(03-17-2024 11:07 AM)Nameless Wrote:  

(03-16-2024 07:15 PM)Ragu Wrote:  What a blown opportunity to possibly get to a 7 seed and win the tourney. Oh well. At least we get in the real tournament. Not seeing a chance of making it past the first weekend with how inconsistent this team is

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It may be a blessing in disguise. You guys seem to play up and down to your level of competition. Tough teams bring out the best in you. Maybe you get matched up with Purdue in the 2nd round and that W propels you to another run.

I’m confident UConn can and will beat anyone in this tourney. But I sure as **** don’t want to see y’all on our 8/9 line

I liked the idea of a 10 seed last night.

Now I wake up and see us projected by some as out and some last 4 in. But a&m gets in who we beat and have a higher net than ...

If it's a 10 then yes a blessing could be argued depending on draw

But if out or having to play on Tuesdays , obviously not

I saw the narrative change with FSU getting hosed in college football. If I see that followed up with FAU getting hosed in basketball, I'll be watching less college sports

Tired of the arbitrary bs

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(03-17-2024 11:12 AM)Stickboy46 Wrote:  

(03-17-2024 11:04 AM)Tiger1983 Wrote:  

(03-17-2024 10:39 AM)Ragu Wrote:  

(03-17-2024 08:43 AM)Tiger1983 Wrote:  

(03-17-2024 07:40 AM)The Answer UAB Wrote:  The loss moved FAU down to 39 in the NET

Last season, all schools above 37 NET received either an at-large or auto-bid (North Texas was the cut off at #38). Ten of the 32 at-large slots were granted to schools with NETs between 39 (Iowa) and 67 (Pitt).

FAU looks safety in given their profile, but one cannot be absolutely certain until the field is released given the whims and prejudices, and biases of the Selection Committee with their opaque process and lack of accountability.

Texas A&M is 45 in the net. We are 39

We beat them head to head

So if somehow they get in and we get left out, it's a total screwjob by any measurement.

But if we use the logic that the committee can screw you, only the conference tournament winner is ever guaranteed a spot

PS: lunardi had us as an 8 with 12 usf getting the aq. So he had us losing to usf in the finals.

So losing one game earlier takes us from an 8 to almost out or out? Would be bs
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I agree, but in the unlikely event the Committee bypasses FAU, they will - IMO - point to FAU’s Q4 defeats. Again, FWIW I think it very probable FAU will obtain a bid. If I were an FAU fan I would be confident, but a tad wary.

FAU fans might be new to this whole at-large selection thing .. but ask any Memphis or WSU fan .. and they will tell you, if the committee has an excuse to screw a non-P5 (or BE) team .. they will.

Also would be concerned that most of the brackets right now have only 3 BE teams in. I do not thing the committee will let that happen. They will slide the bubble BE teams up just cuz

Just because our school is new to it, doesn't mean we are new to watching college basketball. So stop with the condescending stuff. I know the sport

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Until this morning I was of the opinion FAU is a lock. I still think they're in but there is reason to be nervous. I'll be shocked if they're left out, but won't be surprised if they're in the first 4.

The good thing is there's no more bids to be stolen.

(03-17-2024 11:12 AM)Ragu Wrote:  

(03-17-2024 11:07 AM)Nameless Wrote:  

(03-16-2024 07:15 PM)Ragu Wrote:  What a blown opportunity to possibly get to a 7 seed and win the tourney. Oh well. At least we get in the real tournament. Not seeing a chance of making it past the first weekend with how inconsistent this team is

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It may be a blessing in disguise. You guys seem to play up and down to your level of competition. Tough teams bring out the best in you. Maybe you get matched up with Purdue in the 2nd round and that W propels you to another run.

I’m confident UConn can and will beat anyone in this tourney. But I sure as **** don’t want to see y’all on our 8/9 line

I liked the idea of a 10 seed last night.

Now I wake up and see us projected by some as out and some last 4 in. But a&m gets in who we beat and have a higher net than ...

If it's a 10 then yes a blessing could be argued depending on draw

But if out or having to play on Tuesdays , obviously not

I saw the narrative change with FSU getting hosed in college football. If I see that followed up with FAU getting hosed in basketball, I'll be watching less college sports

Tired of the arbitrary bs

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Head to Head matters next to nothing to the committee. Also your actual NET matters less than the NET of your opponents.

Does it make sense? no .. but this is coming from a fan of a team that has been on the bubble in an non-p5 conference MANY times. That's how it works. If they had to explain including Texas A&M vs FAU they would say two things. TAM has 7 Q1 wins whereas FAU only has 2 .. and FAU has 2 Q4 losses whereas TAM has 0. They have lots of data points to look at .. they find ways to make sure the "right" teams get in by looking at different data points for each comparison. One thing that always seems to prevail is number of Q1 wins though.

(03-17-2024 11:13 AM)Ragu Wrote:  

(03-17-2024 11:12 AM)Stickboy46 Wrote:  

(03-17-2024 11:04 AM)Tiger1983 Wrote:  

(03-17-2024 10:39 AM)Ragu Wrote:  

(03-17-2024 08:43 AM)Tiger1983 Wrote:  Last season, all schools above 37 NET received either an at-large or auto-bid (North Texas was the cut off at #38). Ten of the 32 at-large slots were granted to schools with NETs between 39 (Iowa) and 67 (Pitt).

FAU looks safety in given their profile, but one cannot be absolutely certain until the field is released given the whims and prejudices, and biases of the Selection Committee with their opaque process and lack of accountability.

Texas A&M is 45 in the net. We are 39

We beat them head to head

So if somehow they get in and we get left out, it's a total screwjob by any measurement.

But if we use the logic that the committee can screw you, only the conference tournament winner is ever guaranteed a spot

PS: lunardi had us as an 8 with 12 usf getting the aq. So he had us losing to usf in the finals.

So losing one game earlier takes us from an 8 to almost out or out? Would be bs
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I agree, but in the unlikely event the Committee bypasses FAU, they will - IMO - point to FAU’s Q4 defeats. Again, FWIW I think it very probable FAU will obtain a bid. If I were an FAU fan I would be confident, but a tad wary.

FAU fans might be new to this whole at-large selection thing .. but ask any Memphis or WSU fan .. and they will tell you, if the committee has an excuse to screw a non-P5 (or BE) team .. they will.

Also would be concerned that most of the brackets right now have only 3 BE teams in. I do not thing the committee will let that happen. They will slide the bubble BE teams up just cuz

Just because our school is new to it, doesn't mean we are new to watching college basketball. So stop with the condescending stuff. I know the sport

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You comments definitely lead me to believe you DON'T know the sport though. or at least the way the committee handles this stuff.

You are probably in .. but there are enough of the normal "red flags" that the committee could use to leave you guys out.

(03-17-2024 11:18 AM)Stickboy46 Wrote:  

(03-17-2024 11:13 AM)Ragu Wrote:  

(03-17-2024 11:12 AM)Stickboy46 Wrote:  

(03-17-2024 11:04 AM)Tiger1983 Wrote:  

(03-17-2024 10:39 AM)Ragu Wrote:  Texas A&M is 45 in the net. We are 39

We beat them head to head

So if somehow they get in and we get left out, it's a total screwjob by any measurement.

But if we use the logic that the committee can screw you, only the conference tournament winner is ever guaranteed a spot

PS: lunardi had us as an 8 with 12 usf getting the aq. So he had us losing to usf in the finals.

So losing one game earlier takes us from an 8 to almost out or out? Would be bs
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I agree, but in the unlikely event the Committee bypasses FAU, they will - IMO - point to FAU’s Q4 defeats. Again, FWIW I think it very probable FAU will obtain a bid. If I were an FAU fan I would be confident, but a tad wary.

FAU fans might be new to this whole at-large selection thing .. but ask any Memphis or WSU fan .. and they will tell you, if the committee has an excuse to screw a non-P5 (or BE) team .. they will.

Also would be concerned that most of the brackets right now have only 3 BE teams in. I do not thing the committee will let that happen. They will slide the bubble BE teams up just cuz

Just because our school is new to it, doesn't mean we are new to watching college basketball. So stop with the condescending stuff. I know the sport

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You comments definitely lead me to believe you DON'T know the sport though. or at least the way the committee handles this stuff.

You are probably in .. but there are enough of the normal "red flags" that the committee could use to leave you guys out.

Not agreeing with your comments doesn't mean I don't know the sport. I know they can screw teams every way possible in college sports. They did it to FSU in football too. Just saw it

The only guarantee is winning the conference tourney. But it would be a screwjob if we don't make it

As I said, if we don't, I'll be spending way less time on college sports after watching FSU and FAU both hosed. Tired of the arbitrary stuff in college sports
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(03-17-2024 11:22 AM)Ragu Wrote:  

(03-17-2024 11:18 AM)Stickboy46 Wrote:  

(03-17-2024 11:13 AM)Ragu Wrote:  

(03-17-2024 11:12 AM)Stickboy46 Wrote:  

(03-17-2024 11:04 AM)Tiger1983 Wrote:  I agree, but in the unlikely event the Committee bypasses FAU, they will - IMO - point to FAU’s Q4 defeats. Again, FWIW I think it very probable FAU will obtain a bid. If I were an FAU fan I would be confident, but a tad wary.

FAU fans might be new to this whole at-large selection thing .. but ask any Memphis or WSU fan .. and they will tell you, if the committee has an excuse to screw a non-P5 (or BE) team .. they will.

Also would be concerned that most of the brackets right now have only 3 BE teams in. I do not thing the committee will let that happen. They will slide the bubble BE teams up just cuz

Just because our school is new to it, doesn't mean we are new to watching college basketball. So stop with the condescending stuff. I know the sport

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You comments definitely lead me to believe you DON'T know the sport though. or at least the way the committee handles this stuff.

You are probably in .. but there are enough of the normal "red flags" that the committee could use to leave you guys out.

Not agreeing with your comments doesn't mean I don't know the sport. I know they can screw teams every way possible in college sports. They did it to FSU in football too. Just saw it

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Yet again, just providing the counter argument which is the one the committee will likely use. There is plenty on FAUs resume to include them, but they will likely ignore those. Best case for FAU IMO is 10 seed and not in the first four. Worst case is missing the tourney. Most likely is in the first four IMO.

(03-17-2024 11:24 AM)Stickboy46 Wrote:  

(03-17-2024 11:22 AM)Ragu Wrote:  

(03-17-2024 11:18 AM)Stickboy46 Wrote:  

(03-17-2024 11:13 AM)Ragu Wrote:  

(03-17-2024 11:12 AM)Stickboy46 Wrote:  FAU fans might be new to this whole at-large selection thing .. but ask any Memphis or WSU fan .. and they will tell you, if the committee has an excuse to screw a non-P5 (or BE) team .. they will.

Also would be concerned that most of the brackets right now have only 3 BE teams in. I do not thing the committee will let that happen. They will slide the bubble BE teams up just cuz

Just because our school is new to it, doesn't mean we are new to watching college basketball. So stop with the condescending stuff. I know the sport

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You comments definitely lead me to believe you DON'T know the sport though. or at least the way the committee handles this stuff.

You are probably in .. but there are enough of the normal "red flags" that the committee could use to leave you guys out.

Not agreeing with your comments doesn't mean I don't know the sport. I know they can screw teams every way possible in college sports. They did it to FSU in football too. Just saw it

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Yet again, just providing the counter argument which is the one the committee will likely use. There is plenty on FAUs resume to include them, but they will likely ignore those. Best case for FAU IMO is 10 seed and not in the first four. Worst case is missing the tourney. Most likely is in the first four IMO.

They’ll be in. Their W over Arizona is too tough to overlook, and it’s not as if they beat nobody else all season. While I don’t think they deserve to be a first 4, I fear the committee will probably put them there to make another run more improbable.

clt says fau should absolutely be in the tourney


clt adds fsu had no place in the cfb playoff. uga would have been favoured over all 4 teams selected.

(03-17-2024 01:55 PM)ghostofclt! Wrote:  clt says fau should absolutely be in the tourney


clt adds fsu had no place in the cfb playoff. uga would have been favoured over all 4 teams selected.

FSU had done everything it was asked to do. They should have been in, whether they were good enough or not.

(03-17-2024 02:05 PM)goliath74 Wrote:  

(03-17-2024 01:55 PM)ghostofclt! Wrote:  clt says fau should absolutely be in the tourney


clt adds fsu had no place in the cfb playoff. uga would have been favoured over all 4 teams selected.

FSU had done everything it was asked to do. They should have been in, whether they were good enough or not.

clt says the committee is tasked to pick the best 4 teams.

should have went with

michigan
washington
uga
bama

(03-17-2024 03:26 PM)ghostofclt! Wrote:  

(03-17-2024 02:05 PM)goliath74 Wrote:  

(03-17-2024 01:55 PM)ghostofclt! Wrote:  clt says fau should absolutely be in the tourney


clt adds fsu had no place in the cfb playoff. uga would have been favoured over all 4 teams selected.

FSU had done everything it was asked to do. They should have been in, whether they were good enough or not.

clt says the committee is tasked to pick the best 4 teams.

should have went with

michigan
washington
uga
bama

The committee is there to favor the sec and B1G in football and the p5 plus BE in basketball.

In football they had to get sec in. So they picked the sec champ and team who beat them over an undefeated team

In basketball if they screw over Fau for a lower net team like a&m who lost to us head to head ...it will again be to favor the sec

Probably going to watch more pro sports going forward. Tired of the arbitrary bull crap committee approach. This is major sports and not figure skating

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(03-17-2024 11:12 AM)Ragu Wrote:  

(03-17-2024 11:07 AM)Nameless Wrote:  

(03-16-2024 07:15 PM)Ragu Wrote:  What a blown opportunity to possibly get to a 7 seed and win the tourney. Oh well. At least we get in the real tournament. Not seeing a chance of making it past the first weekend with how inconsistent this team is

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It may be a blessing in disguise. You guys seem to play up and down to your level of competition. Tough teams bring out the best in you. Maybe you get matched up with Purdue in the 2nd round and that W propels you to another run.

I’m confident UConn can and will beat anyone in this tourney. But I sure as **** don’t want to see y’all on our 8/9 line

I liked the idea of a 10 seed last night.

Now I wake up and see us projected by some as out and some last 4 in. But a&m gets in who we beat and have a higher net than ...

If it's a 10 then yes a blessing could be argued depending on draw

But if out or having to play on Tuesdays , obviously not

I saw the narrative change with FSU getting hosed in college football. If I see that followed up with FAU getting hosed in basketball, I'll be watching less college sports

Tired of the arbitrary bs

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Well, ****. Look who we got stuck with as our 8 seed, lol.

(03-17-2024 06:11 PM)Nameless Wrote:  

(03-17-2024 11:12 AM)Ragu Wrote:  

(03-17-2024 11:07 AM)Nameless Wrote:  

(03-16-2024 07:15 PM)Ragu Wrote:  What a blown opportunity to possibly get to a 7 seed and win the tourney. Oh well. At least we get in the real tournament. Not seeing a chance of making it past the first weekend with how inconsistent this team is

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It may be a blessing in disguise. You guys seem to play up and down to your level of competition. Tough teams bring out the best in you. Maybe you get matched up with Purdue in the 2nd round and that W propels you to another run.

I’m confident UConn can and will beat anyone in this tourney. But I sure as **** don’t want to see y’all on our 8/9 line

I liked the idea of a 10 seed last night.

Now I wake up and see us projected by some as out and some last 4 in. But a&m gets in who we beat and have a higher net than ...

If it's a 10 then yes a blessing could be argued depending on draw

But if out or having to play on Tuesdays , obviously not

I saw the narrative change with FSU getting hosed in college football. If I see that followed up with FAU getting hosed in basketball, I'll be watching less college sports

Tired of the arbitrary bs

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Well, ****. Look who we got stuck with as our 8 seed, lol.

I feel the same way being stuck with you guys as the 1...

If the matchup happens I give us little shot unfortunately

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(03-17-2024 06:36 PM)Ragu Wrote:  

(03-17-2024 06:11 PM)Nameless Wrote:  

(03-17-2024 11:12 AM)Ragu Wrote:  

(03-17-2024 11:07 AM)Nameless Wrote:  

(03-16-2024 07:15 PM)Ragu Wrote:  What a blown opportunity to possibly get to a 7 seed and win the tourney. Oh well. At least we get in the real tournament. Not seeing a chance of making it past the first weekend with how inconsistent this team is

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It may be a blessing in disguise. You guys seem to play up and down to your level of competition. Tough teams bring out the best in you. Maybe you get matched up with Purdue in the 2nd round and that W propels you to another run.

I’m confident UConn can and will beat anyone in this tourney. But I sure as **** don’t want to see y’all on our 8/9 line

I liked the idea of a 10 seed last night.

Now I wake up and see us projected by some as out and some last 4 in. But a&m gets in who we beat and have a higher net than ...

If it's a 10 then yes a blessing could be argued depending on draw

But if out or having to play on Tuesdays , obviously not

I saw the narrative change with FSU getting hosed in college football. If I see that followed up with FAU getting hosed in basketball, I'll be watching less college sports

Tired of the arbitrary bs

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Well, ****. Look who we got stuck with as our 8 seed, lol.

I feel the same way being stuck with you guys as the 1...

If the matchup happens I give us little shot unfortunately

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I do wonder how Gaffney feels if the match-up happens.

(03-17-2024 06:36 PM)Ragu Wrote:  

(03-17-2024 06:11 PM)Nameless Wrote:  

(03-17-2024 11:12 AM)Ragu Wrote:  

(03-17-2024 11:07 AM)Nameless Wrote:  

(03-16-2024 07:15 PM)Ragu Wrote:  What a blown opportunity to possibly get to a 7 seed and win the tourney. Oh well. At least we get in the real tournament. Not seeing a chance of making it past the first weekend with how inconsistent this team is

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It may be a blessing in disguise. You guys seem to play up and down to your level of competition. Tough teams bring out the best in you. Maybe you get matched up with Purdue in the 2nd round and that W propels you to another run.

I’m confident UConn can and will beat anyone in this tourney. But I sure as **** don’t want to see y’all on our 8/9 line

I liked the idea of a 10 seed last night.

Now I wake up and see us projected by some as out and some last 4 in. But a&m gets in who we beat and have a higher net than ...

If it's a 10 then yes a blessing could be argued depending on draw

But if out or having to play on Tuesdays , obviously not

I saw the narrative change with FSU getting hosed in college football. If I see that followed up with FAU getting hosed in basketball, I'll be watching less college sports

Tired of the arbitrary bs

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Well, ****. Look who we got stuck with as our 8 seed, lol.

I feel the same way being stuck with you guys as the 1...

If the matchup happens I give us little shot unfortunately

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I read your defense was like 191st or something this season? If you don’t defend well, our offense may be too much for you. Still think you guys can get hot, not a great matchup in such a tough bracket.

(03-17-2024 10:35 PM)Nameless Wrote:  

(03-17-2024 06:36 PM)Ragu Wrote:  

(03-17-2024 06:11 PM)Nameless Wrote:  

(03-17-2024 11:12 AM)Ragu Wrote:  

(03-17-2024 11:07 AM)Nameless Wrote:  It may be a blessing in disguise. You guys seem to play up and down to your level of competition. Tough teams bring out the best in you. Maybe you get matched up with Purdue in the 2nd round and that W propels you to another run.

I’m confident UConn can and will beat anyone in this tourney. But I sure as **** don’t want to see y’all on our 8/9 line

I liked the idea of a 10 seed last night.

Now I wake up and see us projected by some as out and some last 4 in. But a&m gets in who we beat and have a higher net than ...

If it's a 10 then yes a blessing could be argued depending on draw

But if out or having to play on Tuesdays , obviously not

I saw the narrative change with FSU getting hosed in college football. If I see that followed up with FAU getting hosed in basketball, I'll be watching less college sports

Tired of the arbitrary bs

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Well, ****. Look who we got stuck with as our 8 seed, lol.

I feel the same way being stuck with you guys as the 1...

If the matchup happens I give us little shot unfortunately

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I read your defense was like 191st or something this season? If you don’t defend well, our offense may be too much for you. Still think you guys can get hot, not a great matchup in such a tough bracket.

I think teams have figured out what to do - pull Goldin out to the perimeter where he (or, in essence, any 7-footer) is not a strong defender and leave FAU without a single rim protector.

It's up to Dusty to figure out what to do.