Official what games to pay attention to thread...

#1,376
#1,376
I admire the optimism, but I would be shocked if a team with our RPI, that lost in the 1st game of the conference tourney, got in. Happy, but floored.
 
#1,380
#1,380
iVol4Life said:
(Practically) Everything but our RPI is solid
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That's what I'm interested in.

Everything screams NCAA team except the RPI.

So, will the committee say "You know, the RPI is an outlier, and with Jarnell's addition, they are a better team, so they deserved to be in"? Kenpom is top 50. BPI is top 50. Even against top 50 RPI it's better than any bubble team.

I don't like our chances. But I don't think it's as open and shut as others have made it out to be, especially with only one bubble team making a good impression in NC State. And even then they aren't a lock by any means.
 
#1,384
#1,384
Xavier starting to pull away now. Not helping at all if they win. Gotta hope Vandy holds on because Ole Miss is NIT bound with loss.
 
#1,390
#1,390
Mullins2010 said:
How was their resumes compared to ours?
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Had an RPI of 31, and nine road wins. But ZERO top 50 wins.

Interesting note here: I'm reading Gene Smith's comments about the selection of UAB (Smith was the head of the committee last year). And he says that they did put stock in UAB winning the regular season C-USA. So that will be interesting to watch.

Here's another interesting tidbit: Last year, the committee did factor losing Brandon Davies suspension with BYU. Maybe they do the same with Kenny Hall?

Sign of worry though: Consider Bama last year. The RPI was about the same, and finished second in the SEC with even a better record conference wise. They had a good top 50 RPI record (like us). But they had a SOS of 248 non conference and went 9-7, and overall their SOS was 136 compared to our top 40.
 
#1,392
#1,392
zjcvols said:
Had an RPI of 31, and nine road wins. But ZERO top 50 wins.

Interesting note here: I'm reading Gene Smith's comments about the selection of UAB (Smith was the head of the committee last year). And he says that they did put stock in UAB winning the regular season C-USA. So that will be interesting to watch.

Here's another interesting tidbit: Last year, the committee did factor losing Brandon Davies suspension with BYU. Maybe they do the same with Kenny Hall?

Sign of worry though: Consider Bama last year. The RPI was about the same, and finished second in the SEC with even a better record conference wise. They had a good top 50 RPI record (like us). But they had a SOS of 248 non conference and went 9-7, and overall their SOS was 136 compared to our top 40.
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Interesting
 
#1,397
#1,397
Vandy win is big...

Now let's hope St Louis can pull this out, not too big a deal if Xavier wins though, I feel they are in even with a L

Big gane is long beach state tonight. They lose and they probably still get in the tournament, and taking away a bid.
 
#1,398
#1,398
bleedingTNorange said:
Vandy win is big...

Now let's hope St Louis can pull this out, not too big a deal if Xavier wins though, I feel they are in even with a L

Big gane is long beach state tonight. They lose and they probably still get in the tournament, and taking away a bid.
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Xavier looks pretty good
 
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#1,399
TennesseeFan07 said:
Also, if memory serves me correct, the committee put hardly any stock in conference tournaments last year.
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Even though this will sound homerish, I agree. Unless you beat a couple solid tourney teams (like if NC State beat UNC today, along with UVA), they should have very little stock because of some many different factors. Teams that play before have the advantage in the quarterfinals against teams that don't. You play in different arenas and domes, etc.
 
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