Pre season A10

[VT_Spider]

You've already had two proposed wagers and have responded to neither of them...

I didn't see either one.

 

[SpiderHoops32]

With no senior leadership it's gonna be interesting to see who steps up and fills that role. I think Buck might end up being our guy which would be awesome to watch

 

[urmite]

I didn't see either one.

You could start with posts #73 & #78...

 

[urmite]

Instead of wins, I am curious about everyones thoughts on losses.

How would you assign probability of 9 or less, 10-14, 15 or more before DC?

Last decade seems to be 20% <9, 70% 10-14, 10% 15+

 

[VT_Spider]

I'll take both wagers. I also think we could throw more in.

 

[URPike]

With no senior leadership it's gonna be interesting to see who steps up and fills that role. I think Buck might end up being our guy which would be awesome to watch

I think Buck was actually our guy last year. It was TJ's team, but Buck brought the energy and the spark. How could anyone take a play off when he was throwing his body around like he did. I think it was no coincidence that when Buck was put into the starting lineup we turned it around.

 

[urmite]

You sound pretty confident. In my opinion we just don't know enough about the team to know if we will be good or bad. In my opinion we have an NCAA quality back court, but how we do really depends on how good Solly and Grant are, and how good their backups are, but we don't really know the answer to that yet. I am cautiously optimistic, and if you want to make next season interesting with a friendly message board wager I could be interested.

Speaking of NCAA..
I wonder what Gill thinks of this
http://www.ncaa.org/about/resources...-s-basketball-committee-redefines-quality-win

 

[fan2011]

Speaking of NCAA..
I wonder what Gill thinks of this
http://www.ncaa.org/about/resources...-s-basketball-committee-redefines-quality-win

That is great to see, should make it easier to get P5 schools off of their home court. Not recognizing how much more difficult away wins are and how much easier home wins are has given an incredible advantage to P5 teams who are able to play essentially their entire OOC schedule at home with some neutral court games thrown in to rack up easier wins that were not properly recognized as easier wins. It seems like they recognized beating #30 at home is about as difficult as beating #75 on the road, and will finally award teams accordingly.

I am also excited that it sounds like they will be getting rid of the RPI soon, that metric was about as bad as you can get.

 

[urmite]

That is great to see, should make it easier to get P5 schools off of their home court. Not recognizing how much more difficult away wins are and how much easier home wins are has given an incredible advantage to P5 teams who are able to play essentially their entire OOC schedule at home with some neutral court games thrown in to rack up easier wins that were not properly recognized as easier wins. It seems like they recognized beating #30 at home is about as difficult as beating #75 on the road, and will finally award teams accordingly.

I am also excited that it sounds like they will be getting rid of the RPI soon, that metric was about as bad as you can get.

I thought this would interest you. That why I included your quote.

 

[SpiderK]

That is great to see, should make it easier to get P5 schools off of their home court. Not recognizing how much more difficult away wins are and how much easier home wins are has given an incredible advantage to P5 teams who are able to play essentially their entire OOC schedule at home with some neutral court games thrown in to rack up easier wins that were not properly recognized as easier wins. It seems like they recognized beating #30 at home is about as difficult as beating #75 on the road, and will finally award teams accordingly.

I am also excited that it sounds like they will be getting rid of the RPI soon, that metric was about as bad as you can get.

It's a good start, but they need to start penalizing a UNC for beating a VMI at home 8 times before the conference schedule starts.

 

[SpiderK]

With no senior leadership it's gonna be interesting to see who steps up and fills that role. I think Buck might end up being our guy which would be awesome to watch

Buck would be my guess too with Sherod as his 2nd LT. Grant showed leadership at practice also.