[NU Sports] New Palm projections

Tue Feb 28 11:47:26 CST 2012

I disagree with that.  If we lose to Iowa and win the first round game, I believe we are in.  The Big Ten will get 7 teams and it's tough to see anyone jumping us in that scenario.

On Feb 28, 2012, at 12:42 PM, Jonathan Hodges <j-hodges at alumni.northwestern.edu> wrote:

> Note that Palm, like most other bracketologists out there uses the "if the
> season ended today" theory to fill out the brackets.  So, this projection
> does not include the probable loss to OSU as well as a probable loss in the
> Big Ten tournament.
> 
> But, consensus says that NU will get in with a win over Iowa & in the
> opening round of the Big Ten tournament.  A second conf tourney win or win
> over OSU would pretty much lock NU in.  A loss in either of those "needed
> victory" games would likely put NU on the wrong side of the bubble.
> 
> NU's best traits (in the eyes of the selection committee) are that they
> have no "bad" losses (e.g. losses to RPI 100+ teams) and have an extremely
> tough strength of schedule.  This makes winning those 2 "needed victory"
> games that much more important, but they'll clearly be tough: Iowa is
> playing extremely well right now and NU has to travel, and the Big Ten
> tourney game is, of course, a neutral site game and who knows what can
> happen there.
> 
> If NU doesn't cement itself by winning at least 3 more games, a lot will
> likely depend on what other bubble teams do and if there are any big upsets
> in some of the "1-bid" league tournaments where an "in" team is upset
> (thereby taking away an at large spot).
> 
> BTW, the NU blog Sippin on Purple has been doing a nice job of summing up
> NU's position in bracketology while also keeping up with the other bubble
> action, here's the most recent post:
> http://www.sippinonpurple.com/2012/2/27/2827547/northwestern-ncaa-tournament-bracketology-update-february-27-2012
> 
> Jonathan
> 
> 
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> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 12:31 PM, <hakirsch at aol.com> wrote:
> 
>> If we get an NCAA berth, I will gladly take it. But if we can get in with
>> a 7-11 conference record then there really has been berth inflation
>> 
>> We got our first post season berth in 1983 in the NIT with a 7-11 record
>> as well, when the BT had recently won 3 national titles (1976,1979,1981)
>> and had 2 teams in the final 4 in 1980).  Back then there were 48 NCAA
>> teams and 32 NIT.  We were one of the last picks making therefore making us
>> close to #80.
>> 
>> Harry
>> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: "Weinbaum, Willie" <Willie.Weinbaum at espn.com>
>> Sender: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com
>> Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 12:23:09
>> Cc: nwu-sports at tssi.com<nwu-sports at tssi.com>
>> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] New Palm projections
>> 
>> Brings to mind what Al Davis would have said, with two games left in the
>> regular season:
>> 
>> "Just Win, Baby."
>> 
>> (In NYC, related to the Knicks, it's "Just Lin, Baby.")
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On
>> Behalf Of Aaron Ament
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:21 PM
>> To: Beamsley, Jeff
>> Cc: nwu-sports at tssi.com
>> Subject: [NU Sports] New Palm projections
>> 
>> CBS Sportsline just released new projections with us as an 11 seed playing
>> in Louisville!  Now not even one of the last four teams in...
>> 
>> 
>> On Feb 28, 2012, at 10:54 AM, "Beamsley, Jeff" <Jeff.Beamsley at covisint.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Tyus Jones DOES have a long list of offers.
>>> 
>>> Doesn't appear that NU is in the running.
>>> 
>>> Jeff
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com]
>>> On Behalf Of Joe Thiegs
>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:49 AM
>>> To: Jim Bendat
>>> Cc: nwu-sports at tssi.com
>>> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Possible NU recruit scores 71 in high school
>>> game
>>> 
>>> I saw this on the local news but didn't know he was being recruited by
>>> NU until your post, Jim.  Maybe the best stat is that he was 13-14
>>> from the free throw line.  :)  Broman averaged 37.9 ppg last year as a
>>> sophomore and was averaging 45.8 ppg after nine games earlier this
>>> year (in mid-January, well before this game)!  See
>>> http://espn.go.com/blog/high-school/boys-basketball/post/_/id/2249/esp
>>> nh s-players-of-the-week-jan-11-2012under
>>> "Midwest."  Not all against the greatest opposition but, still, he
>>> definitely can shoot. I'm sure he'll garner more attention now, but
>>> let's hope the 'Cats can land him.
>>> 
>>> Probably the best high school player in Minnesota right now is Tyus
>>> Jones of Apple Valley, a sophomore and a 5-star recruit, rated the
>>> third-best player in the country in the class of 2014.  He already has
>>> offers from Izzo, Matta, Tubby, Krzyzewski, etc.
>>> http://espn.go.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/11
>>> 26
>>> 17/tyus-jones
>>> 
>>> -Joe
>>> **
>>> 
>>> On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 10:15 PM, Jim Bendat <thehaze at earthlink.net>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> This kid is a high school junior right now. 71 points in any game is
>>> no
>>>> small matter!
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/highschool-prep-rally/somehow-minnesota-
>>> st ar-anders-broman-scores-71-points-200757408.html
>>>> 
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