NUance Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 We're sitting at 3-6 in conference play right now. Is there any way we make up the three losses and break .500 in B1G conf play? I see four games we *should* win left on our schedule. Two or three we will most likely lose. And two that (hopefully) will be close contests--Northwestern and Purdue . If we find some way to win both Northwestern (away) tomorrow and Purdue (away) in three weeks we could break .500. That is, IF we don't choke on any of those "should-win" games. Here's my best guess at our sched through the end of the regular season: Thu, Feb 02__Northwestern (away)—??—too close to call Sun, Feb 05__Minnesota (home)--W Wed, Feb 08__Michigan(home)—L(?) Sat, Feb 11__Penn State (away)—W Sat, Feb 18__Illinois(home)—L Wed, Feb 22__Purdue(away)—??—too close to call Sat, Feb 25__Michigan State(away)—L Wed, Feb 29__Iowa(home)—W Sat, Mar 03__Minnesota(away)—W Hey, it could happen. Really. Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 My first thought was "We had touble being .500 in the Big XII, I can't imagine we'd make it in the B1G". But we've played noticably better since we got rid of some of the injuries and have broken 70 a few times. I'd say we make a run but come up short. Quote Link to comment
Omaha-Husker Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 8-10 is my guess. 5-4 the rest of the way. 6-3 is asking too much I think. Quote Link to comment
knapplc Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 If we break .500 Doc may very well keep his job a couple more years. That would be near magical. Quote Link to comment
Igetbored216 Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 If we break .500 Doc may very well keep his job a couple more years. That would be near magical. Yeah. Nebraska will definitely have to play some really good basketball down the final stretch. Sure, we don't have to play Ohio St or Mich St, but I also don't see any "sure wins" on the remaining schedule either. But.....I'm hoping for the best. Quote Link to comment
PaulCrewe Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Three toss ups at home and every road game for this team is potentially an egg laying exhibition Quote Link to comment
NUance Posted February 2, 2012 Author Share Posted February 2, 2012 ^^ Yeah, we could potentially lose any game left on our schedule. Then again, if Richardson gets a scorching hot hand shooting the ball we could win any game. Maybe. I'd say Omaha-Husker probably has it pegged about right at 5-4, to finish 8-10. And that's not terrible in this conference, this year. Sure better than things were looking a month ago, after the tOSU beating we took. The first one. Quote Link to comment
mrandyk Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 They will probably win 3, maybe 4 more games. Just my guess. Quote Link to comment
Comish Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 No.................. Quote Link to comment
NUance Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 *bump* UPDATE: Thu, Feb 02__Northwestern (away)—??—too close to call 74-84 LOSS Sun, Feb 05__Minnesota (home)--W 61-69 LOSS Wed, Feb 08__Michigan(home)—L(?) 46-62 LOSS Sat, Feb 11__Penn State (away)—W 51-67 LOSS Sat, Feb 18__Illinois(home)—L Wed, Feb 22__Purdue(away)—??—too close to call Sat, Feb 25__Michigan State(away)—L Wed, Feb 29__Iowa(home)—W Sat, Mar 03__Minnesota(away)—W UPDATE: Four LOSSES in a row. When I predicted above that we'd get two wins, maybe three. I must have been drunk with Kool-Aid when I started this thread. Maybe the dumbest thread I've ever put up. We might not get another win this year. *sigh* Quote Link to comment
PaulCrewe Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 *bump* UPDATE: Thu, Feb 02__Northwestern (away)—??—too close to call 74-84 LOSS Sun, Feb 05__Minnesota (home)--W 61-69 LOSS Wed, Feb 08__Michigan(home)—L(?) 46-62 LOSS Sat, Feb 11__Penn State (away)—W 51-67 LOSS Sat, Feb 18__Illinois(home)—L Wed, Feb 22__Purdue(away)—??—too close to call Sat, Feb 25__Michigan State(away)—L Wed, Feb 29__Iowa(home)—W Sat, Mar 03__Minnesota(away)—W UPDATE: Four LOSSES in a row. When I predicted above that we'd get two wins, maybe three. I must have been drunk with Kool-Aid when I started this thread. Maybe the dumbest thread I've ever put up. We might not get another win this year. *sigh* It's ok NUance. Egg laying at its finest I tell ya. Look at it the way I do, at least I probably won't be letting another poster pick a sig for me to sport until football season. Always a silver lining. Quote Link to comment
Foppa Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 This wasn't worth bumping, although I understand why NUance did it. When you get hammered by the team you're battling for cellar rights, you're not hitting .500 or anything close to it. I could see how this team could win 2 of their last games, but they've checked out on their coach and on the season so I really doubt they care, and I see no reason why fans should either, other than maybe just to beat Iowa. Quote Link to comment
T_O_Bull Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 We are in a conference that historically has 4 to six teams invited to the "dance." This is a conference that is strong in basketball. The rest of the conference has coaches: Penn State, Patrick Chambers Purdue, Matt Painter Indiana, Tom Crean Northwestern, Bill Carmody Wisconsin, Bo Ryan Minnesota, Tubby Smith Iowa, Fran McCaffery Michigan, John Beilein Michigan State, Tom Izzo Illinois, Bruce Weber Ohio State, Thad Matta Nebraska unfortunately has a pretender. SADler has to go. The DOCtor needs to be out. T_O_B G>B>R Quote Link to comment
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