That was a great basketball game last night. It had a tournament feel to it, except for the lack of a crowd. But the on-court play was intense throughout. Some really brilliant play at both ends by both teams.
On to the tourney possibilities. The people over at the Buffalo fan site have put together a chart with all the possibilities for Friday night's games.
BULL RUN
There are 16 possible outcomes Friday night amongst the top 5 teams. Only two of those combinations puts KSU as a 5-seed. All other outcomes have KSU with a top 4 seed. If KSU wins, they earn at least a 3 seed.
There are two bad outcomes: CMU loses, UT wins, BG wins/UB loses, and KSU loses puts KSU as the 5. And CMU, UT, and BG win and we lose also puts KSU as the 5-seed.
I think the key is that we will not lose! These guys really want this game Friday.
With KSU winning, there are two paths to getting the #1 seed. Both have CMU losing and UT winning. The BG-UB game becomes irrelevant at that point because the Flashes win any tiebreaker that also involves both CMU and UT.