OMG! Wildcats up to 42 in KenPom rankings! We are going dancing for sure!

[blockm2]

The B1G could realistically get 10 teams in this year which is crazy. Did some serious work in the non conference schedule.

The Big Ten both had some very good performances in OOC play, and has 2 teams way below the rest of the conference (Rutgers and Illinois) that will likely both have a ton of losses in conference play so the other 12 teams can be way above .500 combined. This will likely result in the median team being at or above .500 in conference play and possibly several teams just barely below .500 in conference play. Combined with strong OOC resumes, those 9-11 ish sort of teams would almost all be likely to get in the tourney.

It's sort of a perfect storm for getting a lot of teams in the tourney this year.

 

[BabaySharkk]

The Big Ten both had some very good performances in OOC play, and has 2 teams way below the rest of the conference (Rutgers and Illinois) that will likely both have a ton of losses in conference play so the other 12 teams can be way above .500 combined. This will likely result in the median team being at or above .500 in conference play and possibly several teams just barely below .500 in conference play. Combined with strong OOC resumes, those 9-11 ish sort of teams would almost all be likely to get in the tourney.

It's sort of a perfect storm for getting a lot of teams in the tourney this year.

Something to keep an eye on too, a bubble team may suffer an injury and thus be turned into an Illinois/Rutgers level team by default. That would give the rest of the teams 3 horrible teams to steal wins from.

 

[blockm2]

Something to keep an eye on too, a bubble team may suffer an injury and thus be turned into an Illinois/Rutgers level team by default. That would give the rest of the teams 3 horrible teams to steal wins from.

IMHO it'd be hard for any team to drop down to that level with a single injury, except perhaps maybe PSU with Lamar Stevens or Minnesota with Jordan Murphy. No other team that is bubblish is that reliant on a single player.

 

[BabaySharkk]

IMHO it'd be hard for any team to drop down to that level with a single injury, except perhaps maybe PSU with Lamar Stevens or Minnesota with Jordan Murphy. No other team that is bubblish is that reliant on a single player.

If Purdue loses Carsen Edwards, Indiana loses Juwan Morgan, or Wisconsin loses Ethan Happ - they will all be in serious trouble.

 

[blockm2]

If Purdue loses Carsen Edwards, Indiana loses Juwan Morgan, or Wisconsin loses Ethan Happ - they will all be in serious trouble.

They would all still be waaaay ahead of Rutgers and Illinois