Selection Committee Games of Interest

[royalfan]

Fever still chopping wood on a slow Friday night!!  Go Rams!

[HuskerActuary]

It's just one site's opinion, but Bart Torvik shows St. Bonaventure as having an 85% chance to make the tourney if they win this game and only 41% if they lose. This is a huge game.

[49r]

I'm doing my part by watching the UNO Mavs play North Dakota.  The Fighting Hawks lead 2-0 at the first intermission...not sure how that impacts our RPI.

[49r]

Omaha scores on each of their three power plays in the second!  This game is tied at 3 late in the second period!

Edited February 17, 2018 by 49r

[HuskerActuary]

This URI/St. Bonaventure game has been neck and neck nearly the whole way. URI up 1 with 34 seconds left but Bonnie has the ball coming out of a timeout

[TourneyBound]

Uggh.....

 

[HuskerActuary]

St. Bonaventure wins. That hurts bad.

[HuskerFever]

19 hours ago, HuskerFever said:

Friday's Games of Interest:

 

Rhode Island/St. Bonaventure - need URI more than ever here
Bowling Green/Buffalo - no more Buffalo

 

Well that wraps it up. Had a big opportunity to slide into the field with a St. Bonaventure loss here, but to no avail. Onto Saturday's games.

[tcp]

st bonaventure isn't even a real saint. so there. 

[HuskerFever]

Lunardi's bubble watch through Feb. 15 games:

 

Last Four Byes
Providence: Saturday at Butler, Wednesday vs Seton Hall
Virginia Tech: Saturday at Georgia Tech, Wednesday vs Clemson
Kansas State: Saturday vs Iowa State, Wednesday vs Texas
NC State: Saturday at Wake Forest, Tuesday vs Boston College

 

Last Four In
Texas: Saturday at Oklahoma, Wednesday at Kansas State
UCLA: Saturday vs Oregon, Thursday at Utah
USC: Saturday vs Oregon State, Wednesday at Colorado
St. Bonaventure: vs Rhode Island, Wednesday vs Duquesne

 

First Four Out
Nebraska: Sunday at Illinois, Tuesday vs Indiana
Washington: Saturday vs Colorado, Thursday at Stanford
Syracuse: Saturday at Miami, Wednesday vs North Carolina
Baylor: Saturday vs Texas Tech, Tuesday vs West Virginia

 

Next Four Out
Boise State: Saturday vs Air Force, Wednesday at Colorado State
Penn State: Sunday at Purdue, Wednesday vs Michigan
Temple: Sunday vs Houston, Sunday vs UCF
Utah: Saturday at Washington State, Thursday vs UCLA

[royalfan]

SMU 94/UCF  62 - 10am ESPNU UCF -3 We want UCF
Texas 57/Oklahoma  22 - 11am ESPM Oklahoma - 6 1/2  We want OU
Syracuse 49/Miami 28- 11am CBS Miami - 4 1/2  Want Miami
Virginia Tech 59/Georgia Tech  158 - 11am ESPN2 Va Tech - 3 1/2 We want Georgia Tech
Providence 36 /Butler  44 - 11am Fox Butler - 7 1/2  I think better off with Providence but largely depends on future games
Iowa State  93/Kansas State 58 - 12pm ESPNU Kansas St - 7 1/2  Need Iowa St
Michigan State 15/Northwestern  105- 1pm Fox Michigan St -8 Need Northwestern to help try to keep Ohio St on one line
Missouri 23/LSU  83 - 1pm ESPN2 LSU -1 I guess LSU but it is close to not being worth the risk of them getting back in the picture.   
Alabama  31/Kentucky   19-  1pm CBS Kentucky - 4 1/2 Cannot identify clearly either way.  Lean is to root for Alabama
East Tennessee State 61/Western Carolina 199- 1pm ESPN3  East Tenn St - 10 Need Western Carolina
Air Force  232/Boise State  46 - 1pm AT&T sports network if you have that  Boise - 15 1/2 Need Air Force
Auburn 4/South Carolina 85 - 2:30 SEC Network auburn - 6 
Texas A&M 18/Arkansas 32-  3pm ESPN Arkansas -3 Need Texas AM
Notre Dame 72/Boston College  82- 3pm ESPN Full Court/ESPN3 BC -1 Need BC
NC State 60 /Wake Forest  121 - 3pm ESPN Full Court/ESPN3  Wake Forest -1 Need Wake Forest
Florida 56/Vanderbilt  114 - 3pm ESPN2 Florida -2 Need Vanderbilt
New Mexico State  47/Seattle  176- 3pm http://wacsports.com/watch/?Live=1766  No line Need Seattle
UNLV 115/San Diego State  117 - 3pm CBS Sports Network San Diego St - 4 1/2   Need SD St
San Jose State  309/Wyoming  77-  3pm http://gowyo.com/sports/2017/9/1/mountain-west-digital-network.aspx  Wyoming - 15 1/2  Need San Jose
Kennesaw State 283/Stetson  328 - 3pm ESPN3 No line  Need Stetson
Florida A&M  345/Delaware State  349 - 3pm http://www.dsuhornets.com/liveEvents/liveEvents.dbml?SPID=5813&DB_OEM_ID=12900&db_oem_id=12900  no line  We need Delaware st.  This is the worst game in the history of college hoops potentially as they are 4-47 combined and 345 and 349 in RPI out of 351
Northern Arizona/North Dakota - 4pm Pluto TV Online channel 240 North Dakota - 10 Need North Dakota
West Virginia 30/Kansas 8 - 5pm ESPN Kansas - 3 1/2  Need Kansas
Tennessee 12/Georgia 68 - 5pm SEC Network  Tennessee - 2 1/2  Need Tennessee to put Georgia out of its misery I think

Marshall  113/North Texas  189 -   5pm  http://conferenceusa.com/watch/default.aspx?Live=4190&path=utsa  may be premium only Marshall - 1 1/2 need N. Texas
Eastern Illinois  280/Tenn-Martin 304- 6pm http://www.ovcdigitalnetwork.com/watch/?Live=6297&type=Live Tenn Martin - 2 1/2  Need E. Illinois
Saint Peter's 269 /Marist  327- 6pm ESPN3 Saint Peters - 2 1/2 Need Marist another horrific night brewing
Middle Tennessee 27/Louisiana Tech 168  - 6pm  facebook live on stadium  Middle Tennessee St -3 Need Louisiana Tech

UT San Antonio  192/Charlotte 318 - 6pm http://conferenceusa.com/showcase/embed.aspx?Live=3684 may be premium UTSA - 4 1/2  Need UTSA
Texas Tech 11/Baylor  54 - 6:30 ESPNU Texas Tech -1 Need Texas Tech
Rutgers  202/Maryland 64 - 7pm BTN Maryland - 11 1/2  Need Rutgers IMO for metrics booters played them twice
Colorado 71/Washington 53 - 7pm Pac 12 Network Washington -4 Need Colorado
Oklahoma State 98/TCU   26- 7pm ESPN2 TCU -7 Need Oklahoma St
UT Arlington 162/Louisiana  45 - 7pm ESPN3 Louisiana -11 Need UT Arlington
Western Kentucky  55/Rice  329  - 7pm ESPN 3 Western Kentucky -11 Need Rice
North Carolina  7/Louisville  41 - 7:15 ESPN Louisville - 1 1/2 Need North Carolina
Ole Miss  120/Mississippi State  69- 7:30 SEC Network Mississippi St - 7 1/2  Need Ole Miss
Utah 51/Washington State  175 - 9pm ESPN 2 Utah - 7 1/2 Need Washington St
Marquette  67/Creighton  24 - 9pm FSN Creighton - 7 1/2  Need Creighton yuck
Oregon 89/UCLA  50-9:15 ESPN UCLA -5 Need Oregon
Oregon State 169/USC  42 - 10pm FS1 USC -8 Need Oregon St

 

Other  

St Mary's 35 at Portland  9pm ESPN Full Court/ESPN3  St Mary's - 14 1/2  Need Portland just in case slump continues.  

Edited February 17, 2018 by royalfan

[HuskerActuary]

5 hours ago, royalfan said:

Texas 57/Oklahoma  22 - 11am ESPM Oklahoma - 6 1/2  We want OU
Syracuse 49/Miami 28- 11am CBS Miami - 4 1/2  Want Miami
Virginia Tech 59/Georgia Tech  158 - 11am ESPN2 Va Tech - 3 1/2 We want Georgia Tech
Iowa State  93/Kansas State 58 - 12pm ESPNU Kansas St - 7 1/2  Need Iowa St
Air Force  232/Boise State  46 - 1pm AT&T sports network if you have that  Boise - 15 1/2 Need Air Force
NC State 60 /Wake Forest  121 - 3pm ESPN Full Court/ESPN3  Wake Forest -1 Need Wake Forest
Middle Tennessee 27/Louisiana Tech 168  - 6pm  facebook live on stadium  Middle Tennessee St -3 Need Louisiana Tech
Texas Tech 11/Baylor  54 - 6:30 ESPNU Texas Tech -1 Need Texas Tech
Colorado 71/Washington 53 - 7pm Pac 12 Network Washington -4 Need Colorado
North Carolina  7/Louisville  41 - 7:15 ESPN Louisville - 1 1/2 Need North Carolina
Oregon 89/UCLA  50-9:15 ESPN UCLA -5 Need Oregon
Oregon State 169/USC  42 - 10pm FS1 USC -8 Need Oregon St

For those too busy to watch scores all day, I've edited royalfan's post to include what are probably the very most important games of the day for Nebraska's bubble purposes.

[hhcmatt]

20 hours ago, huskerbaseball13 said:

 

Speaking of USC, they just announced their second leading scorer is out for the remainder of the year with a patella injury.  This will surely be factored in come Selection Sunday. 

 

How?  You typically tend to get an injury factor in if a guy was out for a time period and you can make the argument that the team would have won those games with him.  If you lose a guy for the rest of the season, it's up to you to figure out how to win without him.

[royalfan]

I know Cincinnati had their seed dropped due to late season Kenyon Martin injury, so there is a history of impact, but not sure if it would vary or not in regards to getting in.  In my opinion it should not, but again there is reason to believe that it could.  

[HuskerFever]

Not a very good start out of the gate for us, but UCF did limit SMU to 37 points the entire game, so there's that.

 

SMU/UCF 37-52 Final

Texas/OU 47-40 11:29 2nd

Syracuse/Miami 40-28 13:58 2nd

Virginia Tech/Georgia Tech 64-32 12:16 2nd

Providence/Butler 37-45 11:56 2nd

Iowa State/Kansas State 9-15 11:52 1st

[HuskerFever]

I think it's going to take either a really bad loss for Providence to fall more than a couple spots. I can see them still in the "Last Four" field even after losing to Butler.

[Blindcheck]

It would be a damn shame if either Oklahoma or Texas gets in the tournament before Nebraska. Watching this game, I don’t see how either team is better than Nebraska.


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[HuskerFever]

5 minutes ago, Blindcheck said:

It would be a damn shame if either Oklahoma or Texas gets in the tournament before Nebraska. Watching this game, I don’t see how either team is better than Nebraska.


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After dropping to Texas, OU is now on a 5-game losing streak. But Alabama's win over OU is still a "big win" for them. At what point does that change?

[huskerbaseball13]

Just a bad bad morning for us with Va Tech, Syracuse, and Texas winning.   Holding out hopes Iowa St beats KSU. 

[HuskerFever]

12 hours ago, royalfan said:

Other  

St Mary's 35 at Portland  9pm ESPN Full Court/ESPN3  St Mary's - 14 1/2  Need Portland just in case slump continues.

 

You've added this on here the past few games. I get the logic. But do you think even if St. Mary's loses out they'd be left out of the tournament?

[HuskerFever]

23 hours ago, royalfan said:

SMU 94/UCF  62 - 10am ESPNU UCF -3 We want UCF
Texas 57/Oklahoma  22 - 11am ESPM Oklahoma - 6 1/2  We want OU
Syracuse 49/Miami 28- 11am CBS Miami - 4 1/2  Want Miami
Virginia Tech 59/Georgia Tech  158 - 11am ESPN2 Va Tech - 3 1/2 We want Georgia Tech
Providence 36 /Butler  44 - 11am Fox Butler - 7 1/2  I think better off with Providence but largely depends on future games -- (I'm considering this a win; like you said, it's tough to tell now, but we're closer to catching Providence than Butler)
Iowa State  93/Kansas State 58 - 12pm ESPNU Kansas St - 7 1/2  Need Iowa St
Michigan State 15/Northwestern  105- 1pm Fox Michigan St -8 Need Northwestern to help try to keep Ohio St on one line
Missouri 23/LSU  83 - 1pm ESPN2 LSU -1 I guess LSU but it is close to not being worth the risk of them getting back in the picture.   
Alabama  31/Kentucky   19-  1pm CBS Kentucky - 4 1/2 Cannot identify clearly either way.  Lean is to root for Alabama
East Tennessee State 61/Western Carolina 199- 1pm ESPN3  East Tenn St - 10 Need Western Carolina
Air Force  232/Boise State  46 - 1pm AT&T sports network if you have that  Boise - 15 1/2 Need Air Force
Auburn 4/South Carolina 85 - 2:30 SEC Network auburn - 6 
Texas A&M 18/Arkansas 32-  3pm ESPN Arkansas -3 Need Texas AM
Notre Dame 72/Boston College  82- 3pm ESPN Full Court/ESPN3 BC -1 Need BC
NC State 60 /Wake Forest  121 - 3pm ESPN Full Court/ESPN3  Wake Forest -1 Need Wake Forest
Florida 56/Vanderbilt  114 - 3pm ESPN2 Florida -2 Need Vanderbilt
New Mexico State  47/Seattle  176- 3pm http://wacsports.com/watch/?Live=1766  No line Need Seattle
UNLV 115/San Diego State  117 - 3pm CBS Sports Network San Diego St - 4 1/2   Need SD St
San Jose State  309/Wyoming  77-  3pm http://gowyo.com/sports/2017/9/1/mountain-west-digital-network.aspx  Wyoming - 15 1/2  Need San Jose
Kennesaw State 283/Stetson  328 - 3pm ESPN3 No line  Need Stetson
Florida A&M  345/Delaware State  349 - 3pm http://www.dsuhornets.com/liveEvents/liveEvents.dbml?SPID=5813&DB_OEM_ID=12900&db_oem_id=12900  no line  We need Delaware st.  This is the worst game in the history of college hoops potentially as they are 4-47 combined and 345 and 349 in RPI out of 351
Northern Arizona/North Dakota - 4pm Pluto TV Online channel 240 North Dakota - 10 Need North Dakota
West Virginia 30/Kansas 8 - 5pm ESPN Kansas - 3 1/2  Need Kansas
Tennessee 12/Georgia 68 - 5pm SEC Network  Tennessee - 2 1/2  Need Tennessee to put Georgia out of its misery I think
Marshall  113/North Texas  189 -   5pm http://conferenceusa.com/watch/default.aspx?Live=4190&path=utsa  may be premium only Marshall - 1 1/2 need N. Texas
Eastern Illinois  280/Tenn-Martin 304- 6pm http://www.ovcdigitalnetwork.com/watch/?Live=6297&type=Live Tenn Martin - 2 1/2  Need E. Illinois
Saint Peter's 269 /Marist  327- 6pm ESPN3 Saint Peters - 2 1/2 Need Marist another horrific night brewing
Middle Tennessee 27/Louisiana Tech 168  - 6pm  facebook live on stadium  Middle Tennessee St -3 Need Louisiana Tech
UT San Antonio  192/Charlotte 318 - 6pm http://conferenceusa.com/showcase/embed.aspx?Live=3684 may be premium UTSA - 4 1/2  Need UTSA
Texas Tech 11/Baylor  54 - 6:30 ESPNU Texas Tech -1 Need Texas Tech
Rutgers  202/Maryland 64 - 7pm BTN Maryland - 11 1/2  Need Rutgers IMO for metrics booters played them twice -- (going with the border-tier for Maryland here)
Colorado 71/Washington 53 - 7pm Pac 12 Network Washington -4 Need Colorado
Oklahoma State 98/TCU   26- 7pm ESPN2 TCU -7 Need Oklahoma St
UT Arlington 162/Louisiana  45 - 7pm ESPN3 Louisiana -11 Need UT Arlington
Western Kentucky  55/Rice  329  - 7pm ESPN 3 Western Kentucky -11 Need Rice
North Carolina  7/Louisville  41 - 7:15 ESPN Louisville - 1 1/2 Need North Carolina
Ole Miss  120/Mississippi State  69- 7:30 SEC Network Mississippi St - 7 1/2  Need Ole Miss
Utah 51/Washington State  175 - 9pm ESPN 2 Utah - 7 1/2 Need Washington St
Marquette  67/Creighton  24 - 9pm FSN Creighton - 7 1/2  Need Creighton yuck
Oregon 89/UCLA  50-9:15 ESPN UCLA -5 Need Oregon
Oregon State 169/USC  42 - 10pm FS1 USC -8 Need Oregon St

 

Other  

St Mary's 35 at Portland  9pm ESPN Full Court/ESPN3  St Mary's - 14 1/2  Need Portland just in case slump continues.  

 

Updating throughout the day.

Edited February 18, 2018 by HuskerFever

[AuroranHusker]

Oklahoma is playing like hot garbage.

 

[HuskerFever]

1 minute ago, AuroranHusker said:

Oklahoma is playing like hot garbage.

 

 

It's tough. Before this game they were: RPI 21, KPI 14, SOR: 19, BPI: 32, POM: 31, SAG: 30

 

And our beloved quadrants before this game: Q1: 6-6, Q2: 2-3, Q3: 3-0, Q4: 5-0

 

So they've got real good numbers. But the eye test would be very different. Unfortunately I think they'll get a little more slack than they should. A five game losing streak is a five game losing streak. We had one when we got in the tournament in 2014, but not this late in the season when it all starts to matter!

[Blindcheck]

 
It's tough. Before this game they were: RPI 21, KPI 14, SOR: 19, BPI: 32, POM: 31, SAG: 30
 
And our beloved quadrants before this game: Q1: 6-6, Q2: 2-3, Q3: 3-0, Q4: 5-0
 
So they've got real good numbers. But the eye test would be very different. Unfortunately I think they'll get a little more slack than they should. A five game losing streak is a five game losing streak. We had one when we got in the tournament in 2014, but not this late in the season when it all starts to matter!

Oklahoma has KU on Monday.... might be six games



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[OmahaHusker]

17 minutes ago, Blindcheck said:

It would be a damn shame if either Oklahoma or Texas gets in the tournament before Nebraska. Watching this game, I don’t see how either team is better than Nebraska.


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I know it's a 5 game losing streak but is almost laughable to think they'd take us over Oklahoma. They said during the game they have a 97% chance of making the tourney even with the loss today. Texas is approaching more of lock territory rather than bubble territory with another big road win too.