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[bac2therac]

Thats possible for sure.. 2 neutral site wins and an extra quad 1...

 

[NewJerseyHawk]

This is possible but the scenario that is more likely is Indiana also at 9-11 tied with RU and Purdue, if RU doesn't win vs Maryland in your example.

Indiana was swept by Purdue and lost head to head with RU and would be lower than both teams in that scenario to the 11th spot. Wisconsin is playing very good basketball and can win at Indiana. Indiana would have their backs against the wall in that scenario and is home, but they're not a lock to beat Wisconsin. RU would be a 9 seed in that scenario.

 

[RUsojo]

It seems like the B1G will have up to 9-10 teams make the tournament. With that being said, is it potentially better for us to go into the B1G tourney as an 11 seed?

If that happened, it would likely be RU at 18-13 (9-11), Purdue at 16-15 (9-11), and Minnesota at 14-16 (8-12). Purdue would have the tiebreaker over us in that scenario. We’d hopefully pick up a neutral court win over Northwestern, then move on to play the 6 seed (currently Iowa), giving us a chance at a neutral court win and record of 19-14 (10-12).

Is that a possible (albeit unlikely) route to the tournament?

Was talking about this scenario with a friend and was think similar to you. Problem is in reality do you think we have a better shot to beat Iowa off a bye on a neutral court (in big ten country) or Maryland at home in their third game in 7 days?

 

[jordkap]

We’d definitely need to hope for them to pull off that Wisconsin game if we lose out IMO. As it stands now I’m very concerned, I think Michigan is our worst matchup in the conference followed by MSU and Iowa.

Think Michigan and Michigan State are the only 2 teams that we probably wouldn’t have a shot at. Everyone else I would feel it’s 50/50 or better depending on the matchup.