Recent content by Tenspro2002

Obviously they're trying to ensure that the top team represents them in the Tournament to give the best possible chance of an upset and more credits for the conference, but a 7 round tournament for a 14 team conference is insane.

Pretty remarkable that in a week we've gone from the wheels coming off and hoping to hold onto a #2 seed (or at least not get screwed with one of the top #1s) to arguably having the inside track to the last #1 and being pretty safely in the top 5 overall seeds.

St. John's a 6. Yikes. They really screwed the pooch OOC and are dragging down the rest of the conference with them.

With Houston in the South, whether as a #1 or #2 seed, would be a disaster. We have to hope it's us and Iowa State. Or maybe Florida or Illinois. Good news is we should (emphasis should, can't ever take the Committee for granted given its biases) get head to head consideration over the latter...

I think as far as resume and metrics, Michigan, Duke, and Arizona are clearly above the other contenders and have locked up #1 seeds. The last #1 is between us, Iowa State, Houston, and maybe Purdue/Illinois/Florida if one of them runs the table. That said, last night(and arguably our OOC...

The usual issue of letting other teams clutch and grab us with impunity while we're punished for aggressive on-ball defense wasn't as prevalent, but BE refs can only keep their biases -- whether in the interests of the conference (i.e. not having us dominate) or personal issues with Hurley --...

The top 3 teams are head and shoulders above the rest. As long as we're #4 or #5 overall, we'll avoid them until the Final Four. The name of the game at this point is finishing above ISU or Houston. At this point the Committee shouldn't put Houston in the South as a #1 or, worse, a #2 --...

Why would us being #2 in the East with Duke be a good outcome?

IMO, the only "good loss" is a so-so team gaining confidence from coming close against an elite team and realizing they can hang with that level of talent. The 2007 Giants leading, but then narrowly losing to, the undefeated Patriots in a meaningless game to end the regular season is a good...

Yeah I would 100% take this. Nebraska as our 3. Iowa State. Yes, please

-2.5 and moneyline of -148. Barely above a tossup.

Prepare to be massively disappointed. It is going to be empty on Tuesday. (We play on Wednesday.)

If I'm a player I'm real nervous about knee injuries.

Whether we get a #1 seed, at this point, depends entirely on whether they lean on resume metrics (i.e. did we win or lose games) or predictive metrics (i.e. margin of victory). While the latter is useful for betting, I would hope that the sport still rewards Ws and Ls.

8 loss, non-champion Michigan being on that list is insane.