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Conference Race

coolonetoo

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May 12, 2003
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With three weekends to go, Indiana, Nebraska and Michigan have a bit of separation from the rest of the field. And all three play each other down the stretch. The schedule looks slightly favorable to Nebraska.

Indiana - 5 Games (2 home vs. NU, 3 @ UM)
Nebraska - 5 Games (2 @ IU, 3 home vs. UM)
Michigan - 6 Games (3 home vs. IU, 3 @ NU)

Iowa and Maryland might also have something to say about it. This is what their schedules look like the rest of the year.

Iowa - 3 home vs. Illinois, 3 @ Northwestern, 3 @ Michigan State (theoretically, the easiest schedule)
Maryland - 3 home vs. Purdue, 3 @ Michigan, 3 home vs. Indiana (the most opportunity to make up ground, but the toughest remaining schedule outside of Michigan)
 
With how these schedules are, Iowa could end up in the top 2 of the conference.
 
Combined win% of remaining opponents
.655 - Michigan
.624 - Indiana
.584 - Nebraska

This figures that the NW series gets played otherwise it's .639 for us.
Also mentioning that Maryland could really make a mess of the conference race. At least for Michigan and Indiana.
 
Remember all the talk on how weak our schedule is? I grabbed the below from another board:

Nebraska v top half of conference
1-1 v Indiana
TBD v Michigan
3-2 v Ioa
2-1 v Maryland
1-1 v Ohio State
2-3 v Rutgers
2-1 v Illinois

I chose 8, which isn't half, as that's how many B1G teams typically advance to a B1G tournament.

vs same opponents
Indiana is 8-7
Michigan is 10-8
Ioa is 12-12
Maryland is 12-9
Ohio State is 13-12
Rutgers is 11-10
Illinois is 6-12

*any mistake isn't intentional
 
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Remember all the talk on how weak our schedule is? I grabbed the below from another board:

Nebraska v top half of conference
1-1 v Indiana
TBD v Michigan
3-2 v Ioa
2-1 v Maryland
1-1 v Ohio State
2-3 v Rutgers
2-1 v Illinois

I chose 8, which isn't half, as that's how many B1G teams typically advance to a B1G tournament.

vs same opponents
Indiana is 8-7
Michigan is 10-8
Ioa is 12-12
Maryland is 12-9
Ohio State is 13-12
Rutgers is 11-10
Illinois is 6-12

*any mistake isn't intentional
This is what good teams do. They hold their own against other good teams and dominate the bad ones. Nebraska is 12-2 vs. teams currently #10-13 in the standings. With a series vs. #9 coming up this weekend.
 
This coming weekend..
Indiana and Michigan are head to head in Ann Arbor and someone will lose at least two games.
Nebraska has NW - get the brooms?
Iowa has Illinois - Iowa wins
Maryland has Purdue - sweep?
Everyone else is five or more games back - forget about it.

Current standing with games back plus record and win %..
(--) Indiana ------- 23-10 (.697)
(.5) Nebraska ---- 23-11 (.676)
(1) Michigan ------ 23-12 (.657)
(3) Iowa ----------- 21-14 (.600)
(3) Maryland ----- 21-14 (.600)

Golden opportunity to get back to 1st. Also, Maryland has a chance to jump into 3rd or tie for third.

Another thing, Iowa's remaining schedule..
Home with Illinois
At Northwestern
At MSU
There's a lot of wins in there. They're going to climb the ranks.
 
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