Updated B1G Tournament Pairings (through Feb. 8): Gophers vault to #13 seed

[SelectionSunday]

Wednesday, March 9 (1st Round)
#12 Illinois (3-8) vs. #13 GOPHERS (0-11), 3:30 (ESPN2)
#11 Penn State (3-8) vs. #14 Rutgers (0-11), 6 (BTN)

Thursday, March 10 (2nd Round)
#8 Ohio State (6-5) vs. #9 Nebraska (5-6), 11 (BTN)
#5 Purdue (7-4) vs. Illinois/GOPHERS winner, 1:30 (BTN)
#7 Wisconsin (6-4) vs. #10 Northwestern (4-7), 5:30 (ESPN2)
#6 Michigan (7-4) vs. Penn State/Rutgers winner, 8 (ESPN2)

Friday, March 11 (Quarterfinals)
#1 Iowa (10-1) vs. Ohio State/Nebraska winner, 11 (ESPN)
#4 Michigan State (7-4) vs. Purdue/Illinois/GOPHERS winner, 1:30 (ESPN)
#2 Maryland (10-2) vs. Wisconsin/Northwestern winner, 5:30 (BTN)
#3 Indiana (9-2) vs. Michigan/Penn State/Rutgers winner, 8 (BTN)

TUESDAY
#4 Michigan State @ #5 Purdue, 6 (ESPN)
#10 Northwestern @ #8 Ohio State, 7 (BTN)

WEDNESDAY
#9 Nebraska @ #7 Wisconsin, 6 (BTN)
#6 Michigan @ #13 GOPHERS, 8 (BTN)

THURSDAY
#1 Iowa @ #3 Indiana, 8 (ESPN)

 

[row19gopher]

VAULTING?

Just curious, what is the criteria that moved us to #13?

 

[SelectionSunday]

If I have tiebreakers figured out correctly, Gophers with the edge because they are 0-0 vs. #1 Iowa while Rutgers is 0-1 vs. the Hawkeyes. So we got that goin' for us. Tiebreaker will be interesting if we both go 1-17 and 1-1 vs. each other.

 

[Ope3]

Just curious, what is the criteria that moved us to #13?

With the Gophers off over the weekend, they are now equal with Rutgers in the loss column. First tie-breaker is record vs #1 seed, currently the Gophers have the edge as they are 0-0 vs Iowa while Rutgers is 0-1.

Sobering thought is that for any team involved on Wednesday (that happens to wins 2 games) gets rewarded by playing their 3rd game in 3 days against a foe with at least 5 nights rest.

 

[SelectionSunday]

The #3 seed

The #3 seed always has the most interesting bracket set-up. The 3 seed doesn't play until the 10th game of the tournament (last quarterfinal Friday night). It gets to sit there and watch 9 teams get eliminated, knowing they'll be one of the final 5 teams standing. Then, if the 3 seed keeps winning, they play in 3 of the tournament's final 4 games in only a 42-hour stretch.

 

[Ope3]

#3

The #3 seed always has the most interesting bracket set-up. The 3 seed doesn't play until the 10th game of the tournament (last quarterfinal Friday night). It gets to sit there and watch 9 teams get eliminated, knowing they'll be one of the final 5 teams standing. Then, if the 3 seed keeps winning, they play in 3 of the tournament's final 4 games in only a 42-hour stretch.

Through 2011 the #3 seed was 5-9 in the Big 10 Quarter Finals. #3 is on a 4 year winning streak to get back to .500 at 9-9.

 

[howeda7]

Through 2011 the #3 seed was 5-9 in the Big 10 Quarter Finals. #3 is on a 4 year winning streak to get back to .500 at 9-9.

I wonder what it's like to be the #3 seed? Thank god it's always been some other school's problem.

 

[Tim1406]

With the Gophers off over the weekend, they are now equal with Rutgers in the loss column. First tie-breaker is record vs #1 seed, currently the Gophers have the edge as they are 0-0 vs Iowa while Rutgers is 0-1.

Sobering thought is that for any team involved on Wednesday (that happens to wins 2 games) gets rewarded by playing their 3rd game in 3 days against a foe with at least 5 nights rest.

That's not as bad, They might miss their shots in the first half and then tighten up as a result. It's the game after that which is unlikely to be won by a team playing Wed.