In Reply to: The advantage of a first round bye in the Big-10 tournament posted by Dr.Bruin on February 12, 2025 at 13:21:09
The big one to me is we are probably playing fewer games, which means less chance of injury.
If you do care about winning the tournament, we would only have to win 2 games instead of 3.
Also, playing a quarterfinal game means a chance to lose to a lower ranked team who is still quite capable. A Quad 2 loss at that point probably would not affect our seeding, but in a close decision, it might.