Big Ten standings

[BeKnighted]

Only the teams that matter to RU's place in the world:

5t. Rutgers 10-7 - remaining game v. Iowa
5t. Michigan 10-7 - remaining game v. Indiana
5t. Ohio State 10-7 - remaining game @Purdue

RU beat Ohio State and was 1-1 against Michigan.
Ohio State beat Michigan.

I think I have how this breaks out right:

If all three teams win or all three teams lose, the tie-break looks at the records against each other. RU is 2-1, Ohio State is 1-1, and Michigan is 1-2, and RU wins the tie-break. (In case you're wondering, unlike the old Big East, the B1G doesn't fuss with things like one team playing fewer games against the others.)

If RU wins, Ohio State wins, and Michigan loses, RU and Ohio State are tied for 5th, and RU wins the tie-break on head-to-head.

If RU wins, Michigan wins, and Ohio State loses, RU and Michigan are tied for 5th, and Michigan wins the tie-break because it will have beaten Indiana while RU lost to the Hoosiers. (The first three teams you go through on that tie-break all would have the same record against RU and Michigan.)

If RU loses, Ohio State loses, and Michigan wins, RU and Ohio State are tied for 6th, and RU wins the tie-break on head-to-head.

If RU loses, Michigan loses, and Ohio State wins, RU and Michigan are tied for 6th, and Michigan wins the tie break because it will have beaten Iowa while RU will have lost to the Hawkeyes.

If RU loses and the other two teams win, RU finishes 7th, but I think that's obvious.

 

[sammybb]

Thank you BeKnighted, and yes confirmed by ScarletKnights.com:

With one game remaining in the regular season, Rutgers stands in a three-way tie for fifth place in the Big Ten. Rutgers can finish between fifth and seventh. If Rutgers, Michigan and Ohio State remain tied at the end of the regular season, Rutgers will come out of that group as the No. 5 seed.


None of the remaining games are gimmes for any of the teams, meaning...any of the above scenarios from BeKnighted is possible!

 

[RC66]

Great job, BeK.

 

[RUtrumpet92]

Ohio State plays Saturday, the other games are at noon Sunday. Purdue beat OSU handily way back in December, 66-50.

 

[fbc1866]

First, we need to win.

 

[RUClassof67]

First, we need to win.

Actually an Ohio St loss on Saturday before we play on Sunday would be very helpful.

 

[RUtrumpet92]

Actually an Ohio St loss on Saturday before we play on Sunday would be very helpful.

Well, it depends. If we win and Michigan wins, an Ohio State loss means we are #6. If we lose and Michigan wins, an Ohio State loss means we are #6.

So if OSU loses, our game Sunday will not affect our seeding.

If OSU wins, however, we are #5 with a win regardless of the Michigan result and we are #7 with a loss Sunday regardless of the Michigan result.

That's funny. Only one game on Sunday will affect our seeding, and which game that is will depend on Ohio State vs. Purdue on Saturday.

 

[RUJMM78]

Iowa will be difficult to defeat because they have inside and outside scorers .Guirantes will need to score at least 25 points.

 

[RUClassof67]

Well, it depends. If we win and Michigan wins, an Ohio State loss means we are #6. If we lose and Michigan wins, an Ohio State loss means we are #6.

So if OSU loses, our game Sunday will not affect our seeding.

If OSU wins, however, we are #5 with a win regardless of the Michigan result and we are #7 with a loss Sunday regardless of the Michigan result.

That's funny. Only one game on Sunday will affect our seeding, and which game that is will depend on Ohio State vs. Purdue on Saturday.

The 2nd round game (assuming we win our first game) is against Iowa if we finish 6th and Indiana if we finish 5th.

 

[ScarletDave]

It’s a tough proposition. If OSU loses, we finish no worse than 6th regardless of what we or UM do. But even if we win we won’t be 5th if UM wins. So we want OSU to win if we are going to win, but if we are going to lose we want OSU to lose. Ahhh

 

[RUtrumpet92]

OSU up 15 at the half. Looks like it will be up to us to grab the 5th vs. the 7th seed.

 

[DennisHajekRC84]

Only the teams that matter to RU's place in the world:

5t. Rutgers 10-7 - remaining game v. Iowa
5t. Michigan 10-7 - remaining game v. Indiana
5t. Ohio State 10-7 - remaining game @Purdue

RU beat Ohio State and was 1-1 against Michigan.
Ohio State beat Michigan.

I think I have how this breaks out right:

If all three teams win or all three teams lose, the tie-break looks at the records against each other. RU is 2-1, Ohio State is 1-1, and Michigan is 1-2, and RU wins the tie-break. (In case you're wondering, unlike the old Big East, the B1G doesn't fuss with things like one team playing fewer games against the others.)

If RU wins, Ohio State wins, and Michigan loses, RU and Ohio State are tied for 5th, and RU wins the tie-break on head-to-head.

If RU wins, Michigan wins, and Ohio State loses, RU and Michigan are tied for 5th, and Michigan wins the tie-break because it will have beaten Indiana while RU lost to the Hoosiers. (The first three teams you go through on that tie-break all would have the same record against RU and Michigan.)

If RU loses, Ohio State loses, and Michigan wins, RU and Ohio State are tied for 6th, and RU wins the tie-break on head-to-head.

If RU loses, Michigan loses, and Ohio State wins, RU and Michigan are tied for 6th, and Michigan wins the tie break because it will have beaten Iowa while RU will have lost to the Hawkeyes.

If RU loses and the other two teams win, RU finishes 7th, but I think that's obvious.

nice job and thanks for the info!

 

[motorb54]

Ohio St beat Purdue so a win = 5 and a loss =7

If win and then win our first round Big Ten Tournie game we get a second shot at Indiana.
The Hoosiers beat us at the Rac 66-56 on new years eve. They shot 42.6 % FG and 41.7% 3ptrs (5/12). They had very balanced scoring with players with 14, 13, 11, 10, 9, and 8. They had 13 assists on their 20 baskets. And a critical 28 free throw attempts yielded 21 points. RU shot a dismal 33.9%FG and only 1/15 3ptrs 6.7%. From 3, Arella had no attempts while Sanders was 0 for 6 and Mack was 1 for 6. R U only had 6 assists on their 21 baskets. But we only attempted half the free throws though we made 13 of 14.
I like our chances if we get another shot at them.

 

[RUClassof67]

And it’s a win. Our first game will be against the winner of the 12-13 game between Wisconsin and Illinois. We play the 2nd game in the afternoon session on Thursday. Start time will be 25 minutes following the Noon game

 

[ScarletDave]

5 seed !! Great job ladies !

 

[fbc1866]

Great job, can't wait till the second game on Thursday.