(01-02-2020 01:00 PM)stever20 Wrote:  

(01-02-2020 12:56 PM)GoldenWarrior11 Wrote:  

(01-02-2020 12:44 PM)stever20 Wrote:  

(01-02-2020 12:29 PM)GoldenWarrior11 Wrote:  

(01-02-2020 11:43 AM)stever20 Wrote:  If they only had 6 conference wins, that wouldn't matter. Let's take Georgetown. 10-3 OOC. 6-12 in conference puts them at 16-15. 2-1 in BET and they're 18-16. Sorry but don't think that gets them in the tourney at all.... It would take going 7-11 in conference play to have any chance. maybe like a 5% chance of that happening.

Also, the way the BET sets up the 8/9 seed has to win 1st game on Wed. night and then come back and play at noon on Thursday. That's pretty hard playing rested #1 seed.

Again, hard does not mean impossible. Unlikely? Sure. Improbable? Yes. But not impossible as you labeled it.

It's pretty close to impossible.

Not to mention in the other BET 1st rd game the 7 seed plays 10 seed. Loss there and they are eliminated quite possibly....

It's a 1 in a million type of scenario.

Again. You said impossible. I have been saying improbable and unlikely. I'm glad you have acknowledged that such a scenario is not, as you said, impossible.

Honestly, not even sure why this was a discussion lol.

oh, lets go to Ken Pom and the binary win loss projections....
Providence 2 more wins. 10-21.
DePaul 4 more wins. 16-15. With a 250ish OOC SOS
St John's 2 more wins. 13-18.

DePaul at 18-16 probably is impossible to make the tourney. Their NET would be around 100....

As I've said, 6 is far mroe likely to make the tourney than 8 is. 8 would take such a contortion.

And, as you say, that would likely (not guaranteed of course) mean higher seeds, so that is still a good thing too. Regardless, if the BE gets six bids this year, that is still a tremendous accomplishment, as it still averages out to over half the league getting into the dance.

I'm still not understanding why there is any debate lol. Who knows what will happen before it is all said and done