Selection Committee Games of Interest

[Cookie Miller Wasn't Dirty]

Hopefully Michigan can win in impressive fashion today. It could change the narrative from, "Nebraska didn't show up when they needed to," to, "Nebraska ran into a force in Michigan." Not to mention it inflates our best win of the season.

[hskr4life]

1 minute ago, Cookie Miller Wasn't Dirty said:

Hopefully Michigan can win in impressive fashion today. It could change the narrative from, "Nebraska didn't show up when they needed to," to, "Nebraska ran into a force in Michigan." Not to mention it inflates our best win of the season.

 

Not just a win either.  A 20 point beatdown.

[royalfan]

 

Damn, too bad St Mary's rallied back against 6-26 Pepperdine.  That very well could have played them right on out.  

[royalfan]

UConn 107/Houston 19 - 3pm CBS Sports Network Houston - 14 1/2  Need Uconn a horrible loss like this followed by another one could have Houston on bubble
Tulane 159/UCF 77- 3:30 ESPNU  UCF - 7 1/2  need UCF
Big Ten Tournament: Purdue 8/Michigan 16- 3:30 CBS Purdue - 4 1/2  Need Michgian

 

Others 

Illinois St 79 vs Loyoloa(Chicago)28 -  1pm CBS Loyola -8 Need Loyola badly

[Cookie Miller Wasn't Dirty]

So it looks to me like these 24 teams are fighting for 13 at-large spots, pending any bubble-bursting tournament runs. I ordered the teams based on where they land on Lunardi's bracket and included their conference tourney match-ups.

 

1.    Missouri - Thu vs UGA/Vandy

2.    St. Mary's - Hope Zags win tourney, but if not, go SMC

3.    Oklahoma - Wed vs Ok State; Thu vs Kansas

4.    Kansas State - Thu vs TCU

5.    Florida State - Wed vs L'ville (probably want FSU)

6.    MTSU - Hope they win tourney, if not get bounced early

7.    St. Bonnie - Fri vs Richmond/Duquesne

8.    Providence - Thu vs Creighton

9.    Louisville - Wed vs FSU (probably want FSU)

10.  Alabama - Thu vs Texas A&M

11.  Baylor - Thu vs West Va

12.  Texas - Wed vs ISU; Thu vs Tex Tech

13.  USC - Thu vs Washington/Oregon State

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Marquette - Wed vs DePaul; Thu vs Nova

UCLA - Thu vs Stanford/Cal

Penn State

Notre Dame - Tue vs Pitt; Wed vs Va Tech

Syracuse -Tue vs Wake; Wed vs UNC

Nebraska

Mississippi State - Thu vs LSU

Utah - Thu vs Oregon/Washington State

Washington - Wed vs Oregon State; Thu vs USC

LSU - Thu vs Miss State

Loyola-Chicago - Hope they either win their tourney or get bounced early 

[HuskerFever]

Wichita State cheats, yet they can't win the AAC?

[royalfan]

We dodged the Mo Valley without issue. 

[hskr4life]

Just now, royalfan said:

We dodged the Mo Valley without issue. 

 

That's a good start.  Our line is so razor thin that we can't really afford anyone to steal a bid.

[FredsSlacks]

3 hours ago, Cookie Miller Wasn't Dirty said:

So it looks to me like these 24 teams are fighting for 13 at-large spots, pending any bubble-bursting tournament runs. I ordered the teams based on where they land on Lunardi's bracket and included their conference tourney match-ups.

 

1.    Missouri - Thu vs UGA/Vandy

2.    St. Mary's - Hope Zags win tourney, but if not, go SMC

3.    Oklahoma - Wed vs Ok State; Thu vs Kansas

4.    Kansas State - Thu vs TCU

5.    Florida State - Wed vs L'ville (probably want FSU)

6.    MTSU - Hope they win tourney, if not get bounced early

7.    St. Bonnie - Fri vs Richmond/Duquesne

8.    Providence - Thu vs Creighton

9.    Louisville - Wed vs FSU (probably want FSU)

10.  Alabama - Thu vs Texas A&M

11.  Baylor - Thu vs West Va

12.  Texas - Wed vs ISU; Thu vs Tex Tech

13.  USC - Thu vs Washington/Oregon State

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Marquette - Wed vs DePaul; Thu vs Nova

UCLA - Thu vs Stanford/Cal

Penn State

Notre Dame - Tue vs Pitt; Wed vs Va Tech

Syracuse -Tue vs Wake; Wed vs UNC

Nebraska

Mississippi State - Thu vs LSU

Utah - Thu vs Oregon/Washington State

Washington - Wed vs Oregon State; Thu vs USC

LSU - Thu vs Miss State

Loyola-Chicago - Hope they either win their tourney or get bounced early 

1-5 probably have a good chance of making it no matter what. oklahoma probably best chance of missing if they lose in round 1.

 

we really need 6-13 to lose + marquette, notre dame, ucla, and syracuse.

Edited March 4, 2018 by TimSmiles

[hskr4life]

3 hours ago, Cookie Miller Wasn't Dirty said:

So it looks to me like these 24 teams are fighting for 13 at-large spots, pending any bubble-bursting tournament runs. I ordered the teams based on where they land on Lunardi's bracket and included their conference tourney match-ups.

 

1.    Missouri - Thu vs UGA/Vandy

2.    St. Mary's - Hope Zags win tourney, but if not, go SMC

3.    Oklahoma - Wed vs Ok State; Thu vs Kansas

4.    Kansas State - Thu vs TCU

5.    Florida State - Wed vs L'ville (probably want FSU)

6.    MTSU - Hope they win tourney, if not get bounced early

7.    St. Bonnie - Fri vs Richmond/Duquesne

8.    Providence - Thu vs Creighton

9.    Louisville - Wed vs FSU (probably want FSU)

10.  Alabama - Thu vs Texas A&M

11.  Baylor - Thu vs West Va

12.  Texas - Wed vs ISU; Thu vs Tex Tech

13.  USC - Thu vs Washington/Oregon State

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Marquette - Wed vs DePaul; Thu vs Nova

UCLA - Thu vs Stanford/Cal

Penn State

Notre Dame - Tue vs Pitt; Wed vs Va Tech

Syracuse -Tue vs Wake; Wed vs UNC

Nebraska

Mississippi State - Thu vs LSU

Utah - Thu vs Oregon/Washington State

Washington - Wed vs Oregon State; Thu vs USC

LSU - Thu vs Miss State

Loyola-Chicago - Hope they either win their tourney or get bounced early  (AUTO BID)

 

I would say that we are probably fighting for the 9 spots left with the 19 teams listed.  I just know that OU will be in.  Plus, we can't have them lose to OSU in the first round on Wednesday. 

 

Teams that are probably in above us are in yellow.  That would leave 6 spots for 16 teams.  I think we have a case vs. all of those 16 though depending on what you look at/favor. 

[royalfan]

That's a wrap on today's games.  Successful day.

[cipsucks]

I get tired trying to wrap my mind around all the games you guys break down.  Y'all deserve a stiff drink.  Thanks for all the work you've put in!  If you're ever in Hampton, that stiff drink is on the house.

[HuskerFever]

On 3/3/2018 at 2:47 PM, royalfan said:

West Virginia 29/Texas 58- 11am ESPN West Virginia - 5 1/2  Need West Virginia
Kentucky 15/Florida 43 - 11am CBS Florida - 5 1/2  Need Kentucky
Virginia Tech 48/Miami 26- 11am ESPN2  Miami - 3 1/2  Not sure it matters or who but will go with Fever lean of Miami
St. John's 85/Providence 42 - 11am some FSN affiliates  Providence - 6 Need St Johns
Mississippi State 65/LSU 91- 12 SEC Network LSU - 1 1/2  Need LSU
Clemson 8/Syracuse50 - 1pm ACC Network/ESPN3  Pick em  Need Clemson
Boston College 98/Florida State 46 - 1pm ACC Network/ESPN3 FSU -9 Need Boston College
Alabama 57/Texas A&M 23- 1pm ESPN2  Texas Am -5  Need Texas AM
Baylor 54/Kansas State 63 - 1pm ESPN  Kansas St - 2 1/2  Need Kansas St. I guess
Michigan22 /Michigan St14  1pm CBS Michigan St. -5  Need Michigan

Stanford 88/Arizona State 41 - 1:30 Pac 12 Network Arizona SSt. - 8 1/2  Need Stanford
Creighton 33/Marquette 64- 1:30 Fox Marquette -2 Need Creighton
Notre Dame 68/Virginia 1- 3pm ACC Network/ESPN3  Virginia - 8 1/2  Need Virginia
Kansas 5/Oklahoma State 96 - 3pm ESPN Kansas -3  Need Kansas
TCU 25/Texas Tech 18- 3pm ESPN2 Texas Tech - 4 1/2  Need Texas Tech
North Dakota 225/Portland State 153 - 3pm Pluto.tv  Portland St. - 8 1/2  Need N. Dakota
Oregon 79/Washington 43 - 3:30 Pac 12 Network  Oregon -2  Need Oregon
Big Ten Tournament Penn St. 68 /Purdue  12  3:30 CBS  Purdue -8  Need Purdue before Penn St. grabs a bid
Georgia 80/Tennessee 9 - 5pm SEC Network Tennessee -9  Need Tennessee
Louisville 40/NC State 59- 5pm ESPN  NC St - 1 1/2  Need NC St I guess
Arkansas 27/Missouri 38 - 5pm ESPN2  Missouri - 3 1/2   Need Arkansas
UTEP 297/North Texas 210 - 5pm http://conferenceusa.com/watch/default.aspx?Live=3999&path=north_texas  North Texas -6 Need North Texas

Colorado 76/Utah 55 - 6pm Pac 12 Network Utah -9 Need Colorado
Wyoming 87/Boise State 53 - 6pm AT&T sports Network  Boise St - 9 1/2  Need Wyoming
Western Illinois 303/South Dakota State 49 - 6pm ESPN3  S. Dak St - 15 1/2  Need Western Illinois
Maine 338/Vermont 48- 6pm ESPN3  Vermont - 20 1/2  Need Maine
Butler41/Seton Hall 28 - 7pm CBS Sports Network  Seton Hall - 1 1/2  I think Butler is best to bump hall out of Q1 for those who played them
St. Bonaventure 24/Saint Louis 141 - 7pm http://www.atlantic10.com/mediaPortal/player.dbml?id=1911135 and some FSN affiliates  St. Bonaventure -2  Need St. Louis

Little Rock 327/Louisiana 35 - 7pm http://www.atlantic10.com/mediaPortal/player.dbml?id=1911135 Louisiana - 20 Need Little Rock

New Mexico State 46/UT Rio Grande Valley 219 - 7pm WAC Digital Network  no line Need UT Rio Grande Valley
UT San Antonio  192/Rice  325- 7pm ESPN3  UTSA - 1 1/2  Need UTSA
Western Kentucky 51/UAB  175- 7 pm possibly fox sports affiliates?  Western Kentucky -1  Need UAB
UCLA57 /USC 32 - 9:15 ESPN  USC - 4 1/2  Need USC
UC Riverside/Long Beach State - 9:30 http://bigwest.sidearmstreaming.com/watch/?Live=866  Long Beach St - 7 1/2  Need Long Beach St. 

 

Others

 

Mo Valley  Bradley 107/Loyola Chicgao   30   -2:30  CBS Sports Network  Loyola -6 1/2  Need Loyola

Pepperdine/St. mary's  11:30 pm  ESPN2  St. Mary's - 15  Need Pepperdine

 

It's been a busy weekend. Just now getting to this. Here's Saturday's results.

[HuskerFever]

11 hours ago, royalfan said:

UConn 107/Houston 19 - 3pm CBS Sports Network Houston - 14 1/2  Need Uconn a horrible loss like this followed by another one could have Houston on bubble
Tulane 159/UCF 77- 3:30 ESPNU  UCF - 7 1/2  need UCF
Big Ten Tournament: Purdue 8/Michigan 16- 3:30 CBS Purdue - 4 1/2  Need Michgian

 

Others 

Illinois St 79 vs Loyola(Chicago)28 -  1pm CBS Loyola -8 Need Loyola badly

 

Updated from Sunday's games.

[HuskerFever]

Monday's Games of Interest:

 

Delaware State/North Carolina A&T - just win something
San Francisco/Gonzaga - need Zags or Saint Mary's to get the autobid
East Tennessee State/UNC Greensboro - should be a one-bid league
BYU/Saint Mary's - need Zags/Saint Mary's in Finals

 

 

Tuesday's Games of Interest:

 

Georgia Tech/Boston College - RPI
Pittsburgh/Notre Dame - win something Pitt
Montana State/North Dakota - RPI
Wake Forest/Syracuse - nobody likes Syracuse
Stony Brook/Vermont - knock off Vermont

 

 

Wednesday's Games of Interest:

 

Louisville/Florida State - best of the worst
TBD/NC State - Boston College/Georgia Tech either way
Arizona State/Colorado - knock off ASU
St. John's/Georgetown - RPI
TBD/Virginia Tech - either way ND or Pitt over VaTech
Oklahoma/Oklahoma State - going with OSU on this one
UTEP/UT San Antonio - RPI
Oregon State/Washington - knock off Washington
Iowa State/Texas - down with Texas
DePaul/Marquette - knock off Marquette
Louisiana Tech/North Texas - RPI
Washington State/Oregon - down with Oregon

[HuskerFever]

Last Four Byes
Oklahoma: Wednesday vs Oklahoma State
Alabama: Thursday neut Texas A&M
Baylor: Thursday neut West Virginia
St. Bonaventure: Friday neut Richmond/Duquesne

 

Last Four In
Providence: Thursday neut Creighton
Louisville: Wednesday neut Florida State
USC: Thursday neut OSU/Washington
Texas: Wednesday neut Iowa State

 

First Four Out
UCLA: Thursday neut Cal/Stanford
Penn State: N/A
Nebraska: N/A
Washington: Wednesday neut Oregon State

 

Next Four Out
Mississippi State: Thursday neut LSU
Utah: Thursday neut WSU/Oregon
Marquette: Wednesday neut DePaul
Notre Dame: Tuesday neut Pittsburgh

 

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Tuesday

Notre Dame neut Pittsburgh, 1:00 CST ESPN2

 

Wednesday

Louisville neut Florida State, 11:00 a.m. ESPN

Oklahoma vs Oklahoma State, 6:00 ESPNU

Texas neut Iowa State, 8:00 ESPNU

Marquette neut DePaul, 8:30 FS1
Washington neut Oregon State, 10:30 Pac-12

 

Thursday

Alabama neut Texas A&M, 12:00 SECN
Providence neut Creighton, 1:30 FS1
UCLA neut Cal/Stanford, 4:30 Pac-12

Mississippi State neut LSU, 6:00 SECN

Baylor neut West Virginia, 8:00 TBD
USC neut OSU/Washington, 8:00 Pac-12
Utah neut WSU/Oregon, 10:30 FS1

 

Friday

St. Bonaventure neut Richmond/Duquesne, 5:00 NBCSN

 

N/A

Penn State

Nebraska

[FredsSlacks]

it's crazy to think michigan might get a 2 seed in the ncaa tourney, and we might not make it at all despite finishing ahead of them in the B1G.

Edited March 5, 2018 by TimSmiles

[jayschool]

7 hours ago, TimSmiles said:

it's crazy to think michigan might get a 2 seed in the ncaa tourney, and we might not make it at all despite finishing ahead of them in the B1G.

And that, in the end, our bid required sweeping a No. 2 seed (and not scheduling Delaware State).

[huskerbaseball13]

7 hours ago, TimSmiles said:

it's crazy to think michigan might get a 2 seed in the ncaa tourney, and we might not make it at all despite finishing ahead of them in the B1G.

 

I don't see them getting a 2 seed...and to be fair, they did play a tougher Big 10 schedule than we did.  That's not our fault...but we would have been much better off having their schedule IMO. 

[uneblinstu]

On 3/3/2018 at 9:11 PM, hskr4life said:

 

That should be a 1 bid league.  West Kentucky or Mid Tenn

MTSU was in the 10-11 seed range before the loss. Might have been in (still might be) if they lose in the championship game.

[royalfan]

Need to root for middle to get bounced in first game and then probably root for them. Western Kentucky I think we root to get bounced as long as middle is in the tournament 

[royalfan]

Delaware State 351/North Carolina A&T 247 - 5:30 ESPN3 N. Carolina A&T -9 Need Delaware St
San Francisco 137/Gonzaga 29 - 8pm ESPN Gonzaga - 13  Need Gonzaga
BYU 80/Saint Mary's  36- 10:30 ESPN2 St. Mary's - 5 1/2  Probably just root for St. Mary's.  A blowout loss could have them in trouble.  We definately need St. Mary's at all costs if Gonzaga loses early game

 

 

[Cookie Miller Wasn't Dirty]

2 minutes ago, royalfan said:

Delaware State 351/North Carolina A&T 247 - 5:30 ESPN3 N. Carolina A&T -9 Need Delaware St
San Francisco 137/Gonzaga 29 - 8pm ESPN Gonzaga - 13  Need Gonzaga
BYU 80/Saint Mary's  36- 10:30 ESPN2 St. Mary's - 5 1/2  Probably just root for St. Mary's.  A blowout loss could have them in trouble.  We definately need St. Mary's at all costs if Gonzaga loses early game

 

 

 

If the Zags win, I'll be rooting for BYU. SMC has missed the tourney in the past when everyone expected them to get in, so I'm hopeful they could be left out if they lose tonight. Then we'd obviously need the Zags to take care of BYU.

[HuskerFever]

Updated from Lunardi's Mar. 5 bubble watch update:

 

Last Four Byes
Kansas State: Thursday neut TCU
Providence: Thursday neut Creighton
Arizona State: Wednesday neut Colorado
Baylor: Thursday neut West Virginia

 

Last Four In
Texas: Wednesday neut Iowa State
USC: Thursday neut OSU/Washington
UCLA: Thursday neut Cal/Stanford
Alabama: Thursday neut Texas A&M

 

First Four Out
Louisville: Wednesday neut Florida State
Marquette: Wednesday neut DePaul
Oklahoma State: Wednesday neut Oklahoma
Notre Dame: Tuesday neut Pittsburgh

 

Next Four Out
Syracuse: Tuesday neut Wake Forest
Penn State: N/A
Boise State: Thursday neut USU/CSU
Nebraska: N/A

 

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Tuesday
Notre Dame neut Pittsburgh, 1:00 CST ESPN2
Syracuse neut Wake Forest, 6:00 ESPNU

 

Wednesday
Louisville neut Florida State, 11:00 am ESPN
Arizona State neut Colorado, 2:00 Pac-12
Oklahoma State neut Oklahoma, 6:00 ESPNU
Texas neut Iowa State, 8:00 ESPNU
Marquette neut DePaul, 8:30 FS1

 

Thursday
Kansas State neut TCU, 11:30 am TBD
Alabama neut Texas A&M, 12:00 SECN
Providence neut Creighton, 1:30 FS1
UCLA neut Cal/Stanford, 4:30 Pac-12
Baylor neut West Virginia, 8:00 TBD
USC neut OSU/Washington, 8:00 Pac-12
Boise State neut USU/CSU, 8:00 CBS

 

N/A
Penn State
Nebraska

[royalfan]

2 hours ago, Cookie Miller Wasn't Dirty said:

 

If the Zags win, I'll be rooting for BYU. SMC has missed the tourney in the past when everyone expected them to get in, so I'm hopeful they could be left out if they lose tonight. Then we'd obviously need the Zags to take care of BYU.

Pretty much where I am at.  We need to gamble on such things to try to remove potential teams.