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*****Official IOWA at the B1G Tournament Games Thread*****

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The game will likely end around 2:30 am.




Good job, Hawks! Get back to the hotel, relax and rest up.

I see that at 2:16 am CT the #5 Michigan/#4 Illinois game ended (with #5 Michigan winning 7-5).

One game at a time, of course. At the same time, Iowa would have to win their next 4 games to win the B1G Championship.

The 4 games:

(1) game 9, Saturday, 9 am (vs Rutgers or Penn State)

(2) game 11, Sat evening (facing the undefeated team from the lower bracket)

(3) game 13, Sunday morning (facing the team from the lower bracket again)

(4) game 14, Sunday afternoon, playing the other remaining team for the B1G Championship


The Bracket:

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If PSU loses, do you consider holding back Langenberg and starting Schultz?

It would be a risky move but a calculated risk.
 
Play it out if other games go chalk and if Iowa can keep winning.
Tomorrow:
Nedved against Purdue.
Saturday:
Langenberg against PSU (elimination game)
Schultz against Maryland
Sunday:
Brecht/Baumann against Maryland
Brecht/Baumann against Rutgers

Trying to break out of my "this f'ing sucks" mood. New goals:

Ride Nedved to a win tomorrow and advance to weekend. Eminently doable.
Ride Langenberg to a win in first game on Saturday. Eminently doable.

That puts Iowa in the B1G's "final four."

Hope that either (a) Maryland gets upset and Iowa faces Michigan, Illinois or Indiana in the late Saturday game or (b) if that doesn't happen, Iowa gets to face Maryland for potential signature win. Likely that it would be a combo of Schultz/Brecht/Baumann.

Somehow survive Saturday night's game. Advance to Sunday.

Hope that the other bracket doesn't result in a necessary Sunday early game.

That puts Iowa in the B1G's "final three" and puts Iowa's B1G tournament record at 3-1.

Then you are playing with house money on Sunday.

I'm not claiming that would get Iowa in as an at-large but . . . I'd watch the selection show on Monday with fingers crossed.

I actually like Iowa's chances to win tomorrow and the first game on Saturday. (After today's game, I understand that it is illogical).

They need to hit "erase" and "re-set."

Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?
Hell no.
It's not over in Omaha either.
Win over Purdue? Check.
Now bring on Rutgers or PSU.
 
Win over Purdue? Check.
Now bring on Rutgers or PSU.
Yeah big win to at least keep hope alive. Things could all end at any point now, but Iowa still does have depth of arms that make it not totally unrealistic to win 2-3 games in a row here. Still have Langenberg, Schulz, Bauman, plus Brecht and some others. As you get into Saturday much of it comes down to how many viable arms teams have left.
 
What an amazing job by Christopherson coming in and giving the Hawks 3 innings. They still have plenty of arms in the bullpen.

Now my question is who do we want to face tomorrow morning? If you think Iowa can win it all I'd say PSU as their pitching will be hammered by the time tomorrow rolls around. If you think Iowa can only hope to win enough to get into the regionals then beating Rutgers could get Iowa there. Beating Purdue helped the RPI today, at least Purdue had a decent record but facing and beating PSU does nothing for Iowa.
 
Good job, Hawks! Get back to the hotel, relax and rest up.

I see that at 2:16 am CT the #5 Michigan/#4 Illinois game ended (with #5 Michigan winning 7-5).

One game at a time, of course. At the same time, Iowa would have to win their next 4 games to win the B1G Championship.

The 4 games:

(1) game 9, Saturday, 9 am (vs Rutgers or Penn State)

(2) game 11, Sat evening (facing the undefeated team from the lower bracket)

(3) game 13, Sunday morning (facing the team from the lower bracket again)

(4) game 14, Sunday afternoon, playing the other remaining team for the B1G Championship


The Bracket:

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I don't believe the updated bracket has crossovers. Iowa will play Rutgers Saturday night if they beat PSU Saturday morning (assume Rutgers beats PSU)

file:///C:/Users/timot/Downloads/2022_Tournament_Bracket_UPDATE.pdf
 
What an amazing job by Christopherson coming in and giving the Hawks 3 innings. They still have plenty of arms in the bullpen.

Now my question is who do we want to face tomorrow morning? If you think Iowa can win it all I'd say PSU as their pitching will be hammered by the time tomorrow rolls around. If you think Iowa can only hope to win enough to get into the regionals then beating Rutgers could get Iowa there. Beating Purdue helped the RPI today, at least Purdue had a decent record but facing and beating PSU does nothing for Iowa.
Good question. Don't really want PSU sniffing winning the conference tournament. But yes, winning over Rutgers would do more for Iowa's RPI than beating PSU. Just happy the Hawks get to have another game. Iowa's pitching depth should help them out here.
 
Good question. Don't really want PSU sniffing winning the conference tournament. But yes, winning over Rutgers would do more for Iowa's RPI than beating PSU. Just happy the Hawks get to have another game. Iowa's pitching depth should help them out here.
I would like PSU I think. You win and you still gain RPI points. Rutgers is a tough task. So is Maryland, but anything can happen once you get deep into these bullpens.
 
I don't believe the updated bracket has crossovers. Iowa will play Rutgers Saturday night if they beat PSU Saturday morning (assume Rutgers beats PSU)

file:///C:/Users/timot/Downloads/2022_Tournament_Bracket_UPDATE.pdf
Don’t think so. If they win tomorrow morning they would play someone like Maryland tomorrow night.
 
If PSU loses, do you consider holding back Langenberg and starting Schultz?

It would be a risky move but a calculated risk.

Heller needs to manage the game like there is no tomorrow. But having said that you might consider the opponent. The last time Schultz had a really good start was against Rutgers and they beat up on Langenberg. But if it's PSU I think I'd trust Langenberg over Schultz.
 
With up to 4 games over the next 2 days, our pitching staff looks to be in good shape.

I expect Heller to start Ty Langenberg (5-2) tomorrow morning.

Heller said Mazur likely would be available on Sunday, if necessary.

Heller has only used 5 pitchers so far in the B1G Tourney:


....................................Pitches.........IP
Mazur (Thu)....................95..............5
Davitt (Thu)....................63..............2 1/3
Beutel (Thu)...................20..............1 2/3
Nedved (Fri)...................93.............6
Beutel (Fri).......................9.................2/3
Christopherson (Fri).....35..............2 1/3

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I don't believe the updated bracket has crossovers. Iowa will play Rutgers Saturday night if they beat PSU Saturday morning (assume Rutgers beats PSU)

file:///C:/Users/timot/Downloads/2022_Tournament_Bracket_UPDATE.pdf

Unless something drastically changed from last night when they posted this bracket, if Iowa beats Rutgers or Penn State tomorrow morning then on Sat evening Iowa would face the undefeated team from the lower bracket (either Maryland or Michigan).


The Bracket from Last night:

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What an amazing job by Christopherson coming in and giving the Hawks 3 innings. They still have plenty of arms in the bullpen.

Now my question is who do we want to face tomorrow morning? If you think Iowa can win it all I'd say PSU as their pitching will be hammered by the time tomorrow rolls around. If you think Iowa can only hope to win enough to get into the regionals then beating Rutgers could get Iowa there. Beating Purdue helped the RPI today, at least Purdue had a decent record but facing and beating PSU does nothing for Iowa.
Pedo of course!
 
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