Big 4, Little 7
With the Big Ten mens' basketball regular season underway and 4 games in the books, the race for the top of the standings is starting to take shape. By my estimation, there are four good-to-great teams in the Big Ten and 7 average-to-bad teams. Here is one fan's prediction of what the final regular season standings will look like on March 9th (I have indicated each team's predicted wins and losses and included the results already in the books):
1. Michigan St. = 17-1 (WWWWWWWWWWWLWWWWWW)
2. Indiana = 16-2 (WWWWWWLWWWWWWWWLWW)
3. Wisconsin = 14-4 (WWWWWWWWLWWLWWLLWW)
4. Ohio St. = 13-5 (WWWLLWWWWWLWWWLWWL)
5. Purdue = 10-8 (WLWWWLLWLWLLWLWWLW)
6. Penn St. = 8-10 (WLWLLWWLLLWWLLWWLL)
7. Minnesota = 7-11 (LWLLLLLWWWWLWWLLLL)
8. Illinois = 6-12 (LWLLWLLWLWLLLLLWLW)
9. Michigan = 5-13 (LLLWLWLLWLLLLLWWLL)
10. Iowa = 2-16 (LLLLLLLLLLLLWWLLLL)
11. Northwestern = 1-17 (LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLWL)
Notes: I predict that Michigan St. will lose only 1 game, at Indiana. I predict Wisconsin will lose at Indiana, at Minnesota, at Ohio St. and vs. Michigan St. If the regular season standings end up as predicted, the Big Ten will receive four NCAA bids, with Michigan St. receiving at least a 2 seed, Indiana receiving a 3 or 4 seed and Ohio St. and Wisconsin receiving 4 or 5 seeds.
The games I changed my mind on (resulting in the 14-4 prediction vs. the 11-7 prediction) included vs. Indiana, at Purdue and at Illinois.
posted by Sherby @ 9:53 PM
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3 Comments:
I cant see OSU doing that well. They were less than stellar in non-conf play, save for a big win against a sub par Florida squad.
You could be right. Games for OSU that I stuggled picking included at Purdue, vs. Wisconsin and vs. Indiana. I think I am going to switch 2 of those 3.
I was going to do my power rankings, but since you stole my thunder (and since I am in the middle of a posting drought), here I go:
1.MSU
2.IU
3.WI
4.OSU
5.MN
6.PSU
7.PUR
8.IL
9.IOWA
10.NU
11.MI
Yes, Mich is that bad. Bad enough that a month ago I was saying NU might have a chance at the perfect season, and now I have them ahead of another team. The return of Kevin Coble will certainly help the Cats.
Illinois is total rubbish. I will be shocked if they can score over 60 points in 1/3 of their conference games. I'm also willing to bet they won't score 70+ more than once.
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