Seeing Utah State at #25 was enough for me to laugh at the polls. The coaches should be embarrassed.

All we have to be is one of the top 37 teams in the country at the end of the season not to win a Conference Tourney(Unless we win it). That gets us into the NCAA. Right now I think we are.

Sorry if this was already brought up, but was UC favored in this game or was St. John's?

I don't know about Las Vegas line but Realtimerpi has us losing by 9 points to St Johns.

Ok, so was that the first game we won this year being dogs?

I thought they had us losing one Non conference game before the season started but they change that during the season so I would say yes.

If it was, that's great! But UC needs to win more underdog games (esp. the ones against ranked teams) to get some positive attention their way.

As far as realtimerpi they had UC losing to Oklahoma and at St Johns.

(01-26-2011 11:32 AM)rath v2.0 Wrote:  As far as realtimerpi they had UC losing to Oklahoma and at St Johns.

What about the last 11 games, Rath? Any changes?

I have notice that they have changes the Georgetown game here a couple of times from lose to win to lose right now they have it at a win.

I'm just picturing Selection Sunday and the graphic where they show a teams's RPI, SOS, Good Wins, and Bad Losses. I think when it comes down to "Good Wins", this game AT St. John's can go in that category. Any ranked team can go in that category along with WVU and Louisville (if they are unranked at the time).

However, UC needs to avoid "Bad Losses" @Depaul, vs. Rutgers, and @Providence.

This is how Realtimerpi has UC's schedule the rest of the way.

01-26 Rutgers 12-7 (3-4) 99 75-60 W - Scouting
01-29 West Virginia 13-5 (4-2) 14 76-70 W - Scouting
02-05 at Pittsburgh 19-2 (7-1) 8 66-79 L - Scouting
02-08 at DePaul 6-13 (0-7) 222 71-64 W - Scouting
02-13 St. John's 11-7 (4-4) 26 73-62 W - Scouting
02-16 Louisville 15-4 (4-2) 39 78-70 W - Scouting
02-19 at Providence 12-8 (1-6) 104 67-68 L - Scouting
02-23 at Georgetown 14-5 (3-4) 9 67-79 L - Scouting
02-27 Connecticut 16-2 (4-2) 3 75-72 W - Scouting
03-02 at Marquette 13-7 (4-3) 62 66-69 L - Scouting
03-05 Georgetown 14-5 (3-4) 9 75-71 W - Scouting

(01-26-2011 11:46 AM)BJUnklFkr Wrote:  

(01-26-2011 11:32 AM)rath v2.0 Wrote:  As far as realtimerpi they had UC losing to Oklahoma and at St Johns.

What about the last 11 games, Rath? Any changes?

Only 1. After UC lost at ND, they switched the game at Providence from a loss to a UC win. Changed the overall win total from 23 to 24. That one keeps switching back and forth I guess.

Thanks Rath, Wolf. Since the prediction is only one point, it's no wonder that's the one that keeps switching.

I maintain that Providence is a team we SHOULD beat, but, despite their awful BE record to date, they seem to play their best vs. their best opponents (7 pt loss at SU, 4 pt loss to Pitt, beat UL). Nothing's easy.

If we beat both DePaul and Providence on the road, as long as take care of business elsewhere, it will cement our bid. Anything above that will serve as seed improvement.

First things first... beat Mr. Magoo U.

(01-26-2011 12:16 PM)wolframm Wrote:  This is how Realtimerpi has UC's schedule the rest of the way.

01-26 Rutgers 12-7 (3-4) 99 75-60 W - Scouting
01-29 West Virginia 13-5 (4-2) 14 76-70 W - Scouting
02-05 at Pittsburgh 19-2 (7-1) 8 66-79 L - Scouting

02-08 at DePaul 6-13 (0-7) 222 71-64 W - Scouting
02-13 St. John's 11-7 (4-4) 26 73-62 W - Scouting
02-16 Louisville 15-4 (4-2) 39 78-70 W - Scouting

02-19 at Providence 12-8 (1-6) 104 67-68 L - Scouting
02-23 at Georgetown 14-5 (3-4) 9 67-79 L - Scouting
02-27 Connecticut 16-2 (4-2) 3 75-72 W - Scouting
03-02 at Marquette 13-7 (4-3) 62 66-69 L - Scouting
03-05 Georgetown 14-5 (3-4) 9 75-71 W - Scouting

I see the season divided into four more sections.

1) The next three games. Need two wins (and @ Pitt is going to be tough, so the next two would be best).

2) The three games after that. Should be three wins, but the potential for the ugly upset resides there.

3) The last five games. The place where we need to pick up some of those "quality" wins. Mostly have to avoid an ugly end of season losing streak.

4) Big East Tournament. Want to avoid the shutout here. One win would look nice, and two wins certainly looks doable. Anything after that is bonus.

This win is looking a little better right now.

Up 16 on Duke in the first half.

make that 20 + ball

Wow...Up 21 at the half. I hope they can keep it going. It be hard for all those Big East bashers to take if the Blue Devils were to get smoked by a middle of the pack Big East team. Come on Johnies...I mean Red Storm.