(01-11-2018 12:31 PM)payday Wrote: [ -> ]Why are you wasting so much effort trying to over analyze this? We’re only 3-4 games into the conference schedule. Much can happen and none of the top half of the conference is out of it yet.
I WASN'T!!!1
I was making a stupid off-hand remark about how the worse teams beat the supposedly decent ones. Then you had to go off, with crap about analytics and RPI when SOS and RPI aren't going to help if everyone is dropping games left and right to crappy teams come March
(01-11-2018 05:21 PM)Bearcatbdub Wrote: [ -> ]AAC turning out to be a pile of turds this year. My bet is 2 bids bc the acc and big 10 will get 12 bids each.
(01-11-2018 05:21 PM)Bearcatbdub Wrote: [ -> ]AAC turning out to be a pile of turds this year. My bet is 2 bids bc the acc and big 10 will get 12 bids each.
I think SMU gets it together and gets a bid, I also think Houston is a bubble tteam that makes it in
(01-11-2018 05:21 PM)Bearcatbdub Wrote: [ -> ]AAC turning out to be a pile of turds this year. My bet is 2 bids bc the acc and big 10 will get 12 bids each.
^^^^^^
This
Not even close. The Big Ten is at best a four or five bid league and that might be generous. Same with the PAC-12. Those are leagues ranked 5 and 6 in most models. The American is 7th and still likely a three to five bid league. Teams that finish 3 through 6 are going to win 13 to 10 league games. I can almost tell you that Houston is going to win at least 12 conference games and have a top 45 RPI and Kenpom ranking. Temple only needs 10 league wins to be on the right side of the bubble this based on their quality wins. If SMU, UCF, or UConn finish in the top six they are likely still in the mix for an NCAA tournament bid as well.
1) All the WTF losses?! Houston to Drexel, SMU to WKU and N. Iowa, and Temple to GW and Lasalle. These teams all have some really nice OOC wins, but then they go and drop eggs against scrubs
2) The bottom dwellers... and how they decide to.suddenly turn it on in conference play. Tulsa, ECU, and USF will all probably winning a couple against the Temples and SMU type teams hurting their resume more
3) Memphis and UCONN's mediocrity. These are 2 of the 4 4 or 5 brand names in this league and they are in the bottom half of the conference.
(01-11-2018 08:53 PM)rtaylor Wrote: [ -> ]So OSU is pretty good this year?
I don't rub shoulders with a ton of tOSU fans on a daily basis, but most of the ones I do that reside in this area are just t-shirt football fans. Do the Columbus area ones give a sh*t about basketball, or are the same as the SW OH fans.
(01-10-2018 09:16 PM)RealDeal Wrote: [ -> ]As far as basketball goes no team has been a bigger winner in realignment than Villanova. They were a borderline top 5 program in the conference before the breakup and now they're a top 5 national program. Get to play a bunch of good teams without anyone near good enough to challenge them for the top spot. No longer have to play the BE football schools with bottom feeder hoops. Break up of the BE is the best thing that ever happened to them
BE football schools with bottom feeder hoops? You mean like UConn, Pitt, UL, UC, WVU, Syracuse? The only marginal hoops football schools were Rutgers and USF.
Well apparently we were a football school all along! Who knew! #Themoreyaknow!
