf... everything in the Big 12 was sponsored by Phillips 66 & Dr. Pepper.

[49r]

Penn State giving Iowa all it can handle.  Tied at 33 just after the second half started.

[hhcmatt]

Buddy Hield is up there in terms of "what-if" we could have landed him.

[doc1394]

Indiana got throttled

[throwback]

Whew - when Indiana decides to play bad, they don't mess around do they?   They look like the worst team in the league today by quite a bit.

[HuskerFever]

Whew - when Indiana decides to play bad, they don't mess around do they?   They look like the worst team in the league today by quite a bit.

 

royalfan, I'll let you take this one

[throwback]

 

Whew - when Indiana decides to play bad, they don't mess around do they?   They look like the worst team in the league today by quite a bit.

 

royalfan, I'll let you take this one

 

To be fair I did say "look like" 

 

And they just put IU's remaining schedule up on the screen, they'll be fortunate to win 2 of their remaining 6 - the only game they may be favored in down the stretch by Las Vegas is home against Nebraska ... and if we go on a nice winning streak here, that could change too.

[Shuttlesworth]

Miami did us no favors losing to VT.

[Swan88]

Georgia is now in sole possession of third place in the SEC.

[Shuttlesworth]

Edited to show 2/17 games.

[Shuttlesworth]

Edited to show 2/18 games

[PimpMario]

Don't we want Iowa to beat Indiana?  If Indiana starts winning a lot and getting top 25 wins couldn't they get onto the bubble?

[hhcmatt]

Don't we want Iowa to beat Indiana?  If Indiana starts winning a lot and getting top 25 wins couldn't they get onto the bubble?

 

Agreed.  Iowa is basically a lock.  I'm not sure that the Indiana win raises our RPI enough if they do end up grabbing a spot out of the deal.

[bball23]

 

Don't we want Iowa to beat Indiana?  If Indiana starts winning a lot and getting top 25 wins couldn't they get onto the bubble?

 

Agreed.  Iowa is basically a lock.  I'm not sure that the Indiana win raises our RPI enough if they do end up grabbing a spot out of the deal.

 

I saw this too.  I wonder if the reason he highlighted Indiana was because we play them twice?  So the more wins they can maybe get late, the better it is for us?  Am I off on this thought process?

[Silverbacked1]

Don't we want Iowa to beat Indiana?  If Indiana starts winning a lot and getting top 25 wins couldn't they get onto the bubble?

 

Agreed.  Iowa is basically a lock.  I'm not sure that the Indiana win raises our RPI enough if they do end up grabbing a spot out of the deal.

I saw this too.  I wonder if the reason he highlighted Indiana was because we play them twice?  So the more wins they can maybe get late, the better it is for us?  Am I off on this thought process?

Nan we just want Iowa to lose.

[Shuttlesworth]

The premise of me picking Indiana is that they have a brutal stretch and it'd be nice if they could keep that RPI sub-100. (They currently sit at 100)

[49r]

I say Indiana is the team to root for because, since we're going to keep winning, and we will stay ahead of them anyway, having them beat Iowa gets us one game closer to that #4 spot.

[uneblinstu]

I see very little chance that Indiana beats Iowa...

[hhcmatt]

I see very little chance that Indiana beats Iowa...

 

According to a friend of mine who is a Marquette fan, you should at least look if Crean has a fake tan/isn't wearing glasses because the game is on national TV.  Not sure if he does that sort of stuff anymore since he's landed the big time job now.

[uneblinstu]

 

I see very little chance that Indiana beats Iowa...

 

According to a friend of mine who is a Marquette fan, you should at least look if Crean has a fake tan/isn't wearing glasses because the game is on national TV.  Not sure if he does that sort of stuff anymore since he's landed the big time job now.

 

I'll cede that duty to you, my friend.

[Jadler]

 

I see very little chance that Indiana beats Iowa...

 

According to a friend of mine who is a Marquette fan, you should at least look if Crean has a fake tan/isn't wearing glasses because the game is on national TV.  Not sure if he does that sort of stuff anymore since he's landed the big time job now.

 

"Hey Crean, have you ever banged a hoodrat in your tanning bed?"

Just something that has been yelled at Crean before that has gotten bench players to errupt in laughter.

[doc1394]

Early parts of most games are looking good for us. Minus the Nova-Providence game