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Putting North Carolina in over West Virginia still bothers me. West Virginia was 6-11 in Q1 games with neutral court wins over Arizona and Gonzaga at full strength however even after Tucker was out for the year they still beat Iowa St at home and won on the road at Kansas down 2 starters. I didn’t even have West Virginia on the bubble. If DeVries is close to the cut line they should put him in just for the screw job they did on him last year

IU would be 52nd in the RPI is they still used that today

But they do. They are the ones that came up with it to replace RPI. Nobody pays attention to RPI anymore even though it’s still active and when they day comes that the ncaa replaces the NET then you are correct it will be forgotten like the RPI and everyone will pay attention to whatever the new metric will be

Or a mailman in Indiana that would of liked to have that game on a side TV

Utah Valley is leaving the WAC for the Big West.

Yeah that win won’t keep them out. The bigger issue of keeping them out would be their inability to win home games against tourney quality teams. Massive game on Saturday and then need to hold serve at home against Oregon, Northwestern and Minny. Minny moving up also means that our home game against them will be a Q2 game if their NET stays where it’s at now. Lots of moving parts still heading into the end of the season

Minny moved to 72 in the NET meaning all of IUs losses as of today are Q1 games. ( 5 Q1A and 3 Q1b), 5 of those on road, 1 neutral and 2 home games. IU does have 2Q1A wins as well.

Heck of a road win and second half for Iowa last night. Looks like they were down 7 at half and ended up winning by 10 at Washington. Their 3rd road win of the year

That’s where we differ. Until I see where the bubble is actually at in March not enough info for me to say that 1 game would make a difference. As of now how the bracket stands in my opinion IU could afford to take 1 loss( against a tourney quality team) and still be projected in the bracket without being in Dayton. Agree to disagree as people say. Either way big game on Saturday. My definition of “edge” would be the First 4 so until they are projected in the First 4 for me I don’t consider it close to edge

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You say no room for error which I’m guessing you are saying they can’t lose a home game. As long as that home game is Wisky or Sparty if they lose they still would have a shot whereas you are saying they wouldn’t have a shot. Ius results don’t happen in a bubble. Other teams are going to lose games they shouldn’t.

In your opinion. Which is fine however for me and other bracketologist they are currently not on the edge.

I don’t think they can win it all but I do think they can make a final 4

Illinois is a wagon. Up 26 on northwestern and it’s still in the first half

5 home games left and they are a projected tourney team as of today and not one that is projected as a last 4 in even with the USC loss. For me yeah that means they are currently in solid position If they can’t win home games then they don’t deserve to be in field. :(

Yeah. You win some and you lose some. It’s college basketball

Bama holds on. That was a fantastic game. Bucky ball is doing well in the SEC

That loss only looked bad at the time in reality they went on to beat Iowa and now Sparty after the beat IU Minny loss was a Q2 loss but with this win they got tonight that loss might be a Q1 loss which means all IUs losses would be Q1

The last day I have to watch Fears play college basketball will be a great day. Can’t stand the way he plays. Just got fouled and swings his leg and kicks the kid. Hope they upgrade it a F1 for him. Uncalled for play