9-4 is baseline. 10 wins is outperform. We are not yet past under-performing, meaning we lose a couple games we shouldn't. In my opinion of course.
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9-4 is baseline. 10 wins is outperform. We are not yet past under-performing, meaning we lose a couple games we shouldn't. In my opinion of course.
15 wins . We will see posts about what we have to do to get on the NCAA bubble in late December. Program is looking up
so how did everyone do, I would imagine the far majority of us did not have the team at 11-2 at the end of non conference play
I had the team at 9-4 so 11-2 is just dandy.
Now I had them 4-14/13-18 but I think RU will win at least one more conference game than that which would put them over 500 and I think there is a good chance they win 2 more and they finish 6-12 which would put them at 17-14.
I had the team at 9-4 so 11-2 is just dandy.
Now I had them 4-14/13-18 but I think RU will win at least one more conference game than that which would put them over 500 and I think there is a good chance they win 2 more and they finish 6-12 which would put them at 17-14.
Been saying all along we would be 11-2 at this point. 5 B1G wins, an early exit in the B1G tournament vs a 1st Division B1G team and a .500 record, Next year, who knows? Has there been any official word on Bullock's status?
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I'm pretty close to spot on here and think that 18-13 is right there and would be disappointed at 16-15 at this point
Bullock likely to red shirt according to coach at CC meeting
I had 10-3 and so 11-2 is great, and I honestly think if we get any home court suppprt we can go .500 in league to get to 20 wins and on bubble going into tournament... who knows, season has a special feel to it already, why not
Worry is, first 3 of 4 on road and likely losses....and no BIG name Marquee win/teams at home til late
I had 10-3 and so 11-2 is great, and I honestly think if we get any home court suppprt we can go .500 in league to get to 20 wins and on bubble going into tournament... who knows, season has a special feel to it already, why not
Worry is, first 3 of 4 on road and likely losses....and no BIG name Marquee win/teams at home til late
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non conference: 9-4
Big 10: 4-14
Overall 13-18
first round Big 10 loss
Final Record: 13-19
I think RU will win anywhere between 10-14 games so I think I fall on the slightly optimistic side. Non conference wise I dont think RU can go better than 11-2 or worse than 7-6. Split the difference here. I think RU wins only one of the 3 tossups of Fordham, Stony Brook and De Paul..and if they do win 2, I expect maybe a WTF loss so I am pretty confident of a 9-4 non conference
In league its hard to move up in this league. The usual suspects of Nebraska, Illinois, Penn State, Minnesota and Northwestern are the best shots at wins, however some of these schools have higher expectations to move up in the standings. I like RU to get a surprise upset win this year and Im going with Iowa at the RAC where it comes together. I can see some close games at the RAC against some of the better schools but consistently falling short. Lets go with wins over Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota and Illinois. Its just too much to expect more than that...could they get 6? I suppose so but ask the other bottom feeders in this league how hard it is even to get to 6 wins
I am going to consider anything more than 11 wins a very successful season for the program. This is a program that has lost 40 of 47 games. Wins are going to have to be fought for. Program needs to learn to win. I dont see them coming so easy, I hope people keep the expectations in check. What will be more important than wins and losses will be the improvements in all the things that make a difference...better rebounding, better conditioning, better I
non conference: 9-4
Big 10: 4-14
Overall 13-18
first round Big 10 loss
Final Record: 13-19
I think RU will win anywhere between 10-14 games so I think I fall on the slightly optimistic side. Non conference wise I dont think RU can go better than 11-2 or worse than 7-6. Split the difference here. I think RU wins only one of the 3 tossups of Fordham, Stony Brook and De Paul..and if they do win 2, I expect maybe a WTF loss so I am pretty confident of a 9-4 non conference
In league its hard to move up in this league. The usual suspects of Nebraska, Illinois, Penn State, Minnesota and Northwestern are the best shots at wins, however some of these schools have higher expectations to move up in the standings. I like RU to get a surprise upset win this year and Im going with Iowa at the RAC where it comes together. I can see some close games at the RAC against some of the better schools but consistently falling short. Lets go with wins over Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota and Illinois. Its just too much to expect more than that...could they get 6? I suppose so but ask the other bottom feeders in this league how hard it is even to get to 6 wins
I am going to consider anything more than 11 wins a very successful season for the program. This is a program that has lost 40 of 47 games. Wins are going to have to be fought for. Program needs to learn to win. I dont see them coming so easy, I hope people keep the expectations in check. What will be more important than wins and losses will be the improvements in all the things that make a difference...better rebounding, better conditioning, better I
and it turns out I was WRONG here......the level of Big 10 play was too much of an increase to extrapolate the non conference stuff would translate to wins in league. This would have been a best case scenerio but perhaps not the likliest....
I had said 13-18 before the season started. So they only have to find one more win the rest of the way to exceed my expectations.
6-12 in league play, I do not see evidence that they can do that yet...thats 4 wins in 6 games...which means you are giving them all the home games because they are not winning at Purdue or at Northwestern
I was okay with anything more than 11 wins, happy camper here....and I get called a negatoid..haha
LOL. This is exactly where i had them at this point. 13-12 and 2-10. Just need the win Minnesota and Illinois and I pegged it.
Lookin' good! I believe you are going to nail the regular season record, but I don't think the two wins are definitely Minnesota and Illinois.
Your tourney prediction will be wrong, though. :cool2:
I think Roctherac may nail it the best ... I would be extraordinarily happy if Shack does.
What was interesting is how MANY posters were pretty realistic. Sure there were a few outliers on both the upside and the downside. But the "bell curve" center was 13-16 wins ... with RU being competitive in most games ... which is pretty much exactly where RU is going to end up.
By the way, next year's performance will hinge pretty heavily on whether Sanders returns.
What was interesting is how MANY posters were pretty realistic. Sure there were a few outliers on both the upside and the downside. But the "bell curve" center was 13-16 wins ... with RU being competitive in most games ... which is pretty much exactly where RU is going to end up.
By the way, next year's performance will hinge pretty heavily on whether Sanders returns.
Predicted 13-18 and RU finished 14-17, predicted 4-14 in league play and RU finished 3-15, predicted 9-4 OOC and RU finished 11-2
I indicated that anything more than 11 wins was a successful season for this team and Pike...and I stick to it. I expected some competitive games but was pleasantly surprised by how many we actually had. Team exceeded my expectations not so much win/loss total but all the checklist things....like rebounding, conditioning, iq, teamwork, hustle and fight....check check check check check check
I don't see a post in this thread, but I posted a thread the day after the Drexel game where I predicted 10-3/5-13 for 15-16 overall. Not that far off. And we really should've won a couple of more B1G games. 11-2/5-13/16-15 would've just sounded much nicer than 11-2/3-15/14-17.
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