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Analyzing the bubble in detail I'm a bit ticked off that Rutgers, Md, Indiana, and Minnestota are getting the benefit of the supposedly great Big 10. I think the teams are tough at the top based on the eye test, but the OOC record for the entire league is not impressive. The whole league of 14 teams has played a total of 31 games against what I would classify as being other significant programs. The league is only 17-14 in those games. Michigan didn't play any top teams at all. Maryland only played Clemson and lost by -16. Rutgers beat Syracuse but that is their only worthy out of conference game played game.
The 17 wins league wide includes: 3 wins over Notre Dame, 1 vs BC, 1 vs Syracuse, 1 vs Providence, 1 vs Butler, and 1 vs Rhode Island. Are those 8 wins impressive? The other 9 bonafide wins; 2 vs Duke, 1 North Carolina, 1 Louisville, 1 UCLA, 1 VCU, 1 Virginia Tech, 1 Stanford, 1 St Louis. How do these 17 wins rate the esteem they have been granted. NO TEAM IN THE BIG TEN WON A GAME AGAINST A BIG 12 OR SEC OPPONENT, NOR ANY TOP BIG EAST TEAM. ZERO. Yet they are drooled over based on commentator paper evaluation. Not 1 of the wins in the conference is against projected high seeds. The conference win by Penn State against Virginia Tech is the only conference win against the top 32 teams that were in Lunardi's field this morning. That means none of the BIG TEN teams projected to be in the NCAA field have a single win over any of the top 32 teams in the field from other conferences.
The league lost to 14 major schools: Illinois lost to Baylor by -15, and to Missouri by -15. Iowa Lost to Gonzaga by -11, Md lost to Clemson by -16, and Purdue lost to Clemson by -11, Indiana Lost to Texas by -22, Creighton beat Nebraska by -24, Marquette beat Wisconsin, and there were other losses to Florida St, Pitt, Nevada, Miami, Georgia Tech, and Seton Hall. Eight of the conference losses are to out of conference teams that are part of Lunardi's top 32 seeds. So the all powerful Big 10 is 0-8 vs other top teams in the field.
Penn State, Nebraska, Northwestern, are sacrificial lambs to the win totals of other teams like Depaul is for us. I suppose the Big Ten should be given credit for their history of winning in the tournament. I think there was a champion from the Big Ten 20 to 25 years ago before we had one of our 4 championships.
To summarize. BITE ME. Get these 13-10 teams to the end of the line where they belong.
The 17 wins league wide includes: 3 wins over Notre Dame, 1 vs BC, 1 vs Syracuse, 1 vs Providence, 1 vs Butler, and 1 vs Rhode Island. Are those 8 wins impressive? The other 9 bonafide wins; 2 vs Duke, 1 North Carolina, 1 Louisville, 1 UCLA, 1 VCU, 1 Virginia Tech, 1 Stanford, 1 St Louis. How do these 17 wins rate the esteem they have been granted. NO TEAM IN THE BIG TEN WON A GAME AGAINST A BIG 12 OR SEC OPPONENT, NOR ANY TOP BIG EAST TEAM. ZERO. Yet they are drooled over based on commentator paper evaluation. Not 1 of the wins in the conference is against projected high seeds. The conference win by Penn State against Virginia Tech is the only conference win against the top 32 teams that were in Lunardi's field this morning. That means none of the BIG TEN teams projected to be in the NCAA field have a single win over any of the top 32 teams in the field from other conferences.
The league lost to 14 major schools: Illinois lost to Baylor by -15, and to Missouri by -15. Iowa Lost to Gonzaga by -11, Md lost to Clemson by -16, and Purdue lost to Clemson by -11, Indiana Lost to Texas by -22, Creighton beat Nebraska by -24, Marquette beat Wisconsin, and there were other losses to Florida St, Pitt, Nevada, Miami, Georgia Tech, and Seton Hall. Eight of the conference losses are to out of conference teams that are part of Lunardi's top 32 seeds. So the all powerful Big 10 is 0-8 vs other top teams in the field.
Penn State, Nebraska, Northwestern, are sacrificial lambs to the win totals of other teams like Depaul is for us. I suppose the Big Ten should be given credit for their history of winning in the tournament. I think there was a champion from the Big Ten 20 to 25 years ago before we had one of our 4 championships.
To summarize. BITE ME. Get these 13-10 teams to the end of the line where they belong.