Go 6-2 in their last 8 and win 1 in the Big 10 tourney.
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Go 5-3 in their last 8 and win 2 in the Big 10 tourney.
Thoughts?
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Go 5-3 in their last 8 and win 2 in the Big 10 tourney.
Thoughts?
I don't think we even need to do that well. If we have 20 wins with 6 quad 1 wins, we'll be in.
You are not understanding the strength of the Big 10. If we go 5-3 we will be in without needing a win in the tournament. Our NET will be in the low 40's. We are currently 4-6 in quad 1's... that is equal to the amount of quad 1 wins as last year already.Go 6-2 in their last 8 and win 1 in the Big 10 tourney.
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Go 5-3 in their last 8 and win 2 in the Big 10 tourney.
Thoughts?
When we lost to USC at home, I'll admit I threw in the towel. Home loses to USC and Rutgers stungWow look how far we've come in just over the last couple weeks. a little over a week ago people were ready to lynch Fred, and officially declared this season over. 3 wins later and were back to talking NCAA tourney.
Back then I posted that if we could win 6 of our last 11 games we had a shot and very few of us, including me thought it possible. Some going as far as to say there was absolutely no shot at all.
Guess we just need to let things play out and see where we end up.
OSU
Maryland
@ NW
@ Penn ST
Michigan
Minnesota
@ OSU
Iowa
Just need to pick up 5 more wins. @ 15-8 we have to hold home court in 4/5 of these games and pick up a road win. Doable. BIG tourney win is gravy.
St Mary’s climb is also helping. Our non con is actually a plus this year.Quality of the wins will hold more weight than the total number. Creighton continuing to win and Illinois and Oregon righting the ship would be helpful.
No doubt. 6 game losing streak was tough. But the team that we saw early in the year seems to be back. Good defense. And getting to the basket. We can be a dangerous team when we are clicking.When we lost to USC at home, I'll admit I threw in the towel. Home loses to USC and Rutgers stung
That Sandford kid @ Iowa single handedly took the life out of this team, and that can't happen. The team can not let one win or one loss dictate play moving forward. You go out and give it everything you got every game, and play within the system. We are missing a consistent 3rd man, and I want that 3rd man to be Gary. Gary is not good enough offensively to be our number 2 scoring threat and that alone is hurting us. Berke and/or Worster need to be that person and they aren't. Essegian can hit 3's, but he is not built to do anything more than that, Berke and Worster are... but they have been weak links offensivelyNo doubt. 6 game losing streak was tough. But the team that we saw early in the year seems to be back. Good defense. And getting to the basket. We can be a dangerous team when we are clicking.
I want payback against Iowa in the worst way.That Sandford kid @ Iowa single handedly took the life out of this team, and that can't happen. The team can not let one win or one loss dictate play moving forward. You go out and give it everything you got every game, and play within the system. We missing a consistent 3rd man, and I want that 3rd man to be Gary. Gary is not good enough offensively to be our number 2 scoring threat and that alone is hurting us. Berke and/or Worster need to be that person and they aren't. Essegian can hit 3's, but he is not built to do anything more than that, Berke and Worster are... but they have been weak links offensively
I think the odds are that they max out at 19. But the odds of winning 3 in a row, 2 against ranked opponents, and 1 on the road, were slim to none, and they did it.I think they go 19-12. Hope they can get 20 in regular season. Ohio State will be tough to beat even at home. If they get to 19 wins I'd think they would need/want to get at least 1 win in the conference tournament to feel good about it's chances.
They are actually underdogs to Ohio State @home by most metrics which confuses me. Hopefully the team sees that and gives them extra momentumI think the odds are that they max out at 19. But the odds of winning 3 in a row, 2 against ranked opponents, and 1 on the road, were slim to none, and they did it.
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I think the odds are that they max out at 19. But the odds of winning 3 in a row, 2 against ranked opponents, and 1 on the road, were slim to none, and they did it.
So.
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They are actually underdogs to Ohio State @home by most metrics which confuses me. Hopefully the team sees that and gives them extra momentum
Everywhere I look... shows we have 45%-51% chance of winning. I feel that changes come game time, but as of today Ohio State is favoredReally? We’re a dog at home against OSU? I would not have predicted that…
Right...But there's always that 6 game skid in the back of one's mind that keeps me from going all in on 5 of 8. Wouldn't be shocked either way.Winning 5 more and finishing 20-11 isn’t all that ridiculous. We have 8 games left, 5 of them are at home.
Our margin of error is razor thin with this team. 50/50 on making the tournament and really basically every game going forward.Right...But there's always that 6 game skid in the back of one's mind that keeps me from going all in on 5 of 8. Wouldn't be shocked either way.
I still think we can do better at coaching.When we lost to USC at home, I'll admit I threw in the towel. Home loses to USC and Rutgers stung
We need 4 wins, if we get two more quad 1's we may only need 3 wins. Six quad 1 wins is going to be really hard to keep outOur margin of error is razor thin with this team. 50/50 on making the tournament and really basically every game going forward.
Dang I’m sorry they won again. Must be driving you crazyI still think we can do better at coaching.