road record question
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not if we take care of business at home. Which won't be easy. Can't lock in an AWAY game in the B1G tourney for this team. I feel like we need 2 at home and 1 on the road.
3 road wins. Also 2 neutral wins.
None of the 12 potential NCAA teams in the B1G have as poor a road/neutral record as RU. Minnesota (1-8 on the road, 1-1 neutral is the only one remotely comparable).
Iowa has a road win at Iowa State and neutral site quad 1 wins over Concinnati and Texas Tech
Iowa State has had a down year...very down by their standards...10-14 for Iowa State and road games left at Kansas, Ok State and home games with Texas, WVU and Texas Tech....it's possible they finish with 20 losses and lost lottery pick Haliburton to a broken wrist last week.
We've lost 8 road/neutral games(1-8) by a total of 54 points or 6.75 pts/game to an avg. NET of 42. Would it be nice to win more on the road? Yes, but it's not hurting our ranking where we are in trouble of missing the tournament. They do factor in competitive losses which every loss has been competitive. We've kind of gone the route of how NCAA Football decided the National Champion before the playoffs were implemented, margin of victory/losses matter.
good to hear
They probably need some kind of point system
competitive loss - 1 pt
win at home - 2 points
win at home greater than 10 points - 3points
road win - 3 points
can add for quads, OTs, and other parts of Net
Big Ten road records by team:
(4-3) - Penn St
(3-3) - Illinois, Maryland
(3-4) - Michigan St
(2-4) - Michigan
(2-5) - Purdue, Ohio St, Wisconsin
(1-5) - Iowa, Indiana, Rutgers
(1-6) - Minnesota
(0-6) - Northwestern
(0-7) - Nebraska
6 of 14 B1G teams have 1 or fewer conference road wins
10 of 14 B1G teams have 2 or fewer conference road wins
(4-3) - Penn St
(3-3) - Illinois, Maryland
(3-4) - Michigan St
(2-4) - Michigan
(2-5) - Purdue, Ohio St, Wisconsin
(1-5) - Iowa, Indiana, Rutgers
(1-6) - Minnesota
(0-6) - Northwestern
(0-7) - Nebraska
6 of 14 B1G teams have 1 or fewer conference road wins
10 of 14 B1G teams have 2 or fewer conference road wins
the team with the most sterile and least intimidating home environment has the best road record
coincidence or not?
coincidence or not?
Because we all play the same teams in conference, so it's a there's less variance in the strength of those road games.
Here's several different looks, though.
Non-conference games:
Road:
(2-0) - Iowa
(1-0) - Penn St, Ohio St, Michigan St
(1-1) - Wisconsin, Northwestern, Purdue, Illinois
(0-0) - Maryland, Indiana
(0-1) - Rutgers, Michigan
(0-2) - Nebraska, Minnesota
Neutral:
(3-0) - Maryland, Michigan
(2-0) - Indiana
(2-1) - Nebraska, Ohio St, Iowa
(3-2) - Michigan St
(1-1) - Northwestern, Minnesota, Penn St
(1-2) - Purdue
(0-1) - Rutgers, Illinois
(0-3) - Wisconsin
Overall non-conference, non-home records:
(3-0) - Maryland
(2-0) - Indiana
(4-1) - Iowa
(3-1) - Michigan, Ohio St
(2-1) - Penn St
(4-2) - Michigan St
(2-2) - Northwestern
(2-3) - Nebraska
(1-2) - Illinois
(1-3) - Minnesota, Purdue
(1-4) - Wisconsin
(0-2) - Rutgers
Overall Road records:
(5-3) - Penn St
(4-4) - Michigan St, Illinois
(3-3) - Maryland
(3-5) - Iowa, Ohio St
(3-6) - Wisconsin, Purdue
(2-5) - Michigan
(1-5) - Indiana
(1-6) - Rutgers
(1-7) - Northwestern
(1-8) - Minnesota
(0-9) - Nebraska
Overall non-home records:
(6-3) - Maryland
(6-4) - Penn St
(7-6) - Michigan St
(5-5) - Michigan
(5-6) - Iowa, Ohio St
(4-5) - Illinois
(3-5) - Indiana
(4-8) - Purdue
(3-9) - Wisconsin
(2-8) - Northwestern
(2-9) - Minnesota
(2-10) - Nebraska
(1-7) - Rutgers
Here's several different looks, though.
Non-conference games:
Road:
(2-0) - Iowa
(1-0) - Penn St, Ohio St, Michigan St
(1-1) - Wisconsin, Northwestern, Purdue, Illinois
(0-0) - Maryland, Indiana
(0-1) - Rutgers, Michigan
(0-2) - Nebraska, Minnesota
Neutral:
(3-0) - Maryland, Michigan
(2-0) - Indiana
(2-1) - Nebraska, Ohio St, Iowa
(3-2) - Michigan St
(1-1) - Northwestern, Minnesota, Penn St
(1-2) - Purdue
(0-1) - Rutgers, Illinois
(0-3) - Wisconsin
Overall non-conference, non-home records:
(3-0) - Maryland
(2-0) - Indiana
(4-1) - Iowa
(3-1) - Michigan, Ohio St
(2-1) - Penn St
(4-2) - Michigan St
(2-2) - Northwestern
(2-3) - Nebraska
(1-2) - Illinois
(1-3) - Minnesota, Purdue
(1-4) - Wisconsin
(0-2) - Rutgers
Overall Road records:
(5-3) - Penn St
(4-4) - Michigan St, Illinois
(3-3) - Maryland
(3-5) - Iowa, Ohio St
(3-6) - Wisconsin, Purdue
(2-5) - Michigan
(1-5) - Indiana
(1-6) - Rutgers
(1-7) - Northwestern
(1-8) - Minnesota
(0-9) - Nebraska
Overall non-home records:
(6-3) - Maryland
(6-4) - Penn St
(7-6) - Michigan St
(5-5) - Michigan
(5-6) - Iowa, Ohio St
(4-5) - Illinois
(3-5) - Indiana
(4-8) - Purdue
(3-9) - Wisconsin
(2-8) - Northwestern
(2-9) - Minnesota
(2-10) - Nebraska
(1-7) - Rutgers
I hope we can get into an early season tournament next year, where we play at least 2 games on a neutral court. This team will need that experience to prepare for what should be another breakout year for us.
As far as this year goes, as much as I wish we had gotten at least one of those close losses on the road, I can live with it if we make the big dance anyway. As another poster said, it will likely only affect our seeding.
As far as this year goes, as much as I wish we had gotten at least one of those close losses on the road, I can live with it if we make the big dance anyway. As another poster said, it will likely only affect our seeding.
The NCAA should establish a minimum number of wins on the road or neutral site to be factor in receiving a NCAA bid.Such a action would help minimize debates among teams with similar won loss records .While i think it would be a good idea ,I don't think it will happen because the NCAA Committee wants the latitude to pick and choose and make the final say as to teams that are eliminated.