Bubble Watch Rooting Interests 3/7/17
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Xavier also should be out if they don't beat Butler after beating pathetic DePaul. Depaul would be their only wins the past 2+ weeks.
Can somebody please tell Lunardi, Palm, etc. that Syracuse doesn't get to play in the Carrier Dome in the Dance?? Their RPI is actually 80 (ESPN's is slightly off from the official that you can get at NCAA site or CBS Sports. They've lost at home to St. John's and their best road or neutral win is Clemson. GIVE. ME. A. BREAK. Also, Boeheim is possibly even more of a Bastard than Steve Alford, if that's possible. If we're left out and they're in I'll be FURIOUS. Especially if they lose tomorrow and they still get it in and we beat Indiana.
The committee better see this!
The committee better see this!
Listening to a couple of podcasts. It sounds like everyone is throwing stuff at the wall and seeing if it sticks. This committee could go completely against all odds and awards bids to mid majors this year? It seems like it changes every year.
The one thing they all agreed on was the top 50 wins. They value the non-conf SOS, but also if you beat the top 50 or 100.
So I don't know, I am shifting more towards we need 2 in DC. I was originally thinking 1 maybe would do it, but now its sounding more like 2 might be needed.
The one thing they all agreed on was the top 50 wins. They value the non-conf SOS, but also if you beat the top 50 or 100.
So I don't know, I am shifting more towards we need 2 in DC. I was originally thinking 1 maybe would do it, but now its sounding more like 2 might be needed.
I don't understand GT KSU or IL. If you can't even win half your conf games, you should be happy to play in the nit!
KSU and IL make SOME sense. Committee is still supposedly looking only at RPI for a ranking system this year this yea---and top 50 RPI wins, particularly on the road or neutral sites, have in previous years been given weight.
Therefore, I think one can make a strong case that Iowa should be in if we beat Indiana---especially if just 1-2 out of Cuse, KSU, Rhode Island, Xavier loses. I think we should be AHEAD of Illinois State and Cuse already----and if MI beats IL---then also IL
Wake should be in. If we beat Indiana, the teams we are trying to nudge out are more like Illinois State, Illinois, Syracuse, USC, Kansas State, Rhode Island, I believe. I think most people who have Illinois State still in are just waiting for a team like Iowa to win in their conference tournament, then switch places.
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Bracket matrix now showing us as 3rd team out (behind Rhode Island and K-State). I love being in a "March Situation"
A win over IU leaves it in the hands of the committee and a bunch of bubble results. I think two wins makes it almost certain that the Hawks dance. I am also a homer, but the whole season counts. Since the committee officially no longer considers the last 10 games, the only good argument for downplaying Iowa's early results is that Cook missed much of the pre-B1G. The Hawks were NOT a good team for the first third of the season.
