[NU Sports] I think NU does control own destiny

[Labbe John]

I agree with Brad that the Cats control their own destiny, except I  
think that just 7-1 (or maybe even 6-2) over our remaining schedule  
would guarantee a bid.

7-1 assumes a loss at Wisconsin, but we beat Minnesota at home  
(something of a key game, I think) and Iowa and PSU twice and IU in  
Bloomington plus pick up the remaining non-conference game.  We can't  
have any letdowns, but this is not an impossible scenario.

7-1 would give us an overall record of 23-8 and a conference record of  
11-7.  We probably would not get a bye in the first round of the Big  
Ten tournament, so we should pick up at least one win against one of  
the worst conference teams in the first round of the tournament, then  
even if we lost in the second round, our final record would be 24-9  
and 12-8.

6-2 is less of a lock, but should still give us a good chance of  
getting in.  I think we need more than 20 wins, though.  That's  
clearly no longer enough.  So anything less than 6-2 down the stretch  
will require us to win at least 2 games in the Big Ten tournament, I  
think.






On Feb 7, 2010, at 11:43 PM, bwdolphin146 at yahoo.com wrote:

> Why? Simple: win out in the regular season. That will get Cats an  
> NCAA bid.
>
> Or win the Big 10 tournament. Ditto.
>
> Those are not perhaps the most realistic of scenarios but they are  
> possible.
>
> And if the Aints winning the Super Bowl tells us anything it is that  
> everything is possible!
>
> Go 'Cats!
>
> Bw
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