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Bracketology
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Part of the problem I see is this:
The BIg East right now is projected to get 8 teams in the dance. That means taking Seton Hall, currently 16-9, St. John's, currently 15-11, and Xavier currently at 17-9. Marquette is also in there with a current record of 17-10. While I understand they play some good basketball, any of those 4 teams I mentioned would struggle against Wyoming, CSU, BSU, and SDSU. There is certainly some bias built into the selection process, and it costs the mid-major conferences every year.
The BIg East right now is projected to get 8 teams in the dance. That means taking Seton Hall, currently 16-9, St. John's, currently 15-11, and Xavier currently at 17-9. Marquette is also in there with a current record of 17-10. While I understand they play some good basketball, any of those 4 teams I mentioned would struggle against Wyoming, CSU, BSU, and SDSU. There is certainly some bias built into the selection process, and it costs the mid-major conferences every year.
A big problem is signature wins for the MW...or lack thereof. The biggest non-conference win this year is arguably Utah State over Oklahoma or SDSU over Saint Mary's. Michigan beat down SDSU. Arizona beat down the Cowboys. Iowa beat down Utah State. Kansas beat down Nevada. I don't know of any top tier games that were even competitive. Not to mention most of us have weak schedules.
Other power conferences see the MW as being a group that beats up on each other but are not on the same level. If those cross-conference games were competitive, there would be much more buzz around the MW. I think we're getting better than should be expected attention...based on what the stat sheet says.
Other power conferences see the MW as being a group that beats up on each other but are not on the same level. If those cross-conference games were competitive, there would be much more buzz around the MW. I think we're getting better than should be expected attention...based on what the stat sheet says.
WYO1016 said:
Either he was joking .... or there is a legitimate knowledge gap about the benefits of NIT vs NCAA tournament invites. Either way...I see no reason to insult. BTW...there probably is some sort of "devil's advocate" point of view that somebody could come up with to defend a deep NIT run vs an NCAA exit in the first round. I'm not saying it's correct....just saying it exists.
flyfishwyo
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307bball said:
I was about to go off on a couple of "Linder lost the game" comments on another thread and decided I couldn't do it without making personal insults. Thanks for setting a good example, 307bball.
Itsux2beaewe
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Adv8RU12 said:
I am not convinced. I’ll be surprised if 3 from the MW go, and right now UW is behind Boise, CSU and SDSU in the rankings.
We need to win the MW and then it’s guaranteed. I don’t feel good about an “at-large” bid.
Itsux2beaewe
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jwy_poke said:
Inform us. With your knowledge
WyomingAgJ
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Down to 45 in Net now. SDSU, Boise and CSU all in top 30. My guess is all 3 of them are in and we are now on the wrong side of the bubble.
I think we have at this point played ourselves out of the tournament and will have to play ourselves back in by winning 3 or 4 in a row here (the last 2 plus 1 or 2 in the tournament). If we drop either of the last 2 I think our net will drop into the 50s and we will have to win the mw tournament
I think we have at this point played ourselves out of the tournament and will have to play ourselves back in by winning 3 or 4 in a row here (the last 2 plus 1 or 2 in the tournament). If we drop either of the last 2 I think our net will drop into the 50s and we will have to win the mw tournament
