Predictions Balance of Regular Season

[BirdistheWord]

DATE	OPPONENT
Sun, Dec 11	vsWisconsin	W	L
Sat, Dec 17	vsSoutheast Missouri State	W	W
Wed, Dec 21	vsEastern Illinois	W	L
Thu, Dec 29	@Nebraska	W	L
Sun, Jan 1	@Penn State	L	L
Thu, Jan 5	vs14 Indiana	L	W
Sun, Jan 8	@Rutgers	W	W
Thu, Jan 12	vsMichigan	L	W
Sun, Jan 15	vs13 Maryland	W	W
Wed, Jan 18	vsNorthwestern	W
Sat, Jan 21	@25 Ohio State	L
Thu, Jan 26	@Michigan State	L
Sun, Jan 29	vsRutgers	W
Sat, Feb 4	vs17 Illinois	L
Thu, Feb 9	@4 Purdue	L
Sun, Feb 12	@Minnesota	W
Thu, Feb 16	vs25 Ohio State	W
Sun, Feb 19	@Northwestern	W
Wed, Feb 22	@Wisconsin	L
Sat, Feb 25	vsMichigan State	W
Tue, Feb 28	@14 Indiana	L
Sun, Mar 5	vsNebraska	W

B1G 11-9 10-10 11-9
Overall 20-11 19-12

Predictions were 4-4 since checked in last, big misses being Neb and EIU. Glad to be wrong on Michigan and IU wins.

 

[Suterman]

I have a few differences but the same result in the league.

Predictions Balance of Regular Season​

DATE	OPPONENT
Sun, Dec 11	vsWisconsin	W
Sat, Dec 17	vsSoutheast Missouri State	W
Wed, Dec 21	vsEastern Illinois	W
Thu, Dec 29	@Nebraska	W
Sun, Jan 1	@Penn State	L
Thu, Jan 5	vs14 Indiana	W
Sun, Jan 8	@Rutgers	L
Thu, Jan 12	vsMichigan	W
Sun, Jan 15	vs13 Maryland	L
Wed, Jan 18	vsNorthwestern	W
Sat, Jan 21	@25 Ohio State	L
Thu, Jan 26	@Michigan State	L
Sun, Jan 29	vsRutgers	W
Sat, Feb 4	vs17 Illinois	L
Thu, Feb 9	@4 Purdue	L
Sun, Feb 12	@Minnesota	W
Thu, Feb 16	vs25 Ohio State	W
Sun, Feb 19	@Northwestern	W
Wed, Feb 22	@Wisconsin	L
Sat, Feb 25	vsMichigan State	W
Tue, Feb 28	@14 Indiana	L
Sun, Mar 5	vsNebraska	W

B1G 11-9
Overall 20-11

 

[jonesy5960]

Well before last night I would have said they'll be lucky to win another game. After last night I'm pretty sure they're not losing another game. I might change my mind on Sunday.

 

[mthawkeyes]

I really think the key is whether this team can shoot the ball consistently. 35% from 3 would get them about 12 B1G wins. 30% would get them 8 or 9. Lower than that and things get real ugly.

Also, with Murray already out, I think an injury to Perkins or (especially) Rebraca would be disastrous.

 

[SDHawkDoc]

Assuming beating the 2 patsies left on the schedule .500 in the league gets them in the tourney. I think they're right on that knifes edge.

 

[Packer54]

DATE	OPPONENT
Sun, Dec 11	vsWisconsin	W
Sat, Dec 17	vsSoutheast Missouri State	W
Wed, Dec 21	vsEastern Illinois	W
Thu, Dec 29	@Nebraska	W
Sun, Jan 1	@Penn State	L
Thu, Jan 5	vs14 Indiana	L
Sun, Jan 8	@Rutgers	W
Thu, Jan 12	vsMichigan	L
Sun, Jan 15	vs13 Maryland	W
Wed, Jan 18	vsNorthwestern	W
Sat, Jan 21	@25 Ohio State	L
Thu, Jan 26	@Michigan State	L
Sun, Jan 29	vsRutgers	W
Sat, Feb 4	vs17 Illinois	L
Thu, Feb 9	@4 Purdue	L
Sun, Feb 12	@Minnesota	W
Thu, Feb 16	vs25 Ohio State	W
Sun, Feb 19	@Northwestern	W
Wed, Feb 22	@Wisconsin	L
Sat, Feb 25	vsMichigan State	W
Tue, Feb 28	@14 Indiana	L
Sun, Mar 5	vsNebraska	W

B1G 11-9
Overall 20-11

Without Kris this would be a bit optimistic in my opinion.

 

[HawkHoops80]

DATE	OPPONENT
Sun, Dec 11	vsWisconsin	W
Sat, Dec 17	vsSoutheast Missouri State	W
Wed, Dec 21	vsEastern Illinois	W
Thu, Dec 29	@Nebraska	W
Sun, Jan 1	@Penn State	W
Thu, Jan 5	vs14 Indiana	L
Sun, Jan 8	@Rutgers	L
Thu, Jan 12	vsMichigan	W
Sun, Jan 15	vs13 Maryland	W
Wed, Jan 18	vsNorthwestern	W
Sat, Jan 21	@25 Ohio State	L
Thu, Jan 26	@Michigan State	W
Sun, Jan 29	vsRutgers	W
Sat, Feb 4	vs17 Illinois	L
Thu, Feb 9	@4 Purdue	L
Sun, Feb 12	@Minnesota	W
Thu, Feb 16	vs25 Ohio State	W
Sun, Feb 19	@Northwestern	W
Wed, Feb 22	@Wisconsin	L
Sat, Feb 25	vsMichigan State	W
Tue, Feb 28	@14 Indiana	L
Sun, Mar 5	vsNebraska	W

13-7 in Big Ten
22-9 Overall

 

[BirdistheWord]

Without Kris this would be a bit optimistic in my opinion.

Yes, I thought he was day to day. If he is out for an extended period of time, then yes agreed.

 

[HawkHoops80]

Yes, I thought he was day to day. If he is out for an extended period of time, then yes agreed.

Kakert said on KXNO yesterday that he expects the current target return date to be Indiana on January 5. That gives him a month rest. Hopefully it's sooner than that, but with how the schedule sets up, it seems like a solid plan to me.

 

[Cougars_80]

DATE	OPPONENT
Sun, Dec 11	vsWisconsin	W
Sat, Dec 17	vsSoutheast Missouri State	W
Wed, Dec 21	vsEastern Illinois	W
Thu, Dec 29	@Nebraska	W
Sun, Jan 1	@Penn State	W
Thu, Jan 5	vs14 Indiana	L
Sun, Jan 8	@Rutgers	L
Thu, Jan 12	vsMichigan	L
Sun, Jan 15	vs13 Maryland	W
Wed, Jan 18	vsNorthwestern	W
Sat, Jan 21	@25 Ohio State	L
Thu, Jan 26	@Michigan State	L
Sun, Jan 29	vsRutgers	W
Sat, Feb 4	vs17 Illinois	L
Thu, Feb 9	@4 Purdue	L
Sun, Feb 12	@Minnesota	L
Thu, Feb 16	vs25 Ohio State	W
Sun, Feb 19	@Northwestern	W
Wed, Feb 22	@Wisconsin	L
Sat, Feb 25	vsMichigan State	W
Tue, Feb 28	@14 Indiana	L
Sun, Mar 5	vsNebraska	W

19-12 overall 10-10 Conf

 

[hawksense]

I really think the key is whether this team can shoot the ball consistently. 35% from 3 would get them about 12 B1G wins. 30% would get them 8 or 9. Lower than that and things get real ugly.

Also, with Murray already out, I think an injury to Perkins or (especially) Rebraca would be disastrous.

I like people who put thoughts and words together.

 

[LaQuintaHawkeye]

Not into “long range predictions” but if Kris is out I don’t see them winning tomorrow.

 

[SA_Hawk]

I would flip at Nebraska and at Penn St to L.

 

[Hawk_4shur]

I really think the key is whether this team can shoot the ball consistently. 35% from 3 would get them about 12 B1G wins. 30% would get them 8 or 9. Lower than that and things get real ugly.

Also, with Murray already out, I think an injury to Perkins or (especially) Rebraca would be disastrous.

Its all about shooting for this team, and most of Fran's teams as well. With Garza at least they could try to pound it inside but if they weren't hitting shots that was very difficult.

With all the "shooters" on this team, someone needs to make some.

A coach was once asked about a players shooting range. He replied "Great shooting range, but not much making range".

 

[BirdistheWord]

Not into “long range predictions” but if Kris is out I don’t see them winning tomorrow.

you were right, though even with Ulis, we should have won this game. If you would have told me OT without Kris AND Ulis, I would have taken it.

 

[SDHawkDoc]

So Bird, you thinking they get a win somewhere else now on the league schedule. Or are you going with the rest as is and have them going 10-10?

 

[BirdistheWord]

So Bird, you thinking they get a win somewhere else now on the league schedule. Or are you going with the rest as is and have them going 10-10?

Great question. I had not seen WI play this year and I was underwhelmed. But...I will just adjust to 10-10 though believe we have a decent shot if healthy in Madison. I adjusted down my original prediction based on the loss to WI.

 

[Bishop1971]

As positive as i usually am im coming up with 10-10 but hope when we get healthy and if Sandfort gets out of his slump maybe we can grab an extra game or 2. Fingers crossed. I do predict we win the next one!

 

[SDHawkDoc]

Great question. I had not seen WI play this year and I was underwhelmed. But...I will just adjust to 10-10 though believe we have a decent shot if healthy in Madison.

I'm with you. As I said, I see the Hawks on the knife's edge when it comes to making the tourney. And it's not out of the realm of possibility that they win in madison as wisky is not all that.
I have no good feel for a game by game prediction. My overall gestalt with this team is that they seem middle of the pack in the B1G. That to me looks like 10 wins +/- 2. I'd be very surprised, in a good way of course, if they win 13+. I'd be mildly surprised if they only win 6-7. And I'd be very surprised as well if they win 5 or less.

 

[Steamboat529529]

Call me crazy, but I think we could possibly start out 0 and 5 in the big ten, if Kris misses extended time, but still rally to finish 9 and 11, or even 10 and 10.