Lunardi has GaSt as a 13 seed today. That's one spot out of the 12 seed play-in. Of course, any Sun Belt losses and they will drop like a rock. If they go 17-1 and win the tourney, they'll likely get that 13th. They'd probably have to go 18-0 to get an at-large bid if they lose in the tourney.

(02-06-2014 02:30 PM)mjs Wrote:  Lunardi has GaSt as a 13 seed today. That's one spot out of the 12 seed play-in. Of course, any Sun Belt losses and they will drop like a rock. If they go 17-1 and win the tourney, they'll likely get that 13th. They'd probably have to go 18-0 to get an at-large bid if they lose in the tourney.

There will be no at large from the SBC this year. GSU's best ooc win was over Old Dominion who has an RPI ranking of 167. GSU also has ooc losses to RPI 226 FIU and 163 Elon. So no matter what they do in the SBC, an at large will not happen.

However, if they keep on rolling like they have through the rest of league play and the SBC Tournament, a 12 seed is not out of the question, IMO. 13 is a more likely seed in that event though. But that would be a better seed than the SBC has gotten in a good while.

And of course, they have the Kentucky connection which gives them media worth, and as everyone knows, Kentucky is going to be undefeated this year. Right? Right?

(02-06-2014 02:44 PM)PTJR Wrote:  

(02-06-2014 02:30 PM)mjs Wrote:  Lunardi has GaSt as a 13 seed today. That's one spot out of the 12 seed play-in. Of course, any Sun Belt losses and they will drop like a rock. If they go 17-1 and win the tourney, they'll likely get that 13th. They'd probably have to go 18-0 to get an at-large bid if they lose in the tourney.

There will be no at large from the SBC this year. GSU's best ooc win was over Old Dominion who has an RPI ranking of 167. GSU also has ooc losses to RPI 226 FIU and 163 Elon. So no matter what they do in the SBC, an at large will not happen.

However, if they keep on rolling like they have through the rest of league play and the SBC Tournament, a 12 seed is not out of the question, IMO. 13 is a more likely seed in that event though. But that would be a better seed than the SBC has gotten in a good while.

I don't disagree with your assessment, but the committee has seemed to make an attempt to reward teams who have a great conference season. I tend to believe they would strongly consider taking an 18-0 GaSt team, but it would be a nail-biter. If they could have won at USM (the best team in conference USA), where they lost in overtime, it would have made the committee's decision a lot easier. Their lack of a quality win may will come back to bite them.

(02-06-2014 04:46 PM)mjs Wrote:  

(02-06-2014 02:44 PM)PTJR Wrote:  

(02-06-2014 02:30 PM)mjs Wrote:  Lunardi has GaSt as a 13 seed today. That's one spot out of the 12 seed play-in. Of course, any Sun Belt losses and they will drop like a rock. If they go 17-1 and win the tourney, they'll likely get that 13th. They'd probably have to go 18-0 to get an at-large bid if they lose in the tourney.

There will be no at large from the SBC this year. GSU's best ooc win was over Old Dominion who has an RPI ranking of 167. GSU also has ooc losses to RPI 226 FIU and 163 Elon. So no matter what they do in the SBC, an at large will not happen.

However, if they keep on rolling like they have through the rest of league play and the SBC Tournament, a 12 seed is not out of the question, IMO. 13 is a more likely seed in that event though. But that would be a better seed than the SBC has gotten in a good while.

I don't disagree with your assessment, but the committee has seemed to make an attempt to reward teams who have a great conference season. I tend to believe they would strongly consider taking an 18-0 GaSt team, but it would be a nail-biter. If they could have won at USM (the best team in conference USA), where they lost in overtime, it would have made the committee's decision a lot easier. Their lack of a quality win may will come back to bite them.

Only if they don't win the SBC Tournament. But, as we have seen a lot of in the last few years, the favorite seldom wins the SBC Tournament However, GSU looks pretty dominant at this point. Tonight is really one of only a few realistic chances for them to lose in the SBC regular season.

(02-06-2014 05:04 PM)PTJR Wrote:  

(02-06-2014 04:46 PM)mjs Wrote:  

(02-06-2014 02:44 PM)PTJR Wrote:  

(02-06-2014 02:30 PM)mjs Wrote:  Lunardi has GaSt as a 13 seed today. That's one spot out of the 12 seed play-in. Of course, any Sun Belt losses and they will drop like a rock. If they go 17-1 and win the tourney, they'll likely get that 13th. They'd probably have to go 18-0 to get an at-large bid if they lose in the tourney.

There will be no at large from the SBC this year. GSU's best ooc win was over Old Dominion who has an RPI ranking of 167. GSU also has ooc losses to RPI 226 FIU and 163 Elon. So no matter what they do in the SBC, an at large will not happen.

However, if they keep on rolling like they have through the rest of league play and the SBC Tournament, a 12 seed is not out of the question, IMO. 13 is a more likely seed in that event though. But that would be a better seed than the SBC has gotten in a good while.

I don't disagree with your assessment, but the committee has seemed to make an attempt to reward teams who have a great conference season. I tend to believe they would strongly consider taking an 18-0 GaSt team, but it would be a nail-biter. If they could have won at USM (the best team in conference USA), where they lost in overtime, it would have made the committee's decision a lot easier. Their lack of a quality win may will come back to bite them.

Only if they don't win the SBC Tournament. But, as we have seen a lot of in the last few years, the favorite seldom wins the SBC Tournament However, GSU looks pretty dominant at this point. Tonight is really one of only a few realistic chances for them to lose in the SBC regular season.

The new tournament format is supposed to help eliminate teams with losing records winning the automatic bid. If Ga State wins the league they only have to win two games to win the tournament whereas the bottom teams have to win four, and also only eight teams will be in the tournament. So their chances are much greater than they would have been in the past.

(02-06-2014 05:34 PM)outsideualr Wrote:  

(02-06-2014 05:04 PM)PTJR Wrote:  

(02-06-2014 04:46 PM)mjs Wrote:  

(02-06-2014 02:44 PM)PTJR Wrote:  

(02-06-2014 02:30 PM)mjs Wrote:  Lunardi has GaSt as a 13 seed today. That's one spot out of the 12 seed play-in. Of course, any Sun Belt losses and they will drop like a rock. If they go 17-1 and win the tourney, they'll likely get that 13th. They'd probably have to go 18-0 to get an at-large bid if they lose in the tourney.

There will be no at large from the SBC this year. GSU's best ooc win was over Old Dominion who has an RPI ranking of 167. GSU also has ooc losses to RPI 226 FIU and 163 Elon. So no matter what they do in the SBC, an at large will not happen.

However, if they keep on rolling like they have through the rest of league play and the SBC Tournament, a 12 seed is not out of the question, IMO. 13 is a more likely seed in that event though. But that would be a better seed than the SBC has gotten in a good while.

I don't disagree with your assessment, but the committee has seemed to make an attempt to reward teams who have a great conference season. I tend to believe they would strongly consider taking an 18-0 GaSt team, but it would be a nail-biter. If they could have won at USM (the best team in conference USA), where they lost in overtime, it would have made the committee's decision a lot easier. Their lack of a quality win may will come back to bite them.

Only if they don't win the SBC Tournament. But, as we have seen a lot of in the last few years, the favorite seldom wins the SBC Tournament However, GSU looks pretty dominant at this point. Tonight is really one of only a few realistic chances for them to lose in the SBC regular season.

The new tournament format is supposed to help eliminate teams with losing records winning the automatic bid. If Ga State wins the league they only have to win two games to win the tournament whereas the bottom teams have to win four, and also only eight teams will be in the tournament. So their chances are much greater than they would have been in the past.

I think their odds of winning the tournament are pretty good right now. They beat WKU, in Bowling Green, by 20+ points, and beat us by close to 30. The new format plays right into their hands. They might have trouble winning an extended tourney. It will be a different story tonight, but we will have to play to the best of our ability and hope they are a little off, if we want to pull off the win. I'm sure the game tonight, is all they have been talking about on the radio talk shows this afternoon so we should have a packed house.

(02-06-2014 06:08 PM)mjs Wrote:  

(02-06-2014 05:34 PM)outsideualr Wrote:  

(02-06-2014 05:04 PM)PTJR Wrote:  

(02-06-2014 04:46 PM)mjs Wrote:  

(02-06-2014 02:44 PM)PTJR Wrote:  There will be no at large from the SBC this year. GSU's best ooc win was over Old Dominion who has an RPI ranking of 167. GSU also has ooc losses to RPI 226 FIU and 163 Elon. So no matter what they do in the SBC, an at large will not happen.

However, if they keep on rolling like they have through the rest of league play and the SBC Tournament, a 12 seed is not out of the question, IMO. 13 is a more likely seed in that event though. But that would be a better seed than the SBC has gotten in a good while.

I don't disagree with your assessment, but the committee has seemed to make an attempt to reward teams who have a great conference season. I tend to believe they would strongly consider taking an 18-0 GaSt team, but it would be a nail-biter. If they could have won at USM (the best team in conference USA), where they lost in overtime, it would have made the committee's decision a lot easier. Their lack of a quality win may will come back to bite them.

Only if they don't win the SBC Tournament. But, as we have seen a lot of in the last few years, the favorite seldom wins the SBC Tournament However, GSU looks pretty dominant at this point. Tonight is really one of only a few realistic chances for them to lose in the SBC regular season.

The new tournament format is supposed to help eliminate teams with losing records winning the automatic bid. If Ga State wins the league they only have to win two games to win the tournament whereas the bottom teams have to win four, and also only eight teams will be in the tournament. So their chances are much greater than they would have been in the past.

I think their odds of winning the tournament are pretty good right now. They beat WKU, in Bowling Green, by 20+ points, and beat us by close to 30. The new format plays right into their hands. They might have trouble winning an extended tourney. It will be a different story tonight, but we will have to play to the best of our ability and hope they are a little off, if we want to pull off the win. I'm sure the game tonight, is all they have been talking about on the radio talk shows this afternoon so we should have a packed house.

Well there was an article in the paper this morning, albeit hard to find, sort of buried. but better than nothing. It was featuring James White.
And I'm sure all the talk on the radio today will assure us of a packed house.