for us to finish 10-8 (which I think puts us in the tourney, 9-9 does not) this is one of the games we MUST win (doesn't it feel like we are always saying that?)....because @ Illinois, UW (revenge for them) and a split w/ Mich gets us 3 more Ls, which means we must win the other 3 games @ PSU, NW, and (again) split w/ Michigan. I think we can do this, I just don't know that we will.
what's even sadder is if the Gophers could turn it around and get back to their January form, I think we could win 5 out of these last 6 (still not the Illini on the road) but I have no faith in our ability to do that anymore...so 3-3 is good enough and will get our guys some NCAA experience which will be useful for next year when we will be better.