Norm Peterson

Yeah, I think only about half the teams that go there win, so this checks out as true.

At 17-8 we were #53. At 19-8 we've jumped to #43. We're now 3-7 in Quad 1 games and 4-1 in Quad 2 with no losses in Quads 3 and 4. Minnesota is now a Quad 1 loss. Good for them. It'll be a Quad 2 win when we beat them next. And don't look now, but KSU is teetering on the edge of re-entering the top 75, which would make us 4-7 in Quad 1 games but only 4-1 in Quad 2 (after beating Minnesota, of course.)

Keisei was feeling it tonight.

Back when we were 13-3 ... 36 St. John's BE 12-4 +16.35 115.6 32 99.2 63 70.9 75 +.031 137 +6.12 33 108.9 30 102.8 44 +0.89 150 37 Utah St. MWC 15-1 +16.07 113.0 54 96.9 39 69.5 132 +.071 67 +2.05 105 105.8 142 103.7 88 +2.07 110 38 Colorado P12 11-5 +15.98 115.6 31 99.6 69 69.6 128 +.010 170 +2.56 93 106.7 92 104.2 111 -2.61 251 39 Nebraska B10 13-3 +15.87 115.7 30 99.8 74 69.4 135 +.065 79 +0.44 155 105.5 165 105.0 163 -7.96 353 40 Ohio St. B10 12-4 +15.84 115.8 29 100.0 77 66.6 284 -.011 208 +1.66 112 105.7 152 104.0 99 -2.88 260 Strength of Schedule NCSOS Rk Team Conf W-L AdjEM AdjO AdjD AdjT Luck AdjEM OppO OppD AdjEM 41 Xavier BE 7-8 +15.24 111.0 74 95.7 26 70.8 77 -.172 359 +8.49 11 109.8 14 101.3 15 +4.07 65 42 Providence BE 11-5 +15.16 106.9 147 91.7 6 69.3 144 -.042 263 +3.86 65 107.5 62 103.6 82 -2.94 261 43 Wake Forest ACC 11-4 +15.10 116.1 24 101.0 90 68.6 183 -.086 323 +1.55 120 105.6 155 104.1 103 -2.99 265 44 Florida SEC 10-5 +14.89 115.4 33 100.5 82 74.5 10 -.064 296 +3.45 73 106.8 88 103.4 75 +0.76 153 45 New Mexico MWC 13-3 +14.84 111.4 69 96.6 35 73.9 17 +.039 120 +0.56 147 105.5 161 105.0 159 -1.23 213 46 SMU Amer 10-5 +14.70 108.7 107 94.0 13 67.8 231 -.118 348 +1.54 122 105.9 131 104.4 124 -0.02 176 47 Oregon P12 12-3 +14.22 115.4 34 101.1 96 68.7 177 +.061 88 +3.51 70 106.6 95 103.1 60 +0.75 154 48 Princeton Ivy 13-1 +14.04 118.2 12 104.2 148 64.8 339 +.060 91 +2.03 107 105.7 145 103.7 87 +3.03 8

Interestingly, we're 1 spot behind Colorado in Kenpom. I was looking at Bleacher Report's mock NBA draft the other day and Colorado has 3 players projected to go in the top 30 picks in the NBA draft, including one projected in the top 10. Three strong contenders for the NBA draft. And they're 17-9 and 8-7 in the PAC however many. One spot ahead of us in Kenpom. We've got no one being mentioned as NBA draft prospects right now.

Torvik is now projecting us at 12-8 in conference and 22 overall. We're favored in 3 out of 4 remaining games. And we're less than 2 point dogs at Ohio State. @cipsucks might be right. We might just win out.

In the month of February, Jamarques was 2-12 from 3-pt range coming into tonight. And just like that, he's 7-17.

I tell ya, if McKenzie Mgbako would want to enter the transfer portal after this season, I sure as hell would take him. He's just a freshman.

My thing has been that if we make the dance and win a 1st round game, I pity the fools who'll have to play us the next round. We have to be a very tough team to scout on short notice. Some might call our defense junk, but it's different than most teams run and it's effective. And how do you game plan for 7 different guys who can uncork from deep?

Kenpom isn't refreshing after this game as quickly as they usually do. But what kind of bounce do we get with a 15-point road win at Indiana? Hmmmm? They hammer us if we don't put up 30 against Rider. Better reward us for a big road win tonight. NET better also. Or I'll be sending out a strongly worded memo. And take them off my Christmas Card list.

It's nice having that guy who makes clutch plays all the time. Sam Hoiberg is just a wizard when it comes to that.

I'd really like to hear their fans booing more.

Hoosier crowd is booing. That's tough for a team to bounce back from. Really demoralizing when you're own crowd turns on you.

Did you hear their fans booing the team at halftime. Yikes.

No repeat of Minnesota. No repeat of Minnesota. No repeat of Minnesota. No repeat of Minnesota. No repeat of Minnesota. No repeat of Minnesota. No repeat of Minnesota. No repeat of Minnesota. No repeat of Minnesota. No repeat of Minnesota.

That is awesome. Glad to see he supports his alma mater.

I think Northwestern gets to 12 conference regular season wins. Their remaining 3 at home, they should win. The 2 on the road, they should lose. They'll finish 3rd to Purdue and Illinois, and slide in just ahead of Wisconsin. Wisconsin probably also finishes with 12 wins but Northwestern would have the head-to-head advantage over Wisconsin. Michigan St is still in the running for 12 wins. They have 2 home and 2 road. One road game is a probable L against Purdue but they could pick up a W at Indiana. If Michigan St just gets to 11 wins, then they're probably the 6th seed and we would be the 5th, in all likelihood. I don't see a probable scenario where Iowa gets to 11 wins and it's possible for Minnesota but only if they beat us at home. So, if I have this sized up correctly (I almost certainly have not) then we are probably looking at a 5th seed in the conference tournament and a first round bye. We'll take on the winner of Ohio State and Penn State, who'll have one day of rest. And then we're probably looking at Wisconsin the next day.

Iowa has too far to go to jump us and MSU is too solid to drop that far, but ...

They play different positions.

Yeah, and they owe us for the last kid from Waukee we had on our roster.

If we're going the route of former 5-stars, why not add Omaha Biliew to the mix? Neither are playing much where they are. Both were recruited here and had at least *some* interest. Something to ponder, anyway.

How about Omaha Biliew? He can't be happy at ISU. Getting no playing time. And I believe he visited here and had some interest for awhile.

Is it too soon for a "play a pickup game with him" joke? C'mon, laugh.

Ah, wouldn't you know?

There were a lot of empty seats for a sold-out game. Hope you found the spare tickets you needed.