Big Ten Scores and Standings (5/12)

[Alum-Ni]

May 12
Minnesota 2, Maryland 1
Michigan State 7, #24 Iowa 5
Nebraska 8, Arizona State 5
Michigan 6, Indiana 5 (11 inn)
#25 Illinois 6, Purdue 4

Standings
1. Michigan (37-13, 15-5)
2. Indiana (33-18, 14-7)
3. Nebraska (26-19, 13-8)
3. Illinois (34-16, 13-8)
3. Minnesota (24-24, 13-8)
6. Iowa (30-19, 12-9)
7. Northwestern (23-24, 10-11)
8. Rutgers (20-28, 9-11)
9. Maryland (24-27, 9-12)
9. Ohio State (27-24, 9-12)
11. Michigan State (19-31, 7-13)
11. Purdue (19-31, 7-13)
13. Penn State (21-24, 4-18)

Games for Tuesday, May 14
#24 Iowa at Western Illinois
Michigan State at Central Michigan
Notre Dame at Northwestern
Maryland at James Madison
Ohio State at Youngstown State
Xavier at Purdue
Mount St. Mary's at Penn State
Michigan at Kentucky
#6 Louisville at Indiana

Next Nebraska Game - Thursday, May 16
Michigan at Nebraska (7:30 p.m. - BTN)

 

[Alum-Ni]

Nebraska can still win the Big Ten regular season by sweeping Michigan and Indiana loses at least once to Rutgers.

 

[RobsterMobster]

Technically we’d be in 5th having lost the head to head to both Illinois and Minnesota.

We are also guaranteed a spot in the Big Ten Tourney which is nice.

 

[gunNrun]

Final regular season conference series

Michigan @ Nebraska
Rutgers @ Indiana
Illinois @ Michigan St
Minnesota @ Northwestern
Iowa @ Maryland
Ohio St @ Purdue

If I was a betting man...
Indiana wins the 2019 B1G regular season.
Guess that means the Wolverines are going down

 

[coolonetoo]

Technically we’d be in 5th having lost the head to head to both Illinois and Minnesota.

If we sweep Michigan, the worst we can finish is a three-way tie for second place and the #4 seed. We would be ahead of Michigan by half a game.

I predict we will win two against Michigan, Indiana will sweep Rutgers, Illinois will win two at Michigan State, Minnesota will lose two at Northwestern and Iowa will lose two at Maryland. That would mean finishing tied with Illinois for third place and earning the #4 seed and a first-round matchup with Minnesota.

 

[RobsterMobster]

If we sweep Michigan, the worst we can finish is a three-way tie for second place and the #4 seed. We would be ahead of Michigan by half a game.

I predict we will win two against Michigan, Indiana will sweep Rutgers, Illinois will win two at Michigan State, Minnesota will lose two at Northwestern and Iowa will lose two at Maryland. That would mean finishing tied with Illinois for third place and earning the #4 seed and a first-round matchup with Minnesota.

Is it odd that I’d prefer that because then we’d play the late game.

 

[saluno22]

Is it odd that I’d prefer that because then we’d play the late game.

It would likely be a record crowd for a 9pm game. That one usually has 50-200 fans at it.

 

[coolonetoo]

Is it odd that I’d prefer that because then we’d play the late game.

No. Assuming it actually starts at 9:00 instead of 10:45.

The best slot would be the 5:00 game. Which, naturally, is why the #1 seed gets it.

 

[saluno22]

No. Assuming it actually starts at 9:00 instead of 10:45.

The best slot would be the 5:00 game. Which, naturally, is why the #1 seed gets it.

Can we still fall to 8th?

 

[HuskerFan31]

Can we still fall to 8th?

If my math is right we could fall to 7th at the lowest.

 

[coolonetoo]

Semi-random tiebreaker scenarios which assume all remaining scheduled games are played and also exclude Northwestern who would have to sweep Minnesota to have a chance to be part of the conversation:

1. We lose two-team tiebreakers vs. Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois.
2. We lose a two-team tiebreaker vs. Indiana if we don’t sweep Michigan. If we do, the tie is broken by RPI.
3. We win a three-team tiebreaker with Indiana and Minnesota if we sweep Michigan. If we don’t, a tie with Indiana is broken by RPI
4. We can’t win any other three-team tiebreaker.
5. We can’t win a four-team tiebreaker with Indiana, Minnesota and Iowa.
6. A four-team tie with either Indiana, Minnesota and Illinois or Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois would be broken by RPI.
7. A five-team tie would be broken by RPI.

 

[coolonetoo]

If my math is right we could fall to 7th at the lowest.

It’s right. Six of the 13 league teams cannot reach our 13 wins. We can only fall to 7th if we are swept by Michigan and Northwestern sweeps Minnesota.