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LMRC looks as weak as RPI to me. Some of it is pretty ridiculous.
On the main topic: I just looked at Tenn vs WVU and really don't see the difference. So why is Tenn in and WVU not even being considered?
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| Posted: 03/17/19 7:54 pm ::: |
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| myrtle wrote: |
LMRC looks as weak as RPI to me. Some of it is pretty ridiculous.
On the main topic: I just looked at Tenn vs WVU and really don't see the difference. So why is Tenn in and WVU not even being considered? |
Some of the more ridiculous aspects.
-Marquette would be a 2 seed.
-South Dakota State is a 3 seed.
-Central Michigan is a 4 seed.
Auto Bids:
1. Baylor
2. UConn
3. Notre Dame
5. Mississippi State
8. Stanford
10. South Dakota State
12. Iowa
26. DePaul
27. Buffalo
36. Belmont
52. Florida Gulf Coast
53. Rice
57. Bucknell
60. Missouri State
61. Quinnipiac
69. UC Davis
71. BYU
76. Wright State
77. Boise State
78. Maine
85. Princeton
95. Portland State
99. Fordham
105. Arkansas Little Rock
111. Radford
125. Mercer
151. Towson
163. New Mexico State
164. Robert Morris
176. Abilene Christian
249. Southern
259. Bethune Cookman
At Large:
4. Oregon
6. Marquette
7. Louisville
9. Iowa State
11. Oregon State
13. Maryland
14. Gonzaga
15. Miami
16. Central Michigan
17. Arizona State
18. Drake
19. Syracuse
20. Kentucky
21. South Carolina
22. South Dakota
23. NC State
24. Missouri
25. UCLA
28. Texas A&M
29. Texas
30. Michigan State
31. North Carolina
32. Utah
33. Florida State
34. Michigan
35. West Virginia
37. California
38. Virginia Tech
39. Rutgers
40. Green Bay
41. Tennessee
42. Indiana
Teams on the outside looking in:
43. Minnesota
44. Northwestern
45. James Madison
46. Arizona
47. Auburn
48. Ohio
49. Georgia
50. Nebraska
Notables on the outside:
55. UCF
56 (!) Duke
66. LSU
70. Clemson
Seeds would look something like this.
1. Baylor
2. Stanford
3. Iowa State
4. Miami
5. Arizona State
6. NC State
1. UConn
2. Louisville
3. South Dakota State
4. Central Michigan
5. Drake
6. UCLA
1. Notre Dame
2. Marquette
3. Oregon State
4. Gonzaga
5. Kentucky
6. South Dakota
1. Oregon
2. Mississippi St.
3. Iowa
4. Maryland
5. Syracuse
6. South Carolina
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| Posted: 03/17/19 8:21 pm ::: |
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LMRC looks as weak as RPI to me. Some of it is pretty ridiculous.
On the main topic: I just looked at Tenn vs WVU and really don't see the difference. So why is Tenn in and WVU not even being considered? |
West Virginia's RPI is 79, compared to Tenn's 59. West Virginia's SOS is also 87 compared to Tennesse's 36, per RPI. I guess those numbers make a pretty big difference between the two.
If you look at the teams on the Debatable 8:
15. Central Florida: Conference Record 16-4 (Worst Loss: #32. Central Michigan, Best Win: #41 Quinnipiac
34. Ohio SOS 70 Conference Record: 16-5 (Worst Loss: #85. Toledo, Best Win: #25. Buffalo)
47. Indiana SOS: 41 Conference Record: 9-11 (Worst Loss: #209 Grambling, Best Win: 7. Iowa)
50. Auburn SOS 70. Conference Record: 10-8 (Worst Loss: #59. Tennessee, Best Win: #38. North Carolina)
56. TCU SOS 64. Conference Record 10-9 (Worst Loss: #143 Oklahoma State. Best Win: #11 Iowa State)
59. Tennessee SOS: 36. Conference Record: 8-10. (Worst Loss: #210. Vanderbilt, Best Win: #29. Texas)
67. Arkansas SOS: 45. Conference Record 9-11 (Worst Loss: #127 Pittsburgh, Best Win: #16 TAMU)
I think we can say that Central Florida is safely in, as they weren't on the initial sheet, and Southern California was. So, that leaves 3 spots for six teams. I'd say that having a winning record in conference is pretty darn important, so I'd take TCU and Auburn as the next two teams. That leaves you to choose between Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee, and Arkansas for the final spot. If it were up to me, I'd take Ohio, but nothing is ever up to a lackey from Denver who went to school in Ohio and has a tie to Stanford.
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| Posted: 03/18/19 10:49 am ::: |
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| As expected, Missouri State's win in the MVC tournament bumps Ohio from last team in to first team out. |
Ohio's best win is better than UCF's
Ohio's worst loss is nowhere near as bad as UCF's
Ohio has more quadrant one wins and more quadrant two wins than UCF
The only reason UCF is in is that they got blown out by UConn three times, as if that showed them to be a tournament quality team
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| Posted: 03/18/19 11:58 am ::: |
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| Looks like Drake really got penalized by Creme for losing in the MVC finals yesterday. If memory serves, he had them as a 5 seed. Now they're down to an 8, playing against UNC in Storrs with UCONN waiting in the wings.
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| Posted: 03/18/19 12:23 pm ::: |
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| Looks like Drake really got penalized by Creme for losing in the MVC finals yesterday. If memory serves, he had them as a 5 seed. Now they're down to an 8, playing against UNC in Storrs with UCONN waiting in the wings. |
I think they were a 7 before yesterday’s loss.
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| Joe Foss wrote: |
| Looks like Drake really got penalized by Creme for losing in the MVC finals yesterday. If memory serves, he had them as a 5 seed. Now they're down to an 8, playing against UNC in Storrs with UCONN waiting in the wings. |
I think they were a 7 before yesterday’s loss. |
OK, thanks. That makes more sense.
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| Posted: 03/18/19 12:39 pm ::: |
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| No Stanford in OR? A fan can dream right.
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| Posted: 03/18/19 12:45 pm ::: |
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| No Stanford in OR? A fan can dream right. |
It won't happen. I've seen some delusional fans on the CardBoard as well wishing that we get sent to Portland. I don't see how they don't send Oregon there, unless they find some sound reasoning for competitive balance to send the Ducks elsewhere and keep the Beavers there. Definitely not Stanford though.
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| Posted: 03/18/19 12:50 pm ::: |
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| C'mon, at least give me an hour of ignorance.
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| Posted: 03/18/19 2:38 pm ::: |
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| The losses to the Zags and Utah sealed our fate. Eastward ho! and off we go!
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Apparently there’s a leaked bracket going around. Tennessee is in, plays UCLA round 1. Louisville is the #1 seed in Albany, UConn #2z
I’ll see if I can find some screenshots.
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| Posted: 03/18/19 3:12 pm ::: |
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| Essentially, ESPNU accidentally broadcast the bracket, there are some screenshots on Twitter if you wish to search for them. Muffet won’t be happy to see who they sent to Chicago with her.
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| Posted: 03/18/19 3:21 pm ::: |
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| I'm relieved we got off the #16 line. OTOH, I doubt the Bears can do anything with Gustafson.
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| Posted: 03/18/19 4:38 pm ::: |
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| Are they still going to have the show at 7?
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. Just kidding of course - I laughed when I clicked on that link and saw them at #6 overall - they are nowhere near worthy of that or a 2 seed.
