Is everyone going to go 10-10 in the Big Ten this season?

Submitted by AtmoGuy on December 15th, 2019 at 5:43 PM

As I type this, Nebraska(!) is about to beat Purdue easily at home, making home teams 12-0 so far this season. So is everyone going to win all their conference home games and lose all their road games leaving everyone tied for first (and last) at 10-10? They can draw straws for Big Ten tournament seedings, I guess. 

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Muttley

December 15th, 2019 at 7:30 PM ^

Wow...UNC falls all the way to #34 on KenPom (and there's still some pre-season weight still in there).  Although, UNC did beat Oregon.

Leaves us with wins over #6 Gonzaga (neutral), #22 Iowa (home), #34 UNC (neutral), #47 Iowa St (neutral), #52 Creighton (home)

Losses to #3 Louisville (away), #12 Oregon (home), #39 Illinois (away)

Not bad, but not nearly as impressive as it was coming out of the Bahamas.

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Bodogblog

December 16th, 2019 at 11:18 AM ^

This is great info.  But if Simpson's hook bounces a hair lower off the backboard (or Johns' putback is hair to the right) you flip Oregon up to the win bin and it looks like one of the best resumes in the country.  It would be every bit as impressive as it seemed coming out of the Bahamas.  The losses would be on the road to one great and one good team, and both when the 3's weren't falling. 

I know you're not bagging on Michigan, but to my mind, the above speaks to a team that is between great and very good.  

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Ham

December 15th, 2019 at 8:37 PM ^

Winning home games in conference play will never be more important if this is how road games are going to go. How did Purdue beat #9 P̶u̶r̶d̶u̶e̶ Virginia and then lose to #146 Nebraska? They lost to Southern Utah! How did undefeated OSU lose to #73 Minnesota? Weird things.

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bronxblue

December 15th, 2019 at 8:46 PM ^

It is crazy that nobody has won a road game yet in conference.  I sorta expected OSU to lose at Minnesota but it's still crazy nobody has been able to break serve.

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bronxblue

December 15th, 2019 at 11:13 PM ^

With the fact that nobody had won yet on the road and Minnesota is probably a bit better than their record, I figured this might be a game OSU could get caught up in.  Minnesota is not a fun place to play when the fans are amped (and possibly beating the #1 team in the country at home will get them excited), and I'm a sucker for keeping streaks alive.

NW can absolutely beat MSU this year at home, though my guess now is because everyone wishes it happen it won't.

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