IUWBB - News and Notes

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,280]

I hate that we or any program are having to deal with this crap but on the flip side, I'm not upset that we'll have a little break to get Nicole back and 1 less game to play without Mackenzie.

[Aaron 4,280]

3 hours ago, TheWatShot said:

If we can make this "Covid outbreak" last the rest of the regular season, do we win the Big Ten title for being undefeated? 

Theoretically yes as it is by winning percentage, but my guess is they come back in 10 days against Illinois. If IU is 14-0 in conference though they win on percentage indeed. 

[Aaron 4,280]

2 hours ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

I hate that we or any program are having to deal with this crap but on the flip side, I'm not upset that we'll have a little break to get Nicole back and 1 less game to play without Mackenzie.

The Iowa game getting cancelled would be huge as that is a likely loss against a really good Hawkeye team coming on strong.

If we can resume next Thursday against Illinois in 10 days we can probably go into the final four games with no more than one loss and hopefully get Mac back by then and win Big Ten Title on percentage.  

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,280]

We've ridden our usual starting 5 so hard that a COVID break really helps give everyone a little rest before the end of the season games and tournament play.  Again, I hate that it's happening but in the long run, it may be beneficial.

[LamarCheeks 18,466]

No game Sunday, either. That leaves us with three games that need to be made up ...
 

 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,280]

Per the amended Big Ten Conference 2021-22 Forfeiture Guidelines, this game will be postponed and the Conference office will coordinate the rescheduling process with both schools. If the game is not able to be rescheduled, it would count as a "no contest" for both teams.

 

If Mackenzie is going to be out for an extended period, the Iowa game at Iowa would be one to have end up as a "no contest" game.

 

[Aaron 4,280]

17 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

No game Sunday, either. That leaves us with three games that need to be made up ...
 

 

Best thing to happen to you. This Sunday game is likely to be a loss without Holmes given Iowa has two excellent big's.

This gives IU a huge leg up to try to win the Big Ten on percentage points and have only one loss against Michigan heading into final four games when hopefully you can have Mac back.

Now you can resume next Thursday against Illinois in a game that is a good one after a long break and gives you an easy win to get into shape heading into Michigan.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,280]

Road game at Illinois has been re-scheduled to Wednesday, Feb. 9, at 8:00 ET.

[Todd41 723]

2 hours ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Road game at Illinois has been re-scheduled to Wednesday, Feb. 9, at 8:00 ET.

Moving 1 day earlier opens up a shot at playing either Friday night (11th) or Saturday (12th).  They have Nebraska on Monday the 14th.

The next 5 day window is between Iowa (20th) and Maryland (25th).

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,280]

And now the Illinois visit to SSAH scheduled for this coming Thursday the 27th has been postponed due to COVID in the Illinois program.  

As it stands today, the women will not play again until Monday the 31st on the road at Michigan.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,280]

On Coach Moren's radio show tonight she said everyone's through COVID protocol and available.   They're hopeful to get Mackenzie back in February.

[Stuhoo 80,094]

12 hours ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

On Coach Moren's radio show tonight she said everyone's through COVID protocol and available.   They're hopeful to get Mackenzie back in February.

That’s really good for a championship run. Get all the sadness behind us.

[TheWatShot 13,823]

Are any efforts being made to reschedule any of these games? The Rutgers game was supposed to be almost a month ago. We've had 5 total games postponed now, at least one of which won't be made up (non-conference game). The NCAA rules say a team has to play at least 25 games to be eligible for the tournament. Our initial schedule was 30 games: 18 conference and 12 non-conference. We're up to 4 cancellations now. I'm starting to worry we won't have enough games to even qualify for the postseason. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,280]

On 1/24/2022 at 9:29 PM, TheWatShot said:

Are any efforts being made to reschedule any of these games? The Rutgers game was supposed to be almost a month ago. We've had 5 total games postponed now, at least one of which won't be made up (non-conference game). The NCAA rules say a team has to play at least 25 games to be eligible for the tournament. Our initial schedule was 30 games: 18 conference and 12 non-conference. We're up to 4 cancellations now. I'm starting to worry we won't have enough games to even qualify for the postseason. 

Announced today.  25 games is the NCAA  minimum for March Madness participation

https://www.on3.com/news/ncaa-tournament-selection-committee-sets-minimum-game-requirement-for-eligibility/

[LamarCheeks 18,466]

We're currently a No. 2 seed in Bridgeport (N.C. State is No. 1), and we're the No. 6 overall seed (South Carolina is No. 1).

https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/33161618/south-carolina-tops-projected-no-1-seeds-top-16-reveal-ncaa-women-basketball-tournament

[Aaron 4,280]

On 1/26/2022 at 5:44 PM, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Announced today.  25 games is the NCAA  minimum for March Madness participation

https://www.on3.com/news/ncaa-tournament-selection-committee-sets-minimum-game-requirement-for-eligibility/

And it says you can get a waiver with less than 25 games. Like anything else with NCAA, the rules are not really rules.

I expect IU to make up two of their four missed games given the gaps they have in schedule. However, I fully expect IU to finish second in Big Ten behind Michigan. Still a top 4 seed is almost a certainty in Big Ten and NCAA Tournament and don't expect team to be worse than 13-3 in conference. I would just be shocked if Michigan has more than two losses plus they are likely to have tiebreaker by beating us Monday, so we will need one less loss than them to win conference.

[Uspshoosier 45,496]

Top 16 reveal IU is a 2 seed 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,280]

Those of you that follow the IUWBB program do you  think we'll have a game against Minny Thursday night or is the impending snowstorm likely to cause it to be postponed?  The latest numbers I've seen indicate 5"-11" before it ends.

[TheWatShot 13,823]

15 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Those of you that follow the IUWBB program do you  think we'll have a game against Minny Thursday night or is the impending snowstorm likely to cause it to be postponed?  The latest numbers I've seen indicate 5"-11" before it ends.

I hope not. Covid is already suffocating what had the potential to be a special season for us. We can't afford any more postponements. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,280]

IUWBB vs Sparty rescheduled for Saturday, Feb. 12, at 3:00.  So here's what we're looking at.

2/6 - Purdue 

2/9 - at Illinois

2/12 - MSU

2/14 - at Nebraska

2/17 - Northwestern

2/20 - Iowa

2/25 - at Maryland

3/2 - B1G Tournament starts.