Wisconsin was a must win so is Penn State

[shakes3858]

Got to take care of business this weekend. 10 wins gets us the tourney most likely. 11 guarantees it. We have to start 4-2 and get 1 out of the next 4 games (at Maryland, at Indiana, MSU, at Iowa). That puts us 5-5 with 8 games to go.

Minnesota W
At OSU L
Illinois W
@Purdue toss up (they're good, but we got 3 big men to go at them)
@michigan L
Rutgers W
@PSU W
Nebraska W

There's not a lot of room for error there. If we can get 2 of 4 during the tough 4 game stretch, I think we're for sure in. A loss to Wisconsin or Penn State would mean/will mean we'll have no room for error during the last 8 games.

 

[julescat]

I don't think 10-8 will or should get NU into the NCAA. Not with the schedule we played and not with the B10 this year.

 

[Catreporter]

I don't think 10-8 will or should get NU into the NCAA. Not with the schedule we played and not with the B10 this year.

I think it gives us a chance going into the Big Ten tournament. A lot of factors might come into play such as small conference tourney upsets, etc., but I think 10-8 puts us in the conversation, especially if one of the ten is in the top four of the Big Ten.

 

[mikewebb68]

10-8 gives us 22 wins overall, and, assuming that we sweep the teams ranked below us, will gives as at least one marquee win vs. a top-tier BIG team. If we lose one to the teams ranked below us, that would mean we would have two marquee wins. That, and a 23rd win in the BTT, would almost certainly get us in, imo.

Remember, we're dealing with the expanded field here, and since the field was expanded, I suspect that no team in a power-5 with 23 wins has been excluded.

 

[olshin]

As always, there's not any set number that makes us a lock to get in or out of the tournament. All depends on the bubble and the overall resume and who the wins come against. Right now we're 15-3 and not even one of the last 8 out in a 68 team field. About 6-7 years ago we had 17 regular season wins and needed maybe 1 more at Ohio State to get in because of the quality of teams we beat.
I know it's fun to speculate but makes sense to focus on Penn State and win that game first.

 

[Kelly_32]

Got to take care of business this weekend. 10 wins gets us the tourney most likely. 11 guarantees it. We have to start 4-2 and get 1 out of the next 4 games (at Maryland, at Indiana, MSU, at Iowa). That puts us 5-5 with 8 games to go.

Minnesota W
At OSU L
Illinois W
@Purdue toss up (they're good, but we got 3 big men to go at them)
@michigan L
Rutgers W
@PSU W
Nebraska W

There's not a lot of room for error there. If we can get 2 of 4 during the tough 4 game stretch, I think we're for sure in. A loss to Wisconsin or Penn State would mean/will mean we'll have no room for error during the last 8 games.

I think we win at Ohio State. We couldn't have played worse the first time we played them and still had a shot.

I think we need to go 11-7 with a couple of quality wins (top 25 teams) to get in the tourney. That'd put us at 24-8. It would help to win at least one in the BTT too.

 

[CommodoresAndCats]

We need to beat Maryland or MSU or even Iowa, just need to get a resume building win. I would rather beat Maryland and lose to Illinois that the reverse.

 

[backdoorpass]

I think it [10-8] gives us a chance going into the Big Ten tournament. A lot of factors might come into play such as small conference tourney upsets, etc., but I think 10-8 puts us in the conversation, especially if one of the ten is in the top four of the Big Ten.

This is exactly how I'm looking at things.

 

[DaCat]

I'm just going to enjoy the ride. It rarely ever plays out the way you think but as long as we get in the Big Dance I don't care how we do it. Just got to keep overcoming the jinx.

 

[YesterdaysCat]

I think we win at Ohio State.

When was our last win AT OSU? Before everybody on our team was born?