Early Bracketology - We are in the First Four against...
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Coming soon...play begins Thursday..4 teams will be forced to play 2x in 4 days
Last year at this time my probabilities of being an NCAA team were 0%.
Right now they are 10%ish. I am not as bullish as everyone else.
With that being said we have been robbed as fans as having hope. I'll cling on to that hope right now.
6 of our last 11 games are against Maryland, Michigan or Purdue.
It appears backloaded........however if we are talking about 3 teams it isn't inconceivable that 2 of those 3 teams have major issues/problems/underperfomance that would all of a sudden make the back end manageable.
Purdue and the disappearance act of Nojel Eastern may be more manageable than people think. And Michigan seems to have come down to earth.
B1G Net Rankings going into conference play. (KenPom in parentheses)
3 - Ohio State (3)
15 - Penn State (23)
16 - Maryland (8)
17 - Michigan (13)
19 - Michigan St. (5)
24 - Iowa (18)
28 - Minnesota (42)
34 - Wisky (36)
37 - Rutgers (52)
47 - Illinois (47)
50 - Purdue (12)
56 - Indiana (40)
169 - Nebby (134)
180 - Northwestern (107)
3 - Ohio State (3)
15 - Penn State (23)
16 - Maryland (8)
17 - Michigan (13)
19 - Michigan St. (5)
24 - Iowa (18)
28 - Minnesota (42)
34 - Wisky (36)
37 - Rutgers (52)
47 - Illinois (47)
50 - Purdue (12)
56 - Indiana (40)
169 - Nebby (134)
180 - Northwestern (107)
I also think if fans are going to discuss how the OOC is terrible in May of 2019, you have to be able to own the discussion about where the program is or isn't in December of 2019.
There's a serious syndrome around a large amount of RU fans that refuse to understand that lack of money and revenue has been the overwhelming factor in having most if not all of the sports programs succeed.
It's not refusing to accept an invitation to the Big East 40 years ago, or whether we shouldn't have hired this coach or that coach, or whether this player didn't sign with RU as some sort of bogeyman. As if RU is supposed to function in a major market, without press, without fans, with the ability to fly below the radar, through some side door into the NCAAs.....or that thinking about a goal, like 90% of programs, is losing focus.
There is no flying under the radar for RU football, basketball, wrestling etc. At some point, the program has to embrace the spotlight, the coverage, the attention that comes with being the premier CBB program in the state/region. Even if it's far fetched or far from reality, you cannot get anywhere, by hiding from expectations.
I just dont see how you get from point A to point G, H, I, without going through this process of talking about what-ifs....why are we any different than anyone else in the B1G, Pac 12, Big 12, ACC, Big East or SEC...etc.???
There's going to be 2 or 3 hiccups along the way, because they happen to every program that goes through the process....it's not a jinx or getting ahead of yourself, it's the actual rebuilding process, happening in real time, with real mistakes, real achievements and the inevitable disappointment through the process of getting to the next levels.
I don't quite understand why fans are afraid of success or what it takes to get there. Or would we rather discuss how many opponents fans sit where during conference games??
This is a LOT of fun for me and wouldn't have it any other way.....
There's a serious syndrome around a large amount of RU fans that refuse to understand that lack of money and revenue has been the overwhelming factor in having most if not all of the sports programs succeed.
It's not refusing to accept an invitation to the Big East 40 years ago, or whether we shouldn't have hired this coach or that coach, or whether this player didn't sign with RU as some sort of bogeyman. As if RU is supposed to function in a major market, without press, without fans, with the ability to fly below the radar, through some side door into the NCAAs.....or that thinking about a goal, like 90% of programs, is losing focus.
There is no flying under the radar for RU football, basketball, wrestling etc. At some point, the program has to embrace the spotlight, the coverage, the attention that comes with being the premier CBB program in the state/region. Even if it's far fetched or far from reality, you cannot get anywhere, by hiding from expectations.
I just dont see how you get from point A to point G, H, I, without going through this process of talking about what-ifs....why are we any different than anyone else in the B1G, Pac 12, Big 12, ACC, Big East or SEC...etc.???
There's going to be 2 or 3 hiccups along the way, because they happen to every program that goes through the process....it's not a jinx or getting ahead of yourself, it's the actual rebuilding process, happening in real time, with real mistakes, real achievements and the inevitable disappointment through the process of getting to the next levels.
I don't quite understand why fans are afraid of success or what it takes to get there. Or would we rather discuss how many opponents fans sit where during conference games??
This is a LOT of fun for me and wouldn't have it any other way.....
you can see how volatile the rankings are still are...take Indiana who lost to 12-1 Arkansas and fell from 30 previously to 56 with a loss on the surface not a bad one...
Michigan has definitely come down from being ranked #2 in the country to #12 in the polls, although KenPom rank has been fairly stable.
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