ESPN Bracketology has us up to an 11 seed.


http://www.espn.com/womens-college-baske...acketology

Looks like JMU and UT both lost their votes in the AP top 25.

https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/basketball...ated-press

UMD #4

(03-09-2020 01:02 PM)Dukester Wrote:  This post reminds me of PG.

No idea who that is so cant comment. Did you not find it "interesting" how safe some teams are just because of the name on their jersey while others with similar resumes are struggling for justification?

(03-09-2020 12:41 PM)dan10 Wrote:  Which of these look like a tournament team?

Team A: RPI 30, SOS 128, NCSOS 66-- 25-4, Q1: 2-2, Q2: 3-1, Q3: 11-1, Q4: 9-0

Team B: RPI 63, SOS 92, NCSOS 244-- 21-10, Q1: 1-10, Q2: 2-0, Q3: 8-0, Q4: 10-0

Team C: RPI 49, SOS 77, NCSOS 221-- 22-9, Q1: 4-6, Q2: 3-1, Q3: 6-2, Q4: 9-0

Team D: RPI 61, SOS 66, NCSOS 109-- 20-12, Q1: 2-7, Q2: 3-3, Q3: 7-2, Q4: 8-0

Team E: RPI 70, SOS 38, NCSOS 169-- 17-12, Q1: 3-6, Q2: 2-6, Q3: 8-0, Q4: 4-0

Team F: RPI 71, SOS 106, NCSOS 11-- 21-9, Q1: 0-8, Q2: 2-0, Q3: 3-0, Q4: 16-1

Team G: RPI 46, SOS 67, NCSOS 40-- 21-9, Q1: 2-7, Q2: 3-0, Q3: 4-1, Q4: 12-1

Team H: RPI 45, SOS 13, NCSOS 18-- 18-14, Q1: 4-12, Q2: 2-1, Q3: 5-1, Q4: 7-0

Either the line is super fine or the bracketologists/selection committee certainly dont look at this without heavy bias.

Answers

I would say A and H should be in the tournament, but I don't know how many other spots are available for the other teams you listed. Also, I couldn't open the Answers because I didn't have permission to access or something. Darn Google Docs!

(03-09-2020 01:37 PM)AssyrianDuke Wrote:  I would say A and H should be in the tournament, but I don't know how many other spots are available for the other teams you listed. Also, I couldn't open the Answers because I didn't have permission to access or something. Darn Google Docs!

Sorry should be fixed now.

(03-09-2020 01:39 PM)dan10 Wrote:  

(03-09-2020 01:37 PM)AssyrianDuke Wrote:  I would say A and H should be in the tournament, but I don't know how many other spots are available for the other teams you listed. Also, I couldn't open the Answers because I didn't have permission to access or something. Darn Google Docs!

Sorry should be fixed now.

Yup. All set now!

(03-09-2020 01:37 PM)AssyrianDuke Wrote:  I would say A and H should be in the tournament, but I don't know how many other spots are available for the other teams you listed.

The point here was not so much how many from this list get in. It was more of a comparison that either says the front of the jersey really matters or the line is incredibly tight. I suspect it is the first one. If some of these teams are safe and others are not even in the discussion, I have problems with that. I have issues with some of the teams that are in and others that are out. It doesnt add up in my eyes.

(03-09-2020 02:27 PM)dan10 Wrote:  

(03-09-2020 01:37 PM)AssyrianDuke Wrote:  I would say A and H should be in the tournament, but I don't know how many other spots are available for the other teams you listed.

The point here was not so much how many from this list get in. It was more of a comparison that either says the front of the jersey really matters or the line is incredibly tight. I suspect it is the first one. If some of these teams are safe and others are not even in the discussion, I have problems with that. I have issues with some of the teams that are in and others that are out. It doesnt add up in my eyes.

It’s the damn name on the jersey. I always felt the bias favoring P5 teams in WBB is more pronounced than in any other NCAA sport. Wasn’t always that way, but starting in the mid-90s it’s become more pronounced.

I agree 100% its bad in women's basketball. With the little money produced, its easier to follow the money and large fan bases versus the truly deserving. It is also why the small quadrants of the NCAA are held at home sites in favor of the largest attendance.

Do you take Tennessee who averages 8K per game or do you take South Dakota State averaging 2.1K or Boston College at 1.3K or Bradley at 800. Choice are definitely not made by merits. If the choices shown in that list were made in the men's game, the selection committee might cause a riot and be run out of town with a new criteria chosen the next season.

It's supposed to have something to do with RPI (which I personally think is a lousy method), so-called quality wins, and something else which I forget now. Sometimes I think it's more just Charlie Creme telling the committee what they think.

(03-09-2020 01:30 PM)dan10 Wrote:  

(03-09-2020 01:02 PM)Dukester Wrote:  This post reminds me of PG.

No idea who that is so cant comment. Did you not find it "interesting" how safe some teams are just because of the name on their jersey while others with similar resumes are struggling for justification?

A fellow poster.

He likes to do blind resumes such as this, usually for coaches.

This could be significant if it happens:

https://twitter.com/Shane_DNRSports/stat...0518730753

The paranoia is getting way out of hand. I am guessing the Hofstra Men have no issues playing in the CAA tournament finals and potentially the NCAAT.

(03-09-2020 08:06 PM)JMU85 Wrote:  This could be significant if it happens:

https://twitter.com/Shane_DNRSports/stat...0518730753

The paranoia is getting way out of hand. I am guessing the Hofstra Men have no issues playing in the CAA tournament finals and potentially the NCAAT.

Yeah, it's pretty obvious what this is really about. When you go 3-26 overall and a doughnut-and-18 in the conference then you probably aren't all that jacked up about playing (unless it was in Vegas of course...they'd be crazy to pass that up...I luuuuuuuv that town...but, I of course digress). They just want to get the season over.

This leads me to research who the hell were the 3 teams who lost to Hofstra. Let's take a look...

...holy crapola! Hofstra started the season off with a 43-41 win in the season lid lifter at Hartford. Hartford wound up 1-28 on the season. Man, they really suck. But, Hofstra had a winning record briefly on this season BION.

They beat Morgan State at home back in early December. By 12 pts too. Morgan State actually has a slight winning record on the season (15-14). Man, Morgan State still must really suuuuuuuuuck.

And finally, this short list includes their last win on the season back on December 21st over Campbell at home. By 3. Campbell is 19-8 on the season. They went 16-4 in the Big South and finished 1st in the conference regular season. Wow, talk about a bigly bad loss at Hofstra. But, by virtue of that Campbell also wins the label along with the rest of the Big South apparently...you/they suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck!

(03-09-2020 08:55 PM)Wear Purple Wrote:  

(03-09-2020 08:06 PM)JMU85 Wrote:  This could be significant if it happens:

https://twitter.com/Shane_DNRSports/stat...0518730753

The paranoia is getting way out of hand. I am guessing the Hofstra Men have no issues playing in the CAA tournament finals and potentially the NCAAT.

Yeah, it's pretty obvious what this is really about. When you go 3-26 overall and a doughnut-and-18 in the conference then you probably aren't all that jacked up about playing (unless it was in Vegas of course...they'd be crazy to pass that up...I luuuuuuuv that town...but, I of course digress). They just want to get the season over.

This leads me to research who the hell were the 3 teams who lost to Hofstra. Let's take a look...

...holy crapola! Hofstra started the season off with a 43-41 win in the season lid lifter at Hartford. Hartford wound up 1-28 on the season. Man, they really suck. But, Hofstra had a winning record briefly on this season BION.

They beat Morgan State at home back in early December. By 12 pts too. Morgan State actually has a slight winning record on the season (15-14). Man, Morgan State still must really suuuuuuuuuck.

And finally, this short list includes their last win on the season back on December 21st over Campbell at home. By 3. Campbell is 19-8 on the season. They went 16-4 in the Big South and finished 1st in the conference regular season. Wow, talk about a bigly bad loss at Hofstra. But, by virtue of that Campbell also wins the label along with the rest of the Big South apparently...you/they suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck!

Save $, avoid another embarrassing loss and hide behind the hysteria of the Coronavirus. Pretty pathetic.

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(03-09-2020 04:49 PM)Dukester Wrote:  

(03-09-2020 01:30 PM)dan10 Wrote:  

(03-09-2020 01:02 PM)Dukester Wrote:  This post reminds me of PG.

No idea who that is so cant comment. Did you not find it "interesting" how safe some teams are just because of the name on their jersey while others with similar resumes are struggling for justification?

A fellow poster.

He likes to do blind resumes such as this, usually for coaches.

Blind resumes are fun and fair. I like to do them every season. In this case you cant tell me Tennessee belongs safely in but SDSU is not even on the bubble. Both should be out. Hard to tell me that Rutgers and Purdue are such high seeds projected with such blah resumes but JMU is on the bubble. Details matter and if Creme is even close to accurate it definitely shows how badly biased the whole thing is. I have said all along as long as JMU only loses to W&M or Drexel the rest of the way it would be a huge disservice to leave them out. Their numbers support admission, it is clear.

(03-09-2020 02:41 PM)Longhorn Wrote:  I always felt the bias favoring P5 teams in WBB is more pronounced than in any other NCAA sport.

Counterpoint: https://www.secsports.com/article/267347...tournament

For three straight years in softball, literally the entire friggin' SEC conference has made the NCAA tournament. Can you imagine going 6-18 in-conference and getting a bid?

This will never happen because of the P5 stranglehold, but this is my big idea for all NCAA tournaments: if you don't finish at .500 or better in your regular season conference standings, you are not eligible for an at-large bid.

(03-10-2020 07:47 AM)bjk3047 Wrote:  

(03-09-2020 02:41 PM)Longhorn Wrote:  I always felt the bias favoring P5 teams in WBB is more pronounced than in any other NCAA sport.

Counterpoint: https://www.secsports.com/article/267347...tournament

For three straight years in softball, literally the entire friggin' SEC conference has made the NCAA tournament. Can you imagine going 6-18 in-conference and getting a bid?

This will never happen because of the P5 stranglehold, but this is my big idea for all NCAA tournaments: if you don't finish at .500 or better in your regular season conference standings, you are not eligible for an at-large bid.

Fair observation. It’s getting really bad in softball too. The P5s and TV are in the driver’s seat, and IMO are killing the idea of amateur college sports.

(03-10-2020 07:47 AM)bjk3047 Wrote:  

(03-09-2020 02:41 PM)Longhorn Wrote:  I always felt the bias favoring P5 teams in WBB is more pronounced than in any other NCAA sport.

Counterpoint: https://www.secsports.com/article/267347...tournament

For three straight years in softball, literally the entire friggin' SEC conference has made the NCAA tournament. Can you imagine going 6-18 in-conference and getting a bid?

This will never happen because of the P5 stranglehold, but this is my big idea for all NCAA tournaments: if you don't finish at .500 or better in your regular season conference standings, you are not eligible for an at-large bid.

I actually think something like that is on the horizon from the NCAA because there has been quite a bit of pressure for it to happen, at least for basketball (mens). I also think that the second they do, the conference will be forced into another realignment (smaller conferences) or else the major conferences will break off into their own tournament. I hope it comes to fruition for all sports for fairness and opportunity.

(03-09-2020 08:06 PM)JMU85 Wrote:  This could be significant if it happens:

https://twitter.com/Shane_DNRSports/stat...0518730753

The paranoia is getting way out of hand. I am guessing the Hofstra Men have no issues playing in the CAA tournament finals and potentially the NCAAT.

By the way, false alarm. Hofstra WBB is at Elon now, practiced today, and will be playing the Phoenix tomorrow at 4:30pm.

The Ivy League cancelled their Tournaments but are sending their regular season Champs to the big dance.

A little bit of a head scratcher IMO.



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