[NU Sports] New Palm projections

[Mike Nolan]

> As of today, Minnesota, but it could be almost any of the lower tier teams,
> including Illinois, Iowa, or even Nebraska or Penn State - a lot depends on
> what NU & others do the final 2 games of the regular season (Indiana &
> Purdue are at 9-7 and are the 5 & 6 seeds; NU & Iowa are 7-9 and are the 7
> & 8 seeds).  Note that the 5-12 seeds play on Thursday; 1-4 have a bye.

Right now we're tied with Iowa in the standings , but the Hawkeyes have 
Nebraska and we have OSU, so if we lose to OSU but beat Iowa while Iowa 
defeats the slumping Huskers, then we'd still be tied, but with two wins
over the Hawkeyes we'd remain the #7 seed.  

Illinois is #9 in the standings, but their final games are against
two ranked teams, Michigan and Wisconsin, so they don't seem likely to 
catch up to us.  Even if they did, they'd be the #8 seed and
we'd be the #9 seed so we'd be paired.  

Nebraska has Iowa and Minnesota left, Penn State has Michigan and 
Purdue, so I don't see either Nebraska or Penn State moving up past 
Minny in the standings, so it looks like it'll be either the Gophers 
or the Illini.

The second round game would probably be against either MSU or OSU.
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Mike Nolan