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Without a doubt. I don't think it's an either/or though. Iowa needs to be 9-9 to have a chance and I think they would need at least 1, maybe 2 in Chicago in that case. At 10-8 they should be in but with the poor RPI they probably need to avoid a bad loss in the opener. 10-8 would mean winning at PSU and Nebraska with home wins over Purdue, Nebraska, Minnesota and Illinois and a loss at IU. Doable but 9-9 is more likely. The RPI is so dumb. It's ridiculous that they don't use some kind of composite of RPI, Pomeroy, Sagarin, Massey, BPI or whatever if they really want to stick with the RPI. It's Iowa's own fault their RPI is that bad but it's almost entirely due to playing teams in the low 200's-300's rather than low 100's-high 200's.

Now the local beat guys are saying there's no chance of Bourn.

Assuming they don't completely [expletive] the bed at PSU, the home game vs. Minnesota next Sunday is going to be enormous.

We've shown signs of late. We should have beaten MSU at their place. It was unexpected, but we can play with anyone. Also Groce isn't creepy so he's cool with me. I mean the last 2-3 minutes. I wasn't watching super closely earlier but had it on while doing some work stuff. It seemed like Illinois would get it down to 6 then IU would jack it back to 10-12. I thought it was over and then Richardson goes off, Oladipo dribbles it off his leg and no one talks on an inbounds play.

No. But we are emphasizing the creepy aspects more highly. That's the smart play.

That was a really strange game. That just came out of nowhere. Side note, have Illinois fans stopped making fun of Crean for being a spaz now that they have Groce?

Combination of some Iowa miscues and horribly bad luck. 4 Big Ten losses now where they led in the final minute. 3 of them against the top half of the league, 3 of them on the road. Wisconsin's 3 that rattled around then went off glass then in pretty much summed it up. Followed by our game-winning shot being 3/4 of the way down then rolling out. This team is a [expletive] hair from being a lock for the tournament and playing for a 5-6 seed. Instead we'll end up in the NIT. Iowa is so close to being good; I thought they'd squeak into the tournament this year, but that's not looking likely. They are going to be the proverbial "out of nowhere" team next year though. They're 3-7 in conference but I wouldn't write them off for this year's tournament yet. They should win these: Northwestern @Penn State @Nebraska Purdue Nebraska Meaning they only need to win one of these to get to 9-9 in conference: Minnesota Illinois @ IU Their schedule was just really front loaded. Plus they're going to look hot coming down the stretch which will benefit them. If they hit 9-9 in the B1G this year, and 20 wins, they're a lock. I felt that way early in the year but not so much anymore. The RPI is going to be bad and they'll get penalized for just racking up wins against the bottom. I think the lack of getting one of the MSU/Minn/Wisconsin games that they blew is going to force them to get at least 1, possibly 2 in the BTT if they finish 9-9.

Combination of some Iowa miscues and horribly bad luck. 4 Big Ten losses now where they led in the final minute. 3 of them against the top half of the league, 3 of them on the road. Wisconsin's 3 that rattled around then went off glass then in pretty much summed it up. Followed by our game-winning shot being 3/4 of the way down then rolling out. This team is a [expletive] hair from being a lock for the tournament and playing for a 5-6 seed. Instead we'll end up in the NIT.

lol, what the hell? [expletive] Dabo.

By the way, [expletive] Wisconsin. Hopefully Fran continues to own Bo.

Oh he's not that bad. He's 100x better than Bob Knight. At least you can tune Bob Knight. Vitale is obnoxious. I'm the opposite. I can tune out Vitale. I know he's just yelling about how great something/someone is, he's having fun, he's happy, whatever. He's harmless. Knight is bitter, angry and dumb. He does no prep work whatsoever. He doesn't even use names, it's just "the big kid" and "the guards". He always says something really absurd that I get fixated on and way too worked up about. Or he can't figure out what the shot clock is and why it's on the same display as the game clock.

Oh he's not that bad. He's 100x better than Bob Knight.

That was sickening. Way worse than MSU and Purdue. 3 losses with leads in the final minute. Win all 3 and they're playing for a seed right now. Win 2 and they're probably going to end up with 10+ BT wins. Just win yesterday and things are looking really good. [expletive].

He should be, I'm betting Parker gets it. Even though he hasn't been the best player on his own team this year. What do Illinois guys think of Tyler Ulis? Lol go to the illinois scout board and ask illininutt I don't want to. That's why I asked you.

That damn Purdue loss could be the difference in Iowa getting a bid. Had one of our worst shooting games in 3 years and still were in position to win it in regulation but pissed it away.

He should be, I'm betting Parker gets it. Even though he hasn't been the best player on his own team this year. What do Illinois guys think of Tyler Ulis?

Correct. Iowa has been wearing them for over a decade and it's fairly standard across the country.

Any of you watch that UK/Ole Miss game last night? Marshall completely sucked except for hitting free throws when he got fouled on bad shots he would have missed anyways. Ole Miss looked like a really dumb team. Their defense was terrible. Offensively everything was 1 on 1. Chuck up a bad quick shot, dumb forced mid-range jumper or drive in and get swatted by Noel.

[expletive].

There is not one thing even remotely stupid about that. Not at all. That's great.

Duke goes down by 27, Northwestern beats Minnesota, Drake beats Creighton, Texas Tech beats Iowa State. Butler also lost at LaSalle which technically wasn't an upset but still a top 10 ranked team losing to a top 50-75ish team.

3 in a row, 3-1 overall at Iowa with the one loss coming in OT in his first year with a 4-14 team in the Big Ten. Though 3 of the 4 have been at Iowa. Big win. Now 4 of the next 5 on the road and vs. OSU, Purdue, Wisconsin and Minnesota. At least they have a home gimmie with PSU mixed in. If they can steal one of those road games and be 2-3 over the next 5 I'm pretty confident they get to 9-9 overall.

Completely boned Iowa at home against MSU last week. I'm pretty sure on top of just being bad, he loves to be the villain and give a road team advantage.

Bo keeps getting outcoached in March, huh?

And against Minnesota he made Tubby wait around like an [expletive] while he probably did something annoying. He's just the worst. ETA: Saw this on an Illinois board and can't stop watching it. That's awesome.