Updated standings and schedule

[BottomLine]

Big Ten Standings and Schedule (2/14/16)

Top 7 Rec - Bottom 7 Rec - BIG Rec - Overall Rec- Games left with top 7

Iowa                      5-2          6-0          11-2       20-5       Wisc (H), IU (H), Mich (A)

Indiana                 3-2          7-1          10-3       20-6       PU (H), Iowa (A), Mary (H)

Maryland             3-3          7-0          10-3       22-4       Mich (H), PU (A), IU (A)

Michigan              2-4          7-0          9-4          19-7       Mary (A), Wisc (A), Iowa (H)

Wisconsin            3-3          5-1          8-4          16-9       MSU (A), Iowa (A), Mich (H), PU (A)

Purdue                 3-4          5-1          8-5          20-6       IU (A), Mary ((H), Wisc (H)

Mich St                 3-4          5-1          8-5          21-5       Wisc (H)

Ohio State           0-5          8-0          8-5          16-10     Mich (H), MSU (H), Iowa (H), MSU (A)

Nebraska            1-6          5-1          6-7          14-12     Wisc (A), IU (A), PU (H)

Northwestern      1-5          4-3          5-8          17-9       PU (A), Mich (A)

Illinois                  1-5          2-4          3-9          11-14     Wisc (A), IU (H), Mary (A)

Penn St              1-7          2-2          3-9          12-13     Iowa (H), MSU (A)

Rutgers              0-7          0-5          0-12       6-19       MSU (H)              

Minnesota          0-7          0-6          0-13       6-19       Mary (H), Wisc (H)

 

With only 5 or 6 games remaining until the end of the Big Ten regular season some things are coming into sharper focus.  Northwestern, Illinois, Penn State, Rutgers and Minnesota have been mathematically eliminated from winning the conference.  The same is probably true of Nebraska but at this point I don't want to figure out the possible permutations.  At this point the record of the bottom 7 is 4-38 against the top 7 for a 9.5% win percentage.  I can never remember the bottom of the conference being this bad.

 

Iowa, with a one game lead, controls their own fate but they better not look beyond Wisconsin, the hottest team in the league.  A loss to IU could set up the possibility of a three way tie but that Wisconsin game looms as a stumbling block, especially after squeaking against Minnesota.

 

Maryland needs help to win outright or tie.

 

If Indiana sweeps Indiana wins outright.  An IU loss to Maryland in the final game sets up the possibility of a Maryland - Iowa tie and the Hoosier finishing third.  Assuming that all three teams win their other games.  There is still a lot of basketball to be played.

 

We are also looking at seeding for the Big Ten Tourney.  Seeds 1-4 get a double bye.  Seeds 5-10 get a one game bye.  Seeds 11-14 get no bye and must play five games to win the tourney.

 

Significantly 1-4-5-8-9-12-13 are in the top bracket.  2-3-6-7-10-11-14 are in the lower bracket.  Where Wisconsin and Michigan State end up could have a significant impact on the tourney results.  Personally, I'd rather not play either again.

 

At this point all IU can do is take them one at a time and get back to winning.

[Uspshoosier]

I saw this on Illinois loyalty site and thought it was interesting to see the percentages [attachment=3413:image.png]

[Uspshoosier]

Updated percentages through yesterday's games courtesy of a poster on an Illinois board [attachment=3442:image.png]

[Hoosiers96]

It looks like that was before the games yesterday. No way Iowa's chances increased after a loss

[Evann500]

That's from the 15th it says