3/3/2014 AP Rankings and Bracketology

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings

http://espn.go.com/ncb/bracketology


Big Ten teams (AP rank, Bracketology seed)

Wisconsin #9, 2 seed
Michigan #12, 3 seed
Michigan St. #22, 4 seed
Iowa #24, 6 seed
Ohio St. NR, 7 seed
Minnesota NR, 11 seed (play in game)

The Big Ten tournament is going to be crazy due to the how many bubble teams we have. It's not written in stone, or anything, but I see the Big Ten getting 6 bids (5 bids for the best or 2nd best conference would be a crime, 7 bids seems way too generous this year). Nebraska and Minnesota are neck and neck in terms of tournament resume. The winner of the Nebraska @ Indiana will be set up for a virtual play in game vs Wisconsin and @ Michigan, respectively.

Personally, I'd like to see Minnesota get that 6th spot. I like how they play and they remind me of Michigan-lite. They also lost two nail-biters in conference while missing their best player to injury. Minnesota wins those games with him in the lineup.


I realize a lot of you don't buy into the "cheer for the Big Ten" mantra, but I love it. Actually, let me rephrase. I don't root for OSU or MSU(obvious reasons), Indiana (their fans are incredibly arrogant because they are considered a "Blue Blood" due to their history), and Wisconson (it's a U.P. thing. The U.P. has a lot of Badgers/Packers/Brewers fans). I love seeing other Big Ten teams do well, though.

With the way things went this year, less than 6 would be pretty outrages. Mich , MSU, Wisc, OSU and Iowa I think are Locks. Neb and Minny are bubble bound, I'd say they would need 2 more wins ea, or a hell of a showing in the B1G Tourney

Yes, I think both need 2 more wins each. Minnesota needs to beat Penn St. (it's their final game of the season) and 1 game in the BTT. Nebraska needs to go 2-1 over their next 3 games (@Indiana, vs Wisconsin, BTT).

There is/was a show on BTN for this.

It's almost over.

Also on at

10:00
11:30
12:30a
3:00a
4:00a
5:00a
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7:30a

And most of the day tomorrow.

Joe BTN had Michigan and Wisconsin #2 seeds and both playing in Milwaukee, Wisconsin is in a different bracket than Michigan Wisconsin is in a early 2 michigan would be the last 2 . They had Wisconsin. Michigan, MSU, O$U and Iowa, with Minny and Nebraska as out, but could be bubble teams with a strong finish

Thanks. I DVRd the 3:00a show to watch tomorrow.

opps sorry. Well there is a whole lot more to it I won't tell you the #1 seeds or who is the last team in then. alot of chat on the process and what goes into the selection.

Well, it's ok that you told me. It's probably more of the process I'm watching for anyway.

I saw the show and I love BTN but this seems like they are desperate for programming. Except for bubble teams, worrying about your seed, or where you'll play now seems pointless to me now.

'shoes

wshoes wrote:

I saw the show and I love BTN but this seems like they are desperate for programming. Except for bubble teams, worrying about your seed, or where you'll play now seems pointless to me now.

'shoes

I saw the show too and overall I thought it was pretty good. I learned a lot about the committee and what is going on behind the curtain.