If you heard a staff had simply recorded a fourth win over an opponent ranked within the high 11 of the NET, and that three of these victories got here on the highway, you’d most likely assume that staff is in competition to be a No. 1 seed within the NCAA Tournament.
If so, you would be improper.
And that is as a result of the staff that simply recorded a fourth win over an opponent ranked within the high 11 of the NET is Wisconsin, a Big Ten program that is not even presently ranked within the Associated Press Top 25 ballot. That’ll change Monday, although, because of Saturday’s 97-93 victory at Purdue that pushed the Badgers’ document to 24-9. And when you’re questioning why Wisconsin was unranked within the AP ballot this week regardless of having three wins over top-11 groups within the NET even earlier than Greg Gard’s staff took the journey to Purdue, the reply is in that earlier sentence.
Wisconsin has 9 losses.
Only one falls outdoors of the primary two quadrants. That’s all the time higher than the choice. But six of the 9 losses are to groups ranked Thirtieth-or-lower within the NET, and that is among the many causes the Badgers have been as little as 77th within the NET at one level this season. They’re again inside the highest 30 now. And the Badgers are additionally as much as No. 23 in Sunday morning’s up to date CBS Sports Top 25 And 1 day by day faculty basketball rankings, the place Duke stays No. 1 for the fifteenth consecutive day.
Wisconsin will both be the No. 3 seed, No. 4 seed or No. 5 seed on this week’s Big Ten Tournament relying on what occurs in Sunday’s Big Ten video games. If you are curious, this is Sunday’s Big Ten schedule:
You can watch Michigan State-Michigan on CBS or by way of (*25*). I’ll be doing a 30-minute pregame present on CBS Sports HQ that can begin at 4 pm ET. Shortly after the conclusion of Michigan State-Michigan, the Eye On College Basketball Podcast with me and Matt Norlander will go stay on YouTube.
Bracketology: Top storylines, questions, seeding scenarios with a week until NCAA Tournament selection show
David Cobb
