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If Wisconsin had our resume, do you guys think they would be in the tourney?

Baylor is getting stomped right now at the half. Hopefully it stays that way. I wonder how much the 'eye' test actually comes into play when deciding the teams that make it to the dance. It would seem to be tough to put in a team that gets bet by 30 (Oklahoma) and a team like Baylor getting blown out at home especially so close to the tournament. 

7 minutes ago, HS_Coach_C said:

The reward for playing a Rutgers/Iowa/Illinois/Minnesota in the second round is very low, while the risk is very high.  I'd rather finish with wins in these last 2 games and get a double bye sitting at 4th in the conference, and then hopefully take out Michigan and then whoever the #1 ends up being.

 

What you're forgetting is Nebraska has the tiebreaker over Michigan, so there's no way they can finish ahead of Nebraska UNLESS Nebraska loses to Indiana or Penn State.  So in order to get 5th to have another Big Ten tourney game, they'd have to have another loss... how is that helpful?

Completely agree. I don't believe a play in game for the quarterfinal would benefit our position much. It'll be interesting to see how hot Michigan stays heading into the B10 tourney after Sunday's win against Ohio State. Also, if Penn State beats Michigan tomorrow, they will probably jump ahead of us in some or most of the brackets setting up for an even bigger showdown on Sunday. Is there anyway that the game against Penn State can be a play in game for the tourney? Or is it pretty much the consensus that we need to make it to the semifinal in the B10 tourney to make the dance? 

16 minutes ago, B.B. Hemingway said:

 

It's actually not as bad I as expected.

Agreed. In Lunardi's bracket we are the 4th team out which isn't quite the fall I expected anyways. Win out and one in the B10 tourney, and I think we stand a fighter's chance. 

10 minutes ago, HS_Coach_C said:

Oh I agree with you.  Our resume isn't good enough right now and I wouldn't be too confident finishing at 23 wins.  Take care of business these next 3 games and 1 in the tourney, I'd be shocked if they aren't in.

 

Actually - just remove all doubt and win the Big Ten tournament!  

What would our seed be if we did?

If we go either 6-0, 5-1, or 4-2 in our last regular season games and win the B10 tourney, what do you guys think our seed would be? Or what is the highest possible seed we can get? It seems far fetched but the opportunity is still on the table.