At this point it looks like Houston will get the 3 seed. I think they will lose two more games but it will leave them with 7 losses. I think Memphis, Uconn, and Central Florida will finish with 8 losses each. That's if Cincinnati and SMU win out. Now looking at the tiebreaker, I think, I don't know this for sure, but the 4 and 5 seeds will probably come down to how all three of us faired against Houston. Uconn lost to Houston twice, UCF split with Houston, so no matter what we do against Houston tomorrow, although beating Houston tomorrow would give us a sweep over Houston and lock up the 4 seed. UCF would be the 5. Uconn would be the 6 seed. If it turned out this way it would be nice not playing Uconn in our first game on their home floor.

Let's say we beat Houston and Tulane, then lose to SMU to close out the regular season. Then we win the first game in the American Conference Tournament, but lose the second. That puts the tigers at 21-12, with an approximate RPI of 91 and SOS of 110 (per rpiforecast.com). Do we have a shot at getting an NIT bid? Haven't checked to see if there's a thread for such speculation, if so please ignore...

(02-25-2017 03:27 PM)DoomHaynesJr Wrote:  Let's say we beat Houston and Tulane, then lose to SMU to close out the regular season. Then we win the first game in the American Conference Tournament, but lose the second. That puts the tigers at 21-12, with an approximate RPI of 91 and SOS of 110 (per rpiforecast.com). Do we have a shot at getting an NIT bid? Haven't checked to see if there's a thread for such speculation, if so please ignore...

Probably not. It depends ds on how many small conference regular season champions get beat in conference tournaments. May not make any difference anyway as our SOS and other metrics are bad.

(02-25-2017 02:49 PM)TubbyTime Wrote:  At this point it looks like Houston will get the 3 seed. I think they will lose two more games but it will leave them with 7 losses. I think Memphis, Uconn, and Central Florida will finish with 8 losses each. That's if Cincinnati and SMU win out. Now looking at the tiebreaker, I think, I don't know this for sure, but the 4 and 5 seeds will probably come down to how all three of us faired against Houston. Uconn lost to Houston twice, UCF split with Houston, so no matter what we do against Houston tomorrow, although beating Houston tomorrow would give us a sweep over Houston and lock up the 4 seed. UCF would be the 5. Uconn would be the 6 seed. If it turned out this way it would be nice not playing Uconn in our first game on their home floor.

Hopefully, we will pull it together enough to win the conference tournament. Wishful thinking or not an impossibility? Let's take care of business tmr Tigers!

(02-25-2017 04:16 PM)Ttaylor Wrote:  

(02-25-2017 02:49 PM)TubbyTime Wrote:  At this point it looks like Houston will get the 3 seed. I think they will lose two more games but it will leave them with 7 losses. I think Memphis, Uconn, and Central Florida will finish with 8 losses each. That's if Cincinnati and SMU win out. Now looking at the tiebreaker, I think, I don't know this for sure, but the 4 and 5 seeds will probably come down to how all three of us faired against Houston. Uconn lost to Houston twice, UCF split with Houston, so no matter what we do against Houston tomorrow, although beating Houston tomorrow would give us a sweep over Houston and lock up the 4 seed. UCF would be the 5. Uconn would be the 6 seed. If it turned out this way it would be nice not playing Uconn in our first game on their home floor.

Hopefully, we will pull it together enough to win the conference tournament. Wishful thinking or not an impossibility? Let's take care of business tmr Tigers!

Anything is possible however unlikely it may be.

(02-25-2017 05:14 PM)bluebacker Wrote:  

(02-25-2017 04:16 PM)Ttaylor Wrote:  

(02-25-2017 02:49 PM)TubbyTime Wrote:  At this point it looks like Houston will get the 3 seed. I think they will lose two more games but it will leave them with 7 losses. I think Memphis, Uconn, and Central Florida will finish with 8 losses each. That's if Cincinnati and SMU win out. Now looking at the tiebreaker, I think, I don't know this for sure, but the 4 and 5 seeds will probably come down to how all three of us faired against Houston. Uconn lost to Houston twice, UCF split with Houston, so no matter what we do against Houston tomorrow, although beating Houston tomorrow would give us a sweep over Houston and lock up the 4 seed. UCF would be the 5. Uconn would be the 6 seed. If it turned out this way it would be nice not playing Uconn in our first game on their home floor.

Hopefully, we will pull it together enough to win the conference tournament. Wishful thinking or not an impossibility? Let's take care of business tmr Tigers!

Anything is possible however unlikely it may be.

Yes it is. I might catch Angelina on the rebound from Brad and never work again. Ha.