Bracketology and Team Resumes

[Jeff Flabjohns]

That Wyoming game feels like forever ago. Crazy Graham Ike is still balling in college

[Uspshoosier]

IU just has to win games to being selected however some things to keep an IU on

Marquette moved to 100 overnight which means that game is a Q2 games as of today.  They play DePaul today.  Maryland is currently 4 spots away from being a Q2 win 

Wisconsin is 2 spots away from being a Q1 game.   None of that matters if IU doesn’t win however if they win today and those results go ius way then all of sudden they go from only having 4 Q1 and Q2 wins to possible 7 Q1 and 2 wins with 3 of those being Q1.   Something to monitor if they can win this game 

[Uspshoosier]

1 hour ago, Uspshoosier said:

Maryland is currently 4 spots away from being a Q2 win

Don’t have to worry about this one.  Maryland is down 19 to Rutgers at home 

[IU Prof]

36 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Don’t have to worry about this one.  Maryland is down 19 to Rutgers at home 

Spoke too soon...UMd within 4.

[Uspshoosier]

1 minute ago, IU Prof said:

Spoke too soon...UMd within 4.

Maybe.   Since Rutgers is terrible as well and below them in the NET  Maryland would of needed to blow them out at home to move up 

[IU Prof]

21 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Maybe.   Since Rutgers is terrible as well and below them in the NET  Maryland would of needed to blow them out at home to move up 

Ah, good point. Wasn't thinking it through that far.

[Uspshoosier]

[RaceToTheTop]

Iowa is sliding and has an unfavorable schedule left (Michigan, at Nebraska).  If they lose those two game they would be 20-11 and 10-10 in the Big Ten.

[Uspshoosier]

26 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Iowa is sliding and has an unfavorable schedule left (Michigan, at Nebraska).  If they lose those two game they would be 20-11 and 10-10 in the Big Ten.

Sliding but have done just enough to earn a bid.   They went 4-0 against the other B1G bubble teams.  3 of those at home.  

[FortWayneHoosier]

@Uspshoosier, let me ask you. Forgive me but what does a win against Minnesota do for us? 
 

second part I highly doubt we beat Ohio State…but does a win against them without a win in the BTT…get us in? Or is there too many pieces to fall yet 

[Uspshoosier]

Let’s have some real talk about the year.  I think most of the people on this board saw once the roster was assembled that there was some flags on how it would stack up in the big.   Some were more vocal then others while others were more wait and see approach however still having some concerns.  It was apparent once they got into the B1G regular season that they were no where near the top of the B1G.   There was still a path to being a tourney team even with a flawed roster but the  margin or error was small.  Unbalanced schedules play into the luck of bubble teams when they get into conference play and IUs turned out not be in their favor.  B1G ended up having 5 teams that are all fighting for 2 seeds or better in the ncaa tourney.  IU is 1-7 against those teams and had to play 4 of them on the road.  Again for a team with a flawed roster that’s tough.  The games that defined ius season was @Minny, Iowa, @Usc, @ucla, Wisky, northwestern.   All these teams were in the 30-75 range and IU went 2-4.  For a flawed team this is the stretch that has put them in this situation and where other B1G bubble teams has taken care of business.   

Personally I think DeVries underestimated the grind of the B1G and the importance of a low post player in this league.   In an early interview he talked about the difference from Big 12 Bigs compared to what’s in B1G.   He was wrong and that’s on him for thinking he could get by with the likes of a Bailey.  You just got to hope he learns from his mistake and corrects it next year.  I have a feeling after the season he will be the first to admit his mistakes.  
 

This flawed roster just isn’t good enough for the SOS they eventually ended up playing and it didn’t take advantage of the games they needed to take care of to get in the tourney 

1-7 against   NET top 17 teams 

3-5 against NET 29-75 teams (you can’t lose to Northwestern at home)

B1G has a way of humbling coaches when they first get into the league (except for a few)   So you just got to hope moving forward he learns from this first year and does his best to correct the roster moving forward     
 

still a path for this year but now it involves Phase 3     Who knows maybe since this roster is full of players who’s only hope in years past to make the ncaa tourney was a hot conference tourney run in March maybe they play their best ball in the B1G tourney.    

 

[Uspshoosier]

15 minutes ago, FortWayneHoosier said:

@Uspshoosier, let me ask you. Forgive me but what does a win against Minnesota do for us? 
 

second part I highly doubt we beat Ohio State…but does a win against them without a win in the BTT…get us in? Or is there too many pieces to fall yet 

It gives IU a Q2 win and stops the bleeding.   If they beat OSU and get to 10-10 in conference that would give them a chance to get in without a BTT win however they would be sweating during champ week and not want many upsets in others tourneys. It would still depend on what others do around them but if they go 2-0 they would have a shot 

[Uspshoosier]

 

[Uspshoosier]

IU losers of 4 straight with one of them being at home to Northwestern is still in Lunardis field as last team in.   Most will have them in their First 4 out while a few will have them next 4 out.   Bubble is always weak and teams that play in strong conferences give you opportunity after opportunity.  Win a home game against Minny(not guaranteed) and they get a shot at a team on the road that is back in the field.  Win another road game against a tourney quality team and who knows.    What I do know is that their WAB is 50 and the only way that goes down to where it needs to be is winning at Ohio St.    still have Phase 3 as well to build the resume.   

[Stuhoo]

27 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

IU losers of 4 straight with one of them being at home to Northwestern is still in Lunardis field as last team in.   Most will have them in their First 4 out while a few will have them next 4 out.   Bubble is always weak and teams that play in strong conferences give you opportunity after opportunity.  Win a home game against Minny(not guaranteed) and they get a shot at a team on the road that is back in the field.  Win another road game against a tourney quality team and who knows.    What I do know is that their WAB is 50 and the only way that goes down to where it needs to be is winning at Ohio St.    still have Phase 3 as well to build the resume.   

19 wins still oughta do it.

[TheWatShot]

57 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

IU losers of 4 straight with one of them being at home to Northwestern is still in Lunardis field as last team in.   Most will have them in their First 4 out while a few will have them next 4 out.   Bubble is always weak and teams that play in strong conferences give you opportunity after opportunity.  Win a home game against Minny(not guaranteed) and they get a shot at a team on the road that is back in the field.  Win another road game against a tourney quality team and who knows.    What I do know is that their WAB is 50 and the only way that goes down to where it needs to be is winning at Ohio St.    still have Phase 3 as well to build the resume.   

Unless you're seeing something I'm not, Lunardi hasn't updated his bracket since Friday. 

[Uspshoosier]

1 minute ago, TheWatShot said:

Unless you're seeing something I'm not, Lunardi hasn't updated his bracket since Friday. 

He had them second to last team in front of New Mexico now he has them as last team in behind New Mexico 

[Uspshoosier]

32 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

19 wins still oughta do it.

19 wins and they will be sweating during champ week, but yes, that could do it

[IUHoosier5]

If they get in with 19 wins…wow. I would imagine it’d be Dayton

[Uspshoosier]

15 minutes ago, TheWatShot said:

Unless you're seeing something I'm not, Lunardi hasn't updated his bracket since Friday. 

He updates his X account in real time.  Not sure when he updates espns websites