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Post by trojansc on Nov 28, 2014 22:37:51 GMT -5
No, my process is seeing that SMU only beat one top 50 team, while Pacific, Seton Hall, SCU, San Diego, Purdue, CSUN all have at least FOUR. Most other bubble teams have two.. I'd rather take SMU over LSU from an eye judgment. But to the committee, i think they barely take LSU . Because LSU has two top 25 wins. Maybe you have a Texas bias moreso than my suggested west coast bias. Lipscomb has two top 50 wins and one is better than SMU's 1. All i'm reading is what's on paper, you've made two posts about west coast bias without any factual evidence of why SMU should be in over a certain opponent. The only reason why i see SMU as potentially in is because of the RPI and late season finish. But they do have a bad loss. Like I wrote, just an impression from what I read.
For example, you seem to overlook some of the losses of the teams you mentioned.
And yes, I do have a bias towards SMU based on some of our local HS / Austin Jr. club players on their current / past teams.
And I would love to see them come to Austin to beat A&M before losing to Texas!
Santa Clara and San diego are the only two with more significant losses, and both of them have at least 3 more top-50 wins. Santa Clara's got wins over BYU and Duke, two better than SMU's best. Neither are overlooked, if you look in the thread under resume's , that's my concern with San diego & SCU is their losses which make them inconsistent. The committee left out Tulsa last year, and they had two-top 50 wins with a decent RPI. SMU's loss is not that bad to San Francisco. I know. Who are you telling, I watch More WCC games than maybe any other conference (huge fan of LMU). This isn't about how I feel about SMU, it's about how i think the committee is going to judge the teams by the committees standards, not mine. Anyway, I'll elaborate more when rich releases his RKPI tonight. I just don't think sMU gets in right now, based on committee history
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Post by waynefamous on Nov 28, 2014 22:56:58 GMT -5
It's hard to see SMU out if the committee has them in the RPI Top 40 which looks likely.
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Post by elevationvb on Nov 28, 2014 23:37:22 GMT -5
TrojanSC, you are forgetting a KEY stat that the NCAA Selection Committee loves when it comes to UALR... 23-game winning streak. If they lose tomorrow, it is absolutely disgraceful to leave out a team who won 23-of-24 matches to end the regular season/tournament in a pretty good RPI conference... Good Lord, I didn't realize Texas State was in the championship match tomorrow!! I do not want to see them in Austin again.
BTW, is the Sun Belt Conference really considered a good RPI Conference? Not my impression.
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Post by psuvbfan10 on Nov 28, 2014 23:42:56 GMT -5
Seton Hall? in/out?
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Post by rainbowbadger on Nov 29, 2014 0:06:01 GMT -5
You can turn Wisconsin GREEN! B1G Championship is ours and ours alone!
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Post by trojansc on Nov 29, 2014 0:15:00 GMT -5
After usc ucla finish and rich releases his info tomorrow ill let you know. Seton hall is trying to beat creighton a third time, if they do it theyre in, if not, i think they deserve to be in
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Post by kwyjibo13 on Nov 29, 2014 0:34:36 GMT -5
Compared to years past, yes. They are like 11th as a conference in RPI in the Sun Belt.
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Post by goldengopher12 on Nov 29, 2014 2:13:54 GMT -5
I'm still hoping that Minnesota will somehow squeeze into the tourney, or at least Michigan St.
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Post by trojansc on Nov 29, 2014 2:33:51 GMT -5
I'm still hoping that Minnesota will somehow squeeze into the tourney, or at least Michigan St. I really feel for Minny. I wish they beat OSU, i would make a case if they did. I'd rather see Minny than Sparty
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Post by tomclen on Nov 29, 2014 5:19:51 GMT -5
I'm still hoping that Minnesota will somehow squeeze into the tourney, or at least Michigan St. I really feel for Minny. I wish they beat OSU, i would make a case if they did. I'd rather see Minny than Sparty I'm thankful there are not more schools where some people want to call them nick names like Minny and Sparty. Thank my lucky stars there's not a Stanny and Washy; Texy and Whisky. Oh, wait, there is a Whisky. But glad there's not a Nebby or Cally. But there is that weird WAZZU.
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Post by stc23 on Nov 29, 2014 15:00:06 GMT -5
Also, last year it seemed like the committee gave Marquette's hosting spot to Illnois because Illinois had schools that could drive to it (Louisville, Moorhead) that were more then 400 miles from Milwaukee. Would they be likely to have USC/UCLA host instead of Arizona because at least San Diego and LB would within driving distance. Louisville is within 400 miles of Marquette, and I sure hope the committee doesn't give away seeds simply to keep one school within driving distance of their host site.
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Post by FTLOG on Nov 29, 2014 15:06:40 GMT -5
I really feel for Minny. I wish they beat OSU, i would make a case if they did. I'd rather see Minny than Sparty I'm thankful there are not more schools where some people want to call them nick names like Minny and Sparty. Thank my lucky stars there's not a Stanny and Washy; Texy and Whisky. Oh, wait, there is a Whisky. But glad there's not a Nebby or Cally. But there is that weird WAZZU. I'm thankful for whiskey.
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Post by msgt70a on Nov 29, 2014 17:25:07 GMT -5
I'm thankful there are not more schools where some people want to call them nick names like Minny and Sparty. Thank my lucky stars there's not a Stanny and Washy; Texy and Whisky. Oh, wait, there is a Whisky. But glad there's not a Nebby or Cally. But there is that weird WAZZU. I'm thankful for whiskey. Thanks you are right on Louisville - 395 miles to Marquette. Morehead was not within the 400 miles to Marquette but was within 400 miles to Illinois. It does seem to me that location was the reason that Illinois got to host and not Marquette. But who knows. If UCLA gets to host over Arizona, it would also seem to be location related. If I had to guess, I would say these are the hosting sites: Stanford Texas Florida State Washington North Carolina Wisconsin Florida Illinois Penn State Oregon Kansas Colorado State Kentucky Iowa State Nebraska UCLA The schools that don't have a reasonably strong RPI Team (less than 40) that can drive are: Washington North Carolina Penn State Kansas or Iowa State The schools in the top 40ish RPI that cannot drive are: Hawaii Oklahoma USC Duke Arkansas LIttle Rock LSU Oregon State Utah I am guessing that USC heads to UNC. Hawaii to Washington. Oklahoma to Penn State. Duke to Iowa State/Kansas. But USC often seems like they get super hard seeds, so maybe they get sent to Pann State.
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Post by c4ndlelight on Nov 29, 2014 18:09:56 GMT -5
Marquette didn't get a seed last year because they didn't beat anybody besides Creighton. Illinois beat a lot of notable teams. It wasn't about geography.
Arizona will get a seed (also, San Diego can bus to Tucson)
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Post by FreeBall on Nov 29, 2014 18:29:25 GMT -5
Marquette didn't get a seed last year because they didn't beat anybody besides Creighton. Illinois beat a lot of notable teams. It wasn't about geography. Arizona will get a seed (also, San Diego can bus to Tucson) San Diego can bus to Tucson, but the trip is 410 miles according to the NCAA Mileage Calculator. That means they would be allowed to fly.
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