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If they can maintain their current level of play, at a minimum, and hopefully incrementally improve, they may have a shot, which 3 games ago I was thinking it might be a scramble to get to 5 conf. wins. Granted the last 3 games haven't been against the cream of the league crop, but the way they've won (2 blowouts and a fairly convincing win against a decent Illinois team on the road) is very promising. Webster, Watson, Morrow, Jacobson & McVeigh have picked up their play considerably lately which takes some of the pressure off White & Shields. Stay consistent with this level of play and they should be very competitive going forward.

Michigan State Rutgers Maryland Michigan Ohio State Wisconsin Minnesota

Rutgers Michigan State Penn State Iowa Maryland Purdue Ohio State

Huskers 72 Illini 69 Time for 3 in a row.

Huskers 74 Goophers 66

Purdue Michigan State Ohio State Nebraska Maryland Minnesota Wisconsin

Heck no.

RU 73 NU 68

@ Rutgers - about 30% - 35% chance of a win. Minnesota - about 70% - 75% chance of a win.

Ohio State Iowa Maryland Michigan State Rutgers Northwestern Illinois

Iowa 79 Neb 60

Maryland Indiana Purdue Michigan State Northwestern Minnesota Iowa

Hoosiers 79 NU 68 What's a hoosier? I lived there for 10 years and never did get an answer.

Ohio State Michigan Rutgers Nebraska Northwestern Maryland Wisconsin

NU 67 NW 64 7 conf. wins

Big 10 Standings 1. Purdue (16 - 2) Defeated Michigan State based on head-to-head record. 2. Michigan State (16 - 2) Lost to Purdue based on head-to-head record. 3. Maryland (15 - 3) 4. Indiana (13 - 5) 5. Iowa (12 - 6) 6. Northwestern (11 - 7) 7. Ohio State (9 - 9) 8. Illinois (7 - 11) Defeated Michigan based on head-to-head record. 9. Michigan (7 - 11) Lost to Illinois based on head-to-head record. 10. Wisconsin (6 - 12) 11. Nebraska (5 - 13) 12. Minnesota (4 - 14) 13. Penn State (3 - 15) 14. Rutgers (2 - 16)

5 road wins is highly unlikely with this young team, regardless of how some of those teams have played so far. @Rutgers is the closest thing to a lock, but even that one is questionable. Michigan and Ohio State at home are possible wins, but I would also consider them unlikely simply because IMO both of them hold a significant athletic advantage against NU across the board.

NU 77 SF 62

NU 72 RI 66

No inside presence, poor guard play, no shooters and recurring poor fundamentals + young team on the road - recipe for a pummeling. Creighton is basically the polar opposite in all those categories. And, as others have noted, they seem to have a system and all the players understand the system, knowing where they and their teammates are supposed to be. When an NU guard drives into the paint, the other 4 seem to be glued to a spot - never seems to be much effort or understanding of how to find an open area. Also, as was pointed out previously, could they not figure out that Groselle is left-handed? Every time in the post, they positioned themselves to take away his weak hand. Maybe he can go to the right, but I would think you would at least try to force him that way.

Crayton 74 NU 69 7 threes

NU 85 AC 66

Thug U 75 NU 70

Cinn 68 NU 58

NU 87 APB 63 5