Rutgers (15-3; #49 RPI - 1st place) v. Maryland (11-4; #35 RPI - 2nd place) this weekend in Piscataway.
Iowa trails Rutgers by 3.5 games (trailing by 2 games in loss column) but has the tiebreaker if they finish tied. Rutgers has 6 B1G games left, including the Maryland series.
Iowa trails Maryland by 1 game. Don't know how tiebreaker would play out. Maryland has 9 B1G games left, including the Rutgers series.
My heart says root for Maryland to take 2 of 3 - giving Iowa a good chance to catch Rutgers in loss column this weekend. Rutgers still has to go to Michigan to finish season.
My head says root for Rutgers to take 2 of 3 or sweep - giving Iowa a good chance to pass Maryland in the standings and positioning well for 2nd place finish and #2 seed in B1G tournament.
Regardless, it could be "moving weekend" for the Hawks if they can pull off a big weekend!
Iowa trails Rutgers by 3.5 games (trailing by 2 games in loss column) but has the tiebreaker if they finish tied. Rutgers has 6 B1G games left, including the Maryland series.
Iowa trails Maryland by 1 game. Don't know how tiebreaker would play out. Maryland has 9 B1G games left, including the Rutgers series.
My heart says root for Maryland to take 2 of 3 - giving Iowa a good chance to catch Rutgers in loss column this weekend. Rutgers still has to go to Michigan to finish season.
My head says root for Rutgers to take 2 of 3 or sweep - giving Iowa a good chance to pass Maryland in the standings and positioning well for 2nd place finish and #2 seed in B1G tournament.
Regardless, it could be "moving weekend" for the Hawks if they can pull off a big weekend!