Teams to root against
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The committee has completed their first day of deliberations. Today we may see some real movement.
2:30 PM - Pittsburgh vs NC State
3:00 PM - Utah vs Oregon State - I'm a Tres Tinkle fan, but the Beavers are #71 in NET. It might be wishful thinking; they may not drop at all.
7:00 PM - Iowa St. vs Oklahoma St. - I don't think OSU is even a bubble team, but the winner of this game gets Kansas next, and an upset there would catch the committee's eye.
8:25 PM - Nebraska vs Indiana - If the Hoosiers lose this game, I hope Joe Lunardi shows up at the post-game press conference in a full Oscar the Grouch costume complete with trash can.
9:00 PM - California vs Stanford - A loss here would do a lot more damage to the Cardinal than the in next round vs UCLA. However, it could be argued that Stanford has a much better chance than Cal to beat the Bruins, who are the weaker bubble team.
9:25 PM - Vanderbilt vs Arkansas - The Razorbacks need a run to the SEC final to get back on the bubble, but this would also boost our win over Vandy.
9:30 PM - DePaul vs Xavier - A loss here should make the Musketeers very, very nervous.
In the A10 games, I suppose we should root for the Georges. We beat them both twice, so if there is any boost to be had in our metrics, it would come from them, however slight.
Some of our other opponents are playing today - ODU, BC. Probably a negligible effect, but we might as well root for them.
NC State, Indiana and Stanford are the priorities, I think.
2:30 PM - Pittsburgh vs NC State
3:00 PM - Utah vs Oregon State - I'm a Tres Tinkle fan, but the Beavers are #71 in NET. It might be wishful thinking; they may not drop at all.
7:00 PM - Iowa St. vs Oklahoma St. - I don't think OSU is even a bubble team, but the winner of this game gets Kansas next, and an upset there would catch the committee's eye.
8:25 PM - Nebraska vs Indiana - If the Hoosiers lose this game, I hope Joe Lunardi shows up at the post-game press conference in a full Oscar the Grouch costume complete with trash can.
9:00 PM - California vs Stanford - A loss here would do a lot more damage to the Cardinal than the in next round vs UCLA. However, it could be argued that Stanford has a much better chance than Cal to beat the Bruins, who are the weaker bubble team.
9:25 PM - Vanderbilt vs Arkansas - The Razorbacks need a run to the SEC final to get back on the bubble, but this would also boost our win over Vandy.
9:30 PM - DePaul vs Xavier - A loss here should make the Musketeers very, very nervous.
In the A10 games, I suppose we should root for the Georges. We beat them both twice, so if there is any boost to be had in our metrics, it would come from them, however slight.
Some of our other opponents are playing today - ODU, BC. Probably a negligible effect, but we might as well root for them.
NC State, Indiana and Stanford are the priorities, I think.
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Thanks for the insight. I look at your list every day. I would love for Indiana to lose.
You make a good point about stanford but I still think we want them to lose here, which would make them NIT bound. Then even if UCLA beats CAL I think they will need to win an additional game to get in. If Stanford beats CAL and UCLA they are likely in, imo. But who knows. Two big name programs.
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Nebraska just brought in two football players so that they can field a roster. If Indiana loses this game, Archie should go live in a trashcan.
And Lunardi stated in his latest Twitter bracket update that if Indiana beats Nebraska they move to lock status. How could this game impact Indiana positively in any way???
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Lunardi says he would put us in over Indiana if he had a vote.
His bracket has Indiana in and us out. So WTF? He's predicting what he thinks the committee will do and not what he thinks should be the case?
Lunardi says he would put us in over Indiana if he had a vote.
His bracket has Indiana in and us out. So WTF? He's predicting what he thinks the committee will do and not what he thinks should be the case?
Pitt is so bad. Think they’d be a 9 or 10 seed in this years A10. If NC state loses they should unquestionably be out
On leap day (2/29) Pitt led NC State by 7 with 10 minutes left in Raleigh, but lost by 4. That is what gave me false hope...
Only down by 3 at the half so there may still be hope. If Pitt didn’t turn the ball over every other possession they’d be winning
Well, all the teams we're rooting against were favorites, so it's going about as expected...
Yes. That is what most of them say they do. Which is strange because they are trying to read people's minds. The committee is so inconsistent from year to year so how do you really get a read on what they are thinking. But, as it usually does, it will probably come down to about 4 or 5 teams for the last 2 or 3 spots.
2 out of 4 ain't bad.
Both Stanford and Xavier lost to the TENTH PLACE team in their conference.
Both Stanford and Xavier lost to the TENTH PLACE team in their conference.
Covid-19 is so 2019. It would get crushed by Covid-20.
Day 2 of the Committee is in the books. Who knows how much time they were able to spend on team evaluations with everything else they were dealing with yesterday. Hopefully, they paid enough attention to Stanford and Xavier to decide to socially distance them both from the NCAA tournament.
It's gonna be weird. But at least we get to root for some favorites (or against some underdogs) today. Considering every team on yesterday's list was a favorite, getting two was a good result.
If a game from a multi-bid league is not listed, probably best to root for the favorite, just so no bid-thieves get any ideas. In chronological order:
It's gonna be weird. But at least we get to root for some favorites (or against some underdogs) today. Considering every team on yesterday's list was a favorite, getting two was a good result.
If a game from a multi-bid league is not listed, probably best to root for the favorite, just so no bid-thieves get any ideas. In chronological order:
- VCU vs UMass - Obviously.
- Michigan vs Rutgers - Rutgers is in 100% of brackets. Really?
- Texas Tech vs Texas - Double Bubble, but Texas Tech is safer and has better metrics. Go away, Shaka
- NC State vs Duke
- Butler vs Providence - See Rutgers, above
- Arizona vs USC - You never know. USC is only in 99% of brackets.
- Purdue vs Ohio State - Please just stop with Purdue. Carsen Edwards is gone.
- Indiana vs Penn State - Pat Chambers and Chris Mooney are probably having very similar thoughts......of all the years......
- West Virginia vs Oklahoma - Oklahoma sucks. Their suckiness is the only reason Texas is still in the conversation. But hey, they reached .500 in the Big 12. Congrats, or something. Huggins, make those faces you do and TCOB.
- CSUB vs UTRGV - Who? Just in case we are in the First Four, it would be cool to see Buck there, too.
- Arkansas vs South Carolina - because in the next round, who would you trust - Will Wade or Eric Musselman?
- California vs UCLA - You know some dum-dum TV announcer will say "UCLA made a run in the Pac 12 tourney" if they make the semis by winning just one game. The first time these two met, the halftime score was 50-40. No wait....that was the final score.
- Marquette vs Seton Hall - Can an 18-12, 8-10 team that lost 6 of their last 7 really be that safe?
- East Carolina vs Memphis - Memphis is not an NCAA team
- Washington St vs Arizona St - Sun Devils have kind of tanked at the end.
