The Daily Hoosier
    Facebook Twitter Instagram
    Trending
    • Watch: IU basketball freshman forward Mackenzie Mgbako — media day Q&A
    • IU basketball recruiting: Reports indicate 2024 targets Boateng and Givens off the board
    • IU football lands commitment from in-state 2024 running back Khobie Martin
    • IU basketball to host three class of 2025 Midwest prospects this weekend
    • Watch: IU women’s basketball’s Moren, Parrish and Scalia — preseason Q&A
    • The Daily Hoosier Report: The Latest in IU News and Recruiting Notes (9/21)
    • Six thoughts on Indiana women’s basketball’s Big Ten schedule
    • Kel’el Ware knows his motor has been questioned, and he believes Mike Woodson is part of the answer
    • Sign Up
    • About/Support
    • Jobs
    • Tickets
      • IUBB Tickets (Stubhub)
      • IUFB Tickets (Stubhub)
    • Shop
      • Official IU Store
      • IU Adidas Store
      • Amazon: Support TDH
      • IU Memorabilia
      • IU Press (Books)
      • The Daily Hoosier T-Shirt
    • Radio/Podcasts
    • Pro IU
      • IUBB NBA
      • IUFB NFL
      • IUBASE MLB
    • Forum
      • Disqus Forum
    Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube
    The Daily HoosierThe Daily Hoosier
    Friday, September 22
    • IU Basketball
      • Latest IU Basketball News
      • IU Basketball 2023-24 Schedule
      • IU Basketball 23-24 Roster/Staff
      • Offseason Roster Activity Tracker
      • Scholarship Chart
      • Future Schedules
      • 2022-23 Big Ten Standings
      • 2022-23 IU Basketball Stats
      • Rankings & Bracketology
      • IU Basketball Media Guide
    • IU Football
      • Latest IU Football News
      • IU Football: The 2023 Schedule
      • Roster
      • 2023 IUFB Stats
      • 2023 B1G Standings
      • Future Opponents through 2031
      • IUFB 2023 Media Guide
    • IU Recruiting
      • IU Basketball Recruiting News
      • IU Football Recruiting News
      • IUBB 2024-2026 Prospects
      • Recruit Interviews
      • Recruit Highlights
      • CBB Team Rankings
      • IU Football Recruiting Commits
    • IU Women’s Basketball
      • IU Women’s Basketball News
      • 22-23 Schedule
      • Big Ten Standings
    • IU Men’s Soccer
      • 2022 schedule
      • 2022 NCAA Tournament Bracket
      • Indiana Men’s Soccer: Program History
    • More Hoosiers
      • Fan and Business NIL options
      • IU Baseball
        • Baseball Schedule (links to iuhoosiers.com)
        • 2021 Stats (links to iuhoosiers.com)
        • Big Ten Standings
      • IU Swim & Dive
      • IU Olympic Results
    • Hoosier History
      • March Madness Classics
      • Basketball History
      • Football History
      • IUFB Best Seasons
      • IUFB All-Time Top 10 Players
    The Daily Hoosier

    Bracketologists have Indiana basketball on the outside looking in

    Dustin DopirakBy Dustin DopirakMarch 1, 2021 IU Basketball 3 Comments
    BLOOMINGTON, IN - FEBRUARY 27, 2021 - during the game between the Michigan Wolverines and the Indiana Hoosiers at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington, IN. Photo By Indiana Athletics
    Share
    Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Email

    At some point, strength of schedule and the long coattails of the Big Ten cease to be enough to carry a team without enough wins to an NCAA Tournament berth, and if the experts are to be believed, Indiana has hit that point.

    It’s odd, perhaps, that the Hoosiers’ least surprising loss of the season appears to the the one that has pushed them over the edge. But it’s more the combination of Saturday’s loss to No. 3 Michigan along with collapses against Rutgers last Wednesday and at home against Michigan State the previous Saturday that have driven the Hoosiers from safely in as a No. 10 seed after their Feb. 17 win over Minnesota to out of the bracket according to many of the media members who produce brackets.

    The Hoosiers are now 12-12 overall and 7-10 in the Big Ten, meaning they are certain to finish with a losing conference record. They are currently ranked No. 57 in the NET rankings with a 3-9 record in Quadrant 1 games and two Quadrant 3 losses. The Hoosiers have two road games left against Michigan State on Tuesday and Purdue on Saturday. The Purdue game is in Quadrant 1 with the Boilers ranked No. 21 in the NET and the game against the Spartans, ranked No. 77, could become one. However, they apparently can’t skate in by losing.

    Jerry Palm of CBS Sports doesn’t even have the Hoosiers as one of the First Four Out, but apparently they’re one of the next four out after that. Saint Louis, Duke, Seton Hall and Stanford are the teams still out but apparently also ahead of the Hoosiers.

    Mike DeCourcy of the Sporting News, who does bracketology work for Fox Sports, also has the Hoosiers as one of the Next Four Out. The others are St. Louis, Richmond and Minnesota. The teams above them in that case are Stanford, Duke, Wichita State and Utah State. This is his actual bracket, otherwise loaded with Big Ten teams.

    Joe Lunardi, despite Indiana coach Archie Miller’s rant last year that compared him to Oscar the Grouch, has been forgiving to the Hoosiers this season and he still has them as one of the first four out according to this post on his Twitter account, but he has not fully updated his bracket on the ESPN website yet. The last bracket still has the Hoosiers as one of the last four in, but that came before the Michigan game.

    Shelby Mast, who does bracket work for USA Today, also has the Hoosiers as one of his next four out, along with Syracuse, Memphis and Stanford. His first four out are Duke, Michigan State, St. John’s and SMU.

    According to BracketMatrix.com, an aggregation of 100 brackets, the Hoosiers equate to one of the last four out. They appear in 35 of those 100 brackets with an average seeding of 11.54. That gives them the second-highest average seed of teams not currently included in the field behind Georgia Tech, which appears in 53 brackets with an average seeding of 11.42.

    You can follow Dustin Dopirak on Twitter HERE


    Find us on Facebook:  thedailyhoosier

    You can follow us on Twitter:  @daily_hoosier

    The Daily Hoosier –“Where Indiana fans assemble when they’re not at Assembly”

    Seven ways to support completely free IU coverage at no additional cost to you.

    Share this:

    • Tweet

    Related

    Dustin Dopirak

    Keep Reading

    Watch: IU basketball freshman forward Mackenzie Mgbako — media day Q&A

    Kel’el Ware knows his motor has been questioned, and he believes Mike Woodson is part of the answer

    No rebuild seasons for Mike Woodson: “My clock’s ticking, I want everything this year”

    Latest Hoosier News
    • Watch: IU basketball freshman forward Mackenzie Mgbako — media day Q&A
    • IU basketball recruiting: Reports indicate 2024 targets Boateng and Givens off the board
    • IU football lands commitment from in-state 2024 running back Khobie Martin
    • IU basketball to host three class of 2025 Midwest prospects this weekend
    • Watch: IU women’s basketball’s Moren, Parrish and Scalia — preseason Q&A
    • The Daily Hoosier Report: The Latest in IU News and Recruiting Notes (9/21)
    • Six thoughts on Indiana women’s basketball’s Big Ten schedule
    Sign Up



    Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube
    © 2023 The Daily Hoosier, LLC.

    Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.