How Many More Wins To Go Dancing?
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Kind of depends on who the wins and losses are to. I think between 4 and 5.
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Agreed. Usually a .500 big ten record is good enough, but I don't think that's going to be true this year.
I think 4 should be enough regardless. We have enough quad 1 wins to get there. But getting 4 wins is not a gimme by any stretch. Tough last 7 games.
I think 3 is good, unless we get smoked in the first round of BTT and look turrible.
4 is golden.
5 gets us out of the dreaded 8/9 seed line.
4 is golden.
5 gets us out of the dreaded 8/9 seed line.
3 should be enough as long as 2 of the 3 is Nebraska and Minnesota.
That said, it really feels like 6-2 is very realistic which is wild. 3 home wins, Minnesota, and then split the roadies against Purdue, Northwestern, Wisconsin and Indiana.
Don't want to get the cart in front of the horse here, but if they go 6-2 I think a 6 seed, maybe even a 5 seed with some help is in the range of possibilities.
That said, it really feels like 6-2 is very realistic which is wild. 3 home wins, Minnesota, and then split the roadies against Purdue, Northwestern, Wisconsin and Indiana.
Don't want to get the cart in front of the horse here, but if they go 6-2 I think a 6 seed, maybe even a 5 seed with some help is in the range of possibilities.
4-4 should be safe zone pre-B1G, assuming 2 of those are Minny and Neb
Hawks are perfectly capable of finishing 6-2 in their last 8 [the losses @ PU & @ IU]. But I'll low-ball it and go with 5-3 [the other loss coming @ either NW or WIS]. Not a real favorable finish; 5 of last 8 on the road.
If their last 8 goes to script, and they go 5-3 (or 6-2), they are locks for an NCAA bid - no matter what happens in the BTT.
4-4 probably gets them in without sweating the bubble too much, but anything less - if also go 0-1 at the BTT - and it'll be anyone's guess if they get invited or not.
Iowa can not lose the @ MIN game next Sunday. It won't be an abominable loss like EIU was, metrics-wise, but Minnesota is bar none the worst team in the conference this season. Maryland just trounced them by 35 in the Barn up there tonight.
Of Iowa's 7-5 B1G record, they are 7-1 vs teams that are & above .500 [the 1 loss being the horrible FT-anomaly game @ MSU] and 0-4 vs teams that are currently sub-.500 [thankfully only one of those was at home, vs WIS]. That's both really good and really bad, at the same time.
If their last 8 goes to script, and they go 5-3 (or 6-2), they are locks for an NCAA bid - no matter what happens in the BTT.
4-4 probably gets them in without sweating the bubble too much, but anything less - if also go 0-1 at the BTT - and it'll be anyone's guess if they get invited or not.
Iowa can not lose the @ MIN game next Sunday. It won't be an abominable loss like EIU was, metrics-wise, but Minnesota is bar none the worst team in the conference this season. Maryland just trounced them by 35 in the Barn up there tonight.
Of Iowa's 7-5 B1G record, they are 7-1 vs teams that are & above .500 [the 1 loss being the horrible FT-anomaly game @ MSU] and 0-4 vs teams that are currently sub-.500 [thankfully only one of those was at home, vs WIS]. That's both really good and really bad, at the same time.
I’d say tough last 8. At Purdue no gimme.
What's interesting is Iowa is now 6-0 against the top half of the B1G and 1-5 against the bottom half.
