Moving up two spots after a loss is still kind of weird. Especially to the top ten, regardless of how good the big east it, which is pretty good.
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Moving up two spots after a loss is still kind of weird. Especially to the top ten, regardless of how good the big east it, which is pretty good.
Avon Barksdale
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I think so far the conference is legitimate...very competitive from top to bottom, and if we placed six teams in the NCAAs i wouldnt be shocked which is exactly what we needed this year with a lot of question marks hanging over the Big East's head. The second part would be having success once the teams make the NCAAs but this is a good start.
But based on what we have seen so far.
Nova
SJU
SHU
GT
PC
X
Butler
all deserving of the top 40.
tom in salem
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Ken Pomeroy's rankings are the most accurate.
http://kenpom.com/
Nova 7
Butler 22
Gtown 23
SJU 38
PC 48
Seton Hall 49
Surprised DePaul not in the top 50, or maybe I missed it. It looks like Syracuse will be lucky to stay in the top 100.
http://kenpom.com/
Nova 7
Butler 22
Gtown 23
SJU 38
PC 48
Seton Hall 49
Surprised DePaul not in the top 50, or maybe I missed it. It looks like Syracuse will be lucky to stay in the top 100.
tom in salem
Well-known member
As has been repeatedly stated, until Realtime switches the NIT semis and finals to neutral court games their RPI ranking for STJ will not be correct or in line with EVERY other RPI service. The difference between a home win and loss and a neutral win and loss vs top 10 and top 100 teams is pretty large.
St. John's is #42 according to the more accurate ESPN RPI:
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/rpi
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/rpi
tom in salem
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Creighton is #131 and tomorrow night is a pick-em.
tom in salem
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http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/rpi/_/groupId/4
7 of 12 remaining games against team in top 27.
This conference is a BITCH.
7 of 12 remaining games against team in top 27.
This conference is a BITCH.
The way I see it, plenty of opportunities to shut up joe lunardi. I really hate that guy. Who makes an article saying a team won't make the tournament because of lack of top 50 wins, when they have 7 games left against top 30 AND a tournament where we can play a couple of those teams again? What a buffoon.
Ricky Smith
Member
Buffoon is usually right
http://insider.espn.go.com/mens-col...top-68-teams-college-hoops-college-basketball
Bilas has STJ at 43
43. St. John's Red Storm
The Johnnies have talent and athleticism, which was on display against Duke. But when the game was on the line, St. John's backed up. The Red Storm have lost five of seven going into Creighton, and have not done a good enough job on the glass. Without rebounding at a higher level, St. John's will remain a bubble team until Selection Sunday. -- Jay Bilas
Bilas has STJ at 43
43. St. John's Red Storm
The Johnnies have talent and athleticism, which was on display against Duke. But when the game was on the line, St. John's backed up. The Red Storm have lost five of seven going into Creighton, and have not done a good enough job on the glass. Without rebounding at a higher level, St. John's will remain a bubble team until Selection Sunday. -- Jay Bilas
He is damn good at that. He's my favorite bracket guy to look at. I trust his brackets the most and he is very accurate. He isn't a buffoon I guess, but it was a buffoon move to write an article titled "Why St John's won't make the tournament" and then go on and state we don't have enough top 50 wins to make the tournament.
Its like a parent getting on their kids case about having a C in a class, when they have plenty of tests to bring the grade up. It's super premature. While I think he is great at weighing which teams deserve to make the tourney over others, he can't predict the future, so he shouldn't have tried.