Tough draw as the #1 seed. We either get George Mason who just embarrassed us, or St. Joe’s who has a lot of offensive fire power. Hope it’s not an early upset as we need to at least make the finals to have a shot at a bid.
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Let's be real. I am with you, I think if we make it to finals and lose, I feel like team deserves the bid - but 100% (or close to that) bracketologists had us out BEFORE losing to Mason, so I think the only path is to win the tourney.
I feel like the adjustments Boston College made coming out of half time (and outscored us by 11 2nd half), which Mooney did not re-adjust - was a big pivot point early in the season if we were to have a "Bracketologist Approved" profile.
It's all water under the bridge now. We have seen the "Jordan (King) Rules"
down the stretch. Time for Mooney to use this break and re-focus and strategize. Win 3 and in.
I feel like the adjustments Boston College made coming out of half time (and outscored us by 11 2nd half), which Mooney did not re-adjust - was a big pivot point early in the season if we were to have a "Bracketologist Approved" profile.
It's all water under the bridge now. We have seen the "Jordan (King) Rules"
down the stretch. Time for Mooney to use this break and re-focus and strategize. Win 3 and in.
We are not getting a bid, especially after losing to GMU. We gotta win this tourney to get in.
I'm not ruling anything out yet. Let's say we beat down Mason first and then vcu. We would avenge our worst loss of the year and win 2 of 3 from vcu, basically avenging that first loss in an even bigger way. Then we lose by a couple points in the title game to Dayton.
We would be 7-7 in Q1/2 games, we would have gone 17-4 against Atlantic 10 competition in the eighth-best league in the nation and lost the title game to a team everyone assumes is a lock. We would have a win against UNLV, a top-75 team from a 6-bid league, and we'd be 2-3 against the top 75. We'd have one of the best road records of bubble teams (7-5) and would have played 4 games against top-40 teams.
In this scenario, Loyola obviously would have been eliminated earlier than us, so they would officially have no at-large chance, and no one else in the league does either.
We don't know how the committee views the A10, but the metrics don't lie, so unless they are idiots (quite possible, I admit), the league stands on its own and we were the best team over 18 games.
A bunch of other bubble teams from multi-bid would have to take a dive in the first round of their tournaments, too, and all the bubble teams from one-bid leagues would have to win their leagues. Obviously a long shot, but there's a shot.
We would be 7-7 in Q1/2 games, we would have gone 17-4 against Atlantic 10 competition in the eighth-best league in the nation and lost the title game to a team everyone assumes is a lock. We would have a win against UNLV, a top-75 team from a 6-bid league, and we'd be 2-3 against the top 75. We'd have one of the best road records of bubble teams (7-5) and would have played 4 games against top-40 teams.
In this scenario, Loyola obviously would have been eliminated earlier than us, so they would officially have no at-large chance, and no one else in the league does either.
We don't know how the committee views the A10, but the metrics don't lie, so unless they are idiots (quite possible, I admit), the league stands on its own and we were the best team over 18 games.
A bunch of other bubble teams from multi-bid would have to take a dive in the first round of their tournaments, too, and all the bubble teams from one-bid leagues would have to win their leagues. Obviously a long shot, but there's a shot.
Why don’t we just win the whole thing? Stop with the losers mindset of assuming we’re not gonna win and hoping the committee takes us. I fear the players/coaches are doing the same. We’re good enough to win it, act like it.
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We have to win the whole thing. Hate to admit that but that is reality. Whatever sliver of a chance we had before the Mason game is gone now.
Also too many 300+.
Nobody seems to know if Lunardi is still on the payroll. I don't think anyone within the athletic dept. wants to say.
I don't think that's a loser mentality. We want to be a program that can earn at large bids. The league tourneys can be a crapshoot and who gets on a roll etc. It's extremely important and yes, we need a mindset to win it. But not having to completely rely on that and having a legit ability to talk about what a loss does would be considered a good thing.
We were a lot closer than many think. and there were some media folks too who though the same. It's not just some UR message board posters. But that was b4 the Goo Moo loss. I'll never understand why some viewed that game as it didn't matter. Now some of the advantages we had r gone. We have to be all in on winning 3 in a row.
It’s not a losers mindset. We all want to win the tournament. The reason we’re lamenting some after the GMU game is it was a shot to our at large chances that could have been real, and I’d take any opportunity to see this team continue to play meaningful basketball. Really love this team but it would be a shame to miss out on NCAAs. Having even a slight chance on selection Sunday in the case we lose in A10 final would be nice
8 minutes in and Davidson leads Fordham, 7–5. Davidson has 6 (edit: now 7) turnovers, Fordham is shooting 2-for-15.
Not sure why I'm punishing myself watching this.
Not sure why I'm punishing myself watching this.
Bobby Buckets with the three at the buzzer to give Davidson a 27–19 lead at the half. Imagine if they didn't also have 13 turnovers.
Wonder how many more years DC will give the younger McKillop. Pretty uninspiring first 2 years...
Things that pretty much never work: Replacing a coach with his son; hiring a great former player at your school to be your coach.
McKillop probably has next year and that is about it. He has two young solid players in Durkin and Bailey, but they will need help at the guard position - likely through the portal.
Older McKillop made a living on finding good foreign players, and then developing players along the way. But those days are likely behind most schools as the transfer portal becomes the way to fill out rosters. It might be the reason the dad left coaching, knowing his model and development would be very difficult to replicate.
Older McKillop made a living on finding good foreign players, and then developing players along the way. But those days are likely behind most schools as the transfer portal becomes the way to fill out rosters. It might be the reason the dad left coaching, knowing his model and development would be very difficult to replicate.
Has anyone gotten an email or update about a pregame event in Brooklyn on Thursday? The alumni events page has info on watch parties in Richmond, Dallas and Pittsburgh, but nothing for Brooklyn. I usually get an email directly but nothing as yet.
Also, anyone have any knowledge on what section is UR fan section for Thursday? Would like to get a couple tickets on Wednesday.
Also, anyone have any knowledge on what section is UR fan section for Thursday? Would like to get a couple tickets on Wednesday.
We should pack the arena - should be a home game. Our largest student population is from the NY/NJ area and we send a lot of kids to work in NYC. 1 seed, COY and POY - should be a sell out right cause of all the UR fans
More likely a road game with the VCU fans rooting against while waiting for their quarterfinals game. Tho I think VCU fans want to play us in semis.
I don't think we ever draw that well in Brooklyn. We're a small school, the NY/NJ thing means little. It would be nice & the season we've had may provide a small boost, but overall don't expect much re: crowd size.
Right, Trap always looks at it as what percent of our student body are from NYC.
I always look at it as what percent of NYC population are UR grads.
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