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Bubble Watch thread????? FN- where you at???

In all seriousness, why bother? No way in hell we get in as an at large at this point. If we win the conference tournament, we dance. If not, we go NIT.

No real expertise required on this one.

Alas, I wish we could have in-depth bubble analysis, but with the RPI at 107(!!) our postseason is all but settled. According to rpiforecast.com, running the table would yield an RPI of 64, which would be good for high NIT seeding if we failed to win the conference tournament. CUSA is decidedly a 1-bid league, but be ready for the butthurt when we win it all again on our "home floor."

You mean the home floor we have not set foot on since last year's tournament? That home floor?

Those guys give me a rash.

i agree that the FNBubble watch is irrelevant IF you follow it to see if the Blazers are going to get an at large bid. However, I'm working under the assumption that we're going to win the tournament in get in...

so now, i'm following other teams to look at where we might fall when the seeds are announced. I'm watching Yale, Akron, Hofstra, Stony Brook, UCIrvine, SD State, Chattanooga, etc.

perhaps the bubble watch could be useful in this regard.

That's some fun food for thought!

That was one thing about the Davis era, the FN Bubble Watch was always interesting! I do agree it can still be interesting in terms of seeding. I'd also be curious to know how we would have to finish to secure an NIT bid should we not get an auto bid to either tournament.

I just liked it from a national perspective. It was always a good read.

(02-03-2016 02:32 AM)BlazintheATL Wrote:  That was one thing about the Davis era, the FN Bubble Watch was always interesting! I do agree it can still be interesting in terms of seeding. I'd also be curious to know how we would have to finish to secure an NIT bid should we not get an auto bid to either tournament.

SJ used to post the stats when he was busy ripping UAB. I think we need an rpi near 60based on historical data.

Basically I think if we don't finish well enough to win the CUSA regular season title we won't finish well enough to get an at large NIT bid. Hopefully that's an irrelevant discussion though.

Given the remaining schedules for all teams, it's gonna take an F_U road trip to derail us from the #1 see---wait? What? This just in...our regular season concludes at F_U.

I suspect that the team remembers what happened last year.

It could get interesting between us and MTSU. Theyll be favored in Murfreesboro. If we drop that one we will have to at least match them in every other game.

(02-03-2016 09:17 PM)FNblazer Wrote:  Given the remaining schedules for all teams, it's gonna take an F_U road trip to derail us from the #1 see---wait? What? This just in...our regular season concludes at F_U.

I'm a little concerned about FIU tomorrow. They are a better team than WKU and could give us a game if we aren't focused.

By the way, this is the first year that there is a descernible difference between FIU and FAU

(02-03-2016 09:32 PM)BlazintheATL Wrote:  It could get interesting between us and MTSU. Theyll be favored in Murfreesboro. If we drop that one we will have to at least match them in every other game.

Completely agree...Middle will be a handful up there

(02-04-2016 12:08 AM)Dragonz Lair Wrote:  

(02-03-2016 09:32 PM)BlazintheATL Wrote:  It could get interesting between us and MTSU. Theyll be favored in Murfreesboro. If we drop that one we will have to at least match them in every other game.

Completely agree...Middle will be a handful up there

Yeah, it will remain interesting. Meanwhile, la tech is lurking two games back but gets both of us on their court. Marshall is also still in the mix. Things would be much more comfortable if each of those teams could lose a game over the weekend.

I hope we can at least split between LT and MTSU. It's tough to win on the road in conference. Most any conference when your opponent knows you very well.