Tuesday Selection/Games of Notes/Big 10 RPI

[SelectionSunday]

To Date: 15-6 (71.4%)
Monday's Result: TCU -2.5 Wichita State (W, TCU 57-48)
Tuesday Selection: Villanova +3 Texas
Streak: W-3

Tuesday's Games of Note
Davidson vs. West Virginia
Idaho State at Wisconsin
Purdue at Ball State
Texas vs. Villanova

Big Ten in the RPI (though Dec. 8)
7. Northwestern
16. Michigan
17. GOPHERS
18. Illinois
25. Wisconsin
27. Ohio State
31. Michigan State
79. Iowa
109. Penn State
128. Purdue
133. Indiana

The ACC and Big Ten are 1-2 in the conference RPI rankings.

 

[coolhandgopher]

Couple thoughts. . .have you taken your hot start to the sports books yet, SS? Impressive beginning to the season.

Last week someone questioned Villanova's non-conference schedule. . .I guess they didn't look ahead to tonight, should be a very entertaining game. They also have their swing of games against their Philadelphia neighbors approaching. While Temple and St. Joe's are struggling this season, those games are always intense and hotly contested.

 

[SelectionSunday]

To date, the Gophers' nonconference schedule (SOS = 109) has been more difficult than that of Villanova (SOS = 256), but I suspect that will change drastically in the next 3 weeks. Other than Louisville, the Gophers are playing three marshmallows to close out their nonconference schedule, while Villanova's schedule (starting tonight) gets more challenging.