Very enjoyable so far. Hawks have a good team, but the conference is tough. I am going with 10-8, which would make them 20-11 and in the NCAA I think. Hope they do better, but man the conference looks tough. Road will be killer.
Predictions for Hawks for the upcoming 18 games of Big 10.
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I think .500 in the big ten gets you in this year. We were solid away from carver in the non conference.
After reviewing the league schedules, I'm going 11-7 the rest of the way:
Penn St. (N) - Win
Nebraska (A) - Win
Maryland (H) - Win -- They're on a quick turnaround to travel
Northwestern (A) - Win
Michigan (H) - Lose
Rutgers (H) - Win
Wisconsin (H) - Win
Maryland (A) - Lose
Illinois (H) - Win
Purdue (A) - Lose
Nebraska (H) - Win
Indiana (A) - Lose
Minnesota (A) - Lose -- They get a nice long layoff before this game
Ohio St. (H) - Lose
Michigan St. (A) - Lose
Penn St. (H) - Win
Purdue (H) - Win -- Senior day
Illinois (A) - Win -- we have 4 full days between these games, and they only have 2
There's a bunch of swing games in there (bolded); I've got us going 5-4 in those, which seems reasonable; but we could definitely fall short in those.
Penn St. (N) - Win
Nebraska (A) - Win
Maryland (H) - Win -- They're on a quick turnaround to travel
Northwestern (A) - Win
Michigan (H) - Lose
Rutgers (H) - Win
Wisconsin (H) - Win
Maryland (A) - Lose
Illinois (H) - Win
Purdue (A) - Lose
Nebraska (H) - Win
Indiana (A) - Lose
Minnesota (A) - Lose -- They get a nice long layoff before this game
Ohio St. (H) - Lose
Michigan St. (A) - Lose
Penn St. (H) - Win
Purdue (H) - Win -- Senior day
Illinois (A) - Win -- we have 4 full days between these games, and they only have 2
There's a bunch of swing games in there (bolded); I've got us going 5-4 in those, which seems reasonable; but we could definitely fall short in those.
Iowa - Penn St W
Iowa - Nebraska. W
Maryland - Iowa L
Iowa - NW. W
Mich - Iowa L
Rutgers - Iowa W
Wis - Iowa. W
Iowa - Maryland. L
Illinois - Iowa W
Iowa - Purdue L
Neb - Iowa W
Iowa -Indiana L
Iowa - Min. L
Ohio St - Iowa L
Iowa - Mich St L
Penn St - Iowa W
Purdue - Iowa W
Iowa - Illinois. L
so 10 10 for the season. And we have to win a game or two in the BiG tourney to dance. Caveat: if Iowa can beat ILL at home or Mich St, we are dancing for sure. Otherwise, I’ll have some sleepless nights.
Iowa - Nebraska. W
Maryland - Iowa L
Iowa - NW. W
Mich - Iowa L
Rutgers - Iowa W
Wis - Iowa. W
Iowa - Maryland. L
Illinois - Iowa W
Iowa - Purdue L
Neb - Iowa W
Iowa -Indiana L
Iowa - Min. L
Ohio St - Iowa L
Iowa - Mich St L
Penn St - Iowa W
Purdue - Iowa W
Iowa - Illinois. L
so 10 10 for the season. And we have to win a game or two in the BiG tourney to dance. Caveat: if Iowa can beat ILL at home or Mich St, we are dancing for sure. Otherwise, I’ll have some sleepless nights.
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I think they do better but 18-13 would still have them in NCAA contention if they won 1 Big 10 tournament game to finish 19-14.
Ohio State last year got in at 19-14 and 8-12 in the conference.
Iowa will have an excellent SOS considering how many Q1-2 teams we played in the non conference and how many Q1 opportunities they'll have in conference play.
Iowa's NET losses are currently: #1 SDSU, #16 Michigan and #63 DePaul. That's two solid Q1's and a Q2.
Iowa's NET wins include: #30 Minnesota, #38 Texas Tech, #81 Cincinnati, #84 Syracuse and #89 Iowa State. Right now Minnesota and TTU are Q1 and the rest are Q2. Minnesota likely moves to Q2 but Syracuse and ISU could move to Q1 if they can get into the top 75.
Even Oral Roberts is respectable at #108 and a Q3.
I’ll say 11-7 the rest of the way but if they goy 9-9 and finisher other 19 wins, they will begin the tournament.
Penn St. (N) - Loss
Nebraska (A) - Win
Maryland (H) - Win
Northwestern (A) - Win
Michigan (H) - Lose
Rutgers (H) - Win
Wisconsin (H) - Win
Maryland (A) - Lose
Illinois (H) - Win
Purdue (A) - Lose
Nebraska (H) - Win
Indiana (A) - Lose
Minnesota (A) - Win --
Ohio St. (H) - Lose
Michigan St. (A) - Lose
Penn St. (H) - Win
Purdue (H) - Win -- Senior day
Illinois (A) - Lose
10-8 the rest of the way, 20-11 overall. I will be happy with that.
Nebraska (A) - Win
Maryland (H) - Win
Northwestern (A) - Win
Michigan (H) - Lose
Rutgers (H) - Win
Wisconsin (H) - Win
Maryland (A) - Lose
Illinois (H) - Win
Purdue (A) - Lose
Nebraska (H) - Win
Indiana (A) - Lose
Minnesota (A) - Win --
Ohio St. (H) - Lose
Michigan St. (A) - Lose
Penn St. (H) - Win
Purdue (H) - Win -- Senior day
Illinois (A) - Lose
10-8 the rest of the way, 20-11 overall. I will be happy with that.
My realistic guess
Currently 1 - 1,
Probable win - 5 - 1
@NE, @NW, WI, IL, NE, Penn State
Possible win - 4 - 3
@Penn State, MI, Rutgers, @IN, @MN, PU, @IL
Probable loss - 1 - 4
MD, @MD, @PU, OSU, @MSU
Overall - 11 - 9
But if any more injuries or defections, this goes way south.
Currently 1 - 1,Probable win - 5 - 1
@NE, @NW, WI, IL, NE, Penn State
Possible win - 4 - 3
@Penn State, MI, Rutgers, @IN, @MN, PU, @IL
Probable loss - 1 - 4
MD, @MD, @PU, OSU, @MSU
Overall - 11 - 9
But if any more injuries or defections, this goes way south.
BirdistheWord
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I like 10-8, assuming no major injuries. Plus one win in BTT.
This is going to be fun. If we can win most of our home games and steal a couple on the road we'll be dancing. I'll go with 11-7 and a B1G Tourney win
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