Teams to root against

[ChoppinBroccoli]

Ucla and usc are both bad bad teams

Truth.
You are not wrong about the Pac 12, my friend.

 

[ChoppinBroccoli]

Truth.
You are not wrong about the Pac 12, my friend.

But.....what an ending baby!

 

[ChoppinBroccoli]

First Rotation going pretty well. Wisconsin was the key. Come on Vandy.
Next Rotation:

• Kansas at Texas Tech - TT is kinda safe, and they are the 2019 runner-up. But just like WV above, a home loss will affect the "quality" of the wins of Texas and Oklahoma.
  
• GMU at Fordham - We would like for GMU to stay above the Quad 4 line.
• Georgia at LSU - LSU is pretty safe, but just keep losing, Will Wade. Make the wins by other teams that beat you look worse. We are in no danger from Georgia.
• Rutgers at Purdue - One of these teams is probably getting in. Purdue is so close to .500 they are in more peril. A home loss by Purdue will count as 1.4 losses in the NET, and considering Rutgers "can't win on the road," could be fatal. Just be sure to follow it up with a loss in the B1G first round.
• La Salle at St. Joes - We've played La Salle twice. See GMU, above. It's a tougher task.
• Alabama at Missouri - hmm. I don't know. I'm torn. I think Bama is cooked already, but they did beat us and some articles still have them on Bubble Watch. Do we really want them still under consideration with that H2H win?
• UCLA at USC - Barf. The Trojans are ahead of the Bruins in most brackets; gotta do it. We don't want UCLA getting a road win. On the Matrix, UCLA is one spot above us.
• Drake vs Bradley - What the heck, might as well make UNI's loss look even worse, right?

I would say that middle rotation went very well today.

 

[fatherspider]

But.....what an ending baby!

I think that's the outcome we wanted.

 

[fatherspider]

Texas is horrible. They should not be in the discussion anymore but probably still are. Now need TCU to take down OK.

 

[VT4700]

Today is going great. SD St. up 13 early on Utah St. Would love to see a rout there.

 

[ChoppinBroccoli]

I think that's the outcome we wanted.

Yes. Always root for the weaker resume to lose, unless they are both outside looking in.

Edit: Unless, of course, you were hoping for me to buy you bourbon.

 

[urmite]

Yes. Always root for the weaker resume to lose, unless they are both outside looking in.

Edit: Unless, of course, you were hoping for me to buy you bourbon.

Or unless one is slightly above us and the other far below...

 

[ChoppinBroccoli]

Or unless one is slightly above us and the other far below...

Good catch.

I should have said root against the team closest to the bubble.
USC & UCLA were both "in" many brackets.

 

[SFspidur]

Today is going great. SD St. up 13 early on Utah St. Would love to see a rout there.

Okay, okay...how about a nip-and-tuck win for SDSU?

Please?

 

[SFspidur]

Ugh.

 

[dobbiethespider]

Utah state first official bid stealer

 

[plydogg]

Utah State is dancing!!! It hurts us but they absolutely deserve it. Those things are not mutually exclusive

 

[ChoppinBroccoli]

Utah state first official bid stealer

I blame plydogg

 

[dobbiethespider]

Who gets the 1 seed when Dayton loses to us in conference final? Dayton or sdsu

 

[VT4700]

Utah State is dancing!!! It hurts us but they absolutely deserve it. Those things are not mutually exclusive

Yep. Have to give them credit. Down 27-11 and came back and won. Well earned bid for them.

 

[ChoppinBroccoli]

Who gets the 1 seed when Dayton loses to us in conference final? Dayton or sdsu

Minnesota

 

[Spider Bob79]

Yep. Have to give them credit. Down 27-11 and came back and won. Well earned bid for them.

I was surprised by the quick three point attempt by SDSU. The game was tied, and they could have run the clock down to a few seconds. But, that was a huge three by Utah State. They deserved the win. Hey, Indiana lost today. That may help.

 

[plydogg]

Oklahoma down to TCU by 8 with 3 minutes to go

 

[dobbiethespider]

Need tcu to hold on

 

[SpiderK]

The rest...

• Temple at Cincinnati - The Bearcats are in the least brackets of the "in" teams on the Matrix. A home loss should move us ahead of them. This one is huge.
• Boston College at Florida St. - Just because
• GW at Dayton - Yes, we played GW twice. But now that Baylor's opened the door, I have to think it helps the A10 (really, us) if we have a 1 seed from our conference
• Rhode Island at UMass - I can't see how UMass winning helps us. URI is in the Top 60. They are safely behind us. Let them climb past a few of these P6 teams - NC State, Tennessee and Texas are right above them - and make our win look better.
• St. Bonaventure at Saint Louis - Same as above. Indiana, Mississippi St. and Arizona St. are just ahead. Let the Billikens climb past them and see the committee try to justify putting any of them in ahead of us.
• Oklahoma St. at Texas - End this Longhorn Havoc madness, now.
• Oklahoma at TCU - Oklahoma may be safe, but they are just OK.
• DePaul at Providence - Another Quad 3 loss for Providence? Yes, Please. A rare opportunity for a bad loss in that conference.
• Butler at Xavier - Won't go down as a bad loss, but it is a home loss, and the NET punishes those.
• Maine at Vermont - Vermont's NET is in the 70s, so this one goes out to the "Davidson must be Top 75" crowd. Would be a Quad 4 loss
• Hawaii at CSUN
• ODU at UAB
• Yale at Harvard - Wait a minute. Didn't Yale play last night? Yep. Was it a tournament game? Nope. In fact, the whole Ivy league is playing on consecutive nights. I knew I wasn't smart enough to go to an Ivy. Now I'm sure. This seems really smart.
• Utah St. vs San Diego St. - Go Aztecs. By a lot.
• California at Oregon St - Say what? The Beavers did their job by beating Stanford. Thank you for your service. Now they are one spot above Davidson. If they can drop below 75 it has all sorts of nice side effects
• Stanford at Oregon - Go Ducks Go
• Washington St. at Arizona St. - Bobby Hurley's team got safely in on most brackets, now they are falling fast.
• Arkansas at Texas A&M - I really like Eric Musselman, but today we all love Buzz Williams
• Ole Miss at Mississippi St. - Well, the Bulldogs are still in one bracket, so let's just clean that up
• Wofford vs Furman - How about we clear a path for ETSU
• Chattanooga vs UNC Greensboro - same. Also, UNCG is in that Davidson NET vicinity
• McNeese at Lamar
• Sam Houston St. at SFA - SFA is 24-3 and #80 in NET. A Quad 4 loss should put this to bed
• Pepperdine at Saint Mary's (CA) - I think the Gaels are a lock, but why not?

Holy crap that's a lot of games.

. I can’t keep track of all that. How are we doing?

 

[Eight Legger]

Texas got destroyed. That should help but probably won't.

 

[plydogg]

Oklahoma on a 14-3 run to cut it to a 2 point game

 

[plydogg]

Tie game. Oklahoma has possession to end the game. Huge choke job from TCU.

 

[MrTbone]

Nah. How do you define promote with his gig it's almost impossible. If ESPN was going to do that they might as well just prevent him from consulting with the schools to begin with...which is what they should have done.

And if he did have such a clause, that just looks even worse for Hardt. It can't look much worse but that would do it. You mean he hired the most public bracketologist in a season we had ncaa expectations and he couldn't even talk us up? LOL. That's Iowa dumb.

I’m saying I’m certain he has a clause that’s says he’s under no obligation to promote any team he consults with. Doesn’t mean he can’t.

I do think he’s gone to the extreme to disregard us.

 

[plydogg]

Oklahoma wins. They made it look easy

 

[plydogg]

Jamie Dixon is a very bad coach. TCU blew a 20 point lead. Oklahoma is in and they’ll either lose by 25 in the first round or make the sweet 16

 

[fatherspider]

Oklahoma wins. They made it look easy

Damn that hurts. I think OK would have been out w a loss here.

 

[ChoppinBroccoli]

. I can’t keep track of all that. How are we doing?

Late games not as well so far. Key "losers" (good for us) are:
Texas
Indiana
Purdue
UCLA
Arkansas

We should be ahead of UCLA and Texas tomorrow. IMO, also Indiana, but that's unlikely.

Root for Temple. That's a big one.

Frogs blew a 20 point lead against OK.
Utah State stole a bid.

 

[fatherspider]

Jamie Dixon is a very bad coach. TCU blew a 20 point lead. Oklahoma is in and they’ll either lose by 25 in the first round or make the sweet 16

They stink.

 

[plydogg]

They stink.

Agreed. TCU absolutely stinks.

 

[gospidersgo]

Oklahoma wins.

I'm looking forward to reading ESPN's bubble update where they tell us how Oklahoma's road quad 2 win doesn't mean anything...

 

[plydogg]

Lunardi still has Texas in over us (and over NC State) despite the beatdown today

 

[plydogg]

Temple is up 31-17 on Cincy at the half.

Temple is 14-16 this year. And Cincy is at home right now.

 

[plydogg]

Rhode Island barely gets out of Massachusetts with a win but all that matters is they held on for the W.

 

[VT4700]

Go Temple. Go Butler. Maybe younger brother can help Grant and the boys out tonight.

 

[VT4700]

Lunardi still has Texas in over us (and over NC State) despite the beatdown today

Crazy. I guess he would have moved them up if they would have only lost by 10.

 

[ChoppinBroccoli]

Lunardi still has Texas in over us (and over NC State) despite the beatdown today

The LOOT (Lunardi Outdated & Oblivious Tool) caps margin of defeat for all Power 6 teams at 1 (with no cap on margin of victory), and disregards their in-conference losses when calculating their winning percentage.

 

[SFspidur]

Like I said, I can see both sides. It's probably moot - they are up 12 at halftime. VMI might not even score 12 in the second half.

Looks like you may have had the right idea about clearing the way for ETSU. Furman already went down, and UNCG is in trouble against Chatty, although still plenty of time left.

 

[ChoppinBroccoli]

I'm not superstitious or anything, but have you noticed that every time one of you opens up your yap prematurely about a team we want to win having a big lead, they blow it?
SDSU
TCU
Temple