I’ve thought a lot about the 2010 season and how it was our best regular season and only at large bid under Mooney. This comes with a asterisk because of the 2011 A10 tournament win, which would have been an at large year (I vividly remember Jay Bilas saying we were a lock to make the tournament the day after beating #24 Temple in the Semifinals that year). And in 2020 a win in the quarter finals may have been enough, and a semi final win should have done it.
Point is we’ve been in at large contention 3 times during Mooney’s tenure and only one year (2010) we were a lock regardless of slipping up in a quarter final game of the A10. Our main goal before and during each season needs to be getting into at large position before the conference tournament - as The A10 will stay a competitive league and you’ll likely draw a team that can beat you on any given night in the quarter finals.
We need to schedule like we did in 2010 and win enough of those games - that year is the blueprint. Would anyone be able to post our exact results from that year in a nice format here? I tried on my phone but it was a mess. Curious to see what our efficiency metrics looked like, did Kenpom exist? I know our RPI was awesome but how would our NET have looked? Thought it would be an interesting exercise.
Point is we’ve been in at large contention 3 times during Mooney’s tenure and only one year (2010) we were a lock regardless of slipping up in a quarter final game of the A10. Our main goal before and during each season needs to be getting into at large position before the conference tournament - as The A10 will stay a competitive league and you’ll likely draw a team that can beat you on any given night in the quarter finals.
We need to schedule like we did in 2010 and win enough of those games - that year is the blueprint. Would anyone be able to post our exact results from that year in a nice format here? I tried on my phone but it was a mess. Curious to see what our efficiency metrics looked like, did Kenpom exist? I know our RPI was awesome but how would our NET have looked? Thought it would be an interesting exercise.