Uspshoosier

Sounds like if they don’t make the tourney they won’t be playing in any other tourney

Cincy is the one of the hottest teams in the country right now. They definitely need to take care of TCU I have them next 4 out Eastern Michigan home loss destroyed their WAB Their WAB is 58 right now and that needs to get to around 42 I think it’s a little too late for them however no one will want to play them in the Big 12 tourney It will be interesting how the committee treats them if they do find their way back to the cut line

New Mexico lost st home last night. They are firmly near the cut line. USC lost again and are probably in having to win the BTT territory especially with the 40 year old quitting on his team. Committee can argue they are a different team without him and they have lost every game since he left

With USCs loss over night IU is locked into the 10 seed for the BTT. If Iowa loses both games and IU wins at OSU they will tie for 9th in the league however will be the 10 seed because of tiebreakers

Unbalanced schedules stink road games IU missed out on Penn St-124(Q2) Oregon-107(Q2) Northwestern-73(Q1) Washington-61(Q1) 4 Q1 and Q2 opportunities against the bottom of the B1G. Not sayIng they win all of them but they would have had a better chance against those teams then the top of the conference teams on the road. These are Q1 and Q2 wins that other bubble teams have against their conference opponents. It is what it is though and you play the schedule you are dealt

New Mexico down 15 at home to Colorado State late in the first half. New Mexico is on the bubble

That fake road win at Baylor would be doing IU some good about right now

Yeah they were at 100 when they lost that game and dropped 8 spots

I would want Northwestern in that first game. Gives you a chance to get one back against them and even with them being a bottom feeder their net is in the 70s so it’s a Q2 win if you win it

Marquette is up 23 at Providence. Providence is 75th in net so if Marquette wins this game I’m betting their net jumps below 100 and that win becomes a Q2 however Marquette is up and down so that could flip back

Would depend on what others do around the cut line and how many upsets happen during champ week but winning at OSU could be enough especially since OSU is currently projected in the field and not in the first 4. If IU wins that would be 4 wins against the projected field with 2 of those on the road and one against a bubble team. Mostly need to see where their WAB is before the BTT

Terrible loss for fans however for a team resume it’s only a Q2 loss which is something you can over come. TCU is going to make the tourney and early on they had losses at home to New Orleans (Q4), Notre dame at home (Q3) and at Utah and team with a net over 100. IU worse loss is to Northwestern (71 last I looked). Definitely agree a terrible loss for fans

They are doing their part and killing Penn St so you want them to as high as possible and projected in the tourney before Saturday

Anything later than Friday on the BTT and history tells you the committee doesn’t factor it in. Michigan last year won the BTT and beat some heavy hitters on the way to that title and they stayed a 5 seed. They should of at least to a seed bump for winning it and they didn’t

The reason the Northwestern game deflated everyone on here and the coaches and players was because all they really had to do was win that game against a lower team and they are sitting pretty heading into the conference tourney. That loss dropped their WAB from 42 to 48

Depends on what others around the cut line do and how many upsets there are during champ week but a win at Ohio st could be enough if things fall right. That would be 4 wins against the field with 2 of those on the road. If they win at Ohio st and 1 in the BTT that could do it. Get past Ohio St first and then see where their WAB is at and I can give a better answer

Don’t want to smash them too bad and drop it to a Q3 win. IU needs as many Q2 wins as they can have. Only half joking on not killing them

Arkansas up 22 at home over Texas at half

Horizon with 4 games going at once. They are approaching the bracket differently than the rest. After each round they will re seed the remaining teams so the 1 seed plays the lowest each round if they advance

It’s been reported their NIL will be more then last year regardless of if they make it

Purdue was one of the teams projected to spend 8-9 range this year right below the 10 spenders (this group had Auburn in it as well)

That’s where I differ then most I guess. For me IU was the same team all year whether the make it or not. A flawed roster not good enough to compete for the upper B1G. They were projected a bubble team and that’s what they are up until this point. All those teams that barely get in to those projected out are basically the same team. Optics for fans I guess make it more tolerable if they make it compared to not however the flaws that need improved were going to need improved regardless of it they squeak in or not.

He was the Wrong guard but you get what I was saying

I disagree. Which is fine. Most those teams had pieces that came back in year 2 from their previous year that they probably didn’t pay over market to keep. I’m not talking the JT Toppins on a team they are going to get paid market value and then some but the other players that contribute to a winning team like the Atwells the probably didn’t cost Tech more to keep him around. Tech didn’t have to replace 13 kids. IU did. Agree to disagree on this one

Maybe next years roster will produce IU a winning conference record for only the 5th time in 19 years. We all can hope