[NU Sports] Standings and BT tourney seedings

[John Labbe]

I don't see how we can possibly move up to the top 5 in the Big Ten and get a bye in the first round of the BT tournament.  If someone can figure out that scenario, let us know.

But if we can beat Ohio State on Sunday, we have a great shot of moving into the 7th seed, which would mean we would play Iowa in the first round and then Illinois in the quarter-finals, instead of playing either Michigan or Ohio State in the first round and Michigan State in the second round.

Someone posted similar analysis over the weekend, but I think Minnesota's win over Wisconsin last night slightly changed the analysis.  Now we want Minnesota to beat Michigan (at Minny) on Saturday (to avoid a 3-way tie with Minny and UM at 6th, which I think we lose and end up 8th).  Then we just have to beat Ohio State, and I think we end up with the 7th seed.

In theory, I think we could also move as high as 6th, but that would require Indiana to beat Wisconsin at Wisconsin.

Thoughts?