March Madness

Definitely have to watch other teams more closely. We need Texas to lose. Honestly need Georgetown to lose too.
 
It’s amazing how just a few weeks ago we blew the doors of seton hall in that one half. Since that game the two teams have gone in opposite directions
 
[quote="MJDinkins" post=330603]What did Raf say to Gus Johnson to make that kinda response? I missed it.[/quote]

Luckily I’m watching on a stream and could rewind.

I’m pretty sure he said “it’s refreshing to have an Irish guy reffing you can understand what they are saying”
 
[quote="Jack Williams" post=330601]If there’s no other bid stealers we have like a 97% chance of getting in[/quote]

That’s the thing, there will most likely be bid Steelers.
 
[quote="Redmen88" post=330605][quote="Jack Williams" post=330601]If there’s no other bid stealers we have like a 97% chance of getting in[/quote]

That’s the thing, there will most likely be bid Steelers.[/quote]

Are they from Pittsburgh? :)
 
[quote="MJDinkins" post=330607][quote="Redmen88" post=330605][quote="Jack Williams" post=330601]If there’s no other bid stealers we have like a 97% chance of getting in[/quote]

That’s the thing, there will most likely be bid Steelers.[/quote]

Are they from Pittsburgh? :)[/quote]

Maybe Cincinnati. X
 
[quote="Redmen88" post=330605][quote="Jack Williams" post=330601]If there’s no other bid stealers we have like a 97% chance of getting in[/quote]

That’s the thing, there will most likely be bid Steelers.[/quote]

I mean there’s not that many more opportunities as we enter Friday.

Nevada needs to win obviously. VCU as well.

But any other bid stealers would have to go through top 15 teams at some point. So we will see.

There are no bid stealers left in the ACC.

Big 12- West Virginia still alive
SEC - maybe Bama
AAC - no bid stealers here unless someone not named Cincy, UCF, and Houston win and they are all still in

B10 - Nebraska still alive but only in the quarterfinals and have already played 2 games in 2 days. Doubt they make the whole run
 
Would love to hear Adam’s take on Utah State if they lose this game to 14-17 New Mexico. Currently a 10 seed on bracket matrix
 
Georgetown looks to be using a box and 1 defense on Powell. They've gone really cold. Only a 16-point lead for the Hall. Under 11 remaining in the game.
 
Copy pasted from ESPN after game tonight....

St. John's was projected as a No. 11 seed going into the Marquette game, and Bubble Watch supposes, if a few more bubble teams had won a few more games this week, there could be a discussion on whether this team is now in real trouble. Chris Mullin's men were blown out 86-54 by Marquette, and the NET ranking attached to the Red Storm even going into a lopsided loss already was in the mid-60s. Now factor in that, in the eyes of the rating system, the Johnnies actually were playing a "home" game at Madison Square Garden when they were hammered by 32 points. Meaning this NET ranking could get ugly. Still, there also are two things going in this team's favor. First, even after the debacle against the Golden Eagles in the Big East tournament, St. John's is still 3-2 against Marquette and Villanova for the season. Second, well, the committee does have to get to 68 somehow. (Updated: March 14)
 
[quote="Jack Williams" post=330638]Would love to hear Adam’s take on Utah State if they lose this game to 14-17 New Mexico. Currently a 10 seed on bracket matrix[/quote]

With them being 3 spots ahead of us and Nevada the favorite to win the MW, it's tough to decide whether to root for Utah St. Do we want to be greedy (hope for 1 bid only- Nevada) or play it safe (assume the MW will have 2 bids and just hope one of those two teams win). I think at this point it's still best to play it safe and root for Utah St. Can't have that conference getting 3 teams in. Those type of scenarios would really make us sweat on Selection Sunday.
 
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Recap from today:

Who to root FOR/against on Thursday:
*BUFFALO over Akron- BUFFALO won
*VILLANOVA over Providence- VILLANOVA won
*VIRGINIA over NC State- VIRGINIA won
*OHIO ST over Indiana- OHIO ST won
*IOWA ST over Baylor- IOWA ST won
*ARKANSAS over Florida- Florida won
*KANSAS ST over Tcu- KANSAS ST won
*XAVIER over Creighton- XAVIER won
*NEVADA over Boise St- NEVADA won
*WASHINGTON over Usc- WASHINGTON won
*PENN ST over Minnesota- Minnesota won
*OLE MISS over Alabama- Alabama won
*DUKE over Syracuse- DUKE won
*KANSAS over Texas- KANSAS won
*UCLA over Arizona St- Arizona St won
*GEORGETOWN over Seton Hall- Seton Hall won

Actually a good day overall, with 11/16 results going our way.

Of course, the most important result (our game) was disappointing, but we are fortunate that we didn't lose much ground in bracketology.
 
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Hoping our NET doesn't end up in the 70s after that performance, I can't remember any RPI teams in the 70s getting in the past 10-15 years. We are really making things tough with EVERY loss being a 10+ point blowout. Our advanced metrics are truly awful- Kenpom has us at #78. Syracuse I think last year or the year before got in with an RPI around #65.

Heading into today we were #64, so I don't think we'll drop 6+ spots. I'll guess our NET will be #68 tomorrow. We did drop 10 points for our home loss to Xavier (BET counts as home, too), but of course Marquette is better than Xavier.

On the bright side, our home win against them should remain Q1. We did a great job tonight of keeping their NET within the top 30...
 
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