IU basketball added a big resume win Sunday afternoon towards Purdue at Simon Skjodt Meeting Corridor. After trailing by 12 at halftime, the Hoosiers outscored the Boilermakers 48-21 within the second half to win comfortably, 73-58.
At 16-11 total with 4 common season video games left, IU’s hopes to make it again to the NCAA match for the third time in 4 seasons are alive.
Right here’s a better have a look at the present NCAA match resume of the Hoosiers with 4 common season video games left:
Report: 16-11Key wins: at Ohio State, at Michigan State, PurdueBad losses: None (all 11 of IU’s losses are in Quad 1)
In keeping with the NCAA’s NET rankings, the Hoosiers are 4-11 in Quad 1, 3-0 in Quad 2, 5-0 in Quad 3 and 4-0 in Quad 4. As of Monday, Indiana is ranked No. 56 within the NET, up three spots following its win towards Purdue.
As of Monday afternoon, Indiana ranked 54th within the BPI, fiftieth in KenPom and 58th in Bart Torvik within the predictive metrics utilized by the NCAA match choice committee.
In keeping with the results-based metrics utilized by the NCAA match choice committee, Indiana is ranked forty seventh in wins above bubble (or WAB), thirty third in KPI and fiftieth in power of document.
ESPN Analytics at the moment provides Indiana a 44 % probability of creating the sphere and Torvik’s TourneyCast provides the Hoosiers a 27.8 % probability.
After limping to a 3-8 document in its final 11 video games, Indiana is now favored in three of its subsequent 4 video games, based on KenPom.com. If the Hoosiers can go 3-1 of their subsequent 4, they’ll head to the Large Ten match in Indianapolis with lots to play for.
KenPom provides the Hoosiers a 70 % probability to beat Penn State on Wednesday, a 60 % probability to win at Washington on Saturday and a 53 % probability towards Ohio State within the common season finale. Pomeroy’s rankings give Indiana a 31 % probability to win at Oregon on March 4.
Solely considered one of Indiana’s final 4 regular-season video games is projected to be in Quad 1: at Oregon.
In keeping with the NET, the Penn State, Ohio State, and Washington video games are all projected to be in Quad 2. The one recreation that might shift is the one towards the Buckeyes, at the moment ranked No. 30 within the NET. If Ohio State rises into the highest 30, it could be a Quad 1 contest. Nonetheless, Ohio State profitable video games is counterintuitive for the Hoosiers, who’re combating the Buckeyes for a match berth.
Whereas consistency has been a problem for Indiana all season, the Hoosiers have performed properly of their final 4 video games regardless of a 2-2 document. Indiana had probabilities to win in shut losses to Michigan and UCLA and resurrected its match hopes with the Michigan State and Purdue wins.
“We’re all taking part in for one another as a result of we’re all in it collectively,” Trey Galloway stated on Sunday following the Purdue win. “And clearly that is Coach’s final yr, and we wish to make it particular for him. We wish to make it particular for everybody. This staff was assembled for a motive, and we now have an opportunity to actually maintain competing down the stretch to win video games and put ourselves in the proper place.”
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