#1. Kansas - 17 (playing West Virginia)

#2. Akron - 11

#3. Memphis - 10

(tied with LA Tech and Montana)

Rebel Black Bears - 9

Southern Miss - 9

Belmont - 8

Ohio - 7

MTSU - 7

ESPN announcers gave us a shout out during the Kansas - WVU game. Tied for #3!

Make it 18 in a row for Kansas. Bill Self has that program rolling. This will most likely be his fourth straight 30-win season in Lawrence.

(01-28-2013 10:47 PM)TigerTimmy Wrote:  #1. Kansas - 17 (playing West Virginia)

#2. Akron - 11

#3. Memphis - 10

(tied with LA Tech and Montana)

Rebel Black Bears - 9

Southern Miss - 9

Belmont - 8

Ohio - 7

MTSU - 7

There is another 8 game winning streak (as of Sunday morning) unless they lost since then.

And outside of KU, the rest of those schools will likely be situated squarely in the bubble if they don't win their conference tournament. Good teams winning in bad conferences doesn't move the needle.

Good teams losing in bad conferences is even worse.

Good teams winning big in the 11th rated conference certainly should not be as impressive as running through the Big East, but this relating of CUSA to the real lower rated leagues like the Big Sky, the Big South and American East is ridiculous (although predictable).

(01-29-2013 11:12 AM)Mimi Wrote:  Good teams losing in bad conferences is even worse.

Good teams winning big in the 11th rated conference certainly should not be as impressive as running through the Big East, but this relating of CUSA to the real lower rated leagues like the Big Sky, the Big South and American East is ridiculous (although predictable).

who is the hypothetical "good team losing in a bad conference?"

Too MTSU, LA Tech, Akron & Ohio (who we consider a quality win), are in the Sun Belt, WAC and MAC... conferences that aren't ranked much below CUSA. Heck, LA Tech has won 10 in a row and has a win over our lone remaining quality opponent. If they win out, where will they be seeded?

(01-29-2013 03:11 AM)JMSTiger Wrote:  Make it 18 in a row for Kansas. Bill Self has that program rolling. This will most likely be his fourth straight 30-win season in Lawrence.

How can Kansas win 18 in a row and not be #1?

(01-29-2013 11:32 AM)Tiger46 Wrote:  

(01-29-2013 03:11 AM)JMSTiger Wrote:  Make it 18 in a row for Kansas. Bill Self has that program rolling. This will most likely be his fourth straight 30-win season in Lawrence.

How can Kansas win 18 in a row and not be #1?

I think some voters must have KU fatigue. Right now, its the best program in the country.

(01-29-2013 11:27 AM)Original Sabretooth Wrote:  

(01-29-2013 11:12 AM)Mimi Wrote:  Good teams losing in bad conferences is even worse.

Good teams winning big in the 11th rated conference certainly should not be as impressive as running through the Big East, but this relating of CUSA to the real lower rated leagues like the Big Sky, the Big South and American East is ridiculous (although predictable).

who is the hypothetical "good team losing in a bad conference?"

Too MTSU, LA Tech, Akron & Ohio (who we consider a quality win), are in the Sun Belt, WAC and MAC... conferences that aren't ranked much below CUSA. Heck, LA Tech has won 10 in a row and has a win over our lone remaining quality opponent. If they win out, where will they be seeded?

Current RPI of teams that beat us:
38
12
11


Current RPI of teams that beat LA Tech:
82
101
252

So that's pretty much the same thing I guess

(01-29-2013 01:30 PM)lenetzach Wrote:  

(01-29-2013 11:27 AM)Original Sabretooth Wrote:  

(01-29-2013 11:12 AM)Mimi Wrote:  Good teams losing in bad conferences is even worse.

Good teams winning big in the 11th rated conference certainly should not be as impressive as running through the Big East, but this relating of CUSA to the real lower rated leagues like the Big Sky, the Big South and American East is ridiculous (although predictable).

who is the hypothetical "good team losing in a bad conference?"

Too MTSU, LA Tech, Akron & Ohio (who we consider a quality win), are in the Sun Belt, WAC and MAC... conferences that aren't ranked much below CUSA. Heck, LA Tech has won 10 in a row and has a win over our lone remaining quality opponent. If they win out, where will they be seeded?

Current RPI of teams that beat us:
38
12
11


Current RPI of teams that beat LA Tech:
82
101
252

So that's pretty much the same thing I guess

maybe so, but their RPI is currently 7 spots better than ours and they're getting more votes in both the AP and Coaches Polls. Quite frankly, we're competing far more with programs like LTU, Akron and MTSU for tournament slots and seeding than we are with middle-to-upper-tiered programs like Arizona, Gonzaga, Butler and Louisville's.