Bracketology and Team Resumes

[RaceToTheTop 28,313]

IU dropped from 50 to 52 on Pom and dropped from 58 to 61 on Torvik.  WAB moved up from 53 to 49.

[Demo 21,703]

2 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

There is a chance that the Ohio State/IU game to conclude the season will elevate one team in and move one team out.

Then might as well just start a thread now predicting which OSU sub30% 3pt shooter is gonna drop 7 bombs that night. 

[RaceToTheTop 28,313]

16 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Been there and done that in Archie’s 2nd year lol.  Hopefully he goes better for IU if it happens again 

I was at that game.  Big Ten Tournament in Chicago, I believe.  IU fell behind big and then Devonte Green couldn't miss -- 8 of 10 from three.  Hoosiers had a chance to tie and Green passed the ball away trying to get it Evan Fitzner.

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9 hours ago, RaceToTheTop said:

I was at that game.  Big Ten Tournament in Chicago, I believe.  IU fell behind big and then Devonte Green couldn't miss -- 8 of 10 from three.  Hoosiers had a chance to tie and Green passed the ball away trying to get it Evan Fitzner.

[DoctorP 1,652]

bubble teams have picked up some strong wins over the last 72 hours. 
I’m hopeful that 10-10 in conference gets us into Dayton…but it’s gonna be close. 

[RaceToTheTop 28,313]

IU’s NET stayed at 56.

[Uspshoosier 50,201]

2 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

IU’s NET stayed at 56.

Penn St moved up 1 

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Just now, Uspshoosier said:

Penn St moved up 1 

That’s good for IU, just hate that losses can result in a team’s NET getting better.  The line was 5.5, IU won by 5 without Reneau.  

[Uspshoosier 50,201]

5 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

That’s good for IU, just hate that losses can result in a team’s NET getting better.  The line was 5.5, IU won by 5 without Reneau.  

Maybe a team right below them lost worse and they moved up because of that instead of them losing a game and moving up 

[Uspshoosier 50,201]

Just now, Uspshoosier said:

Maybe a team right below them lost worse and they moved up because of that instead of them losing a game and moving up 

Wake Forest lost a home game to Virginia which was over 100 and Wake was 64.   Wake dropped to 71 

[Hovadipo 59,296]

Are we close to having any current Q1 losses fall to Q2? I feel like the undefeated Q2-Q4 record coupled with that MSU win would be awful pretty on selection Sunday.

[Uspshoosier 50,201]

8 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

Are we close to having any current Q1 losses fall to Q2? I feel like the undefeated Q2-Q4 record coupled with that MSU win would be awful pretty on selection Sunday.

Yeah.   Penn St road win is close to being a 2 however if it does it’s still considered a really good road win.   Meaning even if it falls to 2 and they are 76 isn’t it going to be viewed differently by committee if they were a 75 and Q1. Hope that makes sense.   Still have some Q2 games left to take care of to stay perfect in Q2-Q4.  

[Uspshoosier 50,201]

14 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

Are we close to having any current Q1 losses fall to Q2? I feel like the undefeated Q2-Q4 record coupled with that MSU win would be awful pretty on selection Sunday.

And I totally didn’t answer your question.   Yeah a couple.   Iowa is at 66 and if they fall to 76 that will be a Q2 loss.  UCLA is 25 and if they fall to 31 that will be a Q2 loss 

[DoctorP 1,652]

Getting ahead of myself…but IF we can win just two of these final three games, which 2 would you pick to help our resume most? I’d imagine that sweeping fellow bubble team OSU would be one of the two. 
 

@Uspshoosier

[NashvilleHoosier 3,813]

27 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Yeah.   Penn St road win is close to being a 2 however if it does it’s still considered a really good road win.   Meaning even if it falls to 2 and they are 76 isn’t it going to be viewed differently by committee if they were a 75 and Q1. Hope that makes sense.   Still have some Q2 games left to take care of to stay perfect in Q2-Q4.  

Do you think any consideration will be given to this win being at a neutral site, even though technically a home game for PSU? I can see this being a differentiator if we are super close with another team, that one of our quad 1 wins would be well into quad 2 territory if it counted as a neutral site game. 

[Uspshoosier 50,201]

4 minutes ago, NashvilleHoosier said:

Do you think any consideration will be given to this win being at a neutral site, even though technically a home game for PSU? I can see this being a differentiator if we are super close with another team, that one of our quad 1 wins would be well into quad 2 territory if it counted as a neutral site game. 

It’s a road win on the team sheet.   Most of these things are determined before the season.  Penn st willingly gave up a home game on campus to play it there for recruiting.   Season ticket holders for Penn st had that game as one of their home games.    Now ive seen them change a game during the season however it was changed way before the end of the season.   

[Uspshoosier 50,201]

17 minutes ago, DoctorP said:

Getting ahead of myself…but IF we can win just two of these final three games, which 2 would you pick to help our resume most? I’d imagine that sweeping fellow bubble team OSU would be one of the two. 
 

@Uspshoosier

Ohio St and Oregon would be the 2 you want to win.   Road win against a team with the second most Q1 wins in the country and solidly in and a sweep of a fellow bubble team.   Losing to Washington would only be a Q2 loss which would be IUs first.   If they beat Ohio st and Oregon I would really like their chances 

[DoctorP 1,652]

Makes sense. Winning at Oregon would do way more good than the bad that losing @ UW would do. Didn’t realize the game in Seattle is Quad 2 by a pretty safe margin

[Uspshoosier 50,201]

Why every game matters  and the margin between being on the bubble and being locked in is small.    IU has lost 4 home games in the B1G.  Flip 2 of those 1 possession home game losses  and IU is a lock for the tourney already with 3 games to play 

[DoctorP 1,652]

Yup. Completely botching that last 30 seconds against Maryland + Mgbako missing a layup and seconds later an open 3 vs UCLA. Changes the entire complexion of the season.