Well, there are three games left in the B1G regular season for Rutgers.

[RU MAN]

We have Iowa, Wisconsin and Northwestern left. It's fair to say we need to win all three. We're now 6-7 in conference. Even though our RPI is 20 it won't mean a darn thing to the NCAA committee if we lose one or two of these games. In our last 7 games we're 1-6. The committee doesn't just want to see an overall record, they want to see trends. They want to see how well you do against your peers as well as how you handled pressure games down the stretch. Right now we're not doing so well. We never should have lost to Penn State, Nebraska or Indiana, but it is what it is. It's no shame to get swept by Maryland. They're a legit top 10 team. But of course it doesn't help when you commit 22 turnovers and shoot 1-12 from the 3 point line. But that argument is for another thread.

It's always common whether for the men or women that if you lose a bad game, but do it in the early part of the season, it doesn't hurt as much when the committee looks at the totality of your record. Right now we're 18-9 but not too long ago we were 17-3. We need to finish strong. If we can beat Iowa (very good win) and close out Wisconsin and Northwestern, I think it's fair to say we should be in the NCAA tournament. My concern is even if we take 2 out of 3 we may not get in at 20-10 especially if the one loss is to Iowa. We have to beat the Hawkeyes.

 

[wngarbarini]

No way we make NCAAs with the last 5 or 6 games performance. We probably lose all 3 remaining games and 1 and done in Big Tens

 

[RU MAN]

No way we make NCAAs with the last 5 or 6 games performance. We probably lose all 3 remaining games and 1 and done in Big Tens

This I disagree with. We should beat Wisconsin and Northwestern. As bad as we have been playing those two teams are at or near the bottom of the standings. IMO, we have to beat Iowa.

 

[DennisHajekRC84]

Terrible collapse to a special season. Both programs have just wilted when it was time to get going.

 

[MADHAT1]

Need to win 2 of the 3 left to have a chance for a NCAA bid.
Win all 3 and I think RU gets an invite.
2 of the 3 games left are on the road Wisconsin on the 14 and RU's last regular season game against Northwestern on the 25th.
But the best opponent , record wise (Iowa) is at home on the 21st.
Need to play well on the road against two 9-16 teams ( with 2-9 & 2-10 B1G records) and make home court advantage work it's magic against the 19-16 (7-5) Iowa basketball team
( records are what they are today without knowing if those teams played today)
Edit: Also not counting how RU does in the B1G tourney.
Win 2 of 3 and lose first tourney game, probably WNIT bound.
Dr Worm in the post after mine said 4 and that I can agree with

 

[Doctor Worm]

Between the rest of the regular season and the B1G Tournament, I think four wins may do it. More likely five though.

 

[dmd78]

We have Iowa, Wisconsin and Northwestern left. It's fair to say we need to win all three. We're now 6-7 in conference. Even though our RPI is 20 it won't mean a darn thing to the NCAA committee if we lose one or two of these games. In our last 7 games we're 1-6. The committee doesn't just want to see an overall record, they want to see trends. They want to see how well you do against your peers as well as how you handled pressure games down the stretch. Right now we're not doing so well. We never should have lost to Penn State, Nebraska or Indiana, but it is what it is. It's no shame to get swept by Maryland. They're a legit top 10 team. But of course it doesn't help when you commit 22 turnovers and shoot 1-12 from the 3 point line. But that argument is for another thread.

It's always common whether for the men or women that if you lose a bad game, but do it in the early part of the season, it doesn't hurt as much when the committee looks at the totality of your record. Right now we're 18-9 but not too long ago we were 17-3. We need to finish strong. If we can beat Iowa (very good win) and close out Wisconsin and Northwestern, I think it's fair to say we should be in the NCAA tournament. My concern is even if we take 2 out of 3 we may not get in at 20-10 especially if the one loss is to Iowa. We have to beat the Hawkeyes.

Good assessment...

 

[DennisHajekRC84]

We have Iowa, Wisconsin and Northwestern left. It's fair to say we need to win all three. We're now 6-7 in conference. Even though our RPI is 20 it won't mean a darn thing to the NCAA committee if we lose one or two of these games. In our last 7 games we're 1-6. The committee doesn't just want to see an overall record, they want to see trends. They want to see how well you do against your peers as well as how you handled pressure games down the stretch. Right now we're not doing so well. We never should have lost to Penn State, Nebraska or Indiana, but it is what it is. It's no shame to get swept by Maryland. They're a legit top 10 team. But of course it doesn't help when you commit 22 turnovers and shoot 1-12 from the 3 point line. But that argument is for another thread.

It's always common whether for the men or women that if you lose a bad game, but do it in the early part of the season, it doesn't hurt as much when the committee looks at the totality of your record. Right now we're 18-9 but not too long ago we were 17-3. We need to finish strong. If we can beat Iowa (very good win) and close out Wisconsin and Northwestern, I think it's fair to say we should be in the NCAA tournament. My concern is even if we take 2 out of 3 we may not get in at 20-10 especially if the one loss is to Iowa. We have to beat the Hawkeyes.

given the 1-6 situation I totally agree with the concern of 20-10. heck even 21-9. They are going to have to finish out 3-0, and win a couple in the tourney.

2-1 finish and 1-1 in tourney = 21-10 (nope)
3-0 finish and 2-1 in tourney = 23-10 (just inside bubble? ).....wonder how close CVS is to 1000 matters to the selection committee? Wouldn't they want this during the tourney? (then again they probably don't give a crap as it is RU and CVS lol)

 

[MADHAT1]

given the 1-6 situation I totally agree with the concern of 20-10. heck even 21-9. They are going to have to finish out 3-0, and win a couple in the tourney.

2-1 finish and 1-1 in tourney = 21-10 (nope)
3-0 finish and 2-1 in tourney = 23-10 (just inside bubble? ).....wonder how close CVS is to 1000 matters to the selection committee? Wouldn't they want this during the tourney? (then again they probably don't give a crap as it is RU and CVS lol)

I wouldn't be surprised if Vivian's 1000 wouldn't be looked closely at if the selection committee felt using CVS' 1000 games would be good publicity for the tourney and might help it get more casual College WBB fans interested in the games.

 

[RU MAN]

given the 1-6 situation I totally agree with the concern of 20-10. heck even 21-9. They are going to have to finish out 3-0, and win a couple in the tourney.

2-1 finish and 1-1 in tourney = 21-10 (nope)
3-0 finish and 2-1 in tourney = 23-10 (just inside bubble? ).....wonder how close CVS is to 1000 matters to the selection committee? Wouldn't they want this during the tourney? (then again they probably don't give a crap as it is RU and CVS lol)

To answer your last question first: one would think they would want Stringer in the tourney because it's historical. As to your first proposition of us going 21-10 that may just get us in. You may be right, we may be smack dab on the bubble, but with all else being equal compared to other teams, I think we get in. If we go 23-10 not only do we get in, but we could even be a 6 or 7 seed. Personally, I hope we get in. The women deserve it. They turned around the aberration that was the 2016/2017 season and Stringer has a chance to achieve one thousand wins.

 

[DennisHajekRC84]

To answer your last question first: one would think they would want Stringer in the tourney because it's historical. As to your first proposition of us going 21-10 that may just get us in. You may be right, we may be smack dab on the bubble, but with all else being equal compared to other teams, I think we get in. If we go 23-10 not only do we get in, but we could even be a 6 or 7 seed. Personally, I hope we get in. The women deserve it. They turned around the aberration that was the 2016/2017 season and Stringer has a chance to achieve one thousand wins.

hope so..but going 3-2 makes us 4-8 last 12...that's concerning. .I'm wishing them well. We need some post season basketball around here and the turn-around is still amazing given all considerations.

 

[RUClassof67]

One thing to consider is that our RPI and Strength of Schedule have been very high all year. That will help when the Selection Committee meets.

Even after the tough recent stretch, we are at #25 with a #8 SOS.

 

[RU MAN]

One thing to consider is that our RPI and Strength of Schedule have been very high all year. That will help when the Selection Committee meets.

Even after the tough recent stretch, we are at #25 with a #8 SOS.

'67 all good points, but in listening to several different pundits, they believe we need to stop the bleeding because we've been trending down losing 6 of 7 and that certainly hurts us. That's why I believe if we can sweep our last three games and win at least one B1G tourney game, we should be in and at least a 6 or 7 seed.

 

[RUClassof67]

A 6 seed is great. First round vs an 11 seed; then vs a 3 rather than a top seed.

 

[DennisHajekRC84]

'67 all good points, but in listening to several different pundits, they believe we need to stop the bleeding because we've been trending down losing 6 of 7 and that certainly hurts us. That's why I believe if we can sweep our last three games and win at least one B1G tourney game, we should be in and at least a 6 or 7 seed.

and I also think we're right now in 9th place? ok, Indy isn't going anywhere at 500 unless they win the tourney...Purdue in a tough spot....right now they'd have to reach WAY down and take RU over a bunch of teams and they aren't taking 7 from the league....so we very much have work to do.

STANDINGS CONFERENCE OVERALL
Big Ten W-L GB PCT W-L PCT STRK
#10 Maryland 11-1 -- .917 22-3 .880 W7
#16 Ohio State 9-3 2 .750 20-6 .769 L1
Nebraska 9-3 2 .750 18-7 .720 W1
Minnesota 8-4 3 .667 19-6 .760 W2
#23 Michigan 9-5 3 .643 20-7 .741 L1
Purdue 7-4 3.5 .636 16-9 .640 L1
Iowa 8-5 3.5 .615 20-6 .769 W4
Indiana 6-6 5 .500 13-12 .520 W5
Rutgers 6-7 5.5 .462 18-9 .667 L2

 

[RU MAN]

and I also think we're right now in 9th place? ok, Indy isn't going anywhere at 500 unless they win the tourney...Purdue in a tough spot....right now they'd have to reach WAY down and take RU over a bunch of teams and they aren't taking 7 from the league....so we very much have work to do.

STANDINGS CONFERENCE OVERALL
Big Ten W-L GB PCT W-L PCT STRK
#10 Maryland 11-1 -- .917 22-3 .880 W7
#16 Ohio State 9-3 2 .750 20-6 .769 L1
Nebraska 9-3 2 .750 18-7 .720 W1
Minnesota 8-4 3 .667 19-6 .760 W2
#23 Michigan 9-5 3 .643 20-7 .741 L1
Purdue 7-4 3.5 .636 16-9 .640 L1
Iowa 8-5 3.5 .615 20-6 .769 W4
Indiana 6-6 5 .500 13-12 .520 W5
Rutgers 6-7 5.5 .462 18-9 .667 L2

We need to beat Iowa. If we can't beat Wisconsin and Northwestern, we don't deserve to be in the tourney.

 

[RUClassof67]

and I also think we're right now in 9th place? ok, Indy isn't going anywhere at 500 unless they win the tourney...Purdue in a tough spot....right now they'd have to reach WAY down and take RU over a bunch of teams and they aren't taking 7 from the league....so we very much have work to do.

STANDINGS CONFERENCE OVERALL
Big Ten W-L GB PCT W-L PCT STRK
#10 Maryland 11-1 -- .917 22-3 .880 W7
#16 Ohio State 9-3 2 .750 20-6 .769 L1
Nebraska 9-3 2 .750 18-7 .720 W1
Minnesota 8-4 3 .667 19-6 .760 W2
#23 Michigan 9-5 3 .643 20-7 .741 L1
Purdue 7-4 3.5 .636 16-9 .640 L1
Iowa 8-5 3.5 .615 20-6 .769 W4
Indiana 6-6 5 .500 13-12 .520 W5
Rutgers 6-7 5.5 .462 18-9 .667 L2

I have also been looking at the B1G standings. I agree that Indiana most likely will not be considered for NCAA. Sweeping our final three gets us to 9-7 and put us somewhere between 5-9.

Purdue still faces Indiana, Maryland, Ohio St, Ill and Mich St. So either Purdue or Indiana is guaranteed at least one more loss.
Indiana also faces Nebraska and Minnesota and would need to win both to stay ahead of us.

It gets really complicated but if we can win out we can get a decent enough seed in the B1G tourney. Ideal case would be to finish 6th meaning we face 11 seed and then 3 seed avoiding Maryland and OSU.

Through my Scarlet lensed glasses, that’s 5 more wins which is 23 and gets CVS to 1000 and a decent seed in NCAA.