Comments on: Revisiting the Freshman Class

By: AG2

AG2 — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:39:32 +0000

If I recall correctly, no major conference team with 11 conference wins has ever missed the tournament. I would have felt much better about our chances if we had won vs. Indiana though.

That being said, take a look at the cut line on ESPN’s bracket projection. If the last few teams fighting for bids are teams like Vanderbilt and St. John’s then I’m a little more optimistic.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:58:43 +0000

PSUs problem last year was their non-conference schedule. They only played one NCAA team and one NIT team in their non-conference and lost to them both. Yet, if they had gone 11-7 they would have certainly made the tournament. 11-7 with a win over UConn would be a lock for us. The problem comes with actually doing it.

By: Giddings

Giddings — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:57:03 +0000

Tweeter, last year PSU went 10-8 in the Big Ten with a win at MSU and sweep of Illinois, won a game in the BTT, and had an 11-2 non-conference record (granted the schedule was weak, but they did win at Ga Tech)… and got left out of the Tourney. I would feel pretty good about 12-6 but 11-7 would be iffy even with a win over UConn.

By: Giddings

Giddings — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:15:19 +0000

steve – if we can beat PSU, NW, IU, and UConn before heading to Madison, that would put us at 11-6 (5-1) with two solid wins (OSU and UConn) plus two decent wins (Creighton and NW). I think at that point we would unofficially be back “on the bubble”.

By: Tweeter

Tweeter — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:11:11 +0000

just win. Thats all they can do right now. Go out and try and win as many as you can. I still think this team is capable of going 11-7 in the Big Ten. If they do that, they will have a shot. Probably need to win one in the BTT as well, but I have a hard time seeing an 11-7 team from the Big Ten getting left out.

Tomorrow’s game is big because its the next game, but also because its on the road against a beatable team and we need to break this win one, lose one pattern.

By: steve

steve — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:02:16 +0000

he isnt going to announce for a little while so we still have a chance with ziegler. UCLA is worse than we are and duke came into the recruiting late. we can still get him.

i dont feel bad about the marquette loss at all now… close games with west virginia, villanova, and georgetown with them getting one win in those games. thats a good team.

the only losses i had problems with were bc and utah where they looked like they didnt care at all. the indiana and alabama losses were bad as well but at least they looked like they wanted to be playing.

what does michigan need to do to start getting back on the bubble?

By: Tweeter

Tweeter — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 03:15:26 +0000

well unless someone leaves early at state, which I dont see happenning, I dont think they have a scholarship for him. Its probably more likely a Duke or UCLA get him over us.

Cornell with the ball down three to Kansas with twelve seconds left . . .

By: JB

JB — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 02:33:49 +0000

trey’s at the state game. he’s been to at least 3 of their games, none of ours. i do think it’s a bad sign

By: From The Barn

From The Barn — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 02:09:34 +0000

Only once Dylan…only once.

By: maxwell's demon

maxwell's demon — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:24:42 +0000

Couple good posts this week between games. Wisco is gonna lose but continuing to look better than I expected at the start of the season.