Selection Committee Games of Interest

[HuskerFever]

Tuesday's Games of Interest:

 

Tennessee/Mississippi State - knock off MSU
Florida/Alabama - tough one, going with Florida
Missouri/Vanderbilt - need Vandy
Oklahoma State/Iowa State - need ISU to win
Akron/Buffalo - get the final knockout on Buffalo
Vermont/Maine - just beat Vermont already
Miami/North Carolina - may not matter, but beating Miami wouldn't hurt
Auburn/Arkansas - need Auburn
DePaul/Creighton - sure.
Oklahoma/Baylor - flipping and going with OU on this one due to last games' results
Kansas State/TCU - knock off KSU
Davidson/St. Bonaventure - need some Steph Curry magic
Boise State/San Diego State - knock off BSU

 

 

Wednesday's Games of Interest:

 

Big Ten Tourney: Illinois/Iowa - might as well improve our worst loss
Providence/Xavier - teams keep trying to knock Providence down
LSU/South Carolina - a USC win would help muffle conversations
Pittsburgh/Notre Dame - is this even worth it?
Ole Miss/Kentucky - again, probably not worth it
Big Ten Tourney: Rutgers/Minnesota - played both twice; improve Minnesota
Villanova/Seton Hall - cannot have a Seton Hall win here
Texas A&M/Georgia - still convinced that UGA is out
Florida State/Clemson - maybe a Clemson win will help is FSU falters in the conference tournament?
Syracuse/Boston College - huge win/win
Butler/St. John's - another huge win/win
Eastern Illinois/Tennessee State - RPI boost

[brfrad]

The one positive from having our tournament a week early is no other games will be going on Friday at 1:30 in the afternoon.   We should have the committee's full attention.

[HuskerFever]

3 minutes ago, brfrad said:

The one positive from having our tournament a week early is no other games will be going on Friday at 1:30 in the afternoon.   We should have the committee's full attention.

 

Actually, the Missouri Valley #1 vs. #8/#9 and then #4 vs. #5 matchups will be during that time 

 

But really, Loyola-Chicago at noon CST might get their attention. Let's hope that game is more than wrapped up when we start playing.

[AuroranHusker]

1 hour ago, royalfan said:

Well, we can close the book on the trials and tribulations of Stetson basketball.  

 

Those mad Hatters.........................

 

[FredsSlacks]

texas is now 17-13 (7-10) and 1 win vs a top 25 team. 

[TomEadesSucks]

1 minute ago, TimSmiles said:

texas is now 17-13 (7-10) and 1 win vs a top 25 team. 

 

The Big 12 is deep. 

[hskr4life]

8 minutes ago, TimSmiles said:

texas is now 17-13 (7-10) and 1 win vs a top 25 team. 

 

Yet has 5 quadrant 1 wins due to the phony quadrant system.  

[hskr4life]

So with the quadrant system, you want to get your non-conference RPI really high so that way you can beat up on each other and give each other quadrant 1wins?

[HuskerFever]

7 minutes ago, hskr4life said:

 

Yet has 5 quadrant 1 wins due to the phony quadrant system.  

 

5-10 in Quadrant 1

2-2 at home

2-6 away

1-2 neutral

 

Split home/away with TCU and Texas Tech.

 

To their credit though, their highest away RPI opponent is 34 and highest overall Quadrant 1 is 35. That's pretty top heavy in that quadrant.

Edited February 27, 2018 by HuskerFever

[HuskerFever]

7 minutes ago, hskr4life said:

So with the quadrant system, you want to get your non-conference RPI really high so that way you can beat up on each other and give each other quadrant 1wins?

 

That's why it was so bad for the Big Ten getting embarrassed in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge and also losing the Gavitt Games really hurt our entire conference perception. I think a lot of pundits made up their minds about some conferences as early as December.

[hskr4life]

Just looked.  With the quadrant system,'

 

Illinois win over Us at Illinois, Purdue's win over Louisville at home, Purdue's win over Indiana on the road, Western Kentucky's win on the road at Marshall, and Western Kentucky's win over Old Dominion at home are all counted the same.

 

However, Western Kentucky beating Old Dominion on the road is better than every single one of those wins?  Literally a win at Old Dominion this year under the quadrant system is better than our wins at Northwestern, Rutgers, Minnesota, and Wisconsin!

[big red22]

7 minutes ago, HuskerFever said:

 

That's why it was so bad for the Big Ten getting embarrassed in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge and also losing the Gavitt Games really hurt our entire conference perception. I think a lot of pundits made up their minds about some conferences as early as December.

Ummm we went 4-4 in the Gavitt Games?

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavitt_Tipoff_Games

Edited February 27, 2018 by big red22

[HuskerFever]

3 minutes ago, big red22 said:

Ummm we went 4-4 in the Gavitt Games?

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavitt_Tipoff_Games

 

I misremembered that. But it's hard to forget how bad the conference looked in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge.

 

If I recall, it was something like 3-11 with Purdue, Nebraska, and Michigan State only winning.

[OmahaHusker]

14 minutes ago, hskr4life said:

So with the quadrant system, you want to get your non-conference RPI really high so that way you can beat up on each other and give each other quadrant 1wins?

 

What? That's been the goal for every conference every year even before the quadrant system. Improve your RPI for the conference. If it weren't for the quadrant system we'd have literally only 3 top 100 wins. So which do you think honestly looks worse? 

[hhcmatt]

4 hours ago, 49r said:

 

You think THIS is bad...you should turn on the Mexico vs Cuba game!

 

Did you not hang out for the last game of the night? Jorge Brian Diaz playing vs Team USA!

[AuroranHusker]

Team USA beats the Puerto Rico squad.

[49r]

8 hours ago, hhcdimes said:

 

Did you not hang out for the last game of the night? Jorge Brian Diaz playing vs Team USA!

 

I'm a degenerate...not a masochist!  

[hhcmatt]

8 minutes ago, 49r said:

 

I'm a degenerate...not a masochist!  

 JBD did well and PR almost came back and beat the US

[Huskerpapa]

10 hours ago, tjp21 said:

 

The Big 12 is a deep league but they don't have any great teams. Even if we get snubbed and Big10 only were to get 4 teams in I'd put money down that the Big 12 won't get more teams to the sweet 16.  There's no way they should have a 7-11 team getting in.

I will say this though, how great can a league be, if the same team can win the conference championship 12 or 13 years straight?  Especially this year, KU simply does not have high quality depth, yet they still win the conference???

[49r]

2 hours ago, hhcdimes said:

 JBD did well and PR almost came back and beat the US

 

Who was even playing on the US team?  Anyone noteworthy?

[hhcmatt]

12 minutes ago, 49r said:

 

Who was even playing on the US team?  Anyone noteworthy?

 

One of the Harrison twins, John Stockton's son

[royalfan]

Tennessee 12/Mississippi State 61 - 6pm SEC Network Mississippi St. - 1 1/2 Need Tennessee
Florida 58/Alabama 41 - 6pm ESPN alabama - 1 1/2  Not too sure but I think Florida
Missouri 43/Vanderbilt  119-  6pm ESPN2  Vanderbilt - 1 1/2  Need Vanderbilt
Oklahoma State 102/Iowa State   116- 6pm ESPNU  Oklahoma St - 1 1/2  Need Iowa St 
Akron 248/Buffalo  37- 6pm ESPN3  Buffalo - 15 1/2
Vermont 49/Maine  340 - 6pm ESPN3  no line  Need Maine
Miami 31/North Carolina 4 - 8pm ESPN North Carolina - 10 Need North Carolina
Auburn 7/Arkansas 30 - 8pm SEC Network Arkansas -1  Need Auburn
DePaul 176/Creighton 33 - 8pm FS1  Creighton - 9 Need Creighton
Oklahoma 34/Baylor 64 - 8pm ESPN2  Baylor - 3 1/2  Need Oklahoma
Kansas State 63/TCU  19- 8pm ESPNU  TCU - 6 1/2 Need TCU
Davidson 92/St. Bonaventure 23 - 8pm  CBS Sports Network  St. Bonaventure -2  Need Davidson
Boise State 45/San Diego State  108- 10pm CBS Sports Network  San Diego St -4  Need San Diego St. 

 

 

Edited February 27, 2018 by royalfan

[big red22]

2 minutes ago, royalfan said:

Tennessee 12/Mississippi State 61 - 6pm SEC Network Mississippi St. - 1 1/2 Need Tennessee
Florida 58/Alabama 41 - 6pm ESPN alabama - 1 1/2  Not too sure but I think Florida
Missouri 43/Vanderbilt  119-  6pm ESPN2  Vanderbilt - 1 1/2  Need Missouri
Oklahoma State 102/Iowa State   116- 6pm ESPNU  Oklahoma St - 1 1/2  Need Iowa St 
Akron 248/Buffalo  37- 6pm ESPN3  Buffalo - 15 1/2
Vermont 49/Maine  340 - 6pm ESPN3  no line  Need Maine
Miami 31/North Carolina 4 - 8pm ESPN North Carolina - 10 Need North Carolina
Auburn 7/Arkansas 30 - 8pm SEC Network Arkansas -1  Need Auburn
DePaul 176/Creighton 33 - 8pm FS1  Creighton - 9 Need Creighton
Oklahoma 34/Baylor 64 - 8pm ESPN2  Baylor - 3 1/2  Need Oklahoma
Kansas State 63/TCU  19- 8pm ESPNU  TCU - 6 1/2 Need TCU
Davidson 92/St. Bonaventure 23 - 8pm  CBS Sports Network  St. Bonaventure -2  Need Davidson
Boise State 45/San Diego State  108- 10pm CBS Sports Network  San Diego St -4  Need San Diego St. 

 

 

Typo

[AuroranHusker]

3 hours ago, 49r said:

 

Who was even playing on the US team?  Anyone noteworthy?

 

Larry Drew II was the headliner. Here's the rest of the roster:

 

https://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2018/02/mwcq-team-named.aspx

[hskr4life]

Getting my first look at the $EC.  Ain't no way you are going to convince me that we are a worse basketball team than Mississippi State, Tennessee, Florida, Alabama, Vandy, or Mizzou.  Sorry.

Edited February 28, 2018 by hskr4life