RaceToTheTop

LOL at TKR waving his hands to get the crowd fired up with the Boilers down....15.

Michigan 48, Purdue 32 at half. And I'm still shocked how much TKR is allowed to foul on the offensive end.

MIchigan up 20 in the first half now.

I just looked at the bracket and it doesn't really seem like the new BTT bracket would hurt or harm a bubble team's chances (I'm referring to seeds likely from 8 to 11). Both last year and this year it would likely be Thursday before those teams played a game that could help their cause.

With the play in games starting on Tuesday instead of Wednesday, it’s possible that the ncaa has an extra round they will be factoring in this year from the BTT

Then again, that same year everybody had Michigan on the bubble and despite losing to IU in the opener of the tournament, they were seeded ahead of IU.

I assume by 4 over .500 you mean 4 more wins than a .500 record because 19-11 would be 8 games over .500, right? I think being 19-11 puts it in the hands of the committee and bid stealers. I'm hoping for at least 20-10 where even if you had UNC's AD making the field out, IU would be in. EDIT: IU plays 31 games, so the numbers above don't work in my post.

Winning out would put IU at 22-9 and 13-7 in conference. I don't know what old heads are saying that IU has to win out, but those old heads seem out of touch if they think it takes IU 22 wins at a minimum to get in.

@Uspshoosier If Miami (Ohio) were to finish the regular season undefeated but then lose in their conference tournament, do you believe the committee could still keep them out of the tournament? Hard to think that a one loss team could be left out, but they didn't do themselves any favors playing a non-conference schedule without any quad 1 or 2 games (their non-conference SOS is ranked 359th on Pom and that doesn't account for the fact that they played three non-conference games against teams below D1. 51st in NET, 84th in Pom (16 spots below Akron), 0-0 in quad 1, 1-0 in quad two.

Link?

if dorn isn’t hitting, he doesn’t add much at all

Get miles out, Sisley in

Why is miles in??

Don’t get why Sisley sits

I have nothing against you, Josh -- but it would seem to me calling someone a 'sunshine pumper' is a personal insult. Anyway, y'all can carry on.

and Hurley's team went 16-17 that year.

Joe Lunardi had IU as a 9 seed BEFORE the Wisky game....FWIW.

If you are still in the game thread, might want to turn on the Oregon at Purdue game....Oregon up 1 with 3:25 to go.

Stole one.

Would rather have dorm in than miled

Checking to see who the foul was on

Blackwell hooked him

Bet Greg Gard is pissed about Wisky having one more than IU

Wisconsin….2 fouls.

Not many people talk about WAB because it’s so new — but last year it was the single best metric to determine which teams made the tourney.