OSU and Minnesota both lose by 20+ on the road today
It's the dog days of the Big Ten conference schedule. OSU and Minnesota are both going through gauntlets in their schedule and look what happened.
February 17th, 2013 at 7:11 PM ^
I can't imagine anyone would deny that MSU is a huge game for us. The timing of the trip to East Lansing this year was very bad, though, coming at the end of the brutal stretch.
February 17th, 2013 at 7:22 PM ^
February 17th, 2013 at 7:27 PM ^
in basketball or hockey than MSU? I'd argue that MSU is definitely the biggest rivalry in any sport not named football, and a thread a week or so ago found that consensus too.
February 20th, 2013 at 3:51 PM ^
February 17th, 2013 at 8:56 PM ^
February 17th, 2013 at 9:13 PM ^
Nate, you're insane.
MSU is firmly a #2 if not a #1b rival. We have incredible history with Ohio State and simply put that entire thing speaks for itself. I don't know if anyone else in sports comes close to the intensity and hatred of our matchups with OSU. But after that you have to look instate, and we have another instate Big Ten school. We have history and bad blood with them as well. It just is what it is. Saying that Notre Dame or anyone else jumps them is silly. They are a big program, a staple in basketball and a real thorn in the side (lately) in football. They have clawed their way into deserving the secondmost level of hate from us IMO.
February 17th, 2013 at 5:32 PM ^
February 17th, 2013 at 8:08 PM ^
February 17th, 2013 at 5:12 PM ^
Just looking at effective FG% in these two games, the differences are remarkable in a conference rated #1 on the TeamRankings "Home Power" metric. Ohio State mustered an effective FG% of 40.1%, about 19% less than what the Badgers produced. The Gophers did slightly worse at 39.4%, compared to Iowa's comparatively inspired 54.7%. The numbers bear out how tough and therefore precious a Big Ten road win can be.
February 17th, 2013 at 5:33 PM ^
You know what's funny?
Even though I'm happy Ohio State got jailsexed by 20, I would not have been overly sad to see them destroy Wisconsin because I'm *still* bitter about last Saturday. Anyone else feel the same?
February 17th, 2013 at 5:51 PM ^
"You know what's funny"
The term jailsexed is funny. That made me laugh - thanks.
February 17th, 2013 at 6:48 PM ^
February 17th, 2013 at 5:58 PM ^
Fell down 21-5 to start the game and finished on a 67-30 run. Incredible.
February 17th, 2013 at 5:59 PM ^
Iowa is 17-9, and have two key wins at the moment: Wisconsin and Minnesota. Their remaining schedule consists of:
@ Nebraska (W)
Purdue (W)
@Indiana (L)
Illinois (W/L)
Nebraska (W)
Iowa is going to finish 21-10, or 20-11. Didn't Michigan get an 8 seed when they went 21-10?
February 17th, 2013 at 6:16 PM ^
They play @Michigan, MSU, @OSU, and Illinois each only once.
I think next best draws were:
Northwestern with Indiana, Wisconsin, @MSU, @Nebraska each only once
Wisconsin with @Indiana, Michigan, Purdue, and @NW each only once
February 17th, 2013 at 6:28 PM ^
Not sure about Iowa. RealtimeRPI had them at #90 going into today's game. They've actually played five (!) teams with an RPI of 299 or worse, so their win total doesn't look that impressive. As of today I think they're an NIT team. To make the tournament I think they need to go 4-1 and have some of teams they've beaten or will have beaten (Wisconsin/Minnesota) get hot as well to make their schedule look better.
February 17th, 2013 at 6:14 PM ^
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February 18th, 2013 at 3:20 AM ^
Eff State.
February 18th, 2013 at 5:05 AM ^
2012-13 Big Ten STANDINGS
TEAM | CONF | KP | OVR | GM5 | GM4 | GM3 | GM2 | GM1 |
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Indiana | 11-2 | 2 | 23-3 | @MSU | @MINN | IOWA | OSU | @MICH |
Michigan State | 11-2 | 12 | 22-4 | IND | @OSU | @MICH | WISC | NW |
Michigan | 9-4 | 5 | 22-4 | ILL | @PSU | MSU | @PUR | IND |
Wisconsin | 9-4 | 9 | 18-8 | @NW | NEB | PUR | @MSU | @PSU |
Ohio State | 8-5 | 13 | 18-7 | MINN | MSU | @NW | @IND | ILL |
Illinois | 6-7 | 27 | 19-8 | PSU | @MICH | NEB | @IOWA | @OSU |
Minnesota | 6-7 | 14 | 18-8 | @OSU | IND | PSU | @NEB | @PUR |
Iowa | 6-7 | 29 | 17-9 | @NEB | PUR | @IND | ILL | NEB |
FYI: KenPom ratings of remaining B1G teams:
TEAM | RANKING |
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Purdue | 93 |
Northwestern | 99 |
Nebraska | 146 |
Penn State | 180 |