2016-17 Bracketology

Rhodymob05 · Unread post by **Rhodymob05** » 7 years ago

The committee knows now that if cuse is picked, the whole system will be questioned. I say it's too much pressure to pick them, which they shouldn't be.

PeterRamTime · Unread post by **PeterRamTime** » 7 years ago

DePaul up 25-21 against Xavier right now

3:24 left in the first half.
Go blue demons!

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 7 years ago

Xavier looks good again. There is no way that's a tournament team. They'll get in, but that's dumb.

twisted3829 · Unread post by **twisted3829** » 7 years ago

X come out of the locker room playing well and quickly goes up 6

PeterRamTime · Unread post by **PeterRamTime** » 7 years ago

X up nine now.

They were down 31-25 with about a minute left in the first half.
Scored the last five including a deeeeep three at the buzzer by macura.
That sparked them big time

reef · Unread post by **reef** » 7 years ago

Guys I have a bad feeling they are going to send Cuse and wake and make it 10 ACC teams

I just hope it's not at our expense

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 7 years ago

Washington almost hooked it up

ElmCityRhody · Unread post by **ElmCityRhody** » 7 years ago

this is exciting to be back in the game here and following games that impact us

thanks for the spreadsheet TP - appreciate that

let's seal the deal now..

so important we get in

LET'S EFFIN DO THIS

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 7 years ago

That's right ECR....all this talk....we have to do our thing now......and that's win a couple games.......

860_rhody · Unread post by **860_rhody** » 7 years ago

Rhodymob05 wrote:The committee knows now that if cuse is picked, the whole system will be questioned. I say it's too much pressure to pick them, which they shouldn't be.

This. Don't worry though - they'll pick somebody else like Iowa or Cal.

Unread post by **ATPTourFan** » 7 years ago

TeamRankings.com has us as a First Four participant, 78% overall chance to get into NCAA tournament.

That's 22.9% to win the A10 Tournament for auto-bid plus 54% chance for at-large selection.

https://www.teamrankings.com/ncaa-baske ... acketology

urirx · Unread post by **urirx** » 7 years ago

Today my favorite teams are Baylor and butler. Most of the rest of the bubble teams are playing eh games that won't get them moved up or down, but these two.. Baylor can keep kstate passing us as they seem to be the only team with a come from behind entry, and I still think the X has some work to do since their only wins in the last ten have been over depaul(all3)

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 7 years ago

Fwiw, I just ran Davidson thru the rpi wizard and with a win against LaSalle and a loss to Dayton, they'd finish with an RPI of 100. Obviously just a tiny bit of fluctuation elsewhere could knock them back a spot. So it kind of highlights the craziness of counting "top-100" wins where the results of maybe one or two games likely involving no teams URI plays could change the number of "top-100" wins that URI can put on its resume by 2 games.

RhowdyRam02 · Unread post by **RhowdyRam02** » 7 years ago

To me the craziest part was that if URI lost to Davidson Saturday, an obviously bad result, their top 100 record would have actually improved.

PeterRamTime · Unread post by **PeterRamTime** » 7 years ago

Michigan whooped up on Illinois!
Yes!

Rhodymob05 · Unread post by **Rhodymob05** » 7 years ago

Illinois got walloped and wasn't close the entire game.

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 7 years ago

I think we can officially start the Illinois elimination party. K-State is next on my enemies list (no offense to ramfan85).

PeterRamTime · Unread post by **PeterRamTime** » 7 years ago

Georgia stays alive.
Just beat Tennessee by two

urirx · Unread post by **urirx** » 7 years ago

man, a lot of people are starting to jump iowa in (after bracketmatrix update this morning) due to cuse being eliminated. I am going to add Indiana to the teams I am a big big big fan of today

PeterRamTime · Unread post by **PeterRamTime** » 7 years ago

Yeah have you seen the USA Today bracketology?
They have us 8TH out!!!
Ridiculous

ramfan85 · Unread post by **ramfan85** » 7 years ago

TruePoint wrote:I think we can officially start the Illinois elimination party. K-State is next on my enemies list (no offense to ramfan85).

No offense taken. But, thanks for the thought. Lol
Actually, K State is only my second team for basketball. Like to see them get in, but, I'll be rooting for them to lose for URI's sake. URI is number one for basketball with me.

Now, if it was football, it would be different. However, I really don't think that scenario will be arise.

Unread post by **ATPTourFan** » 7 years ago

No, USA Today has Rhode Island as 4th team out.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nc ... /98944266/

Rhodymob05 · Unread post by **Rhodymob05** » 7 years ago

Screw USA today.

NJRhodyFan · Unread post by **NJRhodyFan** » 7 years ago

ATPTourFan wrote:No, USA Today has Rhode Island as 4th team out.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nc ... /98944266/

They also have St. Joe's listed in the "No longer considered for at-large" section, so I'm beginning to question their sanity. Was St. Joe's EVER considered for an at-large???

Rhodymob05 · Unread post by **Rhodymob05** » 7 years ago

It needs to be tomorrow at 230, I'm getting nervous with everyone playing, except for the fact that southern NE is getting snow storm.

gorhody89 · Unread post by **gorhody89** » 7 years ago

TCU up 8 on number 1 Kansas in the second half...could a win here get them back in the bubble picture

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 7 years ago

I have a big problem with Kansas giving this game to TCU. They don't care, they have their #1 seed locked up, so they throw a bone to a conference partner who will get credit from the committee as if this is a real win. This one win probably isn't enough but if they beat Iowa St tomorrow they could be in a definite position to steal a bid. It's bullshit in my opinion. At the very least this type of situation should be zero-sum. If you're going to reward TCU you have to punish Kansas by dropping their seed. Otherwise you have misaligned incentives and you get bullshit results like this.

RhowdyRam02 · Unread post by **RhowdyRam02** » 7 years ago

Keep in mind Kansas is sitting one of their probably top 2 players, Josh Jackson.

HASwatTeam · Unread post by **HASwatTeam** » 7 years ago

TruePoint wrote:I have a big problem with Kansas giving this game to TCU. They don't care, they have their #1 seed locked up, so they throw a bone to a conference partner who will get credit from the committee as if this is a real win. This one win probably isn't enough but if they beat Iowa St tomorrow they could be in a definite position to steal a bid. It's bullshit in my opinion. At the very least this type of situation should be zero-sum. If you're going to reward TCU you have to punish Kansas by dropping their seed. Otherwise you have misaligned incentives and you get bullshit results like this.

I have heard rumors that the committee now evaluates teams by no longer assessing if they've done well at the end of the season like they used to, BUT also by now assessing if opponents were missing major players when a big/key win happened.

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 7 years ago

Yeah, I mean to be clear I was talking wild shit in a reverse-jinx like attempt to goose Kansas into getting back in the game. Almost worked.

But I do think a team should be punished for losing as much as the other team is rewarded for winning. I do believe that part of it. I doubt Kansas was giving the game away, though.

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 7 years ago

Syracuse took a big hit on the bracket matrix.....just ahead of us right now.

gorhody89 · Unread post by **gorhody89** » 7 years ago

Cali up on utah by 3 early in first half.... cali on the back end of bubble but would be nice to end any chance of tournament run here.

urirx · Unread post by **urirx** » 7 years ago

Cal takes the win by 3 points. still not enough to jump anybody, but not dead on the floor yet.

reef · Unread post by **reef** » 7 years ago

Let's say good night to the Illinois Fighting Illini

ElmCityRhody · Unread post by **ElmCityRhody** » 7 years ago

Come on butler

Ugh

Rhodymob05 · Unread post by **Rhodymob05** » 7 years ago

Can't win em all.

ElmCityRhody · Unread post by **ElmCityRhody** » 7 years ago

Brutal

ElmCityRhody · Unread post by **ElmCityRhody** » 7 years ago

THAT SUCKED

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 7 years ago

Butler should be out of the tournament for losing to this joke Xavier team.

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 7 years ago

Fuck Butler

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 7 years ago

Imo X was going to get in anyway....but still....Butler=overrated big time....and we would beat either of them imo.

mstyles22 · Unread post by **mstyles22** » 7 years ago

If Vandy and KState lose tonight (and PC) this would still be a very solid bubble day for Rhody.

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 7 years ago

rambone 78 wrote:Imo X was going to get in anyway....but still....Butler=overrated big time....and we would beat either of them imo.

Yeah rambone! I like this rambone.

Rhody15 · Unread post by **Rhody15** » 7 years ago

mstyles22 wrote:If Vandy and KState lose tonight (and PC) this would still be a very solid bubble day for Rhody.

Vandy won.

Rhode_Island_Red · Unread post by **Rhode_Island_Red** » 7 years ago

mstyles22 wrote:If Vandy and KState lose tonight (and PC) this would still be a very solid bubble day for Rhody.

Any day that hideous, disgusting institution that shall not be named loses is a grand and glorious day.

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 7 years ago

mstyles22 wrote:If Vandy and KState lose tonight (and PC) this would still be a very solid bubble day for Rhody.

Compared to yesterday, this day is bad.

Rhodymob05 · Unread post by **Rhodymob05** » 7 years ago

Rhode_Island_Red wrote:
mstyles22 wrote:If Vandy and KState lose tonight (and PC) this would still be a very solid bubble day for Rhody.
Any day that hideous, disgusting institution that shall not be named loses is a grand and glorious day.

This cheered me up a bit.

hrstrat57 · Unread post by **hrstrat57** » 7 years ago

Right here types the greatest most huge Blue Jays fan.

And our guy Preston Murphy on the bench!!

Yay Jays!!!!!!

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 7 years ago

TP...if K State wins....this day is bad.....if not, we're OK for now.

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 7 years ago

I want to have a word with whoever dresses Ed Cooley. It burns the eyes.

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