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45 minutes ago, HuskerFever said:

 

Are we the last P5 school without a Tier 1 win now?

 

Sounds very familiar... :unsure:

Well, here's the deal.  Michigan's RPI is 31.  Their RPI needs to move up one little spot for Nebraska's spanking of them to qualify as a Tier 1 win.  So we should be cheering hard tomorrow for Michigan to beat Northwestern on the road so we at least temporarily get rid of the Tier 1 goose egg.

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Just now, Nebrasketball1979 said:

Well, here's the deal.  Michigan's RPI is 31.  Their RPI needs to move up one little spot for Nebraska's spanking of them to qualify as a Tier 1 win.  So we should be cheering hard tomorrow for Michigan to beat Northwestern on the road so we at least temporarily get rid of the Tier 1 goose egg.

 

Crazy when you think about it isn't it.  Hey, your win here is so much better because some computer says your 1 spot higher....

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31 minutes ago, hskr4life said:

 

Crazy when you think about it isn't it.  Hey, your win here is so much better because some computer says your 1 spot higher....

 

KInd of reminds me of a couple years ago I think it was a class A school's last game was against a team that was a team that if they beat the beaten teams points would drop them so that the winner wouldn't make the playoffs.  And if the team who needed the win lost, they where out. So they couldn't make the playoffs if they won or lost. 

 

Clear as mud huh?  But it is kind of like this, Michigan is sooooo clooose to being a teir 1, but their loss to us might be keeping them out.  And our win against them might keep them out, which would mean we haven't beaten a teir 1 team.:mellow:

 

And I am sober as a judge, I just have a weird brain and trains of thought.<_<

 

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Tuesday's Games:

 

UCF/Cincinnati - this would be a big win for us

Tennessee/Kentucky - why not see Kentucky continue to fall?

Michigan/Northwestern - need that Tier 1 win! (and let's do it again in the Big Ten tourney)

South Carolina/Arkansas - South Carolina currently lost their bubble chances; let's see Arkansas do the same

Alabama/Mississippi State - continue to knock down Alabama back into the bubble

Buffalo/Central Michigan - Buffalo knows how to win the RPI game

Boston College/Notre Dame - would help the RPI

Georgetown/Providence - Georgetown is awful but Providence is in the tournament right now

TCU/Kansas - double win for us

Nebraska/Minnesota - no brainer

Missouri/Ole Miss - Missouri has won some important ones to put themselves in the tournament

Boise State/New Mexico - need Boise State to lose this one

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Wednesday's Games:

 

Maryland/Penn State - toss up, but I'll default to the "we play them twice" pick

LSU/Florida - Florida just fell out of the Top 25, keep it coming

St. John's/Villanova - they beat Duke, now do it again!

Virginia/Florida State - need FSU to start losing games again

Wake Forest/Miami - Wake Forest needs to beat some ACC opponents

Marquette/Seton Hall - Marquette is teetering on the bubble

Saint Louis/St. Bonaventure - St. Bonaventure is also teetering on the bubble

Kansas State/Texas - on the fence for this one, default to "down with Texas"

Ohio State/Purdue - just a great matchup to keep on your radar, picking Purdue to get the high NCAA tourney seed

Georgia/Vanderbilt - Georgia is hot and cold on the bubble

Texas A&M/Auburn - Texas A&M teetering on the bubble

NC State/Virginia Tech - this one is tough, maybe NC State since they seem solidly in?

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Thursday's Games:

Pittsburgh/Clemson - doesn't really matter, but why not?

Georgia Tech/Louisville - Georgia Tech would be lucky to make the NIT

Marist/Saint Peter's - need Marist to win more than 5 games in a season

Stetson/South Carolina Upstate - win/win for us

Eastern Illinois/SIU-Edwardsville - win/win for us

North Texas/UAB - win/win for us

Florida Atlantic/Western Kentucky - WKU is still hanging on the bubble

SMU/Houston - tricky but Houston is currently 'in' and SMU on the bubble, both teams still play each other twice and both still play Cincinnati, SMU has Wichita State remaining, going with Houston to perform better long term

CSU Bakersfield/New Mexico State - NMSU is in the field right now

Sacramento State/Montana State - win/win for us

North Dakota/Weber State - win/win for us

UCLA/Arizona - really need Arizona to win this one

Washington/Oregon - sure would be nice if Oregon won this one

USC/Arizona State - tricky one, ASU is trending downward but they're likely making a splash in the tourney

 

Friday's Games:

Minnesota/Indiana - using the "we play Minnesota twice" logic

 

Go enjoy some hoops this week! Much more to come on the weekend!

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17 minutes ago, HuskerFever said:

 

Yep. And they are last place in RPI. That win turned out to be a HUGE bubble killer for us if we find ourselves on the very edge looking in.

Our non-con was feast or famine it appears. It was either beat Creighton or KU - or suffer the consequences of playing 8 200+ RPI teams. What sucks is you look at a team like Buffalo whose 20 spots ahead of us in the RPI and they only have 1 top 100 win, where we have 3. This stuff is stressful.

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7 hours ago, The Polish Rifle said:

Our non-con was feast or famine it appears. It was either beat Creighton or KU - or suffer the consequences of playing 8 200+ RPI teams. What sucks is you look at a team like Buffalo whose 20 spots ahead of us in the RPI and they only have 1 top 100 win, where we have 3. This stuff is stressful.

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I know Miles and staff understand the RPI. I really have to wonder why Delaware State was scheduled (and Stetson as well, for that matter). If you can get through the non-con with no opponents worse than 250 or so, you're going to be setting yourself up for a huge advantage over others (see Buffalo). Provided you still win those games, of course.

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31 minutes ago, HuskerActuary said:

I know Miles and staff understand the RPI. I really have to wonder why Delaware State was scheduled (and Stetson as well, for that matter). If you can get through the non-con with no opponents worse than 250 or so, you're going to be setting yourself up for a huge advantage over others (see Buffalo). Provided you still win those games, of course.

I’ve thought about this too and I wonder if we didn’t think either would be just as bad as they are. Probably envisioned them being our worst two games but maybe thought they’d end up in that 250 range. Seems like they were trying to get a couple easier opponents just before the big conference grind got going, but maybe they didn’t expect either to be in the bottom 10% of teams.

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47 minutes ago, Vinny said:

I’ve thought about this too and I wonder if we didn’t think either would be just as bad as they are. Probably envisioned them being our worst two games but maybe thought they’d end up in that 250 range. Seems like they were trying to get a couple easier opponents just before the big conference grind got going, but maybe they didn’t expect either to be in the bottom 10% of teams.

 

Also we didn't lose to anyone during Christmas break which would have really been an RPI killer

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UCF  72/Cincinnati  10 -6pm CBS sport network Cincinnati - 14 1/2  We need UCF

Tennessee 13/Kentucky  15 - 6 pm ESPN Kentucky - 1 1/2  Don't matter but I guess Tennessee

Michigan 31/Northwestern  98 - 6pm BTN Michigan - 1 1/2.  I can see either side here but lean towards NW since we are competing with Michigan for a bid and strengthens NW road win.  I don't think the quadrants are really a thing like some do however.  

South Carolina  62/Arkansas 41 - 6pm ESPN2  Arkansas -7  We want South Carolina

Alabama38/Mississippi State 57 - 6 pm SEC Network  Mississippi St -3 Not too sure but lean towards us wanting Miss. St. 

Buffalo 32/Central Michigan  166- 6pm ESPN3/Watch ESPN  Buffalo  -6  We want Central Michigan

Boston College 79/Notre Dame 81- 7pm  ESPN Full Court/ESPN3/ Watch Espn  Notre Dame - 6 1/2  We want Boston College

Georgetown  149/Providence  27- 7:30 pm FS1  Providence - 7 1/2  We want Georgetown

TCU 30 /Kansas 9 - 8 pm ESPN 2 Kansas - 7 1/2  Badly need Kansas here

Nebraska/Minnesota - Not getting into this one

Missouri 33/Ole Miss  82 - 8pm SEC Network  Mississippi - 1 1/2  We need Ole Miss

Boise State  35/New Mexico  160  - 9pm  ESPNU  New Mexico -1  We want New Mexico

 

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I am not sure we want UCF to get a big road win.  They are on a few bubbles. 

Georgetown has been playing better.  That one would not surprise me.

My desire for us to get the double bye along with the want to see Michigan in tier 1 is confusing me.

 

I think Miles wanted to avoid an Incarnate Word this year, but thought the conference would be better.

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1 hour ago, HuskerPower #nato73 said:

I am not sure we want UCF to get a big road win.  They are on a few bubbles. 

Georgetown has been playing better.  That one would not surprise me.

My desire for us to get the double bye along with the want to see Michigan in tier 1 is confusing me.

 

I think Miles wanted to avoid an Incarnate Word this year, but thought the conference would be better.

Nah, UCF has a long way to go. I think it's worth the risk and helping improve that L for Nebraska.

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I kind of wish the powers that be would reclassify our game vs. UCF to a semi-home game for them, or something along those lines (what was it when we did the home-and-home with Oregon, but at the Century Link and wherever it was at their end that wasn't the MKA?). It wasn't like they had a ton of fans there or a home atmosphere, although I don't know how strong their regular attendance is anyway...but for that to count as a road win for them, when I don't know that they even needed to stay in the hotel, is kind of cheap. For whatever the quadrants are worth, that would potentially move it from a Tier 2 to a Tier 1 game for us. Still a loss, but maybe demonstrates a stronger SOS than some of our bubble counterparts.

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