Big Ten Baseball Scores and Standings (3/28)

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Western Michigan 3, Michigan State 2
#22 Michigan 12, Toledo 0
Iowa 6, Grandview College 5
Purdue 3, Kent State 2
Indiana 6, Evansville 3
Ohio State 3, Ohio 0
Minnesota 5, Kansas 2
Bradley 2, Illinois 0
Nebraska 11, Kansas State 1

Rutgers at Monmouth (postponed)
Binghamton at Penn State (postponed)

Standings
1. Michigan State (15-6, 3-0)
1. Minnesota (15-8, 3-0)
1. Indiana (14-8-1, 3-0)
4. Iowa (14-9, 2-1)
4. Maryland (15-8, 2-1)
6. Michigan (18-6, 1-2)
6. Purdue (13-10, 1-2)
8. Nebraska (13-10, 0-0)
8. Penn State (9-13, 0-0)
8. Rutgers (9-14, 0-0)
8. Illinois (6-16, 0-3)
8. Northwestern (5-17, 0-3)
8. Ohio State (10-14, 0-3)

Games for Wednesday, March 29
Minnesota at Kansas
Monmouth at Rutgers
Central Michigan at #22 Michigan
Chicago State at Northwestern
Indiana State at Indiana
Valparaiso at Purdue
Cornell at Penn State

Next Nebraska Game - Friday, March 31
Nebraska at Indiana (6:00 p.m. - BTN)

 

[Truehuskerfan]

Seems like Iowa needs to step up its game in scheduling. They played Grand View, a NAIA school yesterday, and they also had 3 games scheduled earlier in the season against NCAA Division III schools(2 of which were canceled due to weather). They are all Iowa schools, but it would be like us playing Doane, Peru State and Nebraska Wesleyan.

 

[donahues17]

Im guessing Iowa doesnt put as much resources into baseball as Nebraska does. Iowa knows they arent a great or have they ever been a great program. They want the wins. Playing tougher schedules can help or hurt you. You play a tough schedule and lose it dont matter how tough the schedule was. If I were Iowa (hell and even Nebraska) I would play a weaker schedule and get the needed wins to help build the confidence of the players especially if you know you have a lessor team.

 

[Truehuskerfan]

Im guessing Iowa doesnt put as much resources into baseball as Nebraska does. Iowa knows they arent a great or have they ever been a great program. They want the wins. Playing tougher schedules can help or hurt you. You play a tough schedule and lose it dont matter how tough the schedule was. If I were Iowa (hell and even Nebraska) I would play a weaker schedule and get the needed wins to help build the confidence of the players especially if you know you have a lessor team.

Games against sub-NCAA D-I competition though don't count in helping you to make the NCAA tournament though. From that standpoint, it's essentially throwing games away. I think sometimes maybe we have too tough of a nonconference schedule, but we don't need to water it down by playing the likes of Doane and Nebraska Wesleyan. That was the John Sanders philosophy of scheduling.

 

[coolonetoo]

Games against sub-NCAA D-I competition though don't count in helping you to make the NCAA tournament though. From that standpoint, it's essentially throwing games away. I think sometimes maybe we have too tough of a nonconference schedule, but we don't need to water it down by playing the likes of Doane and Nebraska Wesleyan. That was the John Sanders philosophy of scheduling.

I recall a game against Doane in the early 00s. I think it was a make-up to replace a game that was canceled. And the first game ever played at Haymarket Park was versus UNK. Nothing like the John Sanders days, though. Every season brought 3-5 games against Wayne State, Peru State, Dana, etc.

 

[k9_r]

We played Kearney in DE first year here. I think Iowa plays Grandview pretty much every year. Or a community college. Something like that. But the NCAA won't count those games in official standings or RPI counting.

 

[saluno22]

We played Kearney in DE first year here. I think Iowa plays Grandview pretty much every year. Or a community college. Something like that. But the NCAA won't count those games in official standings or RPI counting.

Yep. Same idea with the Nebraska basketball team playing the University of Mary (?) this year. Doesn't count in the RPI, gets more players acclimated to game conditions, but you do risk looking like a complete ass if that opponent is competitive.