NET Rankings 2021-22

[ADORAZ]

Nice win last night! Despite Georgetown being ranked #204, we've still improved from #95 to #90 overnight. That's of course due to it being an away game and also a (near) blowout win. Every game can be an opportunity for improvement as long as the team keeps their foot on the gas.

Beat Butler, get into the 80s, and then the NIT becomes a possibility (with an outside shot at the NCAA if the team goes on a big run).

 

[beast of the east]

I don't think the makeup game is going to happen.   Pretty certain it won't unless something changes.

 

[paultzman]

I don't think the makeup game is going to happen.   Pretty certain it won't unless something changes.

True and last I looked PC may not be able to make up three games. That could complicates things for teams jockeying for position

 

[ManhattAn1]

Providence and uconn met all the criteria to play last night- not sure what happened there……
we are both available to play on 2/10 and Marquette already in the area at uconn

 

[beast of the east]

I don't think the makeup game is going to happen.   Pretty certain it won't unless something changes.

True and last I looked PC may not be able to make up three games. That could complicates things for teams jockeying for position

It's another season adulterated by Covid, and the end results won't be as fair but for schools it will still bring in TV revenue.  They can't delay the BET or NCAAs to make up games.   All leagues have the same problem.    I wonder if it makes sense to schedule an OOC game with a team in Quad 1 to make up for it.   IT would likely have to be a team on the bubble and scheduled on short notice in final 10 days of season.

 

[ADORAZ]

I don't think the makeup game is going to happen.   Pretty certain it won't unless something changes.

True and last I looked PC may not be able to make up three games. That could complicates things for teams jockeying for position

It's another season adulterated by Covid, and the end results won't be as fair but for schools it will still bring in TV revenue.  They can't delay the BET or NCAAs to make up games.   All leagues have the same problem.    I wonder if it makes sense to schedule an OOC game with a team in Quad 1 to make up for it.   IT would likely have to be a team on the bubble and scheduled on short notice in final 10 days of season.

Yeah, the school needs to be proactive about this. Immediately find out if Marquette has any possibility of working out, and if not then schedule a bubble team.

 

[fordham96]

Losing the Marquette home game is looming large now as they are having a really good season (unexpectedly) and that is a lost opportunity.  I don't see them making it anyway but if they were to make a run and not have that game made up could loom large. 

But Butler is a MUST under any circumstance.

Looking at the next 3 after Butler: Villanova, UCONN and @Xavier.  

Lose to Butler and you are 4-7 with that stretch staring at you in the face.

 

[Knight]

How about the NCAA delay post season by one week, allowing all teams to make up most, if not all, of the postponed games?

 

[fordham96]

Logistically that maybe difficult.  Arenas have been booked in some cases for years for specific time periods.

That includes conference tourney's and NCAA events.

Can't just re-schedule at a drop of a hat.

Knight post=455122
How about the NCAA delay post season by one week, allowing all teams to make up most, if not all, of the postponed games?

 

[MakingPlays]

I don't think the makeup game is going to happen.   Pretty certain it won't unless something changes.

True and last I looked PC may not be able to make up three games. That could complicates things for teams jockeying for position

It's another season adulterated by Covid, and the end results won't be as fair but for schools it will still bring in TV revenue.  They can't delay the BET or NCAAs to make up games.   All leagues have the same problem.    I wonder if it makes sense to schedule an OOC game with a team in Quad 1 to make up for it.   IT would likely have to be a team on the bubble and scheduled on short notice in final 10 days of season.

Yeah, the school needs to be proactive about this. Immediately find out if Marquette has any possibility of working out, and if not then schedule a bubble team.

I'm not sure how in the know Kevin Connely is, he's a contributor for stormthepaint, but he said the Marquette game getting made up or a replacement game happening is very unlikely.

If this is true, it's another miscalculation by the staff.  They should know by now if Marquette is going to reschedule and if not, just get any replacement Q1 game, even if they have to do it on the road.  It would be unfortunate if they went on a nice run and finished with 17 or 18 wins and ended up being one more quality win away from making tournament.  That UConn game not getting made up last year ended up being a pretty big deal.

 

[fordham96]

We are all assuming this team WILL go on a run and I am done predicting or assuming that.

I honestly thought they had turned a corner in the UCONN game even though they lost.  They proceeded two games later to get smoked at Creighton.  Then I said they needed 2 out of 3 against SHU, Nova and PC. They got 1.

They are just so inconsistent I don't see how anyone can think they are capable of a run.  And losing to Butler on the road with what is facing them after that game is basically the proverbial nail in the coffin.  A win does not save the season a loss and you can start drawing curtains.

 

[MakingPlays]

We are all assuming this team WILL go on a run and I am done predicting or assuming that.

I honestly thought they had turned a corner in the UCONN game even though they lost.  They proceeded two games later to get smoked at Creighton.  Then I said they needed 2 out of 3 against SHU, Nova and PC. They got 1.

They are just so inconsistent I don't see how anyone can think they are capable of a run.  And losing to Butler on the road with what is facing them after that game is basically the proverbial nail in the coffin.  A win does not save the season a loss and you can start drawing curtains.

While all of that is true.  Adding another Q1 hurts absolutely nothing.

Even worst case scenario if they lose most of the remaining games and adding a game won't help tournament chances that game still gets experience for players returning next year.  And I think everyone can agree, getting some of these guys more reps in front of crowds isn't a bad thing, that's how you learn how to win by getting more experience.  You have to remember even though Posh and Wusu are sophomores this is their first year playing in arenas with fans, they came into the season with no experience playing in hostile environments and those two will be your returning leading scorers.

 

[Knight]

Schedule Iona.  /media/kunena/emoticons/cool.png

 

[mm52]

so far we have only won one game we were not expected to (SH, so we split), and lost those we were supposed to.  So, all we have to do is start winning some of the improbable Q1 games.  That momentum, together with players like Mathis, Wheeler, Soriano and even Nywie, contributing at or more than we might have expected, gives me a glimmer of hope that (a) we can avoid playing wednesday in the BE tournament, and (b) even if we do play that night, that we can make a little run in it.

 

[mm52]

Schedule Iona.  /media/kunena/emoticons/cool.png
 

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[espken]

If the NET rankings are not in our favor at the end of the regular season, there’s always running the table at the Garden. Heck Georgetown did it last year, so anything is possible. /media/kunena/emoticons/blink.png

 

[IDRAFT]

Why would a Quad One level team agree to play SJU right now? Based on the current NET rankings what exactly is in it for them? The idea that those teams would want to play SJU flies in the face of the fact that Marquette seems quite happy not to play us. As was UCONN last year. 

 

[ADORAZ]

Why would a Quad One level team agree to play SJU right now? Based on the current NET rankings what exactly is in it for them? The idea that those teams would want to play SJU flies in the face of the fact that Marquette seems quite happy not to play us. As was UCONN last year. 

If we play away, all we'd need is a top 75 team. For neutral we'd need a top 50 team. A top team I doubt would play us, but a bubble team, especially one on the wrong side of the bubble, would. With our #90 NET we would be a worthwhile opponent, especially for teams in conferences like the A10 who don't have many more opportunities for Q1/Q2 wins. Just for example let's say we schedule a team at home. That'd be a Q2 game for our opponent and a Q1 game if we move up to top 75. There are plenty of teams in the 40-100 NET range who I'm sure would play us either home, away or neutral.

Also, I personally don't expect this team to make enough of a push to get into the NCAA or even the NIT, but I absolutely want them to have every opportunity possible to do so. We just need to schedule a team, even if it ends up being Q2 rather than Q1.

 

[NCJohnnie]

Adam,

Here are two suggestions for next year's OOC schedule. Iona in MSG and Davidson down here in beautiful Davidson NC. Davidson will have 4 of its 5 starters back from an excellent team and a road win against them would be an NET feather in our cap. RedStormNC & I would be happy to arrange a social gathering in King Canary BrewPub the night before & Belk arena is a fun place to see a game. Davidson & SJU couldn't be more of a contrast in styles & would be an entertaining game for sure. If anyone has an in & can plant this as a possibility with the powers that be would be greatly appreciated by us North Carolinians lol! 
Just a thought.
   

 

[ras]

Let’s get a game at Miami for us S. Fl residents. Had a nice turnout at the GT game there in Miami during the Mullin years.