I’ll take the 1-0 mantra for tonight. Winnable game at home. We are favored. Press is favorable. And...it’ll give momentum into another winnable game Sunday (which i will be in attendance for!!)
GO RU!!!:cool2:
GO RU!!!:cool2:
MUST WIN TONIGHT
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Its not a must win. We can absorb this loss and make up for it somewhere down the line if this team is as good as some think it is
14 more games after this one. Sure a win tonight keeps us in a drivers seat position but i hope people don't jump off the cliff if we lose
14 more games after this one. Sure a win tonight keeps us in a drivers seat position but i hope people don't jump off the cliff if we lose
It is because we don’t want to have to!”make wins up.” We want to get ahead because I guarantee a WTF loss will come somewhere down the road. And you and i both agree at Iowa doesn’t look good.
@totally-T-bomb is a really good NCAA analytics site. It gives RU a 91% chance to make the NCAA, but only a 48% chance to win both games this weekend.
so, totally not a must win game.
so, totally not a must win game.
Its a game tonight where the program DEFINITELY wants to recapture the momentum. Especially with a strong opponent at home to get the buzz going back around that this team is for real and the NCAA train is well on the tracks.
Meanwhile losing this game puts a ton of pressure on the Sunday game vs Minn. Can't drop three in a row in the "easier" part of the conference schedule when you have Feb looming with the top half of conference teams and ranked opponents twice a week. With that said, they'll have opportunities to get splashy wins in Feb, but it'll be really really hard to do that consistently and get the conf W-L they need to be considered an at-large for the NCAAs
Meanwhile losing this game puts a ton of pressure on the Sunday game vs Minn. Can't drop three in a row in the "easier" part of the conference schedule when you have Feb looming with the top half of conference teams and ranked opponents twice a week. With that said, they'll have opportunities to get splashy wins in Feb, but it'll be really really hard to do that consistently and get the conf W-L they need to be considered an at-large for the NCAAs
Need to win at least 1 of next 2. Winning both would go a long way to making our tourney dreams legitimate.
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winning both puts us in very very strong position. If we beat indiana and minny we'd essentially have to finish conference play just 5-8 and avoid losing to northwestern and nebraska and we'd be in
Drooling at that thought. Let take care of business tonight.
If we get a 10th B1G loss then the next game would be a MUST WIN.
The next 2 games are very important though.
The next 2 games are very important though.
Rutgers should win this game tonight. We are favored. We are better. The RAC is back. Take care of business and get the momentum back heading into Minnesota.
TJD concerns me but if Phinisee is out then we REALLY should get a W and would be a much more disappointing loss.
TJD concerns me but if Phinisee is out then we REALLY should get a W and would be a much more disappointing loss.