We only play them twice, not 100 times.
And 50/50 has nothing to do with 100 times. It is a percentage play. 50-percent on each side, no matter how many times.
Literally, by definition from Merriam Webster: "half favorable and half unfavorable"
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We only play them twice, not 100 times.
And 50/50 has nothing to do with 100 times. It is a percentage play. 50-percent on each side, no matter how many times.
Literally, by definition from Merriam Webster: "half favorable and half unfavorable"
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I grabbed a coin out of the drawer. I flipped it twice. It landed on heads twice. Do you think it's correct to conclude that this coin will land on heads 100% of the time, based on two samples?
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One would think we would have to win a road game once this year, right? Crazy to think we haven’t won one.
Not at all.
maybe losing both means they don’t take care of business in others...
But objectively, 16 wins is a lock...
15 is a maybe
15 doesn't get it done. And I just don't see them reeling off 3 wins in a row when one is a road game and another is a solid Rutgers team.
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15 could be enough still...there won't be a lot of teams around the bubble that have as many quality wins as we will have. They may have a better quantity and have a few road wins but nobody is going to have 3 top 10 NET wins along with potentially 2 other Quad 1's.
15 quite likely gets it done. Who do you think the Gophers are going to be compared to?
They will be compared to Utah State, Colorado State, Boise State, Penn State, San Diego State, Western Kentucky, St. Louis, St. Bonaventure, BYU, VCU, Drake, Furman and others. Minnesota will have five wins better than many of those teams' best wins.
And, if things continue as they are and Michigan/Ohio State each get #1 seeds, then the Gophers will have double-digit wins over TWO #1 seeds in the tourney. No one can say that.
Currently, Minnesota holds wins over NET RANKING #3, #7, #8, #27, and #32. The Gophers have almost no chance for a bad loss (even losing at home to NW would be only be a Quad 3 loss, which isn't devastating.)
And, assuming they get to 15 wins, that means they will add at least one additional Quad 1 win (@Ind, vs. Ill, @PSU, vs. Rutgers would all be Quad 1.)
Six Quad One wins will likely be twice as many as most anyone on the bubble has. Plus, no bad losses. 15-11 likely gets it done.
Heck, Maryland might get in with 13 wins.
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15 wins does get it done if they win a game in the big ten tourney. Teams that are .500 overall are “on the bubble”
I think 15-11 would require 2 wins in the BTT (assuming we'd be playing on Wednesday in that case.) We were ~6 spots from the play-in game and 10 spots from being out as of Friday. If we go 2-4 down the stretch, I don't see how we don't fall at least that many spots.
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They'd be on the bubble for sure but one of those wins is another quad 1...the quality wins would make it very hard to leave them out.
I'm not saying they're a lock at 15 wins but it's still plenty doable to get in with 15.
Knowing the gophers they'll get 15 just to make everyone sweat
15 and a loss to Nebraska on weakling Wednesday would be most fitting.
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Haha well if that
Haha buzzer beater...actually the gopher way would be to just lose out the rest of the way
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I don't see how you can leave out a team who handily beat two #1 seeds and has 6 Quad 1 wins.
Any other year, that's a lock. It's only because there is so much anti-Pitino bile going around right now that people on this board are even having these kinds of hallucinations.
Any other year, that's a lock. It's only because there is so much anti-Pitino bile going around right now that people on this board are even having these kinds of hallucinations.
We wouldn't fall that many spots because the two wins would be decent to really good, and the other bubble teams are bubble teams for a reason -- not all ten are going to keep winning games. They will also potentially and likely be losing. The bubble, in fact, most years gets weaker as Selection Sunday approaches, not stronger. Who knows what this year holds, but right now it looks like an extremely weak bubble.
It would be hard to keep a team out which has wins over two #1 seeds and 6 Quad One wins, while keeping in other bubble teams with 1 or 2 Quad One wins, which most of the bubble will have. I mean for the fun of it, go check out the schedule and quality of wins of much of the bubble.
As an example, take Colorado State at 13-4 right now. They have played five Quad One games total (remember the Gophers have WON six Quad One games). The Rams are hanging their hat on wins over NET RANKING #23 San Diego State and #50 Utah State. That's it. They have two Quad One wins. UConn is bubbling at 9-5 overall and has two Quad One wins over #15 USC and #40 Xavier. They have played only two other Q1 games (four total). That's it.
Those are the type of teams the Gophers (with wins over #3, #7, #8, #23, #32, with at least one more) are going to be going against.
Look, getting in with 15 wins is no lock, but it is more likely we get in than miss out if we have 15 wins, in my opinion. Anything at 16 wins or over and we are locked.
You can't let your own passionate knowledge of the Gopher blemishes this year cloud your thinking when it comes to tourney chances. Be pissed with how they are playing. But, think like the committee when judging their resume. The committee is going to see the Gophers have wins over two #1 seeds and a bunch more. The committee in recent years has put the greatest value on quality of wins. The Gophers have that more than any other bubble team.
If they win two more games, one of them will be Northwestern. The other might be Penn State. Not great wins. You might be right, but I think 15-12 with an opening round BTT exit is less than 50/50 at best. Finishing 5-10 over your last 15 games does matter.
I do ultimately agree IF (its a hypothetical so RELAX) we won out at home and lost out on the road we would get in. Those wins are too good, that said I still wouldn't feel comfortable watching the selection show because 0 road wins feels like a pretty valid reason to leave a team out.
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Its funny you're making the assumption our two wins would be over Northwestern and Penn State when we just beat Purdue a few days ago.
Our two wins could just the same be over Illinois and Rutgers.
Penn State is currently #37 in Net Ranking. A win at Penn State would actually be a strong Quad One ROAD win on the resume. That would be huge on a blind resume. Again, think like the committee, not like a fan.
All eight of Minnesota's losses have come to Net Ranked teams #36 or better.
As much as we hate how the Gophers are playing, they have a strong resume. They are currently not on the bubble. If they go 2-4 and finish with 15 wins, they will be firmly on the bubble, but have a superior resume to most bubble peers. That's why I feel a 15-12 Gopher team will get in over a 17-5 Western Kentucky, or a 15-4 St. Bonaventure, or a 16-6 Utah State, although the bubble is so weak, all four could make it.
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3 wins including wins over Illinois and Rutgers will not leave us sweating...they'll be closer to a 6 seed than out of the tourney
If we win out at home, we are an absolute lock, road wins or not. There will be no need to be nervous on Selection Sunday if we win out at home.
Winning out at home would give Minnesota wins over NET RANKED teams #3, #4, #7, #8, #27, #29, and #32, #91, and #94 (of course those rankings will change slightly before tourney selection time). That is nine wins over the Top 100.
Bubble team Xavier (11-3), for example, has four wins over Top 100 teams, but only one win over a Top 70 team (#17 Oklahoma). The other three Top 100 wins are ranked #70-#81.
Zero chance a 16-10 team with that stack of wins and no losses from anything worse that #50 gets left out of the tourney, even if winless on the road.
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Yes, you clearly have a trick coin.
No, I get it. Obviously, Michigan was the clear favorite and we pulled off an upset.
I was just messing with you.
If we beat Illinois, I agree 8-11 might do it. Penn State is a paper tiger and the committee isn't blind, they're not going to give us big credit for that win.
Paper tiger? Have you seen the teams Utah State, Richmond, VCU, BYU, Boise State, Western Kentucky, and Drake have played and beaten? Beating Penn State would be most of those team's first or second best win, period.
Penn State was just 5 spots away from being "IN" Joe Lunardi's most recent bracket projection on Friday. Losing to Nebraska clearly ended that, but still, a Gopher win at Penn State will not be ignored.
Again, you have to compare a 16-11 or 15-12 Gophers to teams they would be fighting for spots. None of them are really very good. Maryland might make it at 13 wins. Syracuse hasn't beaten anyone and they could make it.
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Hard to say...committee can't use net rankings to establish quad wins then say a quad 1 win is trash on paper. If that's the case they need a new system even if penn st is trash.
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Seeing posts like this really makes you realize how difficult the schedule has been this year. The big ten is crazy good.
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Just saw a blurb in Chip's column that just went up on the Strib: our 5 ranked wins is tied for first in the country and also tied for a school record (and we are playing at least 6 fewer games this year).
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Yes.
to get jumped by teams on the bubble watch right now the gophers would need to lose AND the bubble teams would need quality wins. And they likely don’t have enough games to pick up the quality wins.
15 wins is more likely in the tourney than not.
16 wins is a lock
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Ok, SS, What if this happens:
@ Indiana L
Illinois W (by double digits)
NW L
@PSU L
Rutgers L
Gophers end up with 14 wins but have beaten Iowa, Michigan, Ohio State and Illinois. Add in their other Quad 1 wins.
Is that enough to get a way under .500 B1G team into the tournament? (which isn't played at the barn.)
@ Indiana L
Illinois W (by double digits)
NW L
@PSU L
Rutgers L
Gophers end up with 14 wins but have beaten Iowa, Michigan, Ohio State and Illinois. Add in their other Quad 1 wins.
Is that enough to get a way under .500 B1G team into the tournament? (which isn't played at the barn.)
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