Northwestern a lock?

[RaleighSUfan]

so I just looked at their "body of work".

By my calculations, they have a total of 3 wins over projected tourney teams:
Wake Forest at home
At Wisconsin (they've played terrible as of late)
Michigan at home

How the hell are they a lock?

I'm not saying they shouldnt make it in, but how are they projected so much further ahead of Syracuse?

They've also lost 6 of their last 9 games.

 

[RaleighSUfan]

Correction... they also beat Dayton at home in December.

So 4 wins!

 

[pearl31]

tend to agree, but I think their @ Wisconsin win will get them in - without that, yeah, they'd be in trouble

 

[upperdeck]

Wisc playing so poorly down the stretch let several b10 team keep their dreams alive.

 

[jncuse]

4 top 50, top 25 road win, 10 top 100 wins (10-10), no bad losses.

Passes the lock test for me.

 

[Chris02M]

they have done enough to be a 9 or 10 seed

 

[RaleighSUfan]

Jerry Palm had them as an 8 seed before their loss to Purdue.

 

[pearl31]

4 top 50, top 25 road win, 10 top 100 wins (10-10), no bad losses.

Passes the lock test for me.

probably - tho if this was a, er, "normal" year they'd be bubble-ishus

 

[Chris02M]

Jerry Palm had them as an 8 seed before their loss to Purdue.

palm is off his game this year as shown by the fact that he has us as 3rd team out behind at least 3 teams with worse resumes

 

[Chris02M]

i currently have Northwestern as 9th or 10th to last team in

 

[RaleighSUfan]

Also, if Wisconsin drops out of the rankings this week, which is very possible(they lost to Iowa on Thursday), Northwestern won't have a single win against a current top 25 team. That's astonishing!

 

[Cusefan0307]

I want someone to ask Mike Greenberg if a mediocreNorthwestern team deserves to be in over Wichita State.

 

[Rage4CUSE]

I want someone to ask Mike Greenberg if a mediocreNorthwestern team deserves to be in over Wichita State.

WSU clinched their conference tourney today so that questions moot.

 

[Cusefan0307]

WSU clinched their conference tourney today so that questions moot.

Let's make it Illinois State then.

 

[orangenirvana]

Sagarin at 39, KenPom at 35, a road Top 25 win, another road Top 50 win (four total) - sounds like a 9-10 seed to me.

 

[Cusefan0307]

Sagarin at 39, KenPom at 35, a road Top 25 win, another road Top 50 win (four total) - sounds like a 9-10 seed to me.

I wasn't only halfway kidding. They are worthy, but it would have been funny if they lost a couple more games just to hear Greeny moan and groan.