Men's Bracketology: Bid stealers leave out Pitt, Virginia, Seton Hall, Indiana State
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i would have signed up for a 7 seed before the season and it'll probably be higher. our 4 losses were by a combined 14 points to 3 ranked teams and away at WVa w/o our best player.
7 seed in the big dance not the BE...that's what lunardi is projecting us at right now.If we finish 7th place in the Big East with an Auburn win on the resume that and a dime will get us............................nothing.
Well maybe an NIT bid.
before you scoff at 7th let me just remind you that would actually be a step up from the current 8th place position we are in.(How's that for a sobering thought) , and we have 8 games left against the top 4 Including 2 against Nova and 2 against Xavier. Before one says "they dont scare me" keep in mind that we just lost to the 5th best team in conference and also Providence at home.
7 seed in the big dance not the BE...that's what lunardi is projecting us at right now.
I would bet that freshman is now playing with mucho confidence and has figured some stuff out.
From what I saw he's that dangerous.
If we finish 7th place in the Big East with an Auburn win on the resume that and a dime will get us............................nothing.
Well maybe an NIT bid.
before you scoff at 7th let me just remind you that would actually be a step up from the current 8th place position we are in.(How's that for a sobering thought) , and we have 8 games left against the top 4 Including 2 against Nova and 2 against Xavier. Before one says "they dont scare me" keep in mind that we just lost to the 5th best team in conference and also Providence at home.
Please, you know you're oversimplifying it. We're 18 in the Sagarins today, and in that range generally. If the season ended today, we're in easily. Our overall body of work is such that no one is saying "they're not in because they're 8th in the Big East." Conference standings don't matter -- body of work does.
Having said that, yes, it's likely that if we stay 8th that is going to mean losing a lot of games that will hurt us badly in computer rankings. I don't like people saying wins don't matter any more than you do -- wins are all that matter -- but tournament selection and seeding is based primarily on body of work.
Marquette is 44 NET and VCU 53. Those are both solid wins. There will be plenty of opportunities for more good Q1/Q2 wins the rest of the way. It’s still early.Our Body of work is Auburn and only Auburn. That's not simplifying much. It's already simple. Great win. But that's it. I'd feel much better if our body of work included one , just one, of Providence, WVU, MSU, Seton Hall. Give me one of them. Because those are all games that would look good on a resume. The more we throw games like that in the toilet (and that's exactly what we do) the harder this gets going forward. Do you want to count on beating Nova? Even Xavier? Because we pissed away our realistic opportunities at solidifying an actual body of work some of those games will turn into must wins when they needn't have.
Yup its simple. Auburn is our body of work and only Auburn. That and a dime will get you................................................
Meh. Still plenty of Quad 1 opportunities in the BE. This ain't the AAC.Our Body of work is Auburn and only Auburn. That's not simplifying much. It's already simple. Great win. But that's it. I'd feel much better if our body of work included one , just one, of Providence, WVU, MSU, Seton Hall. Give me one of them. Because those are all games that would look good on a resume. The more we throw games like that in the toilet (and that's exactly what we do) the harder this gets going forward. Do you want to count on beating Nova? Even Xavier? Because we pissed away our realistic opportunities at solidifying an actual body of work some of those games will turn into must wins when they needn't have.
Yup its simple. Auburn is our body of work and only Auburn. That and a dime will get you................................................
Right now our win @ Marquette is better than any win we had last year aside from USC. If our body of work this year is only Auburn, our body of work last year was only USC, and that got us a 7 seed.Our Body of work is Auburn and only Auburn. That's not simplifying much. It's already simple. Great win. But that's it. I'd feel much better if our body of work included one , just one, of Providence, WVU, MSU, Seton Hall. Give me one of them. Because those are all games that would look good on a resume. The more we throw games like that in the toilet (and that's exactly what we do) the harder this gets going forward. Do you want to count on beating Nova? Even Xavier? Because we pissed away our realistic opportunities at solidifying an actual body of work some of those games will turn into must wins when they needn't have.
Yup its simple. Auburn is our body of work and only Auburn. That and a dime will get you................................................
They may also have to couple the Auburn win with the other wins that got against St. Bonaventure and VCU. I checked the Atlantic 10 conference and their win loss records are ok but Bonnie's and VCU both need to be in the top 3 of their conference to make Uconn's OOC schedule strength more convincing.Yeah. I noticed that. They may have to couple that with a top 4 or 5 finish in the big east to make it in. Depending on the how the big east ends up. That should be doable. I think seton hall and providence wins would've already been enough.
We’re a good basketball teamHow did we win that game?
Uconn played great and dominated most of that game after a rough start. They should've won easily but had a total collapse at the end of regulation like we've seen so many times.How did we win that game?