Bracketology and Team Resumes

[Jeff Flabjohns]

3Q1 wins! 
 

[str8baller]

49 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

If they win 3 in a row they won’t be in Dayton 

meant 2 wins and a loss. We’re not beating the 2 seed unless maybe it is Nebraska 

[hoopsta007]

Looks like there are a fair amount of people who still have IU in or one of first out.  Even with the letdown yesterday it js still doable.  refuse to believe that Auburn is being seriously considered at all.  Maybe a first round win and all of our competition keeps losing helps us back into a spot :)

[Hoosierfan1901]

15 minutes ago, hoopsta007 said:

Looks like there are a fair amount of people who still have IU in or one of first out.  Even with the letdown yesterday it js still doable.  refuse to believe that Auburn is being seriously considered at all.  Maybe a first round win and all of our competition keeps losing helps us back into a spot :)

Having the bubble teams go 0-10 made a difference, although a win would have been better. The bubble is worse this year than last year.

[Uspshoosier]

 

[LIHoosier]

2 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

 

It had to pain you to post that haha

[Uspshoosier]

1 minute ago, LIHoosier said:

It had to pain you to post that haha

Not my favorite for sure however he has always scheduled smart.  

[IUHoosier5]

So our WAB improved by one spot with all the bubble teams losing yesterday. Beat NW and Purdue 

[IvanRenkosillegitimatechild]

2 hours ago, IUHoosier5 said:

So our WAB improved by one spot with all the bubble teams losing yesterday. Beat NW and Purdue 

Gotta beat NW and Purdue and Miami OH, SLU, and probably Gonzaga all need to win conference tournaments and the way SLU and Miami OH are playing im not sure that happens

 

[Uspshoosier]

Ius phase 3 path 

Penn St/Northwestern winner, Purdue, Nebraska.   IU finds a way to win those 3 and they would be fine.   Likely? No but that is the path 

 

[WayneFleekHoosier]

39 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Ius phase 3 path 

Penn St/Northwestern winner, Purdue, Nebraska.   IU finds a way to win those 3 and they would be fine.   Likely? No but that is the path 

 

Almost best possible path. But Purdue will crush us if we get by NW and that’ll end it.  Sad, but at least there’s a path. 

[Uspshoosier]

1 hour ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Almost best possible path. But Purdue will crush us if we get by NW and that’ll end it.  Sad, but at least there’s a path. 

Always a path.   One of these years IU surely has to break through and go on a run in the BTT. You want Sad ius record in this tourney would be what  i consider Sad 

[IUHoosier5]

1 hour ago, Uspshoosier said:

Always a path.   One of these years IU surely has to break through and go on a run in the BTT. You want Sad ius record in this tourney would what i consider Sad 

For me, the dream path to the finals also includes UCLA in the semis. If they decide to go pull off 3 straight I would much rather see UCLA than Izzo

[IU Prof]

No offense, but we've lost 6 straight to Northwestern, haven't we? What possibly makes anyone think we can look ahead to Purdue?

Hope I'm strong, but I'd be surprised if IU wins 1. No way they get through NW and Purdue.

[Uspshoosier]

10 minutes ago, IU Prof said:

No offense, but we've lost 6 straight to Northwestern, haven't we? What possibly makes anyone think we can look ahead to Purdue?

Hope I'm strong, but I'd be surprised if IU wins 1. No way they get through NW and Purdue.

Northwestern has to win their first game also before IU can play them 

Pointing out the path isn’t looking ahead it’s just laying out the path IU would have to take 

[Uspshoosier]

 

[Stuhoo]

10 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

 

• Lose to NW/PSU and we are out.
• Beat NW/PSU and lose to Purdump and we are unlikely but possible as a play-in at 19-14.
• Win two BTT games and we are in, and probably not as a play-in team. 20 wins with an excellent strength of schedule and no bad losses is a tourney team this year, barring something truly crazy happening.

[DChoosier]

Reviewing bubble team resumes, including IU’s, reinforces that expanding the tourney to 70 something teams is absolutely ludicrous.  

When looking at quality of play none of the bubble teams are truly “tourney worthy” (yes, I realize they are tourney worthy according to the 68 team criteria).

[hoopsta007]

1 hour ago, Stuhoo said:

• Lose to NW/PSU and we are out.
• Beat NW/PSU and lose to Purdump and we are unlikely but possible as a play-in at 19-14.
• Win two BTT games and we are in, and probably not as a play-in team. 20 wins with an excellent strength of schedule and no bad losses is a tourney team this year, barring something truly crazy happening.

It does at least make it interesting to follow all of these conference tournaments.  Found myself watching pacific and Santa Clara at Midnight on a Sunday hoping for an upset!

Still think the 2nd scenario we would be about 50/50 if some of our fellow bubble teams drop their next games

[str8baller]

1 hour ago, DChoosier said:

Reviewing bubble team resumes, including IU’s, reinforces that expanding the tourney to 70 something teams is absolutely ludicrous.  

When looking at quality of play none of the bubble teams are truly “tourney worthy” (yes, I realize they are tourney worthy according to the 68 team criteria).

I’d prefer we go back to 64. 32 is probably more than enough but the symmetry of 64 is cool.