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Might as well get this thread started. Obviously will be more for updates throughout the tournament, but there's some interesting scenarios for seeding right now.

 

Here's a few potential outcomes that can impact our current #10 seed with two games remaining:

 

Wisconsin: at least match win-for-win to remain ahead (vs Purdue, at Minnesota)

Penn State: at least match win-for-win + tiebreaker (#2 seed results) to remain ahead (at Northwestern, vs Maryland)

Michigan State: lose both games and Nebraska wins both games to jump ahead (at Nebraska, vs Ohio State)

Rutgers: lose both games and Nebraska wins both games to jump ahead (at Minnesota, vs Northwestern)

Iowa: lose both games and Nebraska wins both games to jump ahead (at Indiana, vs Nebraska)

 

Nebraska: vs Michigan State, at Iowa

 

What is essentially comes to is:

1. Nebraska wins out, any 3 teams lose out (Michigan State, Rutgers, Iowa)

2. Match win-for-win with any 2 teams (Wisconsin, Penn State)

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2 hours ago, Nebrasketball1979 said:

This will obviously play a role in seeding.  MSU and Minnesota will not be made up per Izzo.

 

 

 

Does Michigan State get in with an 18-12, 10-9 finish (which would assume a loss to NU, win vs OSU)?  Or do they need to win 19?  In that case do we see Pfeiffer, McJunkins, and Boroski?

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1 hour ago, Dead Dog Alley said:

Penn State is probably going 8-12 also; I'm assuming the second tiebreaker with them is overall record, so unless they somehow beat Iowa, the Buckeyes are it.

Maryland is not a good road team at all.  Their best road performance is a 35 point win over Minnesota or a 3 point loss to Purdue.

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10 hours ago, Dead Dog Alley said:

Penn State is probably going 8-12 also; I'm assuming the second tiebreaker with them is overall record, so unless they somehow beat Iowa, the Buckeyes are it.

I believe it's record against the top teams in the league. Both lost to Purdue, so it would basically ride on who ends up with a win vs the highest seeded team. Right now that would be ours against Maryland, but 2-8 is such who knows who will end up there.

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10 hours ago, Dead Dog Alley said:

Penn State is probably going 8-12 also; I'm assuming the second tiebreaker with them is overall record, so unless they somehow beat Iowa, the Buckeyes are it.

 

The 2nd tiebreaker is winning percentage vs top teams in the conference and you keep going down the line.

Both Nebraska and Penn St are 0-2 vs Purdue, so you go to the next team(s)

 

Most scenarios have Nebraska winning the tiebreaker over Penn St if both teams finish 8-12

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23 hours ago, Dead Dog Alley said:

Penn State is probably going 8-12 also; I'm assuming the second tiebreaker with them is overall record, so unless they somehow beat Iowa, the Buckeyes are it.

 

And that's why I don't bet on college basketball (Penn State 68, Northwestern 65).  I guess we can quit doing the research on tiebreakers for a while.

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Seeds 10-12 are the only ones in play now.

 

Scenarios (assuming UW loses to Purdue for simplicity):

NU wins, PSU loses, UW loses: #11 seed (unless Maryland is #2, then #10 seed)

NU wins, PSU loses, UW wins: #10 seed

NU wins, PSU wins, UW loses: #11 seed

NU loses, PSU loses, UW loses: #11 seed

NU loses, PSU loses, UW wins: #12 seed

NU loses, PSU wins, UW loses: #12 seed

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