Teams that are out:
St Mary's-WCC is a 1 bid league.
Middle Tennessee-CUSA is a 1 bid league.
7 conferences will get multiple bids unless the A10 and MWC gets a 2nd team in.

(03-08-2018 09:28 PM)billybobby777 Wrote:  

(03-08-2018 09:25 PM)_C2_ Wrote:  It must have been for disciplinary reasons.

According to ESPIN they were resting them for the NCAA's. Nope. They are out.

How stupid was that

(03-08-2018 09:28 PM)billybobby777 Wrote:  

(03-08-2018 09:25 PM)_C2_ Wrote:  It must have been for disciplinary reasons.

According to ESPIN they were resting them for the NCAA's. Nope. They are out.

They may have said that publicly, but there had to be a real motive behind that.

(03-08-2018 09:46 PM)_C2_ Wrote:  

(03-08-2018 09:28 PM)billybobby777 Wrote:  

(03-08-2018 09:25 PM)_C2_ Wrote:  It must have been for disciplinary reasons.

According to ESPIN they were resting them for the NCAA's. Nope. They are out.

They may have said that publicly, but there had to be a real motive behind that.

Lunardi said that he’s never seen anything like that before

Which players did MTSU sit?

No chance for an at-large but Idaho is in serious trouble against Southern Utah.

Boise down 77-75 to Utah St 24 secs left

Boise State goes BUST.

MTSU could be the big casualty of the non-majors, or could possibly be one of the play-in participants. NC-SOS and NC-RPI are strong (8 and 24 respectively). RPI is 32, SOS 87.

The problem is that 3-3 versus Group 1 stat is deceptive. The 3 losses are good: Auburn, USC, and UMFL. The wins? Murray State, WKU x2.

Isn't this a terrible place to be as a non-major? Very (too) little margin for error.

(03-09-2018 06:04 AM)The Cutter of Bish Wrote:  MTSU could be the big casualty of the non-majors, or could possibly be one of the play-in participants. NC-SOS and NC-RPI are strong (8 and 24 respectively). RPI is 32, SOS 87.

The problem is that 3-3 versus Group 1 stat is deceptive. The 3 losses are good: Auburn, USC, and UMFL. The wins? Murray State, WKU x2.

Isn't this a terrible place to be as a non-major? Very (too) little margin for error.

actually their 3 Q1 wins are Murray St, WKU, and ODU. ODU is precarious for them- they're #73 and its a road win. If ODU loses tonight, their RPI falls to 76.... so I think they're big ODU fans today quite frankly....

I think they're rooting right now big time for Kentucky to beat Georgia. Georgia today could be the big winner.

(03-09-2018 08:38 AM)stever20 Wrote:  

(03-09-2018 06:04 AM)The Cutter of Bish Wrote:  MTSU could be the big casualty of the non-majors, or could possibly be one of the play-in participants. NC-SOS and NC-RPI are strong (8 and 24 respectively). RPI is 32, SOS 87.

The problem is that 3-3 versus Group 1 stat is deceptive. The 3 losses are good: Auburn, USC, and UMFL. The wins? Murray State, WKU x2.

Isn't this a terrible place to be as a non-major? Very (too) little margin for error.

actually their 3 Q1 wins are Murray St, WKU, and ODU. ODU is precarious for them- they're #73 and its a road win. If ODU loses tonight, their RPI falls to 76.... so I think they're big ODU fans today quite frankly....

I think they're rooting right now big time for Kentucky to beat Georgia. Georgia today could be the big winner.

Ah, thanks for that...so it can get worse.

I'm wary of the grouping component because of cases like these. Because, we'll know for darned sure it's just a way to promote majors who play (not necessarily win) numerous G1 teams. For those in non-major conferences, you can see what we're doing above...qualifying the content. And, isn't that the way of things? MTSU's 3 Group 1 wins versus Arizona State's Group 1 wins...3=/=3.

Oddly enough, a Georgia win crushes the hopes of some...probably helps SMC. That game has been quite the plucky one on anyone's resume who's played them.

(03-08-2018 09:49 PM)billybobby777 Wrote:  

(03-08-2018 09:46 PM)_C2_ Wrote:  

(03-08-2018 09:28 PM)billybobby777 Wrote:  

(03-08-2018 09:25 PM)_C2_ Wrote:  It must have been for disciplinary reasons.

According to ESPIN they were resting them for the NCAA's. Nope. They are out.

They may have said that publicly, but there had to be a real motive behind that.

Lunardi said that he’s never seen anything like that before

We sat one player Brandon Walters for 1/4 of the game for being late to team breakfast. All other starters were in

(03-09-2018 08:38 AM)stever20 Wrote:  

(03-09-2018 06:04 AM)The Cutter of Bish Wrote:  MTSU could be the big casualty of the non-majors, or could possibly be one of the play-in participants. NC-SOS and NC-RPI are strong (8 and 24 respectively). RPI is 32, SOS 87.

The problem is that 3-3 versus Group 1 stat is deceptive. The 3 losses are good: Auburn, USC, and UMFL. The wins? Murray State, WKU x2.

Isn't this a terrible place to be as a non-major? Very (too) little margin for error.

actually their 3 Q1 wins are Murray St, WKU, and ODU. ODU is precarious for them- they're #73 and its a road win. If ODU loses tonight, their RPI falls to 76.... so I think they're big ODU fans today quite frankly....

I think they're rooting right now big time for Kentucky to beat Georgia. Georgia today could be the big winner.

They hope ODU wins it all.

(03-09-2018 12:02 PM)bobdizole Wrote:  

(03-08-2018 09:49 PM)billybobby777 Wrote:  

(03-08-2018 09:46 PM)_C2_ Wrote:  

(03-08-2018 09:28 PM)billybobby777 Wrote:  

(03-08-2018 09:25 PM)_C2_ Wrote:  It must have been for disciplinary reasons.

According to ESPIN they were resting them for the NCAA's. Nope. They are out.

They may have said that publicly, but there had to be a real motive behind that.

Lunardi said that he’s never seen anything like that before

We sat one player Brandon Walters for 1/4 of the game for being late to team breakfast. All other starters were in

So that’s what Lunardi was talking about when he said the coaches decision to rest the best players on the team backfired as MTSU lost their 1st CUSA tournament game to a team with a losing record? He said he had “never seen anything like it”. He also said MTSU is out.

(03-09-2018 12:26 PM)_C2_ Wrote:  

(03-09-2018 08:38 AM)stever20 Wrote:  

(03-09-2018 06:04 AM)The Cutter of Bish Wrote:  MTSU could be the big casualty of the non-majors, or could possibly be one of the play-in participants. NC-SOS and NC-RPI are strong (8 and 24 respectively). RPI is 32, SOS 87.

The problem is that 3-3 versus Group 1 stat is deceptive. The 3 losses are good: Auburn, USC, and UMFL. The wins? Murray State, WKU x2.

Isn't this a terrible place to be as a non-major? Very (too) little margin for error.

actually their 3 Q1 wins are Murray St, WKU, and ODU. ODU is precarious for them- they're #73 and its a road win. If ODU loses tonight, their RPI falls to 76.... so I think they're big ODU fans today quite frankly....

I think they're rooting right now big time for Kentucky to beat Georgia. Georgia today could be the big winner.

They hope ODU wins it all.

If ODU wins just today their RPI goes up to 62. As long as it's Old Dominion/Marshall in the title game for CUSA, ODU will have a top 75 RPI end of the season.

(03-09-2018 12:26 PM)billybobby777 Wrote:  

(03-09-2018 12:02 PM)bobdizole Wrote:  

(03-08-2018 09:49 PM)billybobby777 Wrote:  

(03-08-2018 09:46 PM)_C2_ Wrote:  

(03-08-2018 09:28 PM)billybobby777 Wrote:  According to ESPIN they were resting them for the NCAA's. Nope. They are out.

They may have said that publicly, but there had to be a real motive behind that.

Lunardi said that he’s never seen anything like that before

We sat one player Brandon Walters for 1/4 of the game for being late to team breakfast. All other starters were in

So that’s what Lunardi was talking about when he said the coaches decision to rest the best players on the team backfired as MTSU lost their 1st CUSA tournament game to a team with a losing record? He said he had “never seen anything like it”. He also said MTSU is out.

Lunardi has them in as his last four in

(03-09-2018 01:05 PM)mturn017 Wrote:  

(03-09-2018 12:26 PM)billybobby777 Wrote:  

(03-09-2018 12:02 PM)bobdizole Wrote:  

(03-08-2018 09:49 PM)billybobby777 Wrote:  

(03-08-2018 09:46 PM)_C2_ Wrote:  They may have said that publicly, but there had to be a real motive behind that.

Lunardi said that he’s never seen anything like that before

We sat one player Brandon Walters for 1/4 of the game for being late to team breakfast. All other starters were in

So that’s what Lunardi was talking about when he said the coaches decision to rest the best players on the team backfired as MTSU lost their 1st CUSA tournament game to a team with a losing record? He said he had “never seen anything like it”. He also said MTSU is out.

Lunardi has them in as his last four in

I think they should get in. I think they’d beat Florida State and Louisville.

Louisville is 0-11 against rpi top 50.

Alabama just made their case. Geez, whatever they were told during the half, they bought in.

The rags are going nuts over the ACC's bubble teams...it's the SEC that's making the real chaos here. You have both Alabama and Georgia within reach of a bid, if not locked by now.

(03-09-2018 03:52 PM)The Cutter of Bish Wrote:  Alabama just made their case. Geez, whatever they were told during the half, they bought in.

Bama is probably in, even though they would set the record for most pre-tournament losses by an at-large team. That record is 14, the Tide have 14 losses, and would get a 15th if they don't win the SEC tournament.