UConn's 2 games against the Pac12

[upstater]

I think the committee will look favorably at the win over Washington at Washington. They just rolled through the Oregons and--like Stanford last night--they played Arizona tough. Those home loss to Stanford will still hurt somewhat, but it's not like Stanford were chumps. They should have beaten Arizona last night, and only a 6 minute scoring drought at the end hurt them (they actually finished badly, just 6 points in the last 13 minutes) but were still there with a shot to tie at the buzzer. In other words, losing to Stanford at home is bad, but losing to Stanford at all is not a killer. It's the kind of loss you expect will happen eventually (away).

 

[Huskyforlife]

Houston, smu

 

[upstater]

Houston, smu

Losing @ SMU is bad? No.

 

[Huskyforlife]

Losing @ SMU is bad? No.

It's not good

 

[Huskyforlife]

Losing @ SMU is bad? No.

Although Stanford beating zona would have been huge to us

 

[tzznandrew]

It's not good

No loss is good. That one isn't bad.

Houston's is, though.

 

[Huskyforlife]

No loss is good. That one isn't bad.

Houston's is, though.

Didn't smu just lose to usf?

 

[tzznandrew]

Didn't smu just lose to usf?

http://espn.go.com/dallas/mens-coll...ring-partially-torn-mcl?ex_cid=espnapi_public

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/team/stats/_/id/2567/southern-methodist-mustangs

 

[Inyatkin]

On the road to a top 50 RPI team is not a bad loss, unless you're expecting to go undefeated.
Houston might eke its way into the top 150, which is the best we can hope for on that one. That actually was a bad loss.

 

[mcs333]

SMU is still undefeated at home.

 

[Jerry1714]

It's not good

We were underdogs in that SMU was -3, it was not a bad loss at all.

The loss at home to Stanford was and so was the loss at Houston (that was a horrible one) but the SMU one isnt

 

[DarthGrumpy]

The Houston loss was bad. The SMU loss was a classic trap, especially against a decent team opening their re-built arena. The Stanford loss was against a decent team and I think UConn just ran out of steam at that point after winning so many games at the wire (Maryland, Indiana, etc.). They were competitive against Louisville, even is the face of poor front court play and an overzealous referee.

Going forward, UConn has to take care of business against the weaker teams (USF 2x, UCF, SMU, Rutgers, Temple, Houston), go .500 against the 4 tough games remaining (Ciny 2x, Memphis, Louisville), and get to the AAC finals. That likely gives UConn a 5/6 seed (should be 4/5; but the NCAA committee will discount the AAC). A surprise loss and only making it into the AAC semi’s gets UConn a 7/8 seed.

I wish that away game at Temple was not on a Thursday night at 9 PM. But, I have to be at work the next day and would not get home until 1 AM at the earliest.

 

[Excalibur]

The Houston loss is the only "bad" loss so far. Other than that, the season has played out roughly to expectations.

 

[SubbaBub]

SMU was bad because it followed Houston. Stanford was bad because it was at home and they are not that good. There close loss to AZ, notwithstanding.

UL is the only expected loss, while SMU on its own would have been OK, when you factor in the FL win.

The loss total should be at 2.

 

[AZHuskiePop]

The Stanford game was bad because they (Stamford)choked at the end and unlike AZ we were not able to Capitlize. Bazz missed a few winning shots with the rest of the team pretty much watching. We lost that game rather than them winning it.

 

[upstater]

SMU was bad because it followed Houston. Stanford was bad because it was at home and they are not that good. There close loss to AZ, notwithstanding.

UL is the only expected loss, while SMU on its own would have been OK, when you factor in the FL win.

The loss total should be at 2.

Stanford doesn't have an NCAA resume but if they lose only 2 or 3 more, they might make it. A 9 loss Stanford team probably gets into the NCAA, especially given 6 of their losses are to NCAA tourney teams.

Losses to BYU, Pitt, Michigan, Cal, Oregon St, UCLA and Arizona.

Wins against UConn, Northwestern, Oregon, Oregon St., Washington, USC.