I know it's early, but is this a must win?

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Would losing for a second time to Xavier, coupled with the UTEP debacle, affectively end our season in freaking November? There isn't a lot of chances at quality OOC wins going forward, and our conference schedule isn't going to help all that much.

I realize this is WAY too early, but it feels like this is a pretty big game.
 
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You wouldn't think so, but the way we are playing against decent opponents...it's looking like it's important. If we literally don't win any decent non-conference games, you can bet we will probably miss the tourney and Martin will be fired. The past two years have shown that good conference play isn't enough.
 
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To lose to the same team twice in less than 3 weeks, especially after last night, would be devastating to our case come March. Yes, this is a MUST win.
 
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I wouldn't say it's a "must win", but it's about as close as you're going to get to it for a game in November.
 
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I sure hope they are approaching it with a sense of urgency. Xavier is a 1 1/2 point favorite. Here's hoping that their OT loss is still lingering, because we need a W in a bad way.
 
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KingNick865 said:
I wouldn't say it's a "must win", but it's about as close as you're going to get to it for a game in November.
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Pretty much what I was thinking. The thing is that, if we are still going to make an effort to get in the tourney, we really can't afford to lose to decent non-con opponents. I don't think this game will make or break our season as of right now, but it definitely has the potential to be resume bump or a killer.
 
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It is early, but we are quickly digging our way into RPI Hell.
214 currently after what could be viewed by the committee as a bad loss. (100+ projected RPI UTEP)
With so many bad teams in conference, it's going to be very hard to ascend to a position to be considered worthy of a Bubble shot.
 
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calban said:
It is early, but we are quickly digging our way into RPI Hell.
214 currently after what could be viewed by the committee as a bad loss. (100+ projected RPI UTEP)
With so many bad teams in conference, it's going to be very hard to ascend to a position to be considered worthy of a Bubble shot.
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Just setting up our annual where will our Rpi be after winning our last 10 games discussion.

We got it right where we like it
 
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To us its a "must win" but to cuonzo its a "whatever I'll see if we can do enough to get to the tourney in February" game
 
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There's a rule-of-thumb in basketball that it's hard to beat the same team twice.
But that paradigm goes right out the window when that same team is being coached by Cuonzo.
 
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Chris4Vols22 said:
You wouldn't think so, but the way we are playing against decent opponents...it's looking like it's important. If we literally don't win any decent non-conference games, you can bet we will probably miss the tourney and Martin will be fired. The past two years have shown that good conference play isn't enough.
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I agree these days you have to have some good non conference wins to help your cause.
 
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cwbytruckers said:
Now that they have won. Would U.S.C. or Wake Forest be a better win for UT?
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wake forest will probably have the higher RPI after the season, considering the teams they play in the ACC. USC will probably have a better win/loss record.

Probably a wash, just need to win.
 
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