2020-21 maryland wbb
Notable results since the last post (home team listed second):
- OSU 67, PSU 69
- Rutgers 63, MSU 53
- Maryland 88, Purdue 59
- Michigan 67, Iowa 89
- Indiana 87, OSU 75
- Maryland 62, Northwestern 50
- PSU 56, Rutgers 74
- Iowa 80, Indiana 89
- Maryland 88, Michigan 63
- OSU 63, Rutgers 71
- PSU 61, Maryland 88
- Purdue 59, Indiana 74
- Northwestern 58, Michigan 63
- Nebraska 75, Iowa 83
After a rough couple games against Iowa and Northwestern, Michigan bounced back with a Senior Day victory over Northwestern to secure a double-bye in the Big Ten Tournament. The Wolverines were also supposed to visit Minnesota last weekend but that game was canceled due to a COVID issue in the Gophers program.
Maryland, Indiana, and Rutgers all closed strong down the stretch to earn the top three seeds in the BTT. Ohio State, on the other hand, faded hard, perhaps because their postseason ban deprived them of motivation once the regular season title was out of reach.
The Final Regular Season Standings
Per-100-possession efficiency numbers, which I've limited to Big Ten games, are pulled from Her Hoop Stats. I've added records for games against Q1 teams in the NET rankings and HHS's adjusted team rankings.
| Record | Rankings | Efficiency (B1G Only) |
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| Team | Ovr. | B1G | Q1 | AP | Coach* | HHS | NET | OE | DE | EM | ||
| MD | 21-2 | 17-1 | 7-2 | 7th | 8th | 5th | 5th | 121.0 | 92.5 | +28.5 | ||
| IND | 18-4 | 16-2 | 5-4 | 9th | 10th | 11th | 9th | 106.3 | 84.8 | +21.5 | ||
| RUT | 14-3 | 10-3 | 3-2 | 19th | 26th | 10th | 11th | 106.9 | 91.9 | +15.1 | ||
| U-M | 14-4 | 9-4 | 3-4 | 13th | 12th | 22nd | 18th | 101.2 | 92.7 | +8.5 | ||
| NW | 13-7 | 11-7 | 4-5 | 25th | 43rd | 33nd | 95.2 | 88.0 | +7.2 | |||
| IOWA | 15-8 | 11-8 | 4-7 | 32nd | 30th | 26th | 25th | 115.8 | 107.8 | +7.9 | ||
| OSU | 13-7 | 9-7 | 5-4 | 22nd | 20th | 23rd | 22nd | 98.8 | 95.9 | +2.9 | ||
| MSU | 13-7 | 8-7 | 1-5 | 44th | 41st | 99.1 | 96.7 | +2.4 | ||||
| NEB | 11-11 | 9-10 | 4-6 | 116th | 77th | 96.4 | 101.6 | -5.2 | ||||
| MIN | 8-12 | 7-11 | 0-8 | 208th | 135th | 95.6 | 108.3 | -12.7 | ||||
| PSU | 9-14 | 6-13 | 1-9 | 123rd | 89th | 94.7 | 105.3 | -10.6 | ||||
| PUR | 7-15 | 4-14 | 0-9 | 164th | 121st | 90.4 | 104.4 | -14.0 | ||||
| ILL | 4-17 | 2-16 | 0-9 | 260th | 174th | 80.9 | 100.9 | -20.0 | ||||
| WIS | 5-18 | 2-18 | 1-11 | 209th | 157th | 86.6 | 108.0 | -21.4 | ||||
*The coaches poll isn't updated until tomorrow, so those rankings are a week behind. Expect Rutgers to move up and Northwestern to drop. Michigan will probably slide at least a spot, as well.
Michigan's Big Ten efficiency margin essentially got cut in half over the last couple weeks. Even though they only won the conference by one game, the Terps pulled away as the class of the conference; their only loss in the B1G came by two on the road at Ohio State in late January, when the Buckeyes were playing like a top-15 team.
Indiana could be close, though. Other than a four-point road loss at Maryland, they have the same blemish—a loss in Columbus. The Hoosiers haven't been quite as dominant but they've moved into the top ten nationally.
[Hit THE JUMP for the BTT bracket, a look back at M's last few games, and updated tiers.]
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