BRACKETOLOGY, RPI, SOS
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If Marquette holds off Xavier(up 10 at halftime) and we take care of business against Georgetown, we could realistically finish anywhere from 3rd to 7th. We need to take care of business and get the four wins there. The rest of the season and the Big East tournament is going to be a war.
In that scenario we would be an absolute lock. I would much rather it not come to that, though. I would be very disappointed if we lost two or three more regular season games. We can really do ourselves a big favor by beating two teams immediately in front of us in both the conference and RPI standings. Both are home games too. 21 is the magic # in my mind no matter how we get there.
We have a lot of things working in our favor. For starters, we are on a 7-1 run, and the NCAA always looks at how teams come on at the end of the year. We also are a very interesting and appealing team with the sheer # of highly ranked recruits coming of age. Our ceiling is much higher than say a St. Joe's or BYU, and the committee will certainly consider that. Every committee member wants the team they fought for to make it to the Sweet 16 or better. Also, we played so many of the nations best teams very close and lost a ton of close games. Reason to the committee? Our stud FRESHMAN PG, Rysheed Jordan, didn't emerge until late January and we start two sophs alongside him.
If we get anywhere from a 3-6 seed in the tournament, who would you guys want us to play?
I hope we play a quarterfinal against providence, with winner going to play Creighton. Thats what I would like to see. Providence being undermanned, I could see them running out of gas by the time the big east tournament comes, and us beating them much like we did at the dunk.
I hope we play a quarterfinal against providence, with winner going to play Creighton. Thats what I would like to see. Providence being undermanned, I could see them running out of gas by the time the big east tournament comes, and us beating them much like we did at the dunk.
They look nothing like the team we beat handily at the Garden.
Wake Forest blowing the doors off of Florida State, 24-8.
Syracuse is tied with NC STATE at the dome 44-44 at the U8.
Syracuse is tied with NC STATE at the dome 44-44 at the U8.
NC State up 50-45 with 6 minutes left. Joe Lunardi doesn't have the wolf pack on the bubble but says a win would launch them into the field for now.
tom in salem
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Up to #57 after yesterday.
Xavier dropped to #50.
Huge opportunity today.
Xavier dropped to #50.
Huge opportunity today.
Avon Barksdale
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SJU's RPI can improve by leaps and bounds from now through Selection Sunday with the remaining schedule we have:
@ Nova and @ Marquette
Home GTown Home Xavier
Plus the Big East Tournament - if we lose only the Nova game and have a good showing in the Big East Tournament we can get the RPI into the 30s in a month.
There is still a lot of season left for us and this team will be the masters of their own destiny.
@ Nova and @ Marquette
Home GTown Home Xavier
Plus the Big East Tournament - if we lose only the Nova game and have a good showing in the Big East Tournament we can get the RPI into the 30s in a month.
There is still a lot of season left for us and this team will be the masters of their own destiny.
There is definitely opportunity, but I am a little disappointed that we are only 57 after the last two wins. I thought we'd be right inside 50. The Depaul loss on the road and the Providence loss at home were two huge missed opportunities that caused a 10-15 spot drop. It gets harder to move up every game.
The good news:
We have home games against two teams immediately ahead of us in both the RPI and on the tournament bubble
52-58 is pretty much a statistical tie in the RPI, so a win over Gtown should at least get us to #52 and probably higher with other losses
All the A-10 schools ahead of us all play two against each other (#37 GW, #40 Richmond, #41 St. Joe's, #53 Dayton) and have the A-10 tournament
#42 Oklahoma St. plays @ #49 Baylor tomorrow. Oklahoma state has lost six in a row, 7/8, and is playing without Smart...winner of SJU/Gtown will pass the loser
#33 Memphis and #38 SMU can't both survive if we keep winning...they both only have four top 100 wins...they play each other last game of the season, they both will lose to Louisville. One of those teams will lose 3-4 games and fail to make the tournament. That conference makes me sick...the top five start off with an nearly automatic ten wins.
Jerry Palm Reader from CBS Sports has us at 57 RPI today. We need to root for Wagner to beat Bryant today, Wisconsin to beat Michigan and Monmouth to beat Marist.
tom in salem
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@ESPNLunardi says St. John's needs to get to 8-6 Big East to be in the "right side of the bubble."They are 6-6 entering today's G'town game
If we beat Georgetown we are heading in the right direction, butler has no answer for obekpa and Sampson, plus they are a bad road team. If we win tonight, I feel good about our chances Tuesday night.
True, but at butler Tuesday night, would've been a big trap game, just ask Creighton,