Question for the Vol-Bracketologists

#26
#26
oldsarge said:
The play-in games appear to be partially driven by TV ratings

March 18
Albany vs, Mount St. Mary's @ 6:30
NC State vs. Xavier @ 9:10

March 19
CP (Cal Poly?) vs. Tex Southern @ 6:30
Tenn vs. Iowa @ 9:10
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I'm pretty sure the late game is always the higher seeds, if that's what you mean
 
#27
#27
After Virginia, our second-best win is Xavier in the Bahamas. And, that's it as far as us beating teams in the tournament. I think the low number of 'quality wins' hurt us. Our third-best win is the win at home over Missouri. Arkansas and either LSU or Georgia are 4 and 5 for us.
That's a very weak win total.

Not getting to play UK at home didn't help. We only had four games within our conference against teams in the field, and three of them were against the #1 team. It's not our fault that opportunities against the NCAA field were limited, but we had more chances than UWGB, and they're going to the NIT.
We went 2-7 against the NCAA field. The NCSU loss was a missed opportunity. Creaming us in Knoxville probably did a lot towards getting them in. The other losses against the field were the road losses at Wichita State and at Xavier, when UT made the absolutely stupid decision to make that game the first game of the year.
 
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#28
jw0595 said:
Thank you. I did not know that. I guess you do learn something new every day.
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For lack of a better comparison, Dayton is kind of like what Omaha is to college baseball. It's been a an NCAA tournament site more than any other place by a long shot, so when they created the play in games they designated that as the site since it's not big enough to host regionals
 
#29
#29
If we win both games against Xavier, they're probably out. If we beat NCSU, they're probably out. Of course, we're in a completely different mood today if we would have lost to UVA, with all other games staying the same.
 
#30
#30
You guys act like BYU didn't play anyone and didn't beat anyone.

All bubble teams have bad losses. That's why they are there.


Stan: 21-12, RPI 40, non-con sos was 51, 5-9 v. top 50, 2-2 v. 51-100
ASU: 21-11, RPI 44, non-con sos was 236, 4-7 v. top 50, 5-2 v. 51-100
BYU: 22-11, RPI 31, non-con sos was 4, 3-6 v. top 50, 5-1 v. 51-100


Dayton: 23-10, RPI 43, non-con sos was 100, 4-6 v. top 50, 6-2 v. 51-100
Neb: 19-12, RPI 48, non-con sos was 108, 4-7 v. top 50, 2-2 v. 51-100


Tenn: 20-12, RPI 42, non-con sos was 42, 3-7 v. top 50, 4-1 v. 51-100
Iowa: 19-12, RPI 56, non-con sos 185, 5-9 v. top 50, 1-1 v. 51-100
NC St: 21-13, RPI 55, non-con sos was 107, 3-9 v. top 50, 3-2 v. 51-100
Xav: 20-12, RPI 47, non-con sos 89, 4-6 v. top 50, 5-3 v. 51-100


UW-GB: 21-6, RPI 58, non-con sos was 58, 1-2 v. top 50, 3-1 v. 51-100
SMU: 25-6, RPI 53, non-con sos was 295, 4-5 v. top 50, 0-1 v. 51-100

You could swap Tennessee for Nebraska and no one would say anything. I'm more pissed about the NC State inclusion than anything. I think BYU and Dayton should have been higher. ASU could have been moved down.
 
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ukvols said:
After Virginia, our second-best win is Xavier in the Bahamas. And, that's it as far as us beating teams in the tournament. I think the low number of 'quality wins' hurt us. Our third-best win is the win at home over Missouri. Arkansas and either LSU or Georgia are 4 and 5 for us.
That's a very weak win total.

Not getting to play UK at home didn't help. We only had four games within our conference against teams in the field, and three of them were against the #1 team. It's not our fault that opportunities against the NCAA field were limited, but we had more chances than UWGB, and they're going to the NIT.
We went 2-7 against the NCAA field. The NCSU loss was a missed opportunity. Creaming us in Knoxville probably did a lot towards getting them in. The other losses against the field were the road losses at Wichita State and at Xavier, when UT made the absolutely stupid decision to make that game the first game of the year.
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Thanks for the background info. I had not realized that we actually have so few quality wins. All I've heard lately is how great it was to beat UVA by 30+. Committee's decision is much more clear now.
 
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