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March 13: IOWA ends up #34 in the NET Rankings with 8 Quad 1 Wins, 5 Quad 2 Wins. 2 Quad 3 LOSSES

On Jan 19, 2019: Iowa was #25
On Jan 19, 2020: Iowa is #26

Current NET Rankings:

Rank..Previous..Road..Neutral..Home..Non Div 1

8 10 Michigan St. Big Ten 14-4 2-1 3-2 9-1 0-0
15 17 Maryland Big Ten 14-4 0-4 3-0 11-0 0-0
18 22 Rutgers Big Ten 12-4 1-3 0-1 11-0 1-0
19 18 Ohio St. Big Ten 12-6 1-4 1-1 10-1 0-0
22 27 Wisconsin Big Ten 11-7 3-3 0-3 8-1 0-0
26 28 Iowa Big Ten 13-5 3-2 2-2 8-1 0-0
29 29 Michigan Big Ten 11-6 0-5 3-0 8-1 0-0
35 34 Purdue Big Ten 10-8 1-5 1-2 8-1 0-0
36 41 Penn St. Big Ten 13-5 1-3 2-1 10-1 0-0
40 37 Illinois Big Ten 12-5 2-3 0-1 10-1 1-0
41 40 Minnesota Big Ten 10-7 0-5 1-1 9-1 0-0
49 47 Indiana Big Ten 14-4 1-3 2-0 11-1 0-0
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131 138 Northwestern Big Ten 6-11 1-5 1-1 4-5 0-0
168 165 Nebraska Big Ten 7-11 0-5 2-1 5-5 0-0
 
Any bored ‘board experts’ in the NET rankings?

Who can explain Liberty’s ranking? I glanced at their schedule to see if they did well in a tough non-conf. So many times when you play a poor team at home you go down in the NET rankings. They play horrible every game at quick glance and they always seem to hold tough.

Would be interesting to see their quad breakdown. I’m sure it out there, but I’m not smart.
 
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I've got it...

Liberty:
Road Record: 4-1 (this is very good)
Q1: 0-1 (Q1A 0-1)
Q2: 1-0 (Q2A 1-0)
Q3: 4-0
Q4: 12-0

I'd say it's their overall record boosting their NET. Any losses along the way will ding them significantly, and their improvement is capped by lack of quality opponents left. If they run the table, they likely can get in at-large, but a loss or two along the way and they'll need to win the auto bid.
 
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6 more wins is the minimum. I don't think any of us would be upset if they exceeded that.:)
the melt downs, however, after EVERY loss get tiresome. Look at the DePaul & Nebby games, as 2 examples. And then the road loss at Michigan. But then we settle down when we see all road teams in the B1G losing. But then we soon are back to Fran can't this, Fran can't that.

in sports, every team (except the 1970 something Dolphins) are going to experience a loss during the reg season and only 1 team in the end ends with a win; I wish our fan base would understand that ;)
 
6 more wins is the minimum. I don't think any of us would be upset if they exceeded that.:)

Protecting the home court would give us seven more wins,... then perhaps sneak one or two road wins to help the cause...
 
Protecting the home court would give us seven more wins,... then perhaps sneak one or two road wins to help the cause...

Those 6 road games are going to be brutal, especially this year when all the home teams in the B1G are winning. The Neb loss hopefully won't come back to haunt us.

Home games left:
#18 Ohio State
#22 Rutgers
#27 Wisconsin
#34 Purdue
#37 Illinois
#41 Penn State
#165 Nebraska

Road games left:
#10 at Mich State
#17 at Maryland
#34 at Purdue
#37 at Illinois
#40 at Minnesota
#47 at Indiana
 
Honestly, I think the bottom 3 listed road games are all doable... I would have added Purdue, but they're so much better at home than on the road, just not sure exactly how we match up. If they have one of their abominable offensive nights, we can run them out of their own gym, but if they're even average, that crowd gets behind them and really fuels their defense.
 
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Those 6 road games are going to be brutal, especially this year when all the home teams in the B1G are winning. The Neb loss hopefully won't come back to haunt us.

Home games left:
#18 Ohio State
#22 Rutgers
#27 Wisconsin
#34 Purdue
#37 Illinois
#41 Penn State
#165 Nebraska

Are those current NET rankings? Cause I see #18 Rutgers, #19 Ohio St, #22 Wisc, #35 Penn St. etc...

Not that it makes a huge difference, but with wins over Maryland (#15) and Mich (#29) I'm starting to think the Hawks have a reasonable chance of going undefeated at home. Rutgers looks to be the toughest opponent , so if they can win tomorrow...
 
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Are those current NET rankings? Cause I see #18 Rutgers, #19 Ohio St, #22 Wisc, #35 Penn St. etc...

Not that it makes a huge difference, but with wins over Maryland (#15) and Mich (#29) I'm starting to think the Hawks have a reasonable chance of going undefeated at home. Rutgers looks to be the toughest opponent , so if they can win tomorrow...
Those rankings I listed were from just 3 days ago, Jan 18 (after Jan 17's games)

There's just a lot of bouncing around from day to day. ;)

It's crazy how the B1G has 12 teams in the Top 50.

The ACC? 5
The Big 12? 5
The Big East? 5
The PAC 12? 6
The SEC? 6

Current (Jan 21) NET Rankings for the B1G:

Rank..Previous..Road..Neutral..Home..Non Div 1

9 8 Michigan St. Big Ten 14-4 2-1 3-2 9-1 0-0
15 15 Maryland Big Ten 14-4 0-4 3-0 11-0 0-0
18 18 Rutgers Big Ten 13-4 1-3 0-1 12-0 1-0
19 19 Ohio St. Big Ten 12-6 1-4 1-1 10-1 0-0
22 22 Wisconsin Big Ten 11-7 3-3 0-3 8-1 0-0
27 26 Iowa Big Ten 13-5 3-2 2-2 8-1 0-0
29 29 Michigan Big Ten 11-6 0-5 3-0 8-1 0-0
35 35 Penn St. Big Ten 13-5 1-3 2-1 10-1 0-0
38 36 Purdue Big Ten 10-8 1-5 1-2 8-1 0-0
40 40 Illinois Big Ten 12-5 2-3 0-1 10-1 1-0
41 41 Minnesota Big Ten 10-8 0-6 1-1 9-1 0-0
50 49 Indiana Big Ten 14-4 1-3 2-0 11-1 0-0
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134 133 Northwestern Big Ten 6-11 1-5 1-1 4-5 0-0
170 170 Nebraska Big Ten 7-11 0-5 2-1 5-5 0-0


The Other 5 Major Conferences:

Rank..Previous..Road..Neutral..Home..Non Div 1
6 6 Duke ACC 15-3 4-1 3-0 8-2 0-0
10 10 Louisville ACC 15-3 4-1 1-1 10-1 0-0
13 13 Florida St. ACC 16-2 4-2 3-0 9-0 0-0
44 44 Virginia Tech ACC 13-5 3-1 1-2 9-2 0-0
45 48 NC State ACC 14-5 3-3 0-1 11-1 0-0
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63 60 Virginia ACC 12-6 2-3 2-0 8-3 0-0
69 71 Pittsburgh ACC 12-6 2-2 2-0 8-4 0-0
70 69 Syracuse ACC 11-7 3-1 0-2 8-4 0-0
74 74 Notre Dame ACC 11-6 2-3 0-1 9-2 0-0
75 77 Clemson ACC 9-8 1-3 1-1 7-4 0-0
87 89 Miami (FL) ACC 10-7 3-2 2-2 5-3 0-0
96 96 Georgia Tech ACC 8-10 4-3 1-1 3-6 0-0
109 108 Wake Forest ACC 9-8 2-4 2-1 5-3 0-0
120 120 North Carolina ACC 8-9 1-3 3-1 4-5 0-0
169 168 Boston College ACC 9-9 2-4 1-0 6-5 0-0


Rank..Previous..Road..Neutral..Home..Non Div 1
1 1 Baylor Big 12 16-1 4-0 3-1 9-0 0-0
3 4 Kansas Big 12 13-3 4-1 2-1 7-1 1-0
7 9 West Virginia Big 12 15-3 3-3 3-0 9-0 0-0
24 25 Texas Tech Big 12 12-5 1-2 2-2 9-1 0-0
49 53 Oklahoma Big 12 12-6 2-4 3-1 7-1 0-0
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64 65 TCU Big 12 11-5 1-2 1-1 9-2 1-0
66 59 Texas Big 12 12-6 2-3 2-1 8-2 0-0
78 78 Oklahoma St. Big 12 9-8 2-2 2-1 5-5 0-0
82 82 Iowa St. Big 12 8-9 0-4 1-2 7-3 0-0
84 84 Kansas St. Big 12 8-9 1-2 0-3 7-4 0-0


Rank..Previous..Road..Neutral..Home..Non Div 1
7 Butler Big East 15-3 3-2 3-0 9-1 0-0
12 12 Seton Hall Big East 14-4 5-2 2-1 7-1 0-0
17 17 Villanova Big East 14-3 2-2 3-1 9-0 0-0
30 30 Marquette Big East 13-5 2-3 2-1 9-1 0-0
33 33 Creighton Big East 13-5 2-3 1-1 10-1 1-0
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52 51 DePaul Big East 12-5 4-2 0-0 8-3 1-0
53 52 Georgetown Big East 12-7 2-3 1-1 9-3 0-0
68 68 Xavier Big East 12-6 1-3 2-1 9-2 0-0
77 76 St. John's (NY) Big East 12-7 0-3 2-1 10-3 0-0
80 79 Providence Big East 11-8 2-3 1-3 8-2 0-0

Rank..Previous..Road..Neutral..Home..Non Div 1
11 11 Arizona Pac-12 13-5 0-3 3-1 10-1 0-0
14 14 Stanford Pac-12 15-3 2-1 2-1 11-1 0-0
16 16 Oregon Pac-12 15-4 3-2 2-2 10-0 0-0
21 21 Colorado Pac-12 14-4 2-2 4-0 8-2 0-0
47 46 Southern California Pac-12 15-3 4-1 3-1 8-1 0-0
48 47 Washington Pac-12 12-7 1-2 2-2 9-3 0-0
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60 62 Arizona St. Pac-12 11-7 3-2 1-3 7-2 0-0
67 67 Oregon St. Pac-12 12-6 2-4 2-1 8-1 0-0
79 80 Utah Pac-12 10-7 1-4 3-2 6-1 0-0
100 100 Washington St. Pac-12 12-7 1-3 1-2 10-2 0-0
137 138 UCLA Pac-12 8-9 1-2 0-3 7-4 1-0
162 165 California Pac-12 8-10 0-5 0-3 8-2 0-0


Rank..Previous..Road..Neutral..Home..Non Div 1
20 20 Auburn SEC 15-2 2-2 4-0 9-0 0-0
23 23 LSU SEC 13-4 3-1 1-2 9-1 0-0
28 27 Kentucky SEC 13-4 2-1 1-2 10-1 0-0
32 32 Arkansas SEC 14-3 3-2 0-0 11-1 0-0
39 39 Florida SEC 12-5 1-3 4-1 7-1 0-0
42 42 Alabama SEC 10-7 1-4 2-2 7-1 0-0
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57 57 Mississippi St. SEC 11-6 1-2 2-2 8-2 0-0
62 64 Tennessee SEC 11-6 2-2 2-1 7-3 0-0
73 73 Georgia SEC 10-6 1-3 0-2 9-1 1-0
76 75 Missouri SEC 9-8 1-4 1-2 7-2 0-0
99 98 South Carolina SEC 10-7 4-1 0-2 6-4 0-0
113 113 Ole Miss SEC 9-8 0-4 2-1 7-3 0-0
144 143 Vanderbilt SEC 8-9 0-3 0-1 8-5 0-0
146 146 Texas A&M SEC 8-8 1-1 0-4 7-3 0-0
 
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10-10 is a lock. Even with 9 I think there would be a good chance.

Predict our record over the last 13 games ;)

Home games left:
#18 Ohio State
#22 Rutgers
#27 Wisconsin
#34 Purdue
#37 Illinois
#41 Penn State
#165 Nebraska

Road games left:
#10 at Mich State
#17 at Maryland
#34 at Purdue
#37 at Illinois
#40 at Minnesota
#47 at Indiana
 
Predict our record over the last 13 games ;)

Home games left:
#18 Ohio State
#22 Rutgers
#27 Wisconsin
#34 Purdue
#37 Illinois
#41 Penn State
#165 Nebraska

Road games left:
#10 at Mich State
#17 at Maryland
#34 at Purdue
#37 at Illinois
#40 at Minnesota
#47 at Indiana

Really hard to predict. Could be anywhere between 4-9 and 9-4.
 
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Predict our record over the last 13 games ;)

Home games left:
#18 Ohio State
#22 Rutgers
#27 Wisconsin
#34 Purdue
#37 Illinois
#41 Penn State
#165 Nebraska

Road games left:
#10 at Mich State
#17 at Maryland
#34 at Purdue
#37 at Illinois
#40 at Minnesota
#47 at Indiana

I think they win all at home except tonight against Rutgers, and lose all on the road except Purdue and Minnesota. 8-5 finish, 12-8 overall in the conference.
 
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Predict our record over the last 13 games ;)

Home games left:
#18 Ohio State
#22 Rutgers
#27 Wisconsin
#34 Purdue
#37 Illinois
#41 Penn State
#165 Nebraska

Road games left:
#10 at Mich State
#17 at Maryland
#34 at Purdue
#37 at Illinois
#40 at Minnesota
#47 at Indiana

I will say 7-6 to end up 11-9 in conference. 6-1 at home and 1-5 on the road. My heart tells me will be even better than that but my head is saying the conference is so tough - tougher than any other in country - and with potential injury issues and getting worn down playing a factor.
 
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I just pulled together my latest scrub with everything except the update NET and I've got us as the last 3. I seem to be higher on the hawks than most, but I'm hoping that's due to not getting a ton of national attention.

Tied for 2nd most Q1 wins should have us as the best seed in a pod... whether that's a 3 or 4, no more of this 5-7 crap. Take care of Wisconsin and kill all doubts.
 
I’ll be curious to see what the NET has us for now. It seems the only ways to move up much at this point in the season is beating much higher ranked teams or similarly rated teams on the road only.

Pretty big disparity between NET and KenPom and can’t really figure out why since NET has an analytics component to it.
 
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I’ll be curious to see what the NET has us for now. It seems the only ways to move up much at this point in the season is beating much higher ranked teams or similarly rated teams on the road only.

Pretty big disparity between NET and KenPom and can’t really figure out why since NET has an analytics component to it.
I've wondered this to. Sagarin, KenPom, etc. have us in the teens, but NET is sitting pretty high at 27. The only thing I can think of is that KenPom and Sagarin use adjusted efficiency, I don't know if the NET does or if it uses raw efficiency.

If you look at the difference between our KenPom SOS and what the NET shows... it's crazy.
 
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SORTING OF #22 (NET Rank) IOWA'S RESULTS (14-5) INTO THE 4 QUADS:

NOTE: Rankings of opponents listed below are from Jan 18, 2020, unless otherwise noted. Therefore, a Quad 1 win on the date listed might not be a Quad 1 win TODAY or in mid March (there has been fluidity from one day to the next). Time will tell.


Quadrant 1 (5-3): Home vs a 1-30 team, Neutral site vs 1-50, Away vs 1-75.

WIN
#31 Texas Tech (N)
WIN #67 Iowa State (A)
WIN #17 Maryland (H)
WIN #29 Michigan (H)
WIN #22 Rutgers (H)

LOSS #3 San Diego State (N)
LOSS #29 Michigan (A)
LOSS #41 Penn State (N)


Quadrant 2 (3-1): Home vs a 31-75, Neutral site vs 51-100, Away vs 76-135.

WIN #40 Minnesota (H)
WIN #77 Syracuse (A)
WIN #64 Cincinnati (N)

LOSS #63 DePaul (H)


Quadrant 3 (2-1): Home vs a 76-160, Neutral site vs 101-200, Away vs 135-240.

WIN #122 Oral Roberts (H)
WIN #138 Northwestern (A)

LOSS #165 Nebraska (A)


Quadrant 4 (4-0): Home vs a 161-353, Neutral vs 201-353, Away vs 241-353

WIN
#343 SIU-Edwardsville (H)
WIN #200 North Florida (H)
WIN #309 Cal Poly (H)
WIN #350 Kennesaw State (H)


12 games left on the 2019-2020 reg season schedule:

Quadrant 1 (8 games): Home vs a 1-30 team, Neutral site vs 1-50, Away vs 1-75


#27 Wisconsin
#18 Ohio State
#17 at Maryland
#10 at Mich State
#47 at Indiana
#37 at Illinois
#34 at Purdue
#40 at Minnesota
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Quadrant 2 (3 games): Home vs a 31-75, Neutral site vs 51-100, Away vs 76-135.


#41 Penn State
#37 Illinois
#34 Purdue

Quadrant 3 (0 games): Home vs a 76-160, Neutral site vs 101-200, Away vs 135-240.



Quadrant 4 (1 game): Home vs a 161-353, Neutral vs 201-353, Away vs 241-353


#165 Nebraska


2019-2020 NET Rankings for Iowa (notice the fluidity):

#22 Jan 23
#27 Jan 21,22
#26 Jan 19, 20
#28 Jan 18
#29 Jan 17
#30 Jan 16
#31 Jan 13,14, 15
#32 Jan 12
#33 Jan 11
#43 Jan 9 & Jan 10
#47 Jan 8 (after losing at Nebraska)
#33 Jan 6 & Jan 7
#32 Jan 5
#30 Jan 4
#26 Jan 3
#23 Jan 2
#26 December 31 & Jan 1
#24 on December 30
#25 December 29
#26 December 23-December 28
#27 December 22
#28 December 21
#33 December 16 (initial rankings)

ALL B1G TEAMS' (Jan 23, 2020) NET RANKINGS:


Rank..Previous..Road..Neutral..Home..Non Div 1

8 8 Michigan St. Big Ten 14-4 2-1 3-2 9-1 0-0
15 15 Maryland Big Ten 15-4 1-4 3-0 11-0 0-0
18 19 Ohio St. Big Ten 12-6 1-4 1-1 10-1 0-0
20 18 Rutgers Big Ten 13-5 1-4 0-1 12-0 1-0
21 22 Wisconsin Big Ten 12-7 3-3 0-3 9-1 0-0
22 27 Iowa Big Ten 14-5 3-2 2-2 9-1 0-0
29 37 Penn St. Big Ten 14-5 2-3 2-1 10-1 0-0
31 32 Illinois Big Ten 13-5 3-3 0-1 10-1 1-0
37 29 Michigan Big Ten 11-7 0-5 3-0 8-2 0-0
43 44 Minnesota Big Ten 10-8 0-6 1-1 9-1 0-0
46 47 Purdue Big Ten 10-9 1-5 1-2 8-2 0-0
50 51 Indiana Big Ten 14-4 1-3 2-0 11-1 0-0
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139 138 Northwestern Big Ten 6-12 1-5 1-1 4-6 0-0
169 170 Nebraska Big Ten 7-12 0-6 2-1 5-5 0-0
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LAST SEASON:
2018-2019 NET Rankings for Iowa (notice the fluidity):


#40 Iowa ended the 2018-2019 season with a NET ranking of 40.


#43 on March 17, 2019 (SELECTION SUNDAY) after TWO TEAMS IOWA BEAT (Iowa State & Oregon) won their conf championship AND Michigan & Mich State (IOWA was 1-3 vs them) advanced to the BTT Championship

#44 on March 16 (after losing to #9 Michigan in BTT)
#41 on March 15 (after beating #109 Illinois in BTT)
#43 on March 14
#42 on March 11 (day after loss AT Nebraska)
#43 on March 10
#45 on March 8
#41 on March 7
#40 on March 5
#41 on March 3 & 4
#33 on Feb 28 (was idle)
#32 on Feb 27 (day after loss AT Ohio St)
#30 on Feb 22, 23 and 24
#29 on Feb 13 & 14
#26 on Feb 10, 11 & 12
#24 on Feb 7
#22 on Feb 2 (after Feb 1's 15 pt home win vs Michigan)
#27 on Jan 30 & Jan 31
#28 on Jan 29
#30 on Jan 28

#25 on Jan 27
#24 on Jan 26
#22 on Jan 23

#25 on Jan 22
#25 on Jan 19
#24 on Jan 18
#29 on Jan 13
#35 on Jan 12
 
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If you go by what the committee did last year a 22 NET would put Iowa anywhere from a 4 seed to a 7 seed. Add in the quad 1 and 2 totals and it looks more like a 5-6 seed but wait... that’s counting the total number of last years wins by teams.. basically if it were to play out like last year 18 wins would get Iowa a tournament birth. If they get to 20 their seed would likely not be any lower than a 7 with how how the Big 10 is currently ranked in the NET. 20 wins would also mean 5 more quad 1 and 2 wins. Similar resumes to that last year were 4-6 seeds for the NCAA tournament. Only thing is this stupid SOR Iowa has that makes no sense.
 
Another thing to keep an eye on is that the committee seemed to use the NET less after the top 4 seed lines.

Average NET rankings by seed
1- 3.25
2- 7
3- 10
4- 17.75
5- 20.5
6- 22.25
7- 20.75
8- 37.75
9- 37.75
10- 48
 
I heard Dave Revsine say last night that we had 6 Quad-1 wins. Anyone else hear that?

Quad wins and losses are very fluid.

One example:

On Jan 18, Michigan was #29, which was barely a Quad 1 win for Iowa.

Today, 5 days later, they are #37, which puts them at a Quad 2 win.

There is going to be a lot of movement until Selection Sunday. If Michigan gets their act together, they should get back to a Quad 1 win.
 
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Iowa moves up to 4th best in the B1G.

12 B1G teams are in the Top 46.

The Jan 24 B1G NET Rankings:

Rank..Previous..Road..Neutral..Home..Non Div 1
10 8 Michigan St. Big Ten 14-5 2-2 3-2 9-1 0-0
14 15 Maryland Big Ten 15-4 1-4 3-0 11-0 0-0
19 20 Rutgers Big Ten 13-5 1-4 0-1 12-0 1-0
21 22 Iowa Big Ten 14-5 3-2 2-2 9-1 0-0
22 21 Wisconsin Big Ten 12-7 3-3 0-3 9-1 0-0

23 18 Ohio St. Big Ten 12-7 1-4 1-1 10-2 0-0
29 29 Penn St. Big Ten 14-5 2-3 2-1 10-1 0-0
32 31 Illinois Big Ten 13-5 3-3 0-1 10-1 1-0
36 37 Michigan Big Ten 11-7 0-5 3-0 8-2 0-0
39 43 Minnesota Big Ten 11-8 1-6 1-1 9-1 0-0
42 50 Indiana Big Ten 15-4 1-3 2-0 12-1 0-0
46 46 Purdue Big Ten 10-9 1-5 1-2 8-2 0-0
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144 139 Northwestern Big Ten 6-12 1-5 1-1 4-6 0-0
165 169 Nebraska Big Ten 7-12 0-6 2-1 5-5 0-0
 
Iowa moves up to 4th best in the B1G.

12 B1G teams are in the Top 46.

The Jan 24 B1G NET Rankings:

Rank..Previous..Road..Neutral..Home..Non Div 1
10 8 Michigan St. Big Ten 14-5 2-2 3-2 9-1 0-0
14 15 Maryland Big Ten 15-4 1-4 3-0 11-0 0-0
19 20 Rutgers Big Ten 13-5 1-4 0-1 12-0 1-0
21 22 Iowa Big Ten 14-5 3-2 2-2 9-1 0-0
22 21 Wisconsin Big Ten 12-7 3-3 0-3 9-1 0-0

23 18 Ohio St. Big Ten 12-7 1-4 1-1 10-2 0-0
29 29 Penn St. Big Ten 14-5 2-3 2-1 10-1 0-0
32 31 Illinois Big Ten 13-5 3-3 0-1 10-1 1-0
36 37 Michigan Big Ten 11-7 0-5 3-0 8-2 0-0
39 43 Minnesota Big Ten 11-8 1-6 1-1 9-1 0-0
42 50 Indiana Big Ten 15-4 1-3 2-0 12-1 0-0
46 46 Purdue Big Ten 10-9 1-5 1-2 8-2 0-0
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144 139 Northwestern Big Ten 6-12 1-5 1-1 4-6 0-0
165 169 Nebraska Big Ten 7-12 0-6 2-1 5-5 0-0
Big win available Monday at home for the taking!
 
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I’ll be curious to see what the NET has us for now. It seems the only ways to move up much at this point in the season is beating much higher ranked teams or similarly rated teams on the road only.

Pretty big disparity between NET and KenPom and can’t really figure out why since NET has an analytics component to it.

because NET considers whether or not you actually won or lost the games. KenPom does not.
 
How did Rutgers only lose about 2 spots after losing to Iowa? And they are still higher. That Nebraska loss is absolutely pitiful. Iowa would prob be around #12 if that hadn't happened.
 
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Today Wisconsin is #30. To be a Quad 1 win (hopefully) for Iowa, they have to stay in the top 30.

So, the movement of wins & losses between quads is going to likely continue up until Selection Sunday.
 
I'll be honest, I've overly watched how NET rankings impact our profile, but after the Rutgers win, I've moved my focus to how we can earn a double bye.

Edit: That is to say, beat the Badgers, quads be damned.
 
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