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Post by transformer on Nov 26, 2014 20:42:41 GMT -5
Arizona State beats UCLA - that hurts So cal for hosting... anyone???
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Post by vbnerd on Nov 27, 2014 0:14:26 GMT -5
I like Creighton, Northridge, Ohio and Santa Clara to get in but even that leaves 2 spots open, and I have these teams left on the board (with RPKI)
Lipscomb 34 San Diego 42 SMU 43 Utah 45 Virginia Tech 47 Minnesota 48 Pittsburgh 50 Purdue 54
Am I in the ballpark with who is on the bubble? I know Purdue has the ability to make a statement vs Wisconsin. What are the matches that could decide where the bubble bursts?
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Post by lionsfan on Nov 27, 2014 0:19:35 GMT -5
I like Creighton, Northridge, Ohio and Santa Clara to get in but even that leaves 2 spots open, and I have these teams left on the board (with RPKI) Lipscomb 34 San Diego 42 SMU 43 Utah 45 Virginia Tech 47 Minnesota 48 Pittsburgh 50 Purdue 54 Am I in the ballpark with who is on the bubble? I know Purdue has the ability to make a statement this weekend but who else? Can't believe Utah doesn't get in; if a bubble B1G team gets in, it should be Michigan State, not Minny or Purdue
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Post by c4ndlelight on Nov 27, 2014 0:23:23 GMT -5
I'm not really sold on Ohio as a lock, and Santa Clara probably gets in but is still bubble-y because of so many bad losses.
Pacific has a very clean profile. I think they've got as good a shot as anyone listed up there.
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Post by vbprisoner on Nov 27, 2014 0:26:50 GMT -5
I like Creighton, Northridge, Ohio and Santa Clara to get in but even that leaves 2 spots open, and I have these teams left on the board (with RPKI) Lipscomb 34 San Diego 42 SMU 43 Utah 45 Virginia Tech 47 Minnesota 48 Pittsburgh 50 Purdue 54 Am I in the ballpark with who is on the bubble? I know Purdue has the ability to make a statement this weekend but who else? I have seen SMU play and they are a good team, much better than I thought and would definitely be able to hold their own against the teams that are 15 - 30.
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Post by BeachbytheBay on Nov 27, 2014 0:28:32 GMT -5
Utah, mich state, & UOP
ohio out
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Post by vbnerd on Nov 27, 2014 0:34:38 GMT -5
I put Michigan State in.
Utah's road resume is light. Their road wins are Cal, Lipscomb, St. Mary's and Utah State. When you consider that 6 of their last 8 were at home those 7 wins down the stretch are diminished a bit, since being in the tournament would mean to win on the road. This is the same knock on Purdue, Minnesota, and even SMU who's road wins are all pretty low.
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Post by trojansc on Nov 27, 2014 1:06:47 GMT -5
I put Michigan State in. Utah's road resume is light. Their road wins are Cal, Lipscomb, St. Mary's and Utah State. When you consider that 6 of their last 8 were at home those 7 wins down the stretch are diminished a bit, since being in the tournament would mean to win on the road. This is the same knock on Purdue, Minnesota, and even SMU who's road wins are all pretty low. the comittee doesnt realy care about that. I'm going to update some profiles and change my last bids in. Keep an eye on UALR, and Illinois State!
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Post by msgt70a on Nov 28, 2014 10:18:01 GMT -5
Does the committee attempt any seeding beyond the 16 teams that host the sub-regionals? For example, would they send BYU to Stanford even though BYU's RPI is around 20 and it might be more logical to have a Stanford have the 30-34 RPI in their sub-regional?
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.
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Post by volleyhead on Nov 28, 2014 10:41:52 GMT -5
Is there a list of all the AQ's so far. It seems like last year someone had created a thread on this and just updated it but most conferences are decided by now. The "Big" Conferences are...
Stanford Texas Wisconsin Florida
When UNC beats Wake Forest, they will win the ACC.
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Post by rainbowbadger on Nov 28, 2014 10:47:41 GMT -5
Is there a list of all the AQ's so far. It seems like last year someone had created a thread on this and just updated it but most conferences are decided by now. The "Big" Conferences are... Stanford Texas Wisconsin Florida When UNC beats Wake Forest, they will win the ACC. Not Wisconsin yet. I seem to recall hearing that if we split the title - we lose tonight and PSU wins - they get the AQ spot because their overall season record is better. Not 100% sure. Who knows how the B1G AQ spot is determined if the title is shared? I'm on my phone and can't really do research.
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Post by JHAM on Nov 28, 2014 11:00:14 GMT -5
Is there a list of all the AQ's so far. It seems like last year someone had created a thread on this and just updated it but most conferences are decided by now. The "Big" Conferences are... Stanford Texas Wisconsin Florida When UNC beats Wake Forest, they will win the ACC. Not Wisconsin yet. I seem to recall hearing that if we split the title - we lose tonight and PSU wins - they get the AQ spot because their overall season record is better. Not 100% sure. Who knows how the B1G AQ spot is determined if the title is shared? I'm on my phone and can't really do research. If two teams are tie then it's head-to-head and Penn St would be the conference champ as far as AQ goes even though technically the B1G title would be shared by both.
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Post by trojansc on Nov 28, 2014 18:20:46 GMT -5
Updated for the results that have completed this morning..
Still some important matches tonight. Will update tomorrow, might change a few picks but that bracket should look pretty close to the real thing.
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Post by elevationvb on Nov 28, 2014 19:42:06 GMT -5
Updated for the results that have completed this morning.. Still some important matches tonight. Will update tomorrow, might change a few picks but that bracket should look pretty close to the real thing. My reaction to your final selections - - a definite West Coast bias. But that's just me.
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Post by trojansc on Nov 28, 2014 19:49:36 GMT -5
Updated for the results that have completed this morning.. Still some important matches tonight. Will update tomorrow, might change a few picks but that bracket should look pretty close to the real thing. My reaction to your final selections - - a definite West Coast bias. But that's just me.they said that when I picked 6 WCC teams to make it in 2012, but they got 6 teams If we were talking about who I actually think should get in, not predicting what the NCAA is going to do: I would take Purdue over Miami. I would take Seton Hall, over Lipscomb and Ohio, LSU. Look at the WCC resume's: All of them have at least 4 top-50 wins. Pacific's worst loss is to 45 RPI Santa Clara. LMU has a very solid season, two top-25 OOC victories. San Diego and Santa Clara have impressive resume's with a lot of victories, but they do have some questionable losses which may make me wonder. Look at the pac-12 resume's: None of the big-10 wins compare to Utah's big wins. Arizona State has too many good wins. OSU has a solid resume and better than the eastern bubble teams.
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