FYI: ESPN Article
We were the darlings of college basketball for the first 2 months of the season and now Wofford is. Gotta hate that.
If we run the table, and that is a big if, we can replace WC on the NCAA bubble watch. We do have a signature win over Nova and that means a lot. Otherwise, we have to win the tourney championship to get to the Big Dance.
Even at 27-6 with a loss in the SoCon final to Wofford I don't think we would be in, the committee would use the home loss to Samford as reason to leave us out most likely
If we finish 27-6, we will get in because of our win over Villanova, if they finish in the Top 10.DungeonRealm wrote: ↑Sat Feb 09, 2019 12:29 pm
Even at 27-6 with a loss in the SoCon final to Wofford I don't think we would be in, the committee would use the home loss to Samford as reason to leave us out most likely
I keep thinking how they hosed St. Mary's last year. Think they ended up with 28 wins and lost to Gonzaga in conference finals. They didn't get in but 14 loss teams did. We have to remember who controls the committee. The big boys do. The more teams the P5 teams get in the more money said conference gets. Simple as that. Fairness and/or deserving has absolutely nothing to do with it.
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If Wofford runs the table but Furman beats them in the SoCon final i think both teams get in
If Furman runs the table and loses to Wofford in the SoCon final I can't see us getting in.
If Furman runs the table and loses to Wofford in the SoCon final I can't see us getting in.
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would love to get into the ncaa tourney.but quite doubtful that is a tournament we cold win.but if we were relegated to the n I t ,I think we could go deep in that tourney.so let's play hard and see what happens.today we avenged the road loss to one of the three ahead of us.greensboro and Wofford to go.
A few years ago, St. Mary's beat Gonzaga *twice*, had 26 D-I wins, high computer rankings, and didn't make it.
The basic problem is that, as a mid major conference gets stronger and seems to make an at-large bid possible, it simultaneously becomes hard to avoid some losses.
The basic problem is that, as a mid major conference gets stronger and seems to make an at-large bid possible, it simultaneously becomes hard to avoid some losses.