Official Bubble Watch Thread

#580
#580
Don't think Tennessee can get in with 19 total wins even if GT or KSU play solid. I think we'd need to go at least 18-13, and find 2 tourney wins (Maybe 1 solid one) to sneak in.
 
#581
#581
So per this link the highest RPI P5 team to be omitted since expansion to 68 in 2011 was Missouri with a RPI of 49 in 2014...their SOS was around 60 and they went 9-9 in conference.

Tennessee if they go 17-13 (10-8) is gonna be an interesting case, very few 14 loss teams have gotten into the field, along with very few 4 game over .500 teams, but yet like I said RPI inside of 50 which they'd have and history says they'd get in.

http://mweb.cbssports.com/ncaab/eye-on-college-basketball/25505343/bracketolgy-ncaa-tournament-rpi-numbers-to-know-through-the-years
 
#582
#582
bleedingTNorange said:
So per this link the highest RPI P5 team to be omitted since expansion to 68 in 2011 was Missouri with a RPI of 49 in 2014...their SOS was around 60 and they went 9-9 in conference.

Tennessee if they go 17-13 (10-8) is gonna be an interesting case, very few 14 loss teams have gotten into the field, along with very few 4 game over .500 teams, but yet like I said RPI inside of 50 which they'd have and history says they'd get in.

Bracketolgy: NCAA Tournament RPI numbers to know through the years
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Florida was 9-9 last season and had a better rpi and sos than Vandy who went. Florida went to the nit.
 
#583
#583
calban said:
Florida was 9-9 last season and had a better rpi and sos than Vandy who went. Florida went to the nit.
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Again, Florida 9-9 and Vanderbilt 11-7...RPI was 8 spot difference. Florida 4-6 in last 10, Vanderbilt 6-4 in last 10...the point of my post remaining though, RPI inside of 50 has basically meant lock, Florida was 55.
 
#584
#584
bleedingTNorange said:
So per this link the highest RPI P5 team to be omitted since expansion to 68 in 2011 was Missouri with a RPI of 49 in 2014...their SOS was around 60 and they went 9-9 in conference.

Tennessee if they go 17-13 (10-8) is gonna be an interesting case, very few 14 loss teams have gotten into the field, along with very few 4 game over .500 teams, but yet like I said RPI inside of 50 which they'd have and history says they'd get in.

Bracketolgy: NCAA Tournament RPI numbers to know through the years
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Minnesota in 2014 had a resume that is scary for us.
 
#587
#587
Didn't help ETSU lost just now to Wofford. Kansas State beating Kansas would be huge. Auburn needs to beat Mississippi State not sure that game tomorrow matters too much though. Notre Dame needs to beat Wake Forest, and Florida needs to beat Georgia tomorrow also.
 
#588
#588
BruinVol said:
Minnesota in 2014 had a resume that is scary for us.
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Guessing you mean 2013-2014 season...

19-12(8-10)
SOS:23
RPI:50


Definitely a good case, would like to think our SOS and RPI will be higher, but may not be by much. Suppose one positive is Minnesota got a #1 seed in NIT field so they had to of been one of the first teams out of NCAAT field.
 
#589
#589
OrngeJuiceJones said:
Didn't help ETSU lost just now to Wofford. Kansas State beating Kansas would be huge. Auburn needs to beat Mississippi State not sure that game tomorrow matters too much though. Notre Dame needs to beat Wake Forest, and Florida needs to beat Georgia tomorrow also.
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Senior drill on suicide watch
 
#590
#590
bleedingTNorange said:
Guessing you mean 2013-2014 season...

19-12(8-10)
SOS:23
RPI:50


Definitely a good case, would like to think our SOS and RPI will be higher, but may not be by much. Suppose one positive is Minnesota got a #1 seed in NIT field so they had to of been one of the first teams out of NCAAT field.
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You sure the SOS wasn't 9?

That's what I saw on the realtime site
 
#592
#592
Kansas State with a very nice start, glad we didn't play them there that arena is insane. Their students actually show up wild and ready.
 
#593
#593
BruinVol said:
You sure the SOS wasn't 9?

That's what I saw on the realtime site
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Sports reference is where I looked, I'm gonna see if I can find what it was on selection Sunday, if SOS is continued to be calculated through their NIT run it's gonna be inflated.
 
#598
#598
bleedingTNorange said:
What's odd is that when you look up articles of snubs from that year nobody really is mentioning Minnesota, I'm wondering if maybe they had some awful losses?
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They only had 2 top 50 wins. Only two losses over 100 but both in conference. They also played chaminade. Eerily similar to the Vols
 
#599
#599
BruinVol said:
Realtime rpi has it
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Hmm, big discrepancy between that and sports reference. It's odd to me that nobody really mentioned them as a major snub that year...8-10 in conference and finishing 7th in conference I'm guessing were major factors. Similar to Florida last year, struggled in conference, Vandy closed stronger and both weren't getting in.
 
#600
#600
BruinVol said:
They only had 2 top 50 wins. Only two losses over 100 but both in conference. They also played chaminade. Eerily similar to the Vols
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Vols have 1 sub 100 loss currently, and that's in conference...at least 2 top 50 wins...would give Vols hypothetical resume the slight nod.

Minnesota: 18-12(8-10) RPI:50 SOS:29 2 good wins, 2 bad losses

Tennessee: 17-13(10-8) RPI:47 SOS:15 2 good wins, 1 bad loss
 
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