OT: Sunday Afternoon MBB Open Thread.
February 24th, 2013 at 6:19 PM ^
February 24th, 2013 at 6:25 PM ^
This is great. We're virtually assured of a top-5 ranking now, and we may have moved back onto the 1-seed line.
Just as we went through the Gauntlet (TM) a couple weeks ago and dropped two straight, OSU did as well and now MSU has. It's a tough league.
February 24th, 2013 at 6:23 PM ^
Anyone else wondering why OSU's win over Michigan doesn't count as a "season defining" win or whatever the announcers are talking about?
February 24th, 2013 at 6:27 PM ^
February 24th, 2013 at 6:30 PM ^
except for the "I hope he gets hurt" comment.
Sorry dude.
February 24th, 2013 at 6:44 PM ^
February 24th, 2013 at 7:01 PM ^
Purdue probably won't go to any postseason tournament, but they're still playing hard for Painter. They're destroying Northwestern right now. Our trip to West Lafayette is a potential trap game, coming in between MSU and IU. Hopefully we'll be ready to go.
February 24th, 2013 at 7:37 PM ^
The CBI is still open to sub-500 teams.
CBI madness. It's awesome baybay!
February 24th, 2013 at 8:07 PM ^
I was thinking about this after watching Michigan State lose...
As an illustration of how difficult the Big Ten really has been, consider that the combined winning percentage at home for the Big Ten is 0.777, and compare that to the combined away winning percentage, comprised largely of conference games, of 0.416. Interestingly, however, although the ACC has a similar home record to ours, their winning percentage on the road is 0.371 and the Big East is 0.462 on the road.
As for our own record, the predictive stats would favor 3-1 the rest of the way, with Massey going with near-sure wins at Penn State and at Purdue. TeamRankings still has us as a greay shot to be at least a 4-seed if not higher.
February 25th, 2013 at 4:47 AM ^
Bottom Line: 1 loss by IU to either Minnesota, Iowa, or Ohio and Michigan controls its desiny to a Big Ten Title and probable/definite number 1 seed