Selection Committee Games of Interest

[hskr4life]

Baylor hanging around like a fart in the car on the drive to work on a cold December morning.

[The Polish Rifle]

Just now, hskr4life said:

Baylor hanging around like a fart in the car on the drive to work on a cold December morning.

You're a Poet, that hit home.

[HuskerFever]

2 hours ago, HuskerFever said:

Lunardi's Magician Bubble Watch as of the conclusion of Wednesday's games:

 

Last Four Byes
Providence: neut Creighton, Friday neut Xavier
USC: neut Oregon State, Friday neut Utah/Oregon
Baylor: neut West Virginia
Texas: neut Texas Tech

Last Four In
Oklahoma: N/A
UCLA: neut Stanford, Friday neut Arizona
Arizona State: N/A
Louisville: neut Virginia

First Four Out
Oklahoma State: neut Kansas
Notre Dame: neut Duke
Alabama: neut Texas A&M, Friday neut Auburn
Marquette: neut Villanova

Next Four Out
Syracuse: N/A
Penn State: N/A
Boise State: neut Utah State
Nebraska: N/A

 

Updated.

 

Only four bubble teams remaining (in Lunardi's latest bubble watch magic show).

[tjp21]

1 minute ago, HuskerFever said:

 

Updated.

 

Only four bubble teams remaining (in Lunardi's latest bubble watch magic show).

 

It's going to be funny when there's no movement in the list. We're the only team who drops when we lose. Who cares if it's a loss to one of the hottest teams in the country.

[HuskerFever]

1 minute ago, tjp21 said:

 

It's going to be funny when there's no movement in the list. We're the only team who drops when we lose. Who cares if it's a loss to one of the hottest teams in the country.

 

And Boise State will still remain above us.

[TomEadesSucks]

Just now, HuskerFever said:

 

And Boise State will still remain above us.

 

And Utah State will jump us.

[HuskerFever]

Just now, TomEadesSucks said:

 

And Utah State will jump us.

 

And Iowa State jumps us.

[big red22]

2 minutes ago, HuskerFever said:

 

And Boise State will still remain above us.

I don't know about that, but Georgia and the winner of Utah/Oregon will move past us no doubt.  Lunardi will not move us from that spot

[hskr4life]

BR and LeeBo with two very different takes on the MTSU loss.  Me personally thinks that Nebraska is rewarded more for playing a tougher SOS than MTSU.  That loss knocks MTSU to the NIT.  

[The Polish Rifle]

[TomEadesSucks]

NU SOR > MTSU SOR. Case closed.

[hskr4life]

3 minutes ago, The Polish Rifle said:

 

What'd he say now......

[HuskerFever]

6 minutes ago, hskr4life said:

BR and LeeBo with two very different takes on the MTSU loss.  Me personally thinks that Nebraska is rewarded more for playing a tougher SOS than MTSU.  That loss knocks MTSU to the NIT.  

 

Other people might argue that...

 

 

[FredsSlacks]

6 minutes ago, HuskerFever said:

 

Other people might argue that...

 

 

we don't have juggernauts like 4-26 san jose st in the big 10.

[HuskerFever]

Utah can't get this game to overtime? They're clearly not as good as the rest of the Pac-12. Lunardi might knock them down into the "Last Team In, Just Ahead of Nebraska" part of the bubble.

[HuskerFever]

8 hours ago, HuskerFever said:

Louisville 38/Virginia 1 - 11am ESPN Virginia - 7 1/2  Need Virginia, preferably by way of blowout but it might be too late already.  
St. John's 88/Xavier 3 - 11am FS1  ESTIMATED LINE Xavier -5  Need St. Johns
Central Michigan 167/Buffalo 32 - 11am ESPN3 Buffalo - 8 1/2  Need Central Michigan and then if Buffalo wins this probably time to go with them
TCU 20/Kansas State 61 - 11:30 TCU - 2 1/2  Need TCU pretty bad here, preferably by way of blowout
Alabama 56/Texas A&M 24 - 12pm SEC Network Texas AM - 1 1/2  Need Texas AM pretty bad here
Boston College/Clemson - 1pm(pry closer to 1:30) Clemson -4  Need Boston College to help our metrics one more time
Oklahoma State 85/Kansas 6 - 1:30(pry closer to 2)  ESPN2  ESTIMATED LINE  Kansas - 3 1/2  Need Kansas very very badly for metrics and to knock out OK St.
Providence 42 /Creighton 34 - 1:30 FS1 Creighton -4  This is the bizarro world we live in.  We need Creighton badly.  You can do it once fellas.  
UNLV 126/Nevada 14- 2pm CBS Sports Network  Nevada - 6 1/2  Need Nevada to win this whole thing
North Dakota 220/Montana 96 - 2:05 http://www.bigskyconf.com/sports/2015/11/19/WatchBigSky.aspx Nevada -11 Need North Dakota for our metrics
Stanford 83/UCLA 36 - 4:30 Pac 12 Network UCLA -3  Need Stanford pretty bad
Long Beach State 186/CS Fullerton 162 - 4:30 Fox Sports West for satty folks, not sure any other way  Fullerton - 1 1/2 Need Long Beach St for metrics
Marquette 55/Villanova 2 - 6pm FS1 ESTIMATED LINE  Villanova -7 1/2  Need Villanova badly here
Notre Dame 64/Duke 4 - 6pm ESPN  ESTIMATED LINE  Duke -4 1/2  Need DUKE BADLY!
Texas 46/Texas Tech  23- 6pm ESPN2  EsTIMATED LINE Texas Tech -4  Need Texas Tech badly
LSU 89/Mississippi State 72 - 6pm SEC Network Mississippi St - 1 1/2  Need LSU to eliminate Mississippi St and not bump games at Mississippi St for folks down to Q2
Southern Miss 222/Middle Tennessee 29 - 6pm https://watchstadium.com/network/conference-usa/  Estimated LineMiddle Tennessee St - 9  Need Middle Tennessee St
UT San Antonio 181/Marshall 99 - 6:30 https://watchstadium.com/   ESTIMATED LINE Marshall -7  Need UTSA for metrics
Baylor 59/West Virginia 31 - 8:30 ESPN2  West Virginia - 5  Need West Virginia very badly 
East Carolina 271/UCF 78 -8pm ESPNU  UCF - 13 1/2  Need UCF for metrics 
South Carolina 75/Arkansas 30 - 8:25s SEC Network ESTIMATED LINE Arkansas -4  Need South Carolina but I don't think it matters much.  Either way it is going to likely bump someone down a quadrant for opposition road games or home games in Arkansas case
Oregon State 129/USC 35 - 8pm Pac 12 Network  ESTIMATED LINE USC - 4  Need Oregon St badly here
Chicago State 338/New Mexico State 41 - 8pm ESPN3 New Mexico St - 25 Need Chicago St here and then time to start rooting for New Mexico St. after this one
Utah State 157/Boise State 38 - 8pm CBS Sports Network  Boise St -7  Need Utah St. badly here
Butler 45/Seton Hall 28 - 8:30 FS1  Butler -1  Both pry in but outside shot Butler misses with a blowout loss so I guess Seton Hall.  I am conflicted though as a Butler win would drop Seton Hall home games for folks out of Q1 potentially
UAB 146/Western Kentucky 52 -9pm facebook live  ESTIMATED LINE Western Kentucky -3  Need UAB 
Oregon 69/Utah 49 - 10:30 FS1 ESTIMATED LINE Utah -  3 1/2  Need Oregon I believe, correct me if I am wrong

 

Others 

Georgia 81/Missouri 33 2:25  SEC Network ESTIMATED LINE  Missouri - 4 1/2  Need Georgia

 

Updated.

[HuskerFever]

Friday's Games of Interest:

 

VCU/Rhode Island - need URI to get the autobid
Texas State/Louisiana - need Louisiana to get the autobid as well
Alabama/Auburn - down with Bama
Georgia/Kentucky - end UGA's hopes
Western Kentucky/Old Dominion - with Middle Tennessee out, I think we need WKU to get the autobid
Richmond/St. Bonaventure - going for URI autobid and the Bonnies dropping this one
Providence/Xavier - stop the bleeding
Kent State/Buffalo - we need Buffalo to win the autobid
Mississippi State/Tennessee - keep MSU out of the conversation
Kansas State/Kansas - might as well go for RPI and KSU dropping
Butler/Villanova - might not matter, but need Villanova
UCLA/Arizona - really need UCLA to drop out
UCF/Houston - going with RPI; Wichita State or Cincy can get the autobid
San Diego State/Nevada - really need Nevada to get the autobid
Arkansas/Florida - may not matter, but knock off Arkansas
Oregon/USC - this one is tough; USC might be in, but why not give it a shot
Seattle/New Mexico State - need NMSU to get the autobid

[HuskerFever]

I wonder if Lunardi is any good at bagging groceries...

 

 

[Mr. Red]

8 hours ago, HuskerFever said:

 

Other people might argue that...

 

 

 

 

Tom Crean's defiant "no" reaction really reminded me of dear ol' Sheev Palpatine from this scene in the best prequel ever.

 

Edited March 9, 2018 by Mr. Red

[Cookie Miller Wasn't Dirty]

8 hours ago, HolyBobpilgrimage said:

Yet another huge plus to this thread: this is getting us all to watch a lot more college basketball. We'll all benefit in our bracket picking and office pools, etc. Despite it being a lot of bubble teams.

 

If there’s one thing I’ve learned over the years, it’s that the amount of basketball I watch has no correlation to how I do in my bracket. If anything, it has a negative correlation. It’s why March Madness is so fun... it’s unpredictable.

[Cookie Miller Wasn't Dirty]

@HuskerFever

 

Louisiana, Western Kentucky, Buffalo, and New Mexico State will not be receiving at-large bids. We don’t need to worry about them winning their tournaments.

[Mr. Red]

9 minutes ago, Cookie Miller Wasn't Dirty said:

 

If there’s one thing I’ve learned over the years, it’s that the amount of basketball I watch has no correlation to how I do in my bracket. If anything, it has a negative correlation. It’s why March Madness is so fun... it’s unpredictable.

So very true....

[Cookie Miller Wasn't Dirty]

Here’s a funny quirk in Lunardi’s bracket... yesterday he had MTSU as a 12 seed, which was below every at-large team. To me, that implies they’d be on the outside-looking-in if they were subject to at-large status. So, they lose to Doc’s horrible So Miss team, and suddenly they’re an 11 seed that would be in as an at-large team and bumping Louisville out.

 

If he thought their resume was better than Louisville’s before last night, shouldn’t he have seeded them as a 10 or 11 instead of a 12? Amazing that this is his job and he doesn’t think of this stuff.

[HuskerFever]

10 minutes ago, Cookie Miller Wasn't Dirty said:

@HuskerFever

 

Louisiana, Western Kentucky, Buffalo, and New Mexico State will not be receiving at-large bids. We don’t need to worry about them winning their tournaments.

 

I'm with you. But do we want to chance it?

[Cookie Miller Wasn't Dirty]

4 minutes ago, HuskerFever said:

 

I'm with you. But do we want to chance it?

 

Fair enough. I mean to me it’s pretty much no chance any would make it, so just want to clarify for those that don’t follow as closely so they don’t end up wasting emotional investment in any of those games lol