Big Ten and Schedules for the second half

[mikewebb68]

Now that every team has played at least 10 games, I thought it would be cool to take a look at the BIG schedule of each team thus far, and what they have remaining in terms of home/road and quad strength:

Quads reflects NET rankings through Friday, February 1st, which, of course will change. I am listing each team in order of their current NET ranking

Michigan St: NET ranking 5 18-4, 9-2 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (5-1), 5 Home (4-1), Quad 1:6-1, Quad 2 3-1, Quad 3, 0-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 5 Home, Quad 1: 6, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Michigan: NET ranking 6, 20-2, 9-2 BIG:
BIG so far: 5 Road (3-2), 6 Home (6-0), Quad 1:3-2, Quad 2 5-0, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 5 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 7, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Wisconsin: NET ranking 11, 16-6, 8-3 BIG:
BIG so far: 5 Road (4-1), 6 Home (4-2), Quad 1:4-2, Quad 2 3-1, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 5 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 7, Quad 2, 0, Quad 3, 2, Quad 4, 0
Purdue: NET ranking 12, 15-6, 8-2 BIG:
BIG so far: 5 Road (3-2), 5 Home (5-0), Quad 1:5-2, Quad 2 2-0, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 5 Road, 5 Home, Quad 1: 6, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 2, Quad 4, 0
Iowa: NET ranking 22, 17-5, 6-5 BIG:
BIG so far: 5 Road (2-3), 6 Home (4-2), Quad 1:3-5, Quad 2 2-0, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 5 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 3, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Maryland: NET ranking 23, 17-6, 8-4 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (3-3), 6 Home (5-1), Quad 1:4-3, Quad 2 3-0, Quad 3, 1-1, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 3, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Nebraska: NET ranking 28, 13-9, 3-8 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (1-5), 5 Home (2-3), Quad 1:1-5, Quad 2 0-3, Quad 3, 2-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 5 Home, Quad 1: 6, Quad 2, 3, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Ohio St. : NET ranking 37, 14-7, 4-6 BIG:
BIG so far: 5 Road (2-3), 5 Home (2-3), Quad 1:1-5, Quad 2 2-1, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 5 Road, 5 Home, Quad 1: 7, Quad 2, 1, Quad 3, 2, Quad 4, 0
Minnesota. : NET ranking 49, 16-5, 6-4 BIG:
BIG so far: 4 Road (1-3), 6 Home (5-1), Quad 1:3-3, Quad 2 0-1, Quad 3, 3-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 6 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 8, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Indiana : NET ranking 50, 13-9, 4-7 BIG:
BIG so far: 7 Road (2-5), 4 Home (2-2), Quad 1:1-6, Quad 2 2-1, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 3 Road, 6 Home, Quad 1: 6, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Northwestern : NET ranking 58, 12-9, 3-7 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (1-5), 4 Home (2-2), Quad 1:0-7, Quad 2 2-0, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 6 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 3, Quad 3, 2, Quad 4, 0
Penn St. : NET ranking 81, 7-14, 0-10 BIG:
BIG so far: 4 Road (0-4), 6 Home (0-6), Quad 1:0-8, Quad 2 0-1, Quad 3, 0-1, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 6 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 7, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Rutgers : NET ranking 108, 11-10, 4-7 BIG:
BIG so far: 5 Road (1-4), 6 Home (3-3), Quad 1:1-6, Quad 2 3-1, Quad 3, 0-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 5 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 6, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Illinois : NET ranking 110, 7-15, 3-8 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (1-5), 5 Home (2-3), Quad 1:2-6, Quad 2 1-2, Quad 3, 0-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 5 Home, Quad 1: 4, Quad 2, 3, Quad 3, 2, Quad 4, 0

Some observations:

Illinois is projected to have the easiest schedule the rest of the way, followed by us
Minnesota has the worst schedule the rest of the way,and it is not close
Penn St. had the worst scheduled in the first half, and only a tad easier in the second half; they have a total of 15 (out of 20) projected quad 1 games in the BIG at this point
Michigan St. is really, really, good.
Nebby's NET ranking is ridic, but it is what it is.
With zero quad 4 projected games in the BIG (and likely mathematically impossible for there to be any quad 4 games even at season's end), no single loss is going to move a team's NET ranking down all that much, whereas, most every win will move a team's NET ranking up, except at the very top tier (top 20 NET)
Based on all of this, I see a minimum of 9 BIG teams making the Dance this year, and 10 seems certainly possible. Long way to go, though!

 

[NURoseBowl]

Great breakdown, Mike. Smells like we've got a real shot here, but we've gotta get it in gear.

 

[Mr Wickerpark]

Now that every team has played at least 10 games, I thought it would be cool to take a look at the BIG schedule of each team thus far, and what they have remaining in terms of home/road and quad strength:

Quads reflects NET rankings through Friday, February 1st, which, of course will change. I am listing each team in order of their current NET ranking

Michigan St: NET ranking 5 18-4, 9-2 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (5-1), 5 Home (4-1), Quad 1:6-1, Quad 2 3-1, Quad 3, 0-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 5 Home, Quad 1: 6, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Michigan: NET ranking 6, 20-2, 9-2 BIG:
BIG so far: 5 Road (3-2), 6 Home (6-0), Quad 1:3-2, Quad 2 5-0, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 5 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 7, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Wisconsin: NET ranking 11, 16-6, 8-3 BIG:
BIG so far: 5 Road (4-1), 6 Home (4-2), Quad 1:4-2, Quad 2 3-1, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 5 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 7, Quad 2, 0, Quad 3, 2, Quad 4, 0
Purdue: NET ranking 12, 15-6, 8-2 BIG:
BIG so far: 5 Road (3-2), 5 Home (5-0), Quad 1:5-2, Quad 2 2-0, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 5 Road, 5 Home, Quad 1: 6, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 2, Quad 4, 0
Iowa: NET ranking 22, 17-5, 6-5 BIG:
BIG so far: 5 Road (2-3), 6 Home (4-2), Quad 1:3-5, Quad 2 2-0, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 5 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 3, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Maryland: NET ranking 23, 17-6, 8-4 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (3-3), 6 Home (5-1), Quad 1:4-3, Quad 2 3-0, Quad 3, 1-1, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 3, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Nebraska: NET ranking 28, 13-9, 3-8 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (1-5), 5 Home (2-3), Quad 1:1-5, Quad 2 0-3, Quad 3, 2-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 5 Home, Quad 1: 6, Quad 2, 3, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Ohio St. : NET ranking 37, 14-7, 4-6 BIG:
BIG so far: 5 Road (2-3), 5 Home (2-3), Quad 1:1-5, Quad 2 2-1, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 5 Road, 5 Home, Quad 1: 7, Quad 2, 1, Quad 3, 2, Quad 4, 0
Minnesota. : NET ranking 49, 16-5, 6-4 BIG:
BIG so far: 4 Road (1-3), 6 Home (5-1), Quad 1:3-3, Quad 2 0-1, Quad 3, 3-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 6 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 8, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Indiana : NET ranking 50, 13-9, 4-7 BIG:
BIG so far: 7 Road (2-5), 4 Home (2-2), Quad 1:1-6, Quad 2 2-1, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 3 Road, 6 Home, Quad 1: 6, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Northwestern : NET ranking 58, 12-9, 3-7 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (1-5), 4 Home (2-2), Quad 1:0-7, Quad 2 2-0, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 6 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 3, Quad 3, 2, Quad 4, 0
Penn St. : NET ranking 81, 7-14, 0-10 BIG:
BIG so far: 4 Road (0-4), 6 Home (0-6), Quad 1:0-8, Quad 2 0-1, Quad 3, 0-1, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 6 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 7, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Rutgers : NET ranking 108, 11-10, 4-7 BIG:
BIG so far: 5 Road (1-4), 6 Home (3-3), Quad 1:1-6, Quad 2 3-1, Quad 3, 0-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 5 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 6, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Illinois : NET ranking 110, 7-15, 3-8 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (1-5), 5 Home (2-3), Quad 1:2-6, Quad 2 1-2, Quad 3, 0-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 5 Home, Quad 1: 4, Quad 2, 3, Quad 3, 2, Quad 4, 0

Some observations:

Illinois is projected to have the easiest schedule the rest of the way, followed by us
Minnesota has the worst schedule the rest of the way,and it is not close
Penn St. had the worst scheduled in the first half, and only a tad easier in the second half; they have a total of 15 (out of 20) projected quad 1 games in the BIG at this point
Michigan St. is really, really, good.
Nebby's NET ranking is ridic, but it is what it is.
With zero quad 4 projected games in the BIG (and likely mathematically impossible for there to be any quad 4 games even at season's end), no single loss is going to move a team's NET ranking down all that much, whereas, most every win will move a team's NET ranking up, except at the very top tier (top 20 NET)
Based on all of this, I see a minimum of 9 BIG teams making the Dance this year, and 10 seems certainly possible. Long way to go, though!

thank you. Do you think it is reasonable to win 9 Big games and go dancing? Maybe indy can make a run and become a solid win for us. Depaul could also become a solid win. Never know.

 

[Mr Wickerpark]

It may come down to our last home game against Purdue. They are playing great but if we upset them and take care of 5 quad 2/3 opponents then i think we are in

 

[CappyNU]

I think the only way we have a shot is at least 10-10 with a minimum of 3 Quad 1 wins, followed by at least 1 win at the B1G tourney.

My nightmare is that Purdue will be playing for a sole B1G championship on the last day of the season in Evanston with an arena 90% full of Purdue fans much like in 2008 when Wisconsin took over our arena and our band went to Navy Pier to tape Wheel of Fortune instead of play at the game. Purdue only has 2 games left against the top half of the conference, and none of them are against MSU, Michigan or Wisconsin.

 

[willycat]

I think the only way we have a shot is at least 10-10 with a minimum of 3 Quad 1 wins, followed by at least 1 win at the B1G tourney.

My nightmare is that Purdue will be playing for a sole B1G championship on the last day of the season in Evanston with an arena 90% full of Purdue fans much like in 2008 when Wisconsin took over our arena and our band went to Navy Pier to tape Wheel of Fortune instead of play at the game. Purdue only has 2 games left against the top half of the conference, and none of them are against MSU, Michigan or Wisconsin.

Exaggerate a little? While I have been quite critical of some of fan groups, the visitor have never, ever come even close to occupying 90% of W-R. Heck, I doubt if they have ever been the majority.

 

[mikewebb68]

Great breakdown, Mike. Smells like we've got a real shot here, but we've gotta get it in gear.

The key is that we have to get healthy and improve as a team to do that. Being down a main, and, with others banged up, I don't think we will get there, but I think the schedule breakdowns show that there is opportunity.

 

[mikewebb68]

thank you. Do you think it is reasonable to win 9 Big games and go dancing? Maybe indy can make a run and become a solid win for us. Depaul could also become a solid win. Never know.

Yes, I do. I think that it is even possible that a team from a BIG will even get in at 8-12 depending on BTT play, but I don't think that particular team will be us. The conference is just that good.

 

[mikewebb68]

I think the only way we have a shot is at least 10-10 with a minimum of 3 Quad 1 wins, followed by at least 1 win at the B1G tourney.

My nightmare is that Purdue will be playing for a sole B1G championship on the last day of the season in Evanston with an arena 90% full of Purdue fans much like in 2008 when Wisconsin took over our arena and our band went to Navy Pier to tape Wheel of Fortune instead of play at the game. Purdue only has 2 games left against the top half of the conference, and none of them are against MSU, Michigan or Wisconsin.

If we somehow manage to go 7-3 the rest of the regular season in this conference, our NET ranking will most likely have improved to the mid-30s, and we would be solidly in no matter what we did in the BTT. Remember, there are no Quad 4 games and barely any Quad 3 games left for anyone; other conferences will be playing way more of these games than the BIG. For example, even the second best conference (ACC) has a team (Wake Forest) who entire remaining road schedule is likely to be Quad 4 games whomever they play. We might even get in having gone 6-4 in the second half, depending on who the wins are and how we do in the BTT. Heck, even 5-5 can't be ruled out completely in this amazing conference, though if someone from the BIG gets in at 8-12 it will most likely be someone like Nebby and not us.

 

[mikewebb68]

Updated to reflect today's BIG game and NET rankings through yesterday. The big change is that Nebby moved out of Quad 1 to Quad 2 for teams hosting them with the loss to Illinois.


Michigan: NET ranking 5 20-2, 9-2 BIG:
BIG so far: 5 Road (3-2), 6 Home (6-0), Quad 1:3-2, Quad 2 5-0, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 5 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 6, Quad 2, 3, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Michigan St: NET ranking 8 18-4, 9-2 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (5-1), 5 Home (4-1), Quad 1:6-1, Quad 2 3-1, Quad 3, 0-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 5 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 3, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Wisconsin: NET ranking 11, 16-6, 8-3 BIG:
BIG so far: 5 Road (4-1), 6 Home (4-2), Quad 1:4-2, Quad 2 3-1, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 5 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 7, Quad 2, 0, Quad 3, 2, Quad 4, 0
Purdue: NET ranking 12, 16-6, 9-2 BIG:
BIG so far: 5 Road (3-2), 6 Home (5-0), Quad 1:5-2, Quad 2 3-0, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 5 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 2, Quad 4, 0
Iowa: NET ranking 22, 17-5, 6-5 BIG:
BIG so far: 5 Road (2-3), 6 Home (4-2), Quad 1:3-5, Quad 2 2-0, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 5 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 3, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Maryland: NET ranking 24, 17-6, 8-4 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (3-3), 6 Home (5-1), Quad 1:4-3, Quad 2 3-0, Quad 3, 1-1, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 3, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Nebraska: NET ranking 33, 13-9, 3-8 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (1-5), 5 Home (2-3), Quad 1:1-5, Quad 2 0-3, Quad 3, 2-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 5 Home, Quad 1: 6, Quad 2, 3, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Ohio St. : NET ranking 35, 14-7, 4-6 BIG:
BIG so far: 5 Road (2-3), 5 Home (2-3), Quad 1:1-5, Quad 2 2-1, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 5 Road, 5 Home, Quad 1: 7, Quad 2, 1, Quad 3, 2, Quad 4, 0
Indiana : NET ranking 44, 13-9, 4-7 BIG:
BIG so far: 7 Road (2-5), 4 Home (2-2), Quad 1:1-6, Quad 2 2-1, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 3 Road, 6 Home, Quad 1: 6, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Minnesota. : NET ranking 51, 16-6, 6-5 BIG:
BIG so far: 5 Road (1-4), 6 Home (5-1), Quad 1:3-4, Quad 2 0-1, Quad 3, 3-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 5 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 7, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Northwestern : NET ranking 58, 12-9, 3-7 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (1-5), 4 Home (2-2), Quad 1:0-7, Quad 2 2-0, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 6 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 3, Quad 3, 2, Quad 4, 0
Penn St. : NET ranking 85, 7-14, 0-10 BIG:
BIG so far: 4 Road (0-4), 6 Home (0-6), Quad 1:0-8, Quad 2 0-1, Quad 3, 0-1, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 6 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 6, Quad 2, 3, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Illinois : NET ranking 95, 7-15, 3-8 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (1-5), 5 Home (2-3), Quad 1:2-6, Quad 2 1-2, Quad 3, 0-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 5 Home, Quad 1: 4, Quad 2, 3, Quad 3, 2, Quad 4, 0
Rutgers : NET ranking 119, 11-10, 4-7 BIG:
BIG so far: 5 Road (1-4), 6 Home (3-3), Quad 1:1-6, Quad 2 3-1, Quad 3, 0-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 5 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 6, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0

 

[mikewebb68]

What a difference a day makes! Our loss loss resulted in a 13-spot drop in our NET ranking, and an 11-spot rise in PSU's ranking iwith their first Quad 1 win. Thus, Penn State's road games are no longer Quad 3 for their opponents but Quad 2 (including our loss) and their home games jump to Quad 1 from Quad 2 for their opponents as well.

There are now an amazing 12 BIG teams in the NET top 75! To put that in perspective, the conferences with the second most teams in the NET top 75, the ACC and SEC, have only 9. And both those conference have 16 teams! At any rate, here is the updated chart (note that I made an error last time, forgetting to adjust games already played hosting Nebby to reflect their new Quad 2 status; I have corrected that this go-around). I have also added a plus/minus change in NET ranking since the last report.

We are now the only remaining BIG team without a Quad 1 BIG win as of today (sigh)


Michigan: NET ranking 6 (-1 change) 20-2, 9-2 BIG:
BIG so far: 5 Road (3-2), 6 Home (6-0), Quad 1:3-2, Quad 2 6-0, Quad 3, 0-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 5 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 7, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Michigan St: NET ranking 7 (+1 change) 18-4, 9-2 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (5-1), 5 Home (4-1), Quad 1:7-1, Quad 2 2-1, Quad 3, 0-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 5 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 3, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Wisconsin: NET ranking 11 (no change), 16-6, 8-3 BIG:
BIG so far: 5 Road (4-1), 6 Home (4-2), Quad 1:5-2, Quad 2 2-1, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 5 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 7, Quad 2, 1, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Purdue: NET ranking 12 (no change), 16-6, 9-2 BIG:
BIG so far: 5 Road (3-2), 6 Home (5-0), Quad 1:6-2, Quad 2 2-0, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 5 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 3, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Iowa: NET ranking 22 (no change), 17-5, 6-5 BIG:
BIG so far: 5 Road (2-3), 6 Home (4-2), Quad 1:3-5, Quad 2 2-0, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 5 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 3, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Maryland: NET ranking 24 (no change), 17-6, 8-4 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (3-3), 6 Home (5-1), Quad 1:3-3, Quad 2 5-0, Quad 3, 0-1, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 6, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Nebraska: NET ranking 33 (no change), 13-9, 3-8 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (1-5), 5 Home (2-3), Quad 1:1-5, Quad 2 1-3, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 5 Home, Quad 1: 7, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Ohio St. : NET ranking 35 (no change), 14-7, 4-6 BIG:
BIG so far: 5 Road (2-3), 5 Home (2-3), Quad 1:1-5, Quad 2 2-1, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 5 Road, 5 Home, Quad 1: 7, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Indiana : NET ranking 44 (no change), 13-9, 4-7 BIG:
BIG so far: 7 Road (2-5), 4 Home (2-2), Quad 1:2-5, Quad 2 1-2, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 3 Road, 6 Home, Quad 1: 6, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Minnesota. : NET ranking 53 (-2 change), 16-6, 6-5 BIG:
BIG so far: 5 Road (1-4), 6 Home (5-1), Quad 1:2-4, Quad 2 2-1, Quad 3, 2-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 5 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 7, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Northwestern : NET ranking 71 (-13 change), 12-10, 3-8 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (1-5), 5 Home (2-3), Quad 1:0-7, Quad 2 2-1, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 5 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 3, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Penn St. : NET ranking 74 (+ 11 change), 8-14, 1-10 BIG:
BIG so far: 5 Road (1-4), 6 Home (0-6), Quad 1:1-8, Quad 2 0-1, Quad 3, 0-1, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining:5 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 3, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Illinois : NET ranking 95 (-3 change), 7-15, 3-8 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (1-5), 5 Home (2-3), Quad 1:1-6, Quad 2 2-2, Quad 3, 0-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 5 Home, Quad 1: 6, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Rutgers : NET ranking 119 (no change), 11-10, 4-7 BIG:
BIG so far: 5 Road (1-4), 6 Home (3-3), Quad 1:1-6, Quad 2 3-1, Quad 3, 0-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 5 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 6, Quad 2, 3, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0

Easiest remaining schedule (used teams with more home games as a tiebreaker)

T-1 Michigan St.
T-1 Us
T-3 Iowa
T-3 Purdue
T-3 Penn St.

Most Difficult Remaining Schedule:

T-1 Minny
T-1 Michigan
3 Nebby
4- Wisky
5- OSU

My tourney projections (based on current NET ranking, remaining SOS, and current trend)
NCAA-- 9 (Michigan, Michigan St. Wisky, Purdue, Iowa, Maryland, OSU, Minny, Indiana)
NIT- 2 (Nebby, Us)

 

[mikewebb68]

Last night's games, despite the Illini upset did not change much. The Illini did improve, but it did not change any of their Quad rankings. And Michigan St. barely dropped at all, again due to the unprecedented strength of the BIG this year. However, Penn St. did drop just below 75 at 76, which means their quad rankings go back to where they were before they beat us (but barely, so this will likely remain in flux until their next game).

With the Penn St. quad move, Rutgers joins us as the only two teams in the BIG currently without a Quad 1 win.

Updated through yesterday's (2/5) games

Michigan: NET ranking 6 (no change) 21-2, 10-2 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (4-2), 6 Home (6-0), Quad 1:3-2, Quad 2 6-0, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad
4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 6, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Michigan St: NET ranking 9 (-2 change) 18-5, 9-3 BIG:
BIG so far: 7 Road (5-2), 5 Home (4-1), Quad 1:6-1, Quad 2 3-2, Quad 3, 0-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 3 Road, 5 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Purdue: NET ranking 11 (+1 change), 16-6, 9-2 BIG:
BIG so far: 5 Road (3-2), 6 Home (5-0), Quad 1:5-2, Quad 2 3-0, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 5 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 2, Quad 4, 0
Wisconsin: NET ranking 12 (-1 change), 16-6, 8-3 BIG:
BIG so far: 5 Road (4-1), 6 Home (4-2), Quad 1:4-2, Quad 2 3-1, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 5 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 7, Quad 2, 0, Quad 3, 2, Quad 4, 0
Iowa: NET ranking 23 (-1 change), 17-5, 6-5 BIG:
BIG so far: 5 Road (2-3), 6 Home (4-2), Quad 1:2-5, Quad 2 3-0, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 5 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 3, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Maryland: NET ranking 24 (no change), 17-6, 8-4 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (3-3), 6 Home (5-1), Quad 1:3-3, Quad 2 4-0, Quad 3, 1-1, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 3, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Nebraska: NET ranking 33 (no change), 13-9, 3-8 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (1-5), 5 Home (2-3), Quad 1:1-5, Quad 2 0-3, Quad 3, 2-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 5 Home, Quad 1: 6, Quad 2, 3, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Ohio St. : NET ranking 36 (-1 change), 14-7, 4-6 BIG:
BIG so far: 5 Road (2-3), 5 Home (2-3), Quad 1:1-5, Quad 2 2-1, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 5 Road, 5 Home, Quad 1: 7, Quad 2, 1, Quad 3, 2, Quad 4, 0
Indiana : NET ranking 44 (no change), 13-9, 4-7 BIG:
BIG so far: 7 Road (2-5), 4 Home (2-2), Quad 1:1-5, Quad 2 2-2, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 3 Road, 6 Home, Quad 1: 6, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Minnesota. : NET ranking 52 (+1 change), 16-6, 6-5 BIG:
BIG so far: 5 Road (1-4), 6 Home (5-1), Quad 1:2-4, Quad 2 1-1, Quad 3, 3-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 5 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 7, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Northwestern : NET ranking 72 (-1 change), 12-10, 3-8 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (1-5), 5 Home (2-3), Quad 1:0-7, Quad 2 2-0, Quad 3, 1-1, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 5 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 3, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Penn St. : NET ranking 76 (-2 change), 8-14, 1-10 BIG:
BIG so far: 5 Road (1-4), 6 Home (0-6), Quad 1:1-8, Quad 2 0-1, Quad 3, 0-1, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining:5 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 3, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Illinois : NET ranking 88 (+7 change), 8-15, 4-8 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (1-5), 6 Home (3-3), Quad 1:2-6, Quad 2 2-2, Quad 3, 0-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 4, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 2, Quad 4, 0
Rutgers : NET ranking 123 (-4 change), 11-11, 4-8 BIG:
BIG so far: 5 Road (1-4), 7 Home (3-4), Quad 1:0-7, Quad 2 4-1, Quad 3, 0-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 5 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0

Easiest remaining schedule (used teams with more home games as a tiebreaker)

1 Illinois (those two Penn st. games really helped)
2 Purdue
3 Us
T-4 Iowa
T-3 Penn St.

Most Difficult Remaining Schedule:

1 Minny
2 OSU
3 Wisky
4- Nebby
5- Michigan

My tourney projections (based on current NET ranking, remaining SOS, and current trend)
NCAA-- 9 (Michigan, Michigan St. Wisky, Purdue, Iowa, Maryland, OSU, Minny, Indiana)
NIT- 2 (Nebby, Us)

 

[haywood jahblowme]

I think the only way we have a shot is at least 10-10 with a minimum of 3 Quad 1 wins, followed by at least 1 win at the B1G tourney.

My nightmare is that Purdue will be playing for a sole B1G championship on the last day of the season in Evanston with an arena 90% full of Purdue fans much like in 2008 when Wisconsin took over our arena and our band went to Navy Pier to tape Wheel of Fortune instead of play at the game. Purdue only has 2 games left against the top half of the conference, and none of them are against MSU, Michigan or Wisconsin.

if we get hot and play our way to 8 B1G wins going into that game we will have a very purple NU crowd

 

[mikewebb68]

Not much change from yesterday's game, except some changes in NET ranking order, though we are moving closer to a Quad change.

Updated through yesterday's (2/6) games

Michigan: NET ranking 6 (no change) 21-2, 10-2 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (4-2), 6 Home (6-0), Quad 1:3-2, Quad 2 6-0, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad
4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 6, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Michigan St: NET ranking 9 (no change) 18-5, 9-3 BIG:
BIG so far: 7 Road (5-2), 5 Home (4-1), Quad 1:6-1, Quad 2 3-2, Quad 3, 0-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 3 Road, 5 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Purdue: NET ranking 11 (no change), 16-6, 9-2 BIG:
BIG so far: 5 Road (3-2), 6 Home (5-0), Quad 1:5-2, Quad 2 3-0, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 5 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 2, Quad 4, 0
Wisconsin: NET ranking 12 (no change), 17-6, 9-3 BIG:
BIG so far: 5 Road (5-1), 6 Home (4-2), Quad 1:5-2, Quad 2 3-1, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 6, Quad 2, 0, Quad 3, 2, Quad 4, 0
Maryland: NET ranking 22 (+2 change), 18-6, 9-4 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (4-3), 6 Home (5-1), Quad 1:4-3, Quad 2 4-0, Quad 3, 1-1, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 3 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 4, Quad 2, 3, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Iowa: NET ranking 24 (-1 change), 17-5, 6-5 BIG:
BIG so far: 5 Road (2-3), 6 Home (4-2), Quad 1:2-5, Quad 2 3-0, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 5 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 3, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Ohio St. : NET ranking 35 (+1 change), 14-7, 4-6 BIG:
BIG so far: 5 Road (2-3), 5 Home (2-3), Quad 1:1-5, Quad 2 2-1, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 5 Road, 5 Home, Quad 1: 7, Quad 2, 1, Quad 3, 2, Quad 4, 0
Nebraska: NET ranking 36 (-3 change), 13-10, 3-9 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (1-5), 6 Home (2-4), Quad 1:1-6, Quad 2 0-3, Quad 3, 2-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 3, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Indiana : NET ranking 44 (no change), 13-9, 4-7 BIG:
BIG so far: 7 Road (2-5), 4 Home (2-2), Quad 1:1-5, Quad 2 2-2, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 3 Road, 6 Home, Quad 1: 6, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Minnesota. : NET ranking 53 (-1 change), 16-7, 6-6 BIG:
BIG so far: 5 Road (1-4), 7 Home (5-2), Quad 1:2-5, Quad 2 1-1, Quad 3, 3-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 5 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 6, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Northwestern : NET ranking 74 (-2 change), 12-10, 3-8 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (1-5), 5 Home (2-3), Quad 1:0-7, Quad 2 2-0, Quad 3, 1-1, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 5 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 3, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Penn St. : NET ranking 76 (-1 change), 8-14, 1-10 BIG:
BIG so far: 5 Road (1-4), 6 Home (0-6), Quad 1:1-8, Quad 2 0-1, Quad 3, 0-1, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining:5 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 3, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Illinois : NET ranking 87 (+1 change), 8-15, 4-8 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (1-5), 6 Home (3-3), Quad 1:2-6, Quad 2 2-2, Quad 3, 0-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 4, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 2, Quad 4, 0
Rutgers : NET ranking 124 (-1 change), 11-11, 4-8 BIG:
BIG so far: 5 Road (1-4), 7 Home (3-4), Quad 1:0-7, Quad 2 4-1, Quad 3, 0-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 5 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0

Easiest remaining schedule (used teams with more home games as a tiebreaker)

1 Illinois (those two Penn st. games really helped)
2 Purdue
3 Us
T-4 Iowa
T-3 Penn St.

Most Difficult Remaining Schedule:

1 Minny
2 OSU
3 Wisky
4- Nebby
5- Michigan

My tourney projections (based on current NET ranking, remaining SOS, and current trend)
NCAA-- 9 (Michigan, Michigan St. Wisky, Purdue, Iowa, Maryland, OSU, Minny, Indiana)
NIT- 2 (Nebby, Us)

 

[mikewebb68]

Some big movements from Thursday's games, thanks to Penn State actually improving their Quad ranking for home and away game even in a loss to Ohio State. Based on OSU's performance at home, they also drop behind Nebby in the BIG NET rankings.

With Penn St. Quad change, we move back to being the only BIG team without a Quad 1 win.

Updated through Thursday's (2/7) games and NET rankings through yesterday's games (2/8-- a rare night with NO BIG action).

Michigan: NET ranking 6 (no change) 21-2, 10-2 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (4-2), 6 Home (6-0), Quad 1:3-2, Quad 2 7-0, Quad 3, 0-0, Quad
4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 6, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Michigan St: NET ranking 9 (no change) 18-5, 9-3 BIG:
BIG so far: 7 Road (5-2), 5 Home (4-1), Quad 1:7-1, Quad 2 2-2, Quad 3, 0-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 3 Road, 5 Home, Quad 1: 6, Quad 2, 1, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Purdue: NET ranking 11 (no change), 16-6, 9-2 BIG:
BIG so far: 5 Road (3-2), 6 Home (5-0), Quad 1:6-2, Quad 2 2-0, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 5 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 3, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Wisconsin: NET ranking 12 (no change), 17-6, 9-3 BIG:
BIG so far: 5 Road (5-1), 6 Home (4-2), Quad 1:6-2, Quad 2 2-1, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 6, Quad 2, 1, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Maryland: NET ranking 22 (+2 change), 18-6, 9-4 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (4-3), 6 Home (5-1), Quad 1:4-3, Quad 2 5-0, Quad 3, 0-1, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 3 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Iowa: NET ranking 23 (+1 change), 18-5, 7-5 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (3-3), 6 Home (4-2), Quad 1:4-5, Quad 2 2-0, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 4, Quad 2, 3, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Nebraska: NET ranking 36 (no change), 13-10, 3-9 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (1-5), 6 Home (2-4), Quad 1:1-6, Quad 2 1-3, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 6, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Ohio St. : NET ranking 38 (-3 change), 14-7, 5-6 BIG:
BIG so far: 5 Road (2-3), 6 Home (3-3), Quad 1:1-5, Quad 2 3-1, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 5 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 7, Quad 2, 1, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Indiana : NET ranking 47 (-3 change), 13-10, 4-8 BIG:
BIG so far: 7 Road (2-5), 5 Home (2-3), Quad 1:2-6, Quad 2 1-2, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 3 Road, 5 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Minnesota. : NET ranking 54 (-1 change), 16-7, 6-6 BIG:
BIG so far: 5 Road (1-4), 7 Home (5-2), Quad 1:2-5, Quad 2 2-1, Quad 3, 2-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 5 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 6, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Northwestern : NET ranking 73 (+1 change), 12-10, 3-8 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (1-5), 5 Home (2-3), Quad 1:0-7, Quad 2 2-1, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 5 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 3, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Penn St. : NET ranking 75 (+1 change), 8-15, 1-11 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (1-4), 6 Home (0-6), Quad 1:1-9, Quad 2 0-1, Quad 3, 0-1, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining:4 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 4, Quad 2, 3, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Illinois : NET ranking 90 (-3 change), 8-15, 4-8 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (1-5), 6 Home (3-3), Quad 1:2-6, Quad 2 2-2, Quad 3, 0-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Rutgers : NET ranking 126 (-2 change), 11-11, 4-8 BIG:
BIG so far: 5 Road (1-4), 7 Home (3-4), Quad 1:1-7, Quad 2 3-1, Quad 3, 0-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 5 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 3, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0

Easiest remaining schedule (used teams with more home games as a tiebreaker)

T-1 Iowa
T-1 Penn St.
3 Us
4 Purdue
5 Indiana

Most Difficult Remaining Schedule:

1 OSU
2 Minny
T-3 Michigan
T-3 Nebby
5 Wisky

My tourney projections (based on current NET ranking, remaining SOS, and current trend)
NCAA-- 9 (Michigan, Michigan St. Wisky, Purdue, Iowa, Maryland, OSU, Minny, Indiana)
NIT- 2 (Nebby, Us)

 

[mikewebb68]

Not much in the way of changes from yesterday's (Saturday 2/9) games due to the lack of upsets, though with the Nebby loss, Nebby and OSU once again swap spots in the BIG NET rankings. For the second report in a row, we actually saw a team's NET ranking go UP in a loss (actually 2-- Rutgers and Wisky, though Illinois's did slide due to their home Quad 3 squeaker), which is indicative of just how strong the BIG is. No Quad changes.

Updated through games of Saturday, June 9th.

Michigan: NET ranking 6 (no change) 22-2, 11-2 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (4-2), 7 Home (7-0), Quad 1:4-2, Quad 2 7-0, Quad 3, 0-0, Quad
4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Michigan St: NET ranking 8 (+1 change) 19-5, 10-3 BIG:
BIG so far: 7 Road (5-2), 6 Home (5-1), Quad 1:7-1, Quad 2 3-2, Quad 3, 0-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 3 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 6, Quad 2, 0, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Purdue: NET ranking 10 (+1 change), 17-6, 10-2 BIG:
BIG so far: 5 Road (3-2), 7 Home (7-0), Quad 1:6-2, Quad 2 3-0, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 5 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Wisconsin: NET ranking 11 (+1 change), 17-7, 9-4 BIG:
BIG so far: 7 Road (5-2), 6 Home (4-2), Quad 1:6-3, Quad 2 2-1, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 3 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 1, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Maryland: NET ranking 23 (-1 change), 18-6, 9-4 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (4-3), 6 Home (5-1), Quad 1:4-3, Quad 2 5-0, Quad 3, 0-1, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 3 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Iowa: NET ranking 26 (-3 change), 18-5, 7-5 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (3-3), 6 Home (4-2), Quad 1:4-5, Quad 2 2-0, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 4, Quad 2, 3, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Ohio St. : NET ranking 38 (no change), 14-7, 5-6 BIG:
BIG so far: 5 Road (2-3), 6 Home (3-3), Quad 1:1-5, Quad 2 3-1, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 5 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 7, Quad 2, 1, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Nebraska: NET ranking 40 (-4 change), 13-11, 3-10 BIG:
BIG so far: 7 Road (1-6), 6 Home (2-4), Quad 1:1-7, Quad 2 1-3, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 3 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Indiana : NET ranking 47 (-3 change), 13-10, 4-8 BIG:
BIG so far: 7 Road (2-5), 5 Home (2-3), Quad 1:2-6, Quad 2 1-2, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 3 Road, 5 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Minnesota. : NET ranking 58 (-4 change), 16-8, 6-7 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (1-5), 7 Home (5-2), Quad 1:2-6, Quad 2 2-1, Quad 3, 2-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Northwestern : NET ranking 71 (+2 change), 12-10, 3-8 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (1-5), 5 Home (2-3), Quad 1:0-7, Quad 2 2-1, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 5 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 3, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Penn St. : NET ranking 73 (+2 change), 8-15, 1-11 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (1-4), 6 Home (0-6), Quad 1:1-9, Quad 2 0-1, Quad 3, 0-1, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining:4 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 4, Quad 2, 3, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Illinois : NET ranking 93 (-3 change), 9-15, 5-8 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (1-5), 7 Home (4-3), Quad 1:2-6, Quad 2 2-2, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Rutgers : NET ranking 125 (+1 change), 11-12, 4-9 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (1-5), 7 Home (3-4), Quad 1:1-7, Quad 2 3-2, Quad 3, 0-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0

Easiest remaining schedule (used teams with more home games as a tiebreaker)

T-1 Iowa
T-1 Penn St.
3 Us
4 Indiana
5 Purdue

Most Difficult Remaining Schedule:

1 OSU
2 Michigan St.
T-3 Minny, Illinois, Michigan, Rutgers

My tourney projections (based on current NET ranking, remaining SOS, and current trend)
NCAA-- 9 (Michigan, Michigan St. Wisky, Purdue, Iowa, Maryland, OSU, Minny, Indiana)
NIT- 2 (Nebby, Us)

 

[mikewebb68]

There's a glitch in the NET rankings for yesterday's games (no one changed spots, which is not possible), so no update today, Since there are no BIG games tonight, I'll provide an update tomorrow presuming it is fixed by then.

 

[Mr Wickerpark]

Now that every team has played at least 10 games, I thought it would be cool to take a look at the BIG schedule of each team thus far, and what they have remaining in terms of home/road and quad strength:

Quads reflects NET rankings through Friday, February 1st, which, of course will change. I am listing each team in order of their current NET ranking

Michigan St: NET ranking 5 18-4, 9-2 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (5-1), 5 Home (4-1), Quad 1:6-1, Quad 2 3-1, Quad 3, 0-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 5 Home, Quad 1: 6, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Michigan: NET ranking 6, 20-2, 9-2 BIG:
BIG so far: 5 Road (3-2), 6 Home (6-0), Quad 1:3-2, Quad 2 5-0, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 5 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 7, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Wisconsin: NET ranking 11, 16-6, 8-3 BIG:
BIG so far: 5 Road (4-1), 6 Home (4-2), Quad 1:4-2, Quad 2 3-1, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 5 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 7, Quad 2, 0, Quad 3, 2, Quad 4, 0
Purdue: NET ranking 12, 15-6, 8-2 BIG:
BIG so far: 5 Road (3-2), 5 Home (5-0), Quad 1:5-2, Quad 2 2-0, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 5 Road, 5 Home, Quad 1: 6, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 2, Quad 4, 0
Iowa: NET ranking 22, 17-5, 6-5 BIG:
BIG so far: 5 Road (2-3), 6 Home (4-2), Quad 1:3-5, Quad 2 2-0, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 5 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 3, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Maryland: NET ranking 23, 17-6, 8-4 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (3-3), 6 Home (5-1), Quad 1:4-3, Quad 2 3-0, Quad 3, 1-1, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 3, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Nebraska: NET ranking 28, 13-9, 3-8 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (1-5), 5 Home (2-3), Quad 1:1-5, Quad 2 0-3, Quad 3, 2-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 5 Home, Quad 1: 6, Quad 2, 3, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Ohio St. : NET ranking 37, 14-7, 4-6 BIG:
BIG so far: 5 Road (2-3), 5 Home (2-3), Quad 1:1-5, Quad 2 2-1, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 5 Road, 5 Home, Quad 1: 7, Quad 2, 1, Quad 3, 2, Quad 4, 0
Minnesota. : NET ranking 49, 16-5, 6-4 BIG:
BIG so far: 4 Road (1-3), 6 Home (5-1), Quad 1:3-3, Quad 2 0-1, Quad 3, 3-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 6 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 8, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Indiana : NET ranking 50, 13-9, 4-7 BIG:
BIG so far: 7 Road (2-5), 4 Home (2-2), Quad 1:1-6, Quad 2 2-1, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 3 Road, 6 Home, Quad 1: 6, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Northwestern : NET ranking 58, 12-9, 3-7 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (1-5), 4 Home (2-2), Quad 1:0-7, Quad 2 2-0, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 6 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 3, Quad 3, 2, Quad 4, 0
Penn St. : NET ranking 81, 7-14, 0-10 BIG:
BIG so far: 4 Road (0-4), 6 Home (0-6), Quad 1:0-8, Quad 2 0-1, Quad 3, 0-1, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 6 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 7, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Rutgers : NET ranking 108, 11-10, 4-7 BIG:
BIG so far: 5 Road (1-4), 6 Home (3-3), Quad 1:1-6, Quad 2 3-1, Quad 3, 0-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 5 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 6, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Illinois : NET ranking 110, 7-15, 3-8 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (1-5), 5 Home (2-3), Quad 1:2-6, Quad 2 1-2, Quad 3, 0-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 5 Home, Quad 1: 4, Quad 2, 3, Quad 3, 2, Quad 4, 0

Some observations:

Illinois is projected to have the easiest schedule the rest of the way, followed by us
Minnesota has the worst schedule the rest of the way,and it is not close
Penn St. had the worst scheduled in the first half, and only a tad easier in the second half; they have a total of 15 (out of 20) projected quad 1 games in the BIG at this point
Michigan St. is really, really, good.
Nebby's NET ranking is ridic, but it is what it is.
With zero quad 4 projected games in the BIG (and likely mathematically impossible for there to be any quad 4 games even at season's end), no single loss is going to move a team's NET ranking down all that much, whereas, most every win will move a team's NET ranking up, except at the very top tier (top 20 NET)
Based on all of this, I see a minimum of 9 BIG teams making the Dance this year, and 10 seems certainly possible. Long way to go, though!

So much for your research on quads. Thanks but we are in quad zero.

 

[mikewebb68]

So much for your research on quads. Thanks but we are in quad zero.

Working on your ban I see....

 

[mikewebb68]

The NET ranking glith has been fixed, so I can update this through the most recent (Sunday 2/10) games now. We became the latest BIG team to actually improve its NET ranking even in a loss, a testament to how strong the conference is, No quad ranking changes, but I did move Indiana our of the Dance in my predictions (that Quad 2 loss at home to Ohio State REALLY hurt given their remaining schedule)

Through games of Sunday, February 10th:

Michigan: NET ranking 7 (-1 change) 22-2, 11-2 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (4-2), 7 Home (7-0), Quad 1:4-2, Quad 2 7-0, Quad 3, 0-0, Quad
4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Michigan St: NET ranking 8 (no change) 19-5, 10-3 BIG:
BIG so far: 7 Road (5-2), 6 Home (5-1), Quad 1:7-1, Quad 2 3-2, Quad 3, 0-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 3 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 4, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Purdue: NET ranking 10 (no change), 17-6, 10-2 BIG:
BIG so far: 5 Road (3-2), 7 Home (7-0), Quad 1:6-2, Quad 2 3-0, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 5 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Wisconsin: NET ranking 11 (no change), 17-7, 9-4 BIG:
BIG so far: 7 Road (5-2), 6 Home (4-2), Quad 1:6-3, Quad 2 2-1, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 3 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 1, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Maryland: NET ranking 23 (no change), 18-6, 9-4 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (4-3), 6 Home (5-1), Quad 1:4-3, Quad 2 5-0, Quad 3, 0-1, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 3 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Iowa: NET ranking 26 (no change), 19-5, 8-5 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (3-3), 7 Home (5-2), Quad 1:4-5, Quad 2 3-0, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 4, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Ohio St. : NET ranking 37 (+1 change), 16-7, 6-6 BIG:
BIG so far: 5 Road (2-3), 7 Home (4-3), Quad 1:1-5, Quad 2 4-1, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 5 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 6, Quad 2, 1, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Nebraska: NET ranking 40 (no change), 13-11, 3-10 BIG:
BIG so far: 7 Road (1-6), 6 Home (2-4), Quad 1:1-7, Quad 2 1-3, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 3 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Indiana : NET ranking 48 (-1 change), 13-11, 4-9 BIG:
BIG so far: 7 Road (2-5), 6 Home (2-4), Quad 1:2-6, Quad 2 1-3, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 3 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 1, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Minnesota. : NET ranking 58 (no change), 16-8, 6-7 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (1-5), 7 Home (5-2), Quad 1:2-6, Quad 2 2-1, Quad 3, 2-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Northwestern : NET ranking 69 (+2 change), 12-11, 3-9 BIG:
BIG so far: 7 Road (1-6), 5 Home (2-3), Quad 1:0-8, Quad 2 2-1, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 3 Road, 5 Home, Quad 1: 4, Quad 2, 3, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Penn St. : NET ranking 75 (-2 change), 8-15, 1-11 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (1-4), 6 Home (0-6), Quad 1:1-9, Quad 2 0-1, Quad 3, 0-1, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining:4 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 4, Quad 2, 3, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Illinois : NET ranking 94 (-1 change), 9-15, 5-8 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (1-5), 7 Home (4-3), Quad 1:2-6, Quad 2 2-2, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Rutgers : NET ranking 126 (-1 change), 11-12, 4-9 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (1-5), 7 Home (3-4), Quad 1:1-7, Quad 2 3-2, Quad 3, 0-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0

Easiest remaining schedule (used teams with more home games as a tiebreaker)

1 Us
2 Penn St.
3 MSU
4 Iowa
5 Purdue


Most Difficult Remaining Schedule:

1 OSU
T-2 .Minny, Illinois, Michigan, Rutgers

My tourney projections (based on current NET ranking, remaining SOS, and current trend)
NCAA-- 8 (Michigan, Michigan St. Wisky, Purdue, Iowa, Maryland, OSU, Minny)
NIT- 3 (Indiana, Nebby, Us)

 

[NJCat]

The NET ranking glith has been fixed, so I can update this through the most recent (Sunday 2/10) games now. We became the latest BIG team to actually improve its NET ranking even in a loss, a testament to how strong the conference is, No quad ranking changes, but I did move Indiana our of the Dance in my predictions (that Quad 2 loss at home to Ohio State REALLY hurt given their remaining schedule)

Through games of Sunday, February 10th:

Michigan: NET ranking 7 (-1 change) 22-2, 11-2 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (4-2), 7 Home (7-0), Quad 1:4-2, Quad 2 7-0, Quad 3, 0-0, Quad
4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Michigan St: NET ranking 8 (no change) 19-5, 10-3 BIG:
BIG so far: 7 Road (5-2), 6 Home (5-1), Quad 1:7-1, Quad 2 3-2, Quad 3, 0-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 3 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 4, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Purdue: NET ranking 10 (no change), 17-6, 10-2 BIG:
BIG so far: 5 Road (3-2), 7 Home (7-0), Quad 1:6-2, Quad 2 3-0, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 5 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Wisconsin: NET ranking 11 (no change), 17-7, 9-4 BIG:
BIG so far: 7 Road (5-2), 6 Home (4-2), Quad 1:6-3, Quad 2 2-1, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 3 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 1, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Maryland: NET ranking 23 (no change), 18-6, 9-4 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (4-3), 6 Home (5-1), Quad 1:4-3, Quad 2 5-0, Quad 3, 0-1, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 3 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Iowa: NET ranking 26 (no change), 19-5, 8-5 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (3-3), 7 Home (5-2), Quad 1:4-5, Quad 2 3-0, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 4, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Ohio St. : NET ranking 37 (+1 change), 16-7, 6-6 BIG:
BIG so far: 5 Road (2-3), 7 Home (4-3), Quad 1:1-5, Quad 2 4-1, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 5 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 6, Quad 2, 1, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Nebraska: NET ranking 40 (no change), 13-11, 3-10 BIG:
BIG so far: 7 Road (1-6), 6 Home (2-4), Quad 1:1-7, Quad 2 1-3, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 3 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Indiana : NET ranking 48 (-1 change), 13-11, 4-9 BIG:
BIG so far: 7 Road (2-5), 6 Home (2-4), Quad 1:2-6, Quad 2 1-3, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 3 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 1, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Minnesota. : NET ranking 58 (no change), 16-8, 6-7 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (1-5), 7 Home (5-2), Quad 1:2-6, Quad 2 2-1, Quad 3, 2-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Northwestern : NET ranking 69 (+2 change), 12-11, 3-9 BIG:
BIG so far: 7 Road (1-6), 5 Home (2-3), Quad 1:0-8, Quad 2 2-1, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 3 Road, 5 Home, Quad 1: 4, Quad 2, 3, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Penn St. : NET ranking 75 (-2 change), 8-15, 1-11 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (1-4), 6 Home (0-6), Quad 1:1-9, Quad 2 0-1, Quad 3, 0-1, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining:4 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 4, Quad 2, 3, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Illinois : NET ranking 94 (-1 change), 9-15, 5-8 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (1-5), 7 Home (4-3), Quad 1:2-6, Quad 2 2-2, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Rutgers : NET ranking 126 (-1 change), 11-12, 4-9 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (1-5), 7 Home (3-4), Quad 1:1-7, Quad 2 3-2, Quad 3, 0-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0

Easiest remaining schedule (used teams with more home games as a tiebreaker)

1 Us
2 Penn St.
3 MSU
4 Iowa
5 Purdue


Most Difficult Remaining Schedule:

1 OSU
T-2 .Minny, Illinois, Michigan, Rutgers

My tourney projections (based on current NET ranking, remaining SOS, and current trend)
NCAA-- 8 (Michigan, Michigan St. Wisky, Purdue, Iowa, Maryland, OSU, Minny)
NIT- 3 (Indiana, Nebby, Us)

Huh? You told me a couple of weeks ago the B1G would get 9 or more bids.....

And you can't seriously think NU will get an NIT bid, even if they end up with a winning record. NU's best win is either Utah or DePaul, LOL.

 

[mikewebb68]

Huh? You told me a couple of weeks ago the B1G would get 9 or more bids.....

And you can't seriously think NU will get an NIT bid, even if they end up with a winning record. NU's best win is either Utah or DePaul, LOL.

I had them with 9 bids until now, and it may indeed end up that way. 10 is also far from an impossibility. Indiana is the first team out for me at this point, but only because they lost and Arizona State had a major upset. Don't see the PAC-12 getting two teams in at season's end though

And yes, in this conference, we have an excellent shot at the NIT, given that we have the easiest schedule the rest of the way. If we can reverse momentum vs. Rutgers, things set up nicely for us.

 

[Turk_rivals223269]

I had them with 9 bids until now, and it may indeed end up that way. 10 is also far from an impossibility. Indiana is the first team out for me at this point, but only because they lost and Arizona State had a major upset. Don't see the PAC-12 getting two teams in at season's end though

And yes, in this conference, we have an excellent shot at the NIT, given that we have the easiest schedule the rest of the way. If we can reverse momentum vs. Rutgers, things set up nicely for us.

You can't be serious, our best win was against Depaul and you have us going to postseason. Are you just trolling the boards or are you serious? I guess I'll bite nonetheless, would you still see us going to the NIT if we lost our first game in the BTT?

One last thing, say hello to the Easter Bunny for us. Love your hope but we really should be preparing for next season and allowing the young guys to play more minutes.

 

[Mr Wickerpark]

You can't be serious, our best win was against Depaul and you have us going to postseason. Are you just trolling the boards or are you serious? I guess I'll bite nonetheless, would you still see us going to the NIT if we lost our first game in the BTT?

One last thing, say hello to the Easter Bunny for us. Love your hope but we really should be preparing for next season and allowing the young guys to play more minutes.

He actually has been a breath of fresh air on an otherwise dead board due to us fans throwing in the towell on the season. He reminds me of you Turk. I remember our football seasons of yesteryear and after I gave up on the season I still used to come to these boards and read your entertaining and comical pollyannaisms. So dont go too hard on mikewebb (im somewhat suspicious that mikewebb could be you?) because he picked up where you left off.

 

[NJCat]

(im somewhat suspicious that mikewebb could be you?) .

Good one!!!

 

[cedricmelons]

He actually has been a breath of fresh air on an otherwise dead board due to us fans throwing in the towell on the season. He reminds me of you Turk. I remember our football seasons of yesteryear and after I gave up on the season I still used to come to these boards and read your entertaining and comical pollyannaisms. So dont go too hard on mikewebb (im somewhat suspicious that mikewebb could be you?) because he picked up where you left off.

This is just weird...

 

[mikewebb68]

You can't be serious, our best win was against Depaul and you have us going to postseason. Are you just trolling the boards or are you serious? I guess I'll bite nonetheless, would you still see us going to the NIT if we lost our first game in the BTT?

One last thing, say hello to the Easter Bunny for us. Love your hope but we really should be preparing for next season and allowing the young guys to play more minutes.

I am, of course, serious,. And DePaul is far from our best win-- that would be Indiana at home, and it is not even close. In fact, DePaul was a Quad 3 win for us.

Here's why I am serious:

1) We have a 3-2 record on Quad 2 games and ZERO bad losses (Quad 3 or Quad 4 losses). Now, we don't have any Quad 1 wins yet, but our competition for the NIT is not likely to have many, either.
2) Here is our KenPom for the last four seasons we made the NIT:

2009: 65 (5 seed)
2010: 84 (7 seed)
2011: 50 (4 seed)
2012: 72 (4 seed)

Our current KenPom ranking is 62, which is higher than in all of our NIT years, except for 2011.

If we finish over .500, (including BTT) I think we're in as our KenPom would likely even be higher than it is now.

 

[mikewebb68]

Even with Penn State's upset of Michigan, not a lot of movement since the last report. No quad moves, but Michigan and Michigan State did swap BIG NET rankings, as did us and Penn State.

Through games of Tuesday February 12th:

Michigan St: NET ranking 7 (+1 change) 20-5, 11-3 BIG:
BIG so far: 8 Road (6-2), 6 Home (5-1), Quad 1:8-1, Quad 2 3-2, Quad 3, 0-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 2 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 3, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Michigan: NET ranking 8 (-1 change) 22-3, 11-3 BIG:
BIG so far: 7 Road (4-3), 7 Home (7-0), Quad 1:4-3, Quad 2 7-0, Quad 3, 0-0, Quad
4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 3 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 1, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Purdue: NET ranking 11 (-1 change), 17-7, 10-3 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (3-3, 7 Home (7-0), Quad 1:6-3, Quad 2 3-0, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 4, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Wisconsin: NET ranking 15 (-4 change), 17-8, 9-5 BIG:
BIG so far: 7 Road (5-2), 7 Home (4-3), Quad 1:6-4, Quad 2 2-1, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 3 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 4, Quad 2, 1, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Maryland: NET ranking 22 (+1 change), 19-6, 10-4 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (4-3), 7 Home (6-1), Quad 1:5-3, Quad 2 5-0, Quad 3, 0-1, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 3 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 4, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Iowa: NET ranking 29 (-3 change), 19-5, 8-5 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (3-3), 7 Home (5-2), Quad 1:4-5, Quad 2 3-0, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 4, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Ohio St. : NET ranking 36 (+1 change), 16-7, 6-6 BIG:
BIG so far: 5 Road (2-3), 7 Home (4-3), Quad 1:1-5, Quad 2 4-1, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 5 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 6, Quad 2, 1, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Nebraska: NET ranking 40 (no change), 13-11, 3-10 BIG:
BIG so far: 7 Road (1-6), 6 Home (2-4), Quad 1:1-7, Quad 2 1-3, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 3 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Indiana : NET ranking 49 (-1 change), 13-11, 4-9 BIG:
BIG so far: 7 Road (2-5), 6 Home (2-4), Quad 1:2-6, Quad 2 1-3, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 3 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 1, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Minnesota. : NET ranking 58 (no change), 16-8, 6-7 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (1-5), 7 Home (5-2), Quad 1:2-6, Quad 2 2-1, Quad 3, 2-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Penn St. : NET ranking 70 (+5 change), 9-15, 2-11 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (1-4), 7 Home (1-6), Quad 1:2-9, Quad 2 0-1, Quad 3, 0-1, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining:4 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 3, Quad 2, 3, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Northwestern : NET ranking 71 (-2 change), 12-11, 3-9 BIG:
BIG so far: 7 Road (1-6), 5 Home (2-3), Quad 1:0-8, Quad 2 2-1, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 3 Road, 5 Home, Quad 1: 4, Quad 2, 3, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Illinois : NET ranking 91 (+3 change), 9-15, 5-8 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (1-5), 7 Home (4-3), Quad 1:2-6, Quad 2 2-2, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Rutgers : NET ranking 122 (+4 change), 11-12, 4-9 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (1-5), 7 Home (3-4), Quad 1:1-7, Quad 2 3-2, Quad 3, 0-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0

Easiest remaining schedule (used teams with more home games as a tiebreaker)

1 Penn St.
T-2, Us, MSU
T-4 Iowa, Purdue

Most Difficult Remaining Schedule:

1 Michigan
2 OSU
T3- Illinois, Minny, Rutgers

My tourney projections (based on current NET ranking, remaining SOS, and current trend)
NCAA-- 8 (Michigan, Michigan St. Wisky, Purdue, Iowa, Maryland, OSU, Minny)
NIT- 3 (Indiana, Nebby, Us)

 

[mikewebb68]

No quad moves despite our loss to Rutgers last night, though Rutgers had a huge jump in their NET ranking. Otherwise, not much in the way of changes

Through games of Wednesday February 13th:

Michigan St: NET ranking 7 (no change) 20-5, 11-3 BIG:
BIG so far: 8 Road (6-2), 6 Home (5-1), Quad 1:8-1, Quad 2 3-2, Quad 3, 0-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 2 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 3, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Michigan: NET ranking 8 (no change) 22-3, 11-3 BIG:
BIG so far: 7 Road (4-3), 7 Home (7-0), Quad 1:4-3, Quad 2 7-0, Quad 3, 0-0, Quad
4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 3 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 1, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Purdue: NET ranking 11 (no change), 17-7, 10-3 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (3-3, 7 Home (7-0), Quad 1:6-3, Quad 2 3-0, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 4, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Wisconsin: NET ranking 15 (no change), 17-8, 9-5 BIG:
BIG so far: 7 Road (5-2), 7 Home (4-3), Quad 1:6-4, Quad 2 2-1, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 3 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 4, Quad 2, 1, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Maryland: NET ranking 21 (+1 change), 19-6, 10-4 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (4-3), 7 Home (6-1), Quad 1:5-3, Quad 2 5-0, Quad 3, 0-1, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 3 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 4, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Iowa: NET ranking 29 (no change), 19-5, 8-5 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (3-3), 7 Home (5-2), Quad 1:4-5, Quad 2 3-0, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 4, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Ohio St. : NET ranking 36 (no change), 16-7, 6-6 BIG:
BIG so far: 5 Road (2-3), 7 Home (4-3), Quad 1:1-5, Quad 2 4-1, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 5 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 6, Quad 2, 1, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Nebraska: NET ranking 39 (+1 change), 14-11, 4-10 BIG:
BIG so far: 7 Road (1-6), 7 Home (3-4), Quad 1:1-7, Quad 2 2-3, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 3 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 1, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Indiana : NET ranking 50 (-1 change), 13-11, 4-9 BIG:
BIG so far: 7 Road (2-5), 6 Home (2-4), Quad 1:2-6, Quad 2 1-3, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 3 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 1, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Minnesota. : NET ranking 58 (no change), 16-9, 6-8 BIG:
BIG so far: 7 Road (1-6), 7 Home (5-2), Quad 1:2-7, Quad 2 2-1, Quad 3, 2-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 3 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 4, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Penn St. : NET ranking 69 (+1 change), 9-15, 2-11 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (1-4), 7 Home (1-6), Quad 1:2-9, Quad 2 0-1, Quad 3, 0-1, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining:4 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 3, Quad 2, 3, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Northwestern : NET ranking 72 (-1 change), 12-12, 3-10 BIG:
BIG so far: 7 Road (1-6), 6 Home (2-4), Quad 1:0-8, Quad 2 2-1, Quad 3, 1-1, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 3 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 4, Quad 2, 3, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Illinois : NET ranking 94 (-3 change), 9-15, 5-8 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (1-5), 7 Home (4-3), Quad 1:2-6, Quad 2 2-2, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Rutgers : NET ranking 112 (+10 change), 12-12, 5-9 BIG:
BIG so far: 7 Road (2-5), 7 Home (3-4), Quad 1:2-7, Quad 2 3-2, Quad 3, 0-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 3 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 4, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0

Easiest remaining schedule (used teams with more home games as a tiebreaker)

1 Penn St.
2 MSU
T-3 Iowa, Purdue
5 Us


Most Difficult Remaining Schedule:

1 OSU
T-2 Nebby, MIchigan
4 Illinois
5 Indiana

My tourney projections (based on current NET ranking, remaining SOS, and current trend)
NCAA-- 9 (Michigan, Michigan St. Wisky, Purdue, Iowa, Maryland, OSU, Minny, Indiana-- replaces Arizona St. as the last team in for now, thanks to ASU's loss at Colorado)
NIT- 1 (Nebby--moved us out due to our first Quad III loss and current trajectory)

 

[Purple Pile Driver]

No quad moves despite our loss to Rutgers last night, though Rutgers had a huge jump in their NET ranking. Otherwise, not much in the way of changes

Through games of Wednesday February 13th:

Michigan St: NET ranking 7 (no change) 20-5, 11-3 BIG:
BIG so far: 8 Road (6-2), 6 Home (5-1), Quad 1:8-1, Quad 2 3-2, Quad 3, 0-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 2 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 3, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Michigan: NET ranking 8 (no change) 22-3, 11-3 BIG:
BIG so far: 7 Road (4-3), 7 Home (7-0), Quad 1:4-3, Quad 2 7-0, Quad 3, 0-0, Quad
4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 3 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 1, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Purdue: NET ranking 11 (no change), 17-7, 10-3 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (3-3, 7 Home (7-0), Quad 1:6-3, Quad 2 3-0, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 4, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Wisconsin: NET ranking 15 (no change), 17-8, 9-5 BIG:
BIG so far: 7 Road (5-2), 7 Home (4-3), Quad 1:6-4, Quad 2 2-1, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 3 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 4, Quad 2, 1, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Maryland: NET ranking 21 (+1 change), 19-6, 10-4 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (4-3), 7 Home (6-1), Quad 1:5-3, Quad 2 5-0, Quad 3, 0-1, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 3 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 4, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Iowa: NET ranking 29 (no change), 19-5, 8-5 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (3-3), 7 Home (5-2), Quad 1:4-5, Quad 2 3-0, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 4, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Ohio St. : NET ranking 36 (no change), 16-7, 6-6 BIG:
BIG so far: 5 Road (2-3), 7 Home (4-3), Quad 1:1-5, Quad 2 4-1, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 5 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 6, Quad 2, 1, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Nebraska: NET ranking 39 (+1 change), 14-11, 4-10 BIG:
BIG so far: 7 Road (1-6), 7 Home (3-4), Quad 1:1-7, Quad 2 2-3, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 3 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 1, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Indiana : NET ranking 50 (-1 change), 13-11, 4-9 BIG:
BIG so far: 7 Road (2-5), 6 Home (2-4), Quad 1:2-6, Quad 2 1-3, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 3 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 1, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Minnesota. : NET ranking 58 (no change), 16-9, 6-8 BIG:
BIG so far: 7 Road (1-6), 7 Home (5-2), Quad 1:2-7, Quad 2 2-1, Quad 3, 2-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 3 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 4, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Penn St. : NET ranking 69 (+1 change), 9-15, 2-11 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (1-4), 7 Home (1-6), Quad 1:2-9, Quad 2 0-1, Quad 3, 0-1, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining:4 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 3, Quad 2, 3, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Northwestern : NET ranking 72 (-1 change), 12-12, 3-10 BIG:
BIG so far: 7 Road (1-6), 6 Home (2-4), Quad 1:0-8, Quad 2 2-1, Quad 3, 1-1, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 3 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 4, Quad 2, 3, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Illinois : NET ranking 94 (-3 change), 9-15, 5-8 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (1-5), 7 Home (4-3), Quad 1:2-6, Quad 2 2-2, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Rutgers : NET ranking 112 (+10 change), 12-12, 5-9 BIG:
BIG so far: 7 Road (2-5), 7 Home (3-4), Quad 1:2-7, Quad 2 3-2, Quad 3, 0-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 3 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 4, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0

Easiest remaining schedule (used teams with more home games as a tiebreaker)

1 Penn St.
2 MSU
T-3 Iowa, Purdue
5 Us


Most Difficult Remaining Schedule:

1 OSU
T-2 Nebby, MIchigan
4 Illinois
5 Indiana

My tourney projections (based on current NET ranking, remaining SOS, and current trend)
NCAA-- 9 (Michigan, Michigan St. Wisky, Purdue, Iowa, Maryland, OSU, Minny, Indiana-- replaces Arizona St. as the last team in for now, thanks to ASU's loss at Colorado)
NIT- 1 (Nebby--moved us out due to our first Quad III loss and current trajectory)

Minny and indy are real shaky on getting in IMO. After OSU losses to the Fighting Undies today they get on thin ice.

 

[mikewebb68]

Minny and indy are real shaky on getting in IMO. After OSU losses to the Fighting Undies today they get on thin ice.

Well. Minny and Indy play each other next, so there's that.

Given the weakness of the Pac-12, I would be surprised if we don't get nine. Heck, the bottom, except us, is playing so well I half expect one of them to take the auto-bid.

Ohio St.'s NET ranking is way too high to be on the bubble, and it won't drop much even if the Illini snap their 10 year posing streak in Columbus tonight, which I suspect they won't...

 

[julescat]

Maybe by the end of the season our (lucky) home win vs Illinois will be our "best" win..

 

[NJCat]

Maybe by the end of the season our (lucky) home win vs Illinois will be our "best" win..

Sure looks like it.

 

[Purple Pile Driver]

Well. Minny and Indy play each other next, so there's that.

Given the weakness of the Pac-12, I would be surprised if we don't get nine. Heck, the bottom, except us, is playing so well I half expect one of them to take the auto-bid.

Ohio St.'s NET ranking is way too high to be on the bubble, and it won't drop much even if the Illini snap their 10 year posing streak in Columbus tonight, which I suspect they won't...

Well, the Fighting Undies won rather comfortably. I think it is time to reluctantly admit they are making teams look like crap rather than surmising the other team is just a no show every time they win.

 

[mikewebb68]

Well, the Fighting Undies won rather comfortably. I think it is time to reluctantly admit they are making teams look like crap rather than surmising the other team is just a no show every time they win.

No, they played well tonight, though Ohio St. has certainly had better nights. But Michigan State did play absolutely terribly vs. them.

 

[mikewebb68]

Sure looks like it.

Indiana is a far better win than Illinois. That's unlikely to change., For all this talk about how great the Illini are, they still have the second-worst NET ranking in the BIG.

 

[NJCat]

Indiana is a far better win than Illinois. That's unlikely to change., For all this talk about how great the Illini are, they still have the second-worst NET ranking in the BIG.

Mike, they have won 4 straight and 6 of 9, and have beaten the #9 and #13 teams in the process. They are as hot as anyone in the B1G. They've won 2 more B1G games than Indiana, so how can Indiana be a better win than Illinois for NU?

 

[mikewebb68]

Mike, they have won 4 straight and 6 of 9, and have beaten the #9 and #13 teams in the process. They are as hot as anyone in the B1G. They've won 2 more B1G games than Indiana, so how can Indiana be a better win than Illinois for NU?

Uh because Illinois is 10-15 and has he second worst NET ranking in the BIG? It would be nice for Illinois if those wins erased a season that was over before Xmas for them with losses to teams like Florida Atlantic, but alas, it doesn't work that way, and you are what your record says you are.

Indiana is on Joe Lunardi's (and a lot of others) dance card right now. Illlinois? Not so much.

Nice man-crush that you have on them, tho!

 

[mikewebb68]

Despite Illinois making a huge late-season jump in the NET rankings due to their Quad 1 win, still no quad moves from Thursday's game, since Illinois was buried in their quad ranking. But another solid win may definitely change things. Only other change is that Ohio St. and Nebby swap spots in the BIG NET rankings, and Nebby is possibly back in the NCAA picture again amazingly if they don't lose to us, as the bubble once again is VERY soft this year...

Through games of Thursday, February 14th

Michigan St: NET ranking 7 (no change) 20-5, 11-3 BIG:
BIG so far: 8 Road (6-2), 6 Home (5-1), Quad 1:8-1, Quad 2 3-2, Quad 3, 0-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 2 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 3, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Michigan: NET ranking 8 (no change) 22-3, 11-3 BIG:
BIG so far: 7 Road (4-3), 7 Home (7-0), Quad 1:4-3, Quad 2 7-0, Quad 3, 0-0, Quad
4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 3 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 1, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Purdue: NET ranking 11 (no change), 17-7, 10-3 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (3-3, 7 Home (7-0), Quad 1:6-3, Quad 2 3-0, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 4, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Wisconsin: NET ranking 15 (no change), 17-8, 9-5 BIG:
BIG so far: 7 Road (5-2), 7 Home (4-3), Quad 1:6-4, Quad 2 2-1, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 3 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 4, Quad 2, 1, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Maryland: NET ranking 21 (+1 change), 19-6, 10-4 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (4-3), 7 Home (6-1), Quad 1:5-3, Quad 2 5-0, Quad 3, 0-1, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 3 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 4, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Iowa: NET ranking 28 (+1 change), 19-5, 8-5 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (3-3), 7 Home (5-2), Quad 1:4-5, Quad 2 3-0, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 4, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Nebraska: NET ranking 38 (+1 change), 14-11, 4-10 BIG:
BIG so far: 7 Road (1-6), 7 Home (3-4), Quad 1:1-7, Quad 2 2-3, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 3 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 1, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Ohio St. NET ranking 44 (-8 change), 16-8, 6-7 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (3-3), 7 Home (3-4), Quad 1:1-5, Quad 2 4-1, Quad 3, 1-1, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 4 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 6, Quad 2, 1, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Indiana : NET ranking 51 (-1 change), 13-11, 4-9 BIG:
BIG so far: 7 Road (2-5), 6 Home (2-4), Quad 1:2-6, Quad 2 1-3, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 3 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 5, Quad 2, 1, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Minnesota. : NET ranking 58 (no change), 16-9, 6-8 BIG:
BIG so far: 7 Road (1-6), 7 Home (5-2), Quad 1:2-7, Quad 2 2-1, Quad 3, 2-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 3 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 4, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Penn St. : NET ranking 70 (-1 change), 9-15, 2-11 BIG:
BIG so far: 6 Road (1-4), 7 Home (1-6), Quad 1:2-9, Quad 2 0-1, Quad 3, 0-1, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining:4 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 3, Quad 2, 3, Quad 3, 1, Quad 4, 0
Northwestern : NET ranking 72 (no change), 12-12, 3-10 BIG:
BIG so far: 7 Road (1-6), 6 Home (2-4), Quad 1:0-8, Quad 2 2-1, Quad 3, 1-1, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 3 Road, 4 Home, Quad 1: 4, Quad 2, 3, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Illinois : NET ranking 80 (+14 change!), 10-15, 6-8 BIG:
BIG so far: 7 Road (2-5), 7 Home (4-3), Quad 1:3-6, Quad 2 2-2, Quad 3, 1-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 3 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 4, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0
Rutgers : NET ranking 112 (0 change), 12-12, 5-9 BIG:
BIG so far: 7 Road (2-5), 7 Home (3-4), Quad 1:2-7, Quad 2 3-2, Quad 3, 0-0, Quad 4, 0-0
BIG Remaining: 3 Road, 3 Home, Quad 1: 4, Quad 2, 2, Quad 3, 0, Quad 4, 0

Easiest remaining schedule (used teams with more home games as a tiebreaker)

1 Penn St.
2 MSU
T-3 Iowa, Purdue
5 Us


Most Difficult Remaining Schedule:

1 OSU
T-2 Nebby, MIchigan
4 Indiana
T-5 Maryland, MInny, Illinois, Rutgers

My tourney projections (based on current NET ranking, remaining SOS, and current trend)
NCAA-- 9 (Michigan, Michigan St. Wisky, Purdue, Iowa, Maryland, OSU, Minny, Indiana)
NIT- 1 (Nebby)

 

[mikewebb68]

The NET rankings have yet to update, so I can put our a report through games of yesterday. Hopefully, I will be able to update through the Saturday and Sunday games tomorrow...