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Link didn’t work for me. I’d say we’re an 8 with an outside shot at a 7 in current standing. A semi-final appearance may grab us that 7 and a B10 Championship may get us to a 6. But that 6 is stretching it and probable our ceiling. 9-10 is probably the basement with a loss Friday. I think we need to be careful calling certain rankings “falsehood” as each ranking serves its purpose in the overall picture of a team. If metrics were reversed and SOR was in the 30s-40s with BPI being in the 20’s, would we complain that the SOR is a bad metric or praise the BPI? There’s a reason the committee meets for like 5 straight days while determining the bracket. Theres a lot of info out there that they need to discuss when it comes to teams in the field and seeding of teams. I think most legit bracketologists do look at the entire picture. And while our resume is really good, it does have some warts. Non-Con SOS, loss to Rutgers (even though it’s Q2), road record/lack of neutral site games to name a few. There are bracketologists out there that most likely don’t look at all the metrics and team sheets due to sheer time. However, I don’t think our resume in current state deserves anything above a 7 and that 7 is stretching it. There’s a slim margin for us though. Had we beat Minny and Rutgers, we’re probably looking at a 5-6 seed and throw in Illinois with those two and a Top 4 protected seed isn’t out of the question.

I think there’s just too many good players in this conference with eye popping stats that’ll get 1st team. Keisei getting at least 2nd team should be a lock though.

Also— our recent stretch of wins by 10-20 including our two road wins have been huge in just getting us where we are. If we had squeaked those out, we’d be even lower than where we sit now.

Also— after hovering around #325 the entire year, our NET NONCON SOS is now up to 303– almost jumping into the top 300. It’s still awful, but I’ll take 25 spots better.

I think we’d be punished a little for our bad non con SOS. However, a 7 as it stands today isn’t out of the question. I wouldn’t be surprised for anything from 7-9 currently. Metrics overall… SOR- 23 KPI- 27 BPI- 38 Pom- 32 NET- 37 Resume avgs out to 25 = Top 7 seed Predictive avgs out to 35 = Last 8 seed NET = 9 seed. If we could get our predictives up a little bit, a 7 seed would be a lock I’d think.

That Union match pissed me off so much. That throw in was so obvious, even my wife said “how’s that their throw in?”

Stony brook takes down 3 seed Drexel to move into the semis of the CAA championships. 2 wins away from dancing for our non-con opponents.

Still sitting 3rd in the RPI as of this moment. A non-con SOS of #4 so far.

If you’re talking this year— while it’d be nice, no we don’t need to win one in Minny. We would be moving more toward 7 seed range if we do though.

Let’s Dance!

Defense optional so far. Change thatnand we win going away.

Well that was certainly a fun Game 2. Gotta take the rubber tomorrow.

They (KState) probably should be good as long as they don’t get blown out.

K State up 9 on Iowa State with about 9 to play.

Games To Watch (3/9/24): Conference season wraps up today/tomorrow for teams not in a tournament already. Big one in B1G today. KState with a chance to get back to Q1. Duquesne with a chance to finish 10-8 in A10. On the bubble we’ve got a fun slate. I still think we’re nowhere near Last 4 In/First 4 Out. Big 10 Games Minnesota @ Northwestern Non-Con Opponents Games Iowa St @ KState G Washington @ Duquesne Bethune @ Fl A&M Colorado @ Oregon St Northeastern @ Stony Brook UC Irvine @ Fullerton Other Bubble/Seeding Games Memphis @ FAU Georgetown @ St Johns OU @ Texas West Virginia @ Cincinnati A&M @ Ole Miss Creighton @ Villanova South Carolina @ Miss St South Fl @ Tulsa Northern Iowa @ Illinois St Colorado St @ Air Force UCF @ TCU Bradley @ Drake Clemson @ Wake Forrest Utah @ Oregon NCSt @ Pitt UCONN @ Providence Ga Tech @ Virginia New Mexico @ Utah St DePaul @ Seton Hall UNLV @ Nevada

Well come back and win the series boys!

Haven’t been following. What’s going on?

Saw a post that Fairbury had nothing and 20 miles away in Plymouth they had 10+ inches.

Carter Nelson sure has had some athletic plays in the state tournament.

I’d rather play UMD than tOSU

Idk— there hasn’t been a ton of snow and temps are 38 going up to 43

Results (3/6/24): A few double bubbles. Interesting one in the Big 10. Should MSU win, that’s our ticket to a possible 3rd place finish. Big 10 Games Northwestern 49 @ Michigan St 53 Indiana 70 @ Minnesota 58 Non-Con Opponents Games NONE Other Bubble/Seeding Games Villanova 56 @ Seton Hall 66 TCU 93 @ West Virginia 81 FAU 80 @ North Texas 76 Miss St 69 @ Texas A&M 75 Fresno St 58 @ New Mexico 79 Games To Watch (3/7/24): Slower night outside of the PAC 12 and the lone B1G game. A loss for Wisconsin here means they’d have to beat Purdue just to tie us should we lose. Big 10 Games Rutgers @ Wisconsin Non-Con Opponents Games SC St @ NC Central St Peter’s @ Rider Fullerton @ UC Riverside Utah @ Oregon St Other Bubble/Seeding Games Colorado @ Oregon

Would rather not play Iowa. But how juicy would it be if Iowa slipped to 7 and it was Iowa vs OSU?

The old Pitchford/Petteway back to back threes always hit different.