HS_Coach_C Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 If K State and Baylor both win tonight we very well could see 8 Big XII teams in the tournament... 1 Quote Link to comment
ScottyIce Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 22 minutes ago, HS_Coach_C said: If K State and Baylor both win tonight we very well could see 8 Big XII teams in the tournament... Nah, they play Sunday don’t they? Quote Link to comment
HS_Coach_C Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 36 minutes ago, ScottyIce said: Nah, they play Sunday don’t they? Yeah but that wouldn't knock either out, but now that Kansas State lost maybe they'll get bumped out with a loss to Baylor Quote Link to comment
ScottyIce Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 2 minutes ago, HS_Coach_C said: Yeah but that wouldn't knock either out, but now that Kansas State lost maybe they'll get bumped out with a loss to Baylor I was thinking maybe one would be virtually eliminated on Sunday. Quote Link to comment
HS_Coach_C Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 2 minutes ago, ScottyIce said: I was thinking maybe one would be virtually eliminated on Sunday. No that would be logical, that doesn't work for the selection committee. Baylor may have done enough tonight to get in, so hopefully only one of Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas State get in. I'm sick of the Big XII lovefest. Quote Link to comment
ScottyIce Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 Looks like these refs love St. Bonaventure. What a tragedy. Fouled out Davidson’s best player on horses#!t calls. Quote Link to comment
BIG ERN Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 Two things I don't like about CBB: The regular season conference winners are the ones who should be auto qualifiers, especially for smaller schools/conferences Every Big 6 should have 4 auto qualifiers and then take the rest for at large bids I would even be okay with getting rid of the conference tournament. Maybe even keep divisions like football and they play for the B10 title at the end. We won 22 games this year and lets say we beat Michigan and then lose to Mich St and get left out. Our then 23 wins and 14 conference wins meant nothing. We could have been 0-31 and made a run to win the B10 title game and got in. Never made sense to me Quote Link to comment
Cdog923 Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 25 minutes ago, BIG ERN said: Two things I don't like about CBB: The regular season conference winners are the ones who should be auto qualifiers, especially for smaller schools/conferences Every Big 6 should have 4 auto qualifiers and then take the rest for at large bids I would even be okay with getting rid of the conference tournament. Maybe even keep divisions like football and they play for the B10 title at the end. We won 22 games this year and lets say we beat Michigan and then lose to Mich St and get left out. Our then 23 wins and 14 conference wins meant nothing. We could have been 0-31 and made a run to win the B10 title game and got in. Never made sense to me I agree with point #1; it's incredibly disingenuous to the spirit of the game for a smaller conference team to dominate their regular season, but not make the tournament if they don't win their conference tournament. Point #2 is pretty much already done; if you're in the top 4 of a Power Conference, you're almost guaranteed to make the tournament.....although this year could be the exception to the rule. Quote Link to comment
Popular Post HS_Coach_C Posted February 28, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2018 Here is today's version of some numbers for at-large teams slotted as a 9-seed or lower in Lunardi's updated bracket today. The comments and projection are my opinions: Miami & VA Tech move to locks, Boise drops off the bubble with a loss. Our most likely hopes of teams dropping out: Texas, Alabama, Louisville, Loser of Baylor/Kansas State, Providence, USC Teams that are the most danger of getting in over Nebraska: Syracuse, Washington, UCLA, Utah, Marquette Rooting interests (in order of how much it would help Nebraska): 2/28 Boston College over Syracuse Xavier over Providence Clemson over Florida State Pitt over Notre Dame (not a big deal if Notre Dame wins) Texas A&M over Georgia (not a big deal, but Georgia isn't too far off the bubble) UCONN over Temple (Temple is still close to the Bubble according to some) 3/1 Michigan over Iowa/Illinois winner Virginia over Louisville Cal over Arizona State Oregon State over Washington Georgia Tech over NC State Arkansas State over Louisiana (take away any chance of Louisiana getting an at-large bid) 3/2 NEBRASKA over Michigan/Iowa/Illinois winner (none of this matters if they don't win this game) Iowa State over Oklahoma If you think Nebraska needs another good win, then root Michigan State, if you want an easier path to the championship, root against them 3/3 NEBRASKA over Michigan State/Wisconsin/Maryland winner West Virginia over Texas St. John's over Providence Stanford over Arizona State LSU over Mississippi State Texas A&M over Alabama NC State over Louisville Clemson over Syracuse Virginia over Notre Dame St. Louis over St. Bonaventure Oregon over Washington Colorado over Utah Creighton over Marquette Boston College over Florida State Tennessee over Georgia Kansas State over Baylor (I don't know if it matters which way this one goes, I just hope the loser gets bumped out) 3/4 NEBRASKA to win the Big Ten Championship Game No low RPI teams to win their conference tournaments and steal at-large bids 2018 Bubble Teams.pdf 12 Quote Link to comment
Xmas32 Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 Good stuff HC_Coach_C. Thanks for posting up. 1 Quote Link to comment
Red Five Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 Lunardi having Alabama as a 10 seed, #7 "safe team", and 9 spots ahead of Nebraska is laughable They have lost their last 4 games by an average of 13 points (2 of those at home). Yes, they were to the RPI ranked #16, 7, 27, and 45 teams, but at some point you have to win games. Bama's RPi is 57 (Nebraska's is 59). Quote Link to comment
huskerfan333157 Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 5 hours ago, Red Five said: Lunardi having Alabama as a 10 seed, #7 "safe team", and 9 spots ahead of Nebraska is laughable They have lost their last 4 games by an average of 13 points (2 of those at home). Yes, they were to the RPI ranked #16, 7, 27, and 45 teams, but at some point you have to win games. Bama's RPi is 57 (Nebraska's is 59). I agree but people seen to favor a slightly above .500 team with 3 top 25 wins over a team with a great record who only has 1 top 25 win but wins the games that they should win. Quote Link to comment
HS_Coach_C Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 3 minutes ago, huskerfan333157 said: I agree but people seen to favor a slightly above .500 team with 3 top 25 wins over a team with a great record who only has 1 top 25 win but wins the games that they should win. Of the 22 teams I listed, Nebraska is 2nd (behind NC State) in Strength of Record, which is basically a measure of team accomplishment based on how difficult a team's W-L record is to achieve given the schedule that they faced. I think this should be a pretty big deal - we'll see if the committee thinks so. Quote Link to comment
Moiraine Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 (edited) Temple and LSU both lost. Doesn't help us a lot but doesn't hurt. 2 brackets thought LSU had a chance and 4 thought Temple had a chance. Syracuse playing right now. Just saw that St. John's is playing Providence in their last game. Edited March 1, 2018 by Moiraine Quote Link to comment
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