SportsAndLady
Posts: 35,632
Feb 10, 2011 3:59pm
Cleveland Buck;673327 wrote:At 17-13, 9-9, Michigan State would have at least 9 top 100 RPI wins with 4 or 5 top 50 wins and 1 bad loss (assuming they don't lose to Iowa at home). That resume blows away the other bubble teams. They could use a win or 2 in the Big Ten tournament to make their record look a little prettier, but that should be enough to get them in.
9 top 100 RPI wins doesn't make up for the fact they lost 13 games this season.
CinciX12
Posts: 2,874
Feb 10, 2011 4:50pm
I don't see how you ignore those 13 losses either. But it is true that they have more top 50 wins than most bubble teams.
Cleveland Buck
Posts: 5,126
Feb 10, 2011 4:52pm
The 13 losses have to be considered, but all but one of them are to top 100 teams, so it's not like bad teams are beating them. If they played a schedule like Alabama or Maryland or VCU or some of these other bubble teams, they probably wouldn't have 13 losses.
Laley23
Posts: 29,506
Feb 10, 2011 6:27pm
MSU will probably be saved by the extra 4 teams getting in. They will be #68 and end up in a Regional Final.
SportsAndLady
Posts: 35,632
Feb 10, 2011 8:04pm
Cleveland Buck;673482 wrote:The 13 losses have to be considered, but all but one of them are to top 100 teams, so it's not like bad teams are beating them. If they played a schedule like Alabama or Maryland or VCU or some of these other bubble teams, they probably wouldn't have 13 losses.
Okay so that's great, they haven't had many bad losses....but who have they beat? Other than Washington, they lost all their big games.
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dave
Posts: 4,558
Feb 12, 2011 10:46pm
Big 10 is looking more and more like a 3 bid league. Illinois needs to win tomorrow, they still have to go to MSU, OSU, and Purdue.
Michigan, MSU, Minnesota hanging by a thread.
Michigan, MSU, Minnesota hanging by a thread.