2023 Automatic Qualifiers & Conference Tournaments

[n00b]

Officially our first automatic qualifier

[n00b]

[vballfreak808]

[nellynel]

Don’t know what the tie breakers are in the B12 but Texas has a 3 1/2 (head to head advantage vs two teams in second place) game lead with 3 matches left. I have to believe they secured the B12 with todays win.

[bbg95]

Nov 11, 2023 21:43:54 GMT -5 nellynel said:

Don’t know what the tie breakers are in the B12 but Texas has a 3 1/2 (head to head advantage vs two teams in second place) game lead with 3 matches left. I have to believe they secured the B12 with todays win.

This is from an article in 2017, but these are supposedly the tiebreakers for the Big 12 auto-bid (in the unlikely event that either BYU or Kansas manages to tie Texas in the standings at the end of the season, they would be co-champions with Texas--the tiebreakers only apply for the auto-bid):

1. Head-to-head match record
2. Total sets won divided by total sets played in Big 12 matches between/among tied teams
3. Total points won divided by total points lost in Big 12 matches between/among tied teams
4. Repeat above procedures using all conference matches if a tie remains
5. Coin toss

So yeah, I'm pretty sure Texas has the auto-bid wrapped up. They're 4-0 against BYU and Kansas, which means the first tiebreaker is all that's needed.

[vballfreak808]

[pavsec5row10]

Nov 11, 2023 21:12:51 GMT -5 vballfreak808 said:

Just noticed the Tournament Central link in the Part 1 section for The Horizon League is going to the wrong Conference (Big West).  

Also, in Part 2 the  The Patriot League is misdirecting to the Big Sky. 

[avid 2.0]

SoCon and Patriot League tournaments start tonight

SoCon
ETSU-UNCG 6pm ET ESPN+

Patriot League
Navy-Bucknell 7pm ET ESPN+
Loyola Maryland-American 7pm ET ESPN+

[n00b]

Nov 14, 2023 11:39:51 GMT -5 avid 2.0 said:

SoCon and Patriot League tournaments start tonight

SoCon
ETSU-UNCG 6pm ET ESPN+

Patriot League
Navy-Bucknell 7pm ET ESPN+
Loyola Maryland-American 7pm ET ESPN+

I'll try to get these Pablo odds out as each tournament gets under way...

SoCon
31.8% #3 Wofford (host)
29.2% #1 The Citadel
14.4% #2 Mercer
8.1% #4 Samford
7.8% #5 Furman
5.1% #6 Western Carolina
2.4% #7 Chattanooga
1.3% #8 East Tennessee State
0.0% #9 UNC Greensboro

Patriot League
52.6% #1 Colgate (host)
19.4% #2 Army
10.9% #3 American
9.6% #5 Navy
6.3% #4 Bucknell
1.2% #6 Loyola University Maryland

[trojansc]

This is one of my favorite weeks. But it's also sad watching so many players careers' end..

Also if you are a bubble team that doesn't win the AQ, you have to sweat for a LONG week to see if you get into the tournament. I think of Western Michigan this year, but MAC doesn't finish until next week.

The Sun Belt Teams also should be sweating (not JMU) - Texas State, even if in a good position RPI wise, is probably going to be a nervous wreck given what happened last year.

[n00b]

Sun Belt

26% Texas State
21% James Madison
18% South Alabama
14% Georgia Southern
13% Coastal Carolina
4% Troy University
3% Louisiana
1% Southern Miss
0.3% Old Dominion
0.1% Appalachian State
0.1% Arkansas State
0.03% Marshall
0.005% Louisiana-Monroe
0.00006% Georgia State

If you're wondering, that's 1,683,455 to 1 for Georgia State.

[bluepenquin]

Nov 15, 2023 12:38:52 GMT -5 n00b said:

If you're wondering, that's 1,683,455 to 1 for Georgia State.

So your saying there is a chance.

[trojansc]

Nov 15, 2023 12:48:53 GMT -5 bluepenquin said:

Nov 15, 2023 12:38:52 GMT -5 n00b said:

If you're wondering, that's 1,683,455 to 1 for Georgia State.

So your saying there is a chance.

They did go 5 with Coastal Carolina way back when conference play started, losing 15-17 in the 5th!

[n00b]

Nov 15, 2023 13:08:43 GMT -5 trojansc said:

Nov 15, 2023 12:48:53 GMT -5 bluepenquin said:

So your saying there is a chance.

They did go 5 with Coastal Carolina way back when conference play started, losing 15-17 in the 5th!

They won 14 sets in conference play during the regular season. They need to win 15 in the next 5 days to win the tournament.

[trojansc]

Nov 15, 2023 14:00:30 GMT -5 n00b said:

Nov 15, 2023 13:08:43 GMT -5 trojansc said:

They did go 5 with Coastal Carolina way back when conference play started, losing 15-17 in the 5th!

They won 14 sets in conference play during the regular season. They need to win 15 in the next 5 days to win the tournament.

Georgia State was so close to going up 2-1 on Arkansas State, dropping the 3rd set 24-26.

Fighting to keep their season alive here in the 4th.