Ok, I'm looking at current NET, remaining schedules, etc. and I've got a few predictions:
Both Oral Roberts and North Florida will end up Q3 wins on Selection Sunday (leaving only 4 Q4 wins)
Iowa will end up with 3 Q1A wins (currently own them against Maryland and Texas Tech - both @ Michigan St. and @ Illinois would qualify, or Ohio St. or Michigan could move up to top 15)
Iowa does not earn a double bye in the BTT.
Iowa does make the BTT semi-finals.
Bonus: Iowa will be slotted into the Omaha pods, the Midwest regional or both.
I tihnk what's killing our NET is a couple things:I’d venture to guess the quads for our existing games are pretty much locked in at this point, exception being Cincy.
The B1G teams just aren’t moving much.
I agree on point 1. I’d swap your point 2 though with getting demolished by Purdue. Our two biggest drops were after Nebraska in January and Purdue in February.I tihnk what's killing our NET is a couple things:
(1) We now have 2 losses in Quad 3: #189 Nebraska (A); #82 DePaul (H)
(2) These 3 quad 4 non-conference opponents:
#352 Kennesaw State (H)
#337 SIU-Edwardsville (H)
#324 Cal Poly (H)
i know many hate the NET but its what all the TV talking heads are talking about. What's your NET and how many Q1 wins do you have and how many Q3/Q4 losses do you have?I agree on point 1. I’d swap your point 2 though with getting demolished by Purdue. Our two biggest drops were after Nebraska in January and Purdue in February.
The Q4’s don’t help but everyone has at least a couple.
Quick question- did Iowa schedule the Q4 teams or were those teams scheduled FOR Iowa as part of the tourneys they played? I honestly don't remember. Point being if you aren't in control of your schedule....
yikes; both were? man, Barta's job is easy when your 31 game shedule is:Edit: I looked it up. North Florida and Cal Poly were the tournament assigned games.
Coupla thoughts;yikes; both were? man, Barta's job is easy when your 31 game shedule is:
* 20 B1G games
* 2 Holiday tourney games
* 1 ISU
* 1 ACC/B1G Challenge
* 1 Gavitt Games
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The way these tournaments work, they have some low level teams that travel around before what we consider the actual tournament. They usually call them "campus games".yikes; both were? man, Barta's job is easy when your 31 game shedule is:
* 20 B1G games
* 2 Holiday tourney games
* 1 ISU
* 1 ACC/B1G Challenge
* 1 Gavitt Games
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Wow, that's impressive. Also, Mike DeCourcy has us as #8 in his Elite 8 Draft. No love from Bardo.On a positive note, only 3 teams on March 1 have more Quad 1 wins than Iowa.
the final NET Rankings are the day after the National Championship game.Interesting. Would he nice if Illinois and Rutgers could climb to a quad 1 home win.
But we need to beat Illinois, which won't help them
Net rankings continue through the end of the BTT? Maybe Illinois or Rutgers goes on a run, until they face us!
March 2 NET Rankings:
Rank..Previous..Road..Neutral..Home..Non Div 1
7 7 Michigan St. Big Ten 20-9 6-4 3-2 11-3 0-0
15 15 Maryland Big Ten 23-6 5-5 3-0 15-1 0-0
16 17 Ohio St. Big Ten 20-9 4-6 1-1 15-2 0-0
24 24 Michigan Big Ten 18-11 4-6 4-0 10-5 0-0
26 26 Penn St. Big Ten 21-8 5-5 2-1 14-2 0-0
29 29 Iowa Big Ten 20-9 4-6 2-2 14-1 0-0
30 27 Wisconsin Big Ten 19-10 5-6 0-3 14-1 0-0
34 35 Rutgers Big Ten 17-11 1-8 0-2 16-1 1-0
35 34 Purdue Big Ten 15-14 3-8 1-2 11-4 0-0
36 36 Illinois Big Ten 19-9 6-5 0-1 13-3 1-0
46 49 Minnesota Big Ten 13-15 2-9 1-1 10-5 0-0
54 55 Indiana Big Ten 18-11 2-8 2-0 14-3 0-0
175 180 Northwestern Big Ten 7-21 2-9 1-1 4-11 0-0
195 189 Nebraska Big Ten 7-22 0-10 2-1 5-11 0-0
unlikely.Based on the NET Rankings, do you think it is viable that Purdue still has a shot at the tourney with a 15-14 record?
Based on the NET Rankings, do you think it is viable that Purdue still has a shot at the tourney with a 15-14 record?
19-15 gets them in. Not impossible, but very unlikely with how inconsistent they are.
Interesting I just didn’t realize there NET was that high with that record.
19-15 gets them in. Not impossible, but very unlikely with how inconsistent they are.
Plus, wouldn't you agree that they need some help from the teams ahead of them? It just seems like they have a lot of teams to jump in the next 13 days.
Last 4 in, per Lunardi:
Cincinnati
Wichita State
Utah State
Stanford
First 4 out:
NC State
Richmond
Rhode Island
Mississippi State
Next 4 out:
Texas
Purdue
Memphis
South Carolina
Palm, Lunardi, and Mast all have Iowa currently a 5 seed.
Palm and Mast in Tampa.
Lunardi in Cleveland.
Agree. Tampa would be fun, but costly. Cleveland, St. Louis, and Omaha easier and cheaper.Beat Purdue and Iowa will end up no worse than a 6 seed.