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General Category => Fighting Illini Basketball Forum => Topic started by: Lkdog on January 13, 2021, 09:46:26 PM
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Michigan. Top 8
Iowa
Illinois. Top 16
Rutgers. Top 20
Wisconsin
Minnesota. marginal Top 25/NR
Ohio State
Everybody else kind of sucks.
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Maryland is great just you watch
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1/17/21 update
Maybe FF or EE capable
Iowa
Michigan
R32
Wisconsin
Illinois
OSU
Minnesota
One and done
Purdue
Will miss NCAA unless they get it together
Rutgers
Suckage
MSU
Indiana
Total suckage
NU
PSU
Maryland
Nebraska
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Iowa
UM
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OSU
Wisc
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ILL
Rut
Minn
IND
PU
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MSU
Mary
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Psu
NU
Neb
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Updated 01/24/21
EE capable
UM
Iowa
S16 capable
OSU
Illinois
R32
Wisconsin
Get in but likely one and done
Purdue
Minnesota
Should be on Outside looking in right now but college BB is bad so they get listed as in.
One and done.
Indiana
Rutgers
Forget it
MSU
Maryland
NU
PSU
Nebraska
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Just curious if this is something you’re doing yourself or pulling from somewhere?
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Just curious if this is something you’re doing yourself or pulling from somewhere?
LOL. My own ignorant opinions. Feel free to ignore.....
If you want to see what "expert site consensus" might be check out the Bracket Matrix.
Has UM as a 1 seed, and Iowa as 2. Wisconsin is a 3. OSU and us are a 4. Minny is a 5. :o
http://www.bracketmatrix.com/ (http://www.bracketmatrix.com/)
Here is some interesting info. We have an RPI of 46. Iowa is 53.
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Looks like the average for the last several years hovers in the 35%+ range for conference game road wins.
If I count correctly, there are 25 road wins in 60 conference games so far this season. 42%.
With no home crowds, if you don't in the words of Dabo Swinney 'bring your own guts' you have a chance for a home loss. Rutgers goes to Bloomington to get a win last night and we managed to rack up a couple of leave your guts at home games recently.
The 2019-2020 .200 is from Jan 23, 2020.
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LOL. My own ignorant opinions. Feel free to ignore.....
If you want to see what "expert site consensus" might be check out the Bracket Matrix.
Has UM as a 1 seed, and Iowa as 2. Wisconsin is a 3. OSU and us are a 4. Minny is a 5. :o
http://www.bracketmatrix.com/ (http://www.bracketmatrix.com/)
Here is some interesting info. We have an RPI of 46. Iowa is 53.
I’ve been enjoying reading them. I just wasn’t clear if it was your own opinion, something you’d been reading somewhere and were sharing here, or some amalgam.
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The NCAA Tournament is all about matchups. Until the seedings and brackets are released (and key injuries known), hard to say which teams should be Final Four picks or 12/5 upset waiting to happen.
All it takes is a bad draw, even for an otherwise decent team. What team with legitimate aspirations of a Final Four run wants to be in the same bracket as Gonzaga or Baylor for this tournament?
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I’ve been enjoying reading them. I just wasn’t clear if it was your own opinion, something you’d been reading somewhere and were sharing here, or some amalgam.
I have to wonder how much the NCAA still uses the RPI??
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The NCAA Tournament is all about matchups. Until the seedings and brackets are released (and key injuries known), hard to say which teams should be Final Four picks or 12/5 upset waiting to happen.
All it takes is a bad draw, even for an otherwise decent team. What team with legitimate aspirations of a Final Four run wants to be in the same bracket as Gonzaga or Baylor for this tournament?
Agree. For Baylor and Gonzaga- it is basically an 8 team/3 wins needed for the title tourney.
For everybody else it is a total crap shoot.
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The Big Ten is so good the 10th place team has 3 road wins verse top 20 teams !
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Another unknown is what will happen in the ACC and SEC basketball tournaments. If it was Selection Sunday yesterday, Duke (5-5, 3 straight losses) and UK (5-9) would have likely missed the NCAA Tournament (assuming it will be held). Neither team has played well this season, especially compared with their recent past editions. But there's still time for one or both to qualify because of conference tournaments. The ACC Tournament was moved from Washington, DC to Greensboro, NC, where Duke has won 8 conference titles. The SEC Tournament will be played at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, TN. UK has won 3 out of the past 4 SEC tournaments played there. Let's say those teams start playing up to their potential, get on a roll, and win their respective conference tournament in March. Now we're talking about potentially very dangerous teams that likely have a few McD's HS All Americans on their rosters. And who doesn't think Duke (via Coach Krybaby) would get several calls (or non-calls) from the officials that no other team (coach) would?
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The 20s belong to the proletariat!
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01/31/21
EE possible
Michigan
Illinois
S16
Iowa
Maybe S16
OSU
R32
Wisconsin
Purdue
R64/Bubble/Out
Rutgers
Indiana
Minnesota
Iowa without Frederick is in trouble until he returns. They had the worst D in BIG already.
Illinois playing tougher and Grandison in the lineup makes a difference.
OSU is still short.
Wisconsin is slow.
Do not sleep on Rutgers. Might be getting some mojo back and McConnell could help.
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Don't really disagree a whole lot with what you stated. Though I still would have OSU above IL. I still think IOWA beats us with Frederick.
2 seed UM - The COVID pause will likely put UM vulnerable to a few quick losses upon return.
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3 seed OSU - won 6 of last 7 only loss was dagger 3 against PUR also handled IL without 2 starting guards.
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3 seed IOWA - probably better than us with Frederick healthy.
4 seed ILL - Kofi needs to stay on his feet. Gorgi might be broke. He's been getting frustrated early in games and then seems to compound into several bad plays. When did he pierce is eyelid? Grandison starting to play some of that old man YMCA basketball and that's what this team needs badly.
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5 seed PUR - quietly doing what matt painter teams do after a mediocre start to the season
8 seed RUT - most wildly inconsistent team in the Big Ten. Harper Jr, Young and Baker are as good as any 3 man combo in the Big Ten. Johnson might be the most under rated player in the league this year.
9 seed WISC - without trice and potter not even an NCAA tournament team
10 seed IND - probably the best defensive team in the league, but no offense outside of Jackson.
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PSU - penn state and maryland both are very young but talented and could still piss people off come down the stretch.
MARY
MINN - can't win, let alone compete on the road, they will be the next team to go on an epic losing streak,
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MSU - these 3 teams are a complete shitfest
NU
NEB
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Don't really disagree a whole lot with what you stated. Though I still would have OSU above IL. I still think IOWA beats us with Frederick.
2 seed UM - The COVID pause will likely put UM vulnerable to a few quick losses upon return.
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3 seed OSU - won 6 of last 7 only loss was dagger 3 against PUR also handled IL without 2 starting guards.
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3 seed IOWA - probably better than us with Frederick healthy.
4 seed ILL - Kofi needs to stay on his feet. Gorgi might be broke. He's been getting frustrated early in games and then seems to compound into several bad plays. When did he pierce is eyelid? Grandison starting to play some of that old man YMCA basketball and that's what this team needs badly.
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5 seed PUR - quietly doing what matt painter teams do after a mediocre start to the season
8 seed RUT - most wildly inconsistent team in the Big Ten. Harper Jr, Young and Baker are as good as any 3 man combo in the Big Ten. Johnson might be the most under rated player in the league this year.
9 seed WISC - without trice and potter not even an NCAA tournament team
10 seed IND - probably the best defensive team in the league, but no offense outside of Jackson.
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PSU - penn state and maryland both are very young but talented and could still piss people off come down the stretch.
MARY
MINN - can't win, let alone compete on the road, they will be the next team to go on an epic losing streak,
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MSU - these 3 teams are a complete shitfest
NU
NEB
Great write up.
I still don't quite buy OSU as legit, but we will see.
I actually think Iowa's defense is so bad they are becoming Iowa of recent years under Fran. That zone was laughable. The worst I have ever seen.
Grandison is a game changer. Much more game than DW.
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I wouldn’t base the evaluation of OSU on their one game against us. They had long stretches of that game where they pretty much couldn’t miss, and it wasn’t because we were being badly outplayed or were giving up easy shots. They just hit everything in building that big lead. I think we would beat them more often than not, despite the fact that we don’t match up with them well.
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I wouldn’t base the evaluation of OSU on their one game against us. They had long stretches of that game where they pretty much couldn’t miss, and it wasn’t because we were being badly outplayed or were giving up easy shots. They just hit everything in building that big lead. I think we would beat them more often than not, despite the fact that we don’t match up with them well.
I think putting Grandison on Liddell would’ve helped quite a bit. He’s much longer.
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I think putting Grandison on Liddell would’ve helped quite a bit. He’s much longer.
As noted by Rob and others- Liddell had a career game from three, but when it was obvious he was on fire, Coach Hulka didn't really adjust.
He had 4 threes in our game. He has 6 other threes in all other games combined. Agree we should have stuck someone else on him, or went to some junk help or zone defense.
Their other guy is actually the threat from three. I will say that OSU is maximizing what they have. They have a slim margin for error.
I think we are better than OSU by fair margin.
I actually think we are better than Iowa the more I watch them.
UM presents issues. They are most balanced team besides us, and look pretty well coached.
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I kinda like doing the seeding versus the tourney potential just because it’s such a crapshoot and anything can happen. But it is fun guesstimating what these teams could theoretically do in the tourney format. Just really struggling to see many teams this year that seem like they could string together big wins. The top 25 was a blood bath last weekend. The metrics seem to really like Illinois whose most impressive string of wins is @PSU, vs IU & PU and @NU.
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Usually when a team has 2 players NBA scouts are at least looking at, it should fare pretty well in the tournament. But I keep thinking about what happened to 1982-83 Houston. Phi Slamma Jamma had way, way, way more talent than 2020-21 Illinois. Like the current Illini, the Cougars were unpredictable (okay, masons) at the free throw line. Going 10-19 when it really mattered proved to be Houston's downfall in a 2 point loss to NC State in the NCAA Tournament Championship game. How else does a team lose when it has then-Akeem Olajuwon & Clyde Drexler on the floor? Thankfully, college basketball has adopted the shot clock since those boring days of sh*tty stall ball. I'm hoping the Illini get a decent seed/draw in the Big Dance. If so (and the team is healthy), this team can make a good run.
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Our defense is now ranked 17th in country in KenPom. It has improved lately, but that seems high in real world.
We are showing more intensity and effort.
Iowa is ranked 117th. That seems very accurate. They are absolutely abysmal.
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That defensive efficiency of Iowas is about drop even further here with Ohio State
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OSU with nice win on road vs Iowa. Holman is good coach.
Iowa w/o Frederick is just out of sync. He was kind of a glue guy.
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OSU with nice win on road vs Iowa. Holman is good coach.
Iowa w/o Frederick is just out of sync. He was kind of a glue guy.
Definitely a solid win for the Buckeyes. Iowa is really inconsistent. Hawkeyes have only played 5 road games this season so they'll have a few more road games coming up.
FWIW, a vocal group of Ohio State fans on EW are pissed off at Holman for not being able to recruit 5* big men. Apparently they think Ryan Day should be recruiting for the basketball team, too. SMH.
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7 of Illinois last 10 games are on the road as well.
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Iowa now 1st in Off Eff and 133rd in country in Def Eff in KenPom.
We are 5th overall in Kenpom right now- our highest all year. We are moving up and on verge of a 2 seed.
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Iowa now 1st in Off Eff and 133rd in country in Def Eff in KenPom.
We are 5th overall in Kenpom right now- our highest all year. We are moving up and on verge of a 2 seed.
A win today wouldn't hurt. Feeling pretty good about it.
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Is there an inside joke re: "Holman?"
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Is there an inside joke re: "Holman?"
Just a typo. Or perhaps I subconsciously typed a partial name for Coach Holtmann since he has recruited an incomplete team.
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Is there an inside joke re: "Holman?"
I think I started the misspelling. My bad.
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UPDATED February 7, 2021
2 seed/EE capable
Illinois
Michigan
3/4 seed S16 capable
OSU
IOWA
5-11 seed R32 or R64
Wisconsin
Purdue
Rutgers
Bubble
Minnesota
Indiana
Nope
PSU
MD
MSU
NU
Nebraska
Illini on rise with new nasty Kofi and some D finally.
UM drops for being pussies.
Iowa in death spiral until/if Frederick returns
OSU looks good. Not a 1 seed. WTF.
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Agree with everything except Ohio State. I know they are weak in the paint but they seem to dominate the other 95% of the basketball court. Their perimeter defense might be the best in the big ten. 8-3 vs. Quad 1 and 4 straight road wins over top 15 teams.
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Agree with everything except Ohio State. I know they are weak in the paint but they seem to dominate the other 95% of the basketball court. Their perimeter defense might be the best in the big ten. 8-3 vs. Quad 1 and 4 straight road wins over top 15 teams.
Yeah- I don't quite get it and in this Covid winter I have watched more BIG BB than normal. They look like a solid Top 25 team to me. They do just find a way to win. 9 quad 1 wins now after beating MD which kind of points to what I think is the weirdness in the system.
MD is 10-10 and 4-9 in conference, but is NET 39 and KenPom 44 and still in many brackets to make NCAA.
Holtmann is good coach and I like watching them. We could be playing them for BTT and a 1 seed on March 6th.
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Yeah- I don't quite get it and in this Covid winter I have watched more BIG BB than normal. They look like a solid Top 25 team to me. They do just find a way to win. 9 quad 1 wins now after beating MD which kind of points to what I think is the weirdness in the system.
MD is 10-10 and 4-9 in conference, but is NET 39 and KenPom 44 and still in many brackets to make NCAA.
Holtmann is good coach and I like watching them. We could be playing them for BTT and a 1 seed on March 6th.
Illinois has as good a shot at winning the Big Ten as any team in the conference. The Illini are playing very well and have 3 players that are matchup problems for most other teams.
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Yeah- I don't quite get it and in this Covid winter I have watched more BIG BB than normal. They look like a solid Top 25 team to me. They do just find a way to win. 9 quad 1 wins now after beating MD which kind of points to what I think is the weirdness in the system.
MD is 10-10 and 4-9 in conference, but is NET 39 and KenPom 44 and still in many brackets to make NCAA.
Holtmann is good coach and I like watching them. We could be playing them for BTT and a 1 seed on March 6th.
It's still better than what the RPI metric once stood for, at least with NET and Kenpom you get efficiency ratings incorporated into team rankings. Still flawed of course, but a useful tool. One of the variables that maybe impacting the power 5 rankings this year are the shortage of non-conference mid major opponents. When you don't have those 3 to 5 games against teams ranked outside the Kenpom 200 range it can really boost your resume above others that do. It's as if you're assured of no bad losses. It polarizes the difference between teams of mid majors and power 5 conference because of lack of cross over games that would otherwise provided a better sample size like that of the past.
Purdue had a similar type ranking last year as Maryland and Penn State do this year. In part just because they are not playing any bad teams and manage to grab just enough key wins to make them relevant. Maryland had an opportunity last night to really make a push with a victory over Ohio State but was just simply outclassed. I think both Penn State and Maryland will be top half of the conference next year.
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Its a bizarre year without question. All good points.
IIRC they do use the RPI still in some manner. Not sure how much.
Its a real shitshow.
Mizzou is #2.
http://www.realtimerpi.com/rpi_Men.html (http://www.realtimerpi.com/rpi_Men.html)
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UPDATED February 14, 2021
1/2 seed/EE or FF capable
Michigan
Illinois
2/3 seed S16 or EE capable
OSU
Iowa
6-8 seed R32
Rutgers
8-11 seed R64
Wisconsin
Purdue
Should be out but apparently rest of country sucks 10/11 seed and lose play in
Minnesota
Indiana
GTFO
PSU
MD
MSU
NU
Nebraska
Michigan and Illinois best teams in conference and FF capable.
Dickinson and Wagner need to produce.
Curbelo needs to calm the fck down for Illinois.
OSU keeps winning and is best coached team in BIG.
Zed Key giving them some inside mojo.
Iowa is sleeper EE if they can get decent minutes out of Frederick again down the stretch and Bohannon pulls head out of ass.
The rest of league tourney teams are not good but Rutgers has most upside.
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How much leeway does UM have? Watching them today the were slugging until the 2nd half, and I would expect them to go 3-2 the rest of the schedule.
Of course we end on 2 tough games, so 3-3/4-2 are possible for us...and I'd assume every other team in America but 2.
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How much leeway does UM have? Watching them today the were slugging until the 2nd half, and I would expect them to go 3-2 the rest of the schedule.
Of course we end on 2 tough games, so 3-3/4-2 are possible for us...and I'd assume every other team in America but 2.
They looked really out of sync in first half on both sides of the ball. Surprisingly Howard can really coach. They made some nice adjustments and the extended ball pressure was impressive. I had not seen that before out of them. They outscored Wisconsin by 20 in second half at home and didn't even shoot well. Scary thing is they have been a little out of whack for awhile even before the Covid thing. The Frosh Center had been hitting a wall, and the transfer PG was cooling off. Wagner is spotty shooter, but makes a lot of plays and his length and ball skills are very high. They were still winning as the other guys are very good and multi skilled also. Brown off bench is nice player. If they start hitting on all cylinders look out. They are a very balanced team and can effectively play a lot of ways.
That said- if we get Curbelo under control again, and get contributions from Grandison, Hawkins,DaMonte, at the 4; and Georgi at 4 and 5 we could be very very good also. Our defense has picked up. I really never worried during the Nebraska game. I kind of felt like we had it but were just coasting. They couldn't guard Kofi or Ayo. Both are playing at higher level than first half of year.
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How much leeway does UM have? Watching them today the were slugging until the 2nd half, and I would expect them to go 3-2 the rest of the schedule.
Of course we end on 2 tough games, so 3-3/4-2 are possible for us...and I'd assume every other team in America but 2.
Three week layoff is tough. They looked pretty good in the second half.
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Ohio State is the best team in this league until someone beats them again. I know they dropped 4 early, but they are an absolute machine and one that I think will win out. Illinois plays to their level of competition so much I'm starting to have nightmares about being that 2 or 3 seed that gets up ended in the first round. Michigan was impressive after the 3 week layoff but took them better part of half to get going, but Dickenson and Livers looks to be just as dynamic of a force as Kofi and Ayo are to the Illini.
#1 Ohio St.
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#2 Michigan
#2 Illinois
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#4 Iowa - I know Michigan St. is bad I thought maybe they were playing a little better ball of late and feast on Iowa's lack of defense. Beating Sparty by 30 on Sparty's own floor could cure the funk they've been in the last 6 games prior.
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#6 Purdue
#7 Rutgers
#8 Wisconsin - I first started watching the Michigan game at the 39-25 point in the first half. F&*$ me for F*&$ing that up.
#9 Indiana - has yet to win 3 straight games or lose 3 straight games this season. They have a gauntlet to close out the year but I still feel like they will find a way to win a couple with their street fight mentality. Indy would be a difficult 1st round draw for anyone with the way they defend.
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#11 Maryland - losing to Penn St hurt but I think they should win 4 of their last 5. Putting them at 15-11 overall and 9-10 in conference.
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Bubbles burst? ...
I still kind of think Minnesota could be left on the outside especially if they only manage to win 2 of their last 5. That would put them at 15-11 as well but only 8-11 in conference. Penn State's bubble burst with Nebby finally notching their 1st conference win and Michigan State has their final 6 games of the year vs. NET top 40 teams 3 of them are top 6. So even at 10-8 overall and 4-8 in the conference if Michigan State wins say 4 of their last 6 do they make it to the NCAA at 14-10 and 8-10 in conference?
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It will be good to see the game on Sunday.
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UPDATED February 21, 2021
1 seed and FF capable
Michigan
Illinois
2 seed EE capable
OSU
3 seed S16 capable
Iowa
8-11 seed R64, maybe win a game with right matchup
Purdue
Wisconsin
Should be out but are probably still in
Rutgers
Indiana
Might sneak in
MD
Put a fork in them
Minnesota
PSU
MSU
NU
Nebraska
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Would Rutgers would be one of the best teams in the ACC or PAC?
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Would Rutgers would be one of the best teams in the ACC or PAC?
They are horribly erratic. I think really underachieving for some reason.
I think they would be 5th or 6th in ACC. I think PAC is just pretty weak period.
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Polls are out as well as seeding updates coming out.
OSU has kept their spot ahead of us in one poll and we moved up in other.
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That’s kinda what I figured. They have the head to head with us and lost a close one to #3.
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They are horribly erratic. I think really underachieving for some reason.
I think they would be 5th or 6th in ACC. I think PAC is just pretty weak period.
I haven’t watched a lot of Rutgers games, but their success seems to be highly dependent on matchups and officiating. If their big guards can exploit smaller defenders, they do well. If their big guys can get away with a lot of no-calls on defense and on the boards, they seem to do well.
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UPDATED February 28, 2021
1 seed and FF capable
Michigan - Wagner is growing up and looks like best NBA prospect in league
2 seed EE capable
Illinois - with Ayo healthy are dangerous
Iowa - with glueman Frederick and en fuego Weiskamp are a threat
3 seed S16 capable
OSU - getting exposed as vulnerable with lack of true post unless they shoot lights out
6-8 seed and maybe win a game with right matchup
Purdue
In and could get lucky with right draw and win a game
MD
Rutgers
Wisconsin
Put a fork in them
Minnesota
Indiana
PSU
MSU unless BT orders officials to fix one of the UM games like they did the Illinois and OSU games in which case they get in a play in game
NU
Nebraska
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Ohio St. dropping 3 straight surprised me, back to back tough losses may have had a hand in Iowa being able to run them off the court a bit. Got to say didn't see Iowa immediately improving while losing Nunge and still dealing with a sub 100% Frederick.
For the first time this season we as a team are playing with a sense of desperation. It's something we have greatly lacked with Ayo in the line up. Over the last two games Illinois effort for a complete 40 minutes of basketball has been unmatched this season. It may not be pretty at times, but we are getting more loose balls and forcing jump balls than ever before. I love how hungry we are playing as a team without Ayo.
The Wisconsin game was no doubt ugly. 20 turnovers is unacceptable and most of which was unforced, but the defense OMG. The defense was a thing of beauty. Nobody on Wisconsin could do shit, though they had a few open looks from 3 that didn't go down, a lot of the time I felt like they were rushed. Our on ball defense was at a very high level, so much so that I think its the biggest reason why Wisconsin hurt us on the offensive glass. They had zero open looks from inside the arc. Trice is just a straight up baller and performed the greatest Reggie Miller impression the worlds ever seen at the college level. But I be damned if I didn't watch us make 10 straight free throws to stave it off. Being how terrible of a free throw shooting team as we are, that was big time.
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#4 in the latest poll. Love the exposure, but are we the 4th best team in the country right now?
https://www.thechampaignroom.com/2021/3/1/22307346/illinois-fighting-illini-no-4-ap-poll-march-1
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OSU is very good, but has slimmer margin for error than other teams at top.
Young has been banged up. Ahrens has been slumping. Their D is not the best to begin with.
They are more dependent upon shooting well which is tough to do every time out. I think the UM loss took a toll emotionally. OSU played great and were
still handled.
Iowa is enigmatic. Weiskamp has been ridiculous in last month (35/64 from three in 10 games), and if Frederick can stay on court they can be very dangerous and compete with anyone on a given night. Have watched Weiskamp all through HS growing up. He is straight up baller and 2nd team ALL BT now along with first team Garza. Bohannon is perking up again and he is capable of blowing up any night. Murray is improving a lot.
They have junked that lousy zone which helps.
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#4 in the latest poll. Love the exposure, but are we the 4th best team in the country right now?
https://www.thechampaignroom.com/2021/3/1/22307346/illinois-fighting-illini-no-4-ap-poll-march-1
If Ayo is healthy why not.
A drop from top 3 teams to the 4-10th but we are in there.
Need Ayo back.
Tuesday will be not so good without him....
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NET rankings.
How does Houston get a higher NET with a 2-1 quad 1 record ?
You need to go down to #65 Ky to find a team with more quad 1 games than us.
Sparty comes in at #77 NET.
The #4 team in the country shouldn't be tossing the ball away 20 times, but turnovers have plagued us since Underwood arrived. Nebby has us edged out for last place in turnovers.
And we're 11th in conference free throw percentage.
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NET rankings.
How does Houston get a higher NET with a 2-1 quad 1 record ?
You need to go down to #65 Ky to find a team with more quad 1 games than us.
Sparty comes in at #77 NET.
The #4 team in the country shouldn't be tossing the ball away 20 times, but turnovers have plagued us since Underwood arrived. Nebby has us edged out for last place in turnovers.
And we're 11th in conference free throw percentage.
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It has a certain level of mystery.
Replaces the RPI, but uses elements from RPI?
NCAA tourney does not use RPI, but kind of does still?
We are 34th in RPI by the way. Iowa 35th. UM first. Houston 3rd.
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Its because it takes into account margin of victory, which is part of the various efficiency metrics. Houston is bombing shitty ass teams by 40 points. Going 20-3 will compensate for that to certain degree.
It's also the exact reason Iowa hoped over us. 18 point road win at Ohio State
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Its because it takes into account margin of victory, which is part of the various efficiency metrics. Houston is bombing shitty ass teams by 40 points. Going 20-3 will compensate for that to certain degree.
It's also the exact reason Iowa hoped over us. 18 point road win at Ohio State
You understand this really well.
Its a little crazy.
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UPDATED March 6, 2021 - FINAL POWER RANKINGS Regular Season
1 seed and National Title capable
Illinois
1 Seed and EE capable
Michigan - Brooks needs to play and they need a reset
2 seed EE capable
Iowa - Weiskamp needs to play
3 seed S16 capable
OSU - Tough team but not quite enough pieces
4/5 seed and maybe win a game or even 2 with right matchup
Purdue
In and could get lucky with right draw and win a game
MD
Rutgers
Wisconsin
MSU
Put a fork in them
Minnesota
Indiana
PSU
NU
Nebraska
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I think even the teams on your third line have some potential to get on a heater if they get the right matchups. This league is so well scouted. MSU has beaten 3 top ten teams in a week or whatever (with plenty of help from the zebras and B1G) and while Rutgers hasn’t fared well with the B1G gauntlet they have some balance and ballers and could tear some shit up against teams that don’t know them like the back of their hand. Maryland defends at a high level and presents matchup problems for a lot of teams. Wisconsin is a bunch of grizzled veterans in a league in which they just can’t compete physically but they won’t beat themselves. Seems a team like that makes a nice run about every year in the tourney.
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Well said Lk.
(1/2 seeds) Illinois,Michigan, & Iowa
I'm pretty sure both these teams are locked into 1 seeds, even if either or both lose their first round games of the BIG10 tournament. Both teams are far too impressive among those competing to take their place. Iowa and Alabama will have the best shot of the bunch of any to claim this if they can win their respective tournaments.
(3/4 seeds) Ohio-St & Purdue
With the exception of the Iowa game, 3 of Ohio State's final 4 losses were brutal finishes blowing 2 to 3 possession leds with just a few minutes to go. They may have fallen down to the 4 or 5 line with a opening round loss in the Big Ten Tournament.
(10-12 seeds) MSU, Wisconsin, Rutgers, & Maryland
Resume wise Maryland seems to be the weakest of this bunch. Only 2-3 vs. Quad 2 where as the other 3 teams are 4-2 or 5-2. All of them do have at least 4 quad 1 wins. I'd say Rutgers and Michigan St. are the two most likely teams to win a game or two. I'm not as sure of Maryland as I once was after blowing that game with Penn State. Wisconsin has lost 8 of their last 12 after starting 12-3.
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Supposedly Weiskamp injury is moderate and he could maybe be back on weekend, or just get ready for NCAA.
Good for him. Great kid. Best wing in BT down the stretch.
No word on Brooks which sounds like coach speak for not great news. Howard claims he has not talked to trainer?? I like Howard a lot, but that is bullshit.
UM is suddenly looking kind of like shit after the epic performance versus OSU.
https://www.freep.com/story/sports/college/university-michigan/wolverines/2021/03/08/michigan-basketball-eli-brooks-injury-update-juwan-howard/4630089001/ (https://www.freep.com/story/sports/college/university-michigan/wolverines/2021/03/08/michigan-basketball-eli-brooks-injury-update-juwan-howard/4630089001/)
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Howard seems like a nice fun guy but he doesn’t ever really say anything
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Archie Miller is out. No real surprise there.
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Archie Miller is out. No real surprise there.
They’re delusional talking about getting Brad Stevens and Billy Donovan. I could see Beilein, Matta, or Pitino as realistic candidates. The only problem is they all come with so much age, health, or baggage. Would somebody like Oats wanna go there? Is it still a top job?
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The last time I remember an Illini team start so-so and then really start to gel and make me believe they'd be the team based on a late run was '88
None of that this year, plz - that was a gut punch
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Is it still a top job?
No.
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The last time I remember an Illini team start so-so and then really start to gel and make me believe they'd be the team based on a late run was '88
None of that this year, plz - that was a gut punch
Five front end one-and-ones missed in the last 3 minutes to hand the game to Villanova. Gut punch, indeed. That was the last in a trifecta of gut punches -- after Alabama and Austin fucking Peay.
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Five front end one-and-ones missed in the last 3 minutes to hand the game to Villanova. Gut punch, indeed. That was the last in a trifecta of gut punches -- after Alabama and Austin fucking Peay.
And then we only got "one year off" before Dayton, with that year being losing to Michigan after roping them twice
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Little Ricky signs with the Lobos! Steve Alford says "you'd best just stay there".
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Little Ricky signs with the Lobos! Steve Alford says "you'd best just stay there".
Good for him. He goes from shitty weather to beautiful weather in a matter of 24 hours.
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Beautiful weather? He's in fuckin New Mexico. The desert. Nothing but sand and dust and weirdos. New Mexico is fuckin terrible.
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