The Conference Road Ahead

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josephski wrote:
PeterRamTime wrote:Yeah if we finish 13-5 or 12-6 that would mean we would either suffer multiple losses to bad teams in the conference or lose every game that matters. Or too many games that matter.
So even an RPI of 40somethin at 13-5 or 12-6 wouldn't get us close to being in because the resume would be lacking.
Much like the 2014-15 team.
We were one more conference win away from being on the right side of the bubble. Finishing 13-5 win no good nonconference wins was just not quite enough.
Tulsa went 20-11 last year and got into the tournament but had 4 top 50 RPI wins. They also had 8 losses against top 100 teams along with 2 not great losses to teams with RPI's of 131 and 149 then one really bad loss to Little Rock who had a RPI of 247.

Good wins seem to matter more than bad losses most of the time. If we can get two more top 50 wins against Dayton and VCU we should be able to afford a couple not so great losses. Two years ago we went 0-6 against top 50 teams. If that record was even 1-5 we probably would have been very close to in but without any wins against top 50 teams it's very tough to get into the tournament as an at large from what I've seen.
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josephski,
Tulsa is a bad example to go by since their selection was very controversial.
Of 59 Bracket Experts not one of them had Tulsa in the tournament at all. Some called it the worst pick ever.
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josephski wrote:
PeterRamTime wrote:Yeah if we finish 13-5 or 12-6 that would mean we would either suffer multiple losses to bad teams in the conference or lose every game that matters. Or too many games that matter.
So even an RPI of 40somethin at 13-5 or 12-6 wouldn't get us close to being in because the resume would be lacking.
Much like the 2014-15 team.
We were one more conference win away from being on the right side of the bubble. Finishing 13-5 win no good nonconference wins was just not quite enough.
Tulsa went 20-11 last year and got into the tournament but had 4 top 50 RPI wins. They also had 8 losses against top 100 teams along with 2 not great losses to teams with RPI's of 131 and 149 then one really bad loss to Little Rock who had a RPI of 247.

Good wins seem to matter more than bad losses most of the time. If we can get two more top 50 wins against Dayton and VCU we should be able to afford a couple not so great losses. Two years ago we went 0-6 against top 50 teams. If that record was even 1-5 we probably would have been very close to in but without any wins against top 50 teams it's very tough to get into the tournament as an at large from what I've seen.
yup.

I believe they missed making the tournament because of 1 basket...if they had beaten Davidson, that gives RI the A10 regular season title and you can replace Davidson with us in the NCAAs
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rodfromcranston wrote:It's called WINNING!
No Duke has people camped out for days to get tickets,
because they stink.
Hell, BYU sells out the 22,000 seat Marriott Center,
every game. That's 22K in PROVO.
43 miles from Salt Lake City.
Provo's population is about the same as Warwick.
But, you know, Kingston is on the dark side of the moon.
It's why nobody attends the games.
Xavier had SRO last night, with no students!
Just win, baby!
BYU, literally a passionate religious following. Xavier, located in the 28th largest metro population in the country. Those two schools and their attendance have no relation to URI and our attendance.
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So, by your thinking, Seton Hall, Rutgers, Fordham, and St. John's should be
turning them away at the door, with 10 million people in
their radius.
Amazing.
BYU and X WIN. That's why they fill it up.
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ramster wrote:
josephski wrote:
PeterRamTime wrote:Yeah if we finish 13-5 or 12-6 that would mean we would either suffer multiple losses to bad teams in the conference or lose every game that matters. Or too many games that matter.
So even an RPI of 40somethin at 13-5 or 12-6 wouldn't get us close to being in because the resume would be lacking.
Much like the 2014-15 team.
We were one more conference win away from being on the right side of the bubble. Finishing 13-5 win no good nonconference wins was just not quite enough.
Tulsa went 20-11 last year and got into the tournament but had 4 top 50 RPI wins. They also had 8 losses against top 100 teams along with 2 not great losses to teams with RPI's of 131 and 149 then one really bad loss to Little Rock who had a RPI of 247.

Good wins seem to matter more than bad losses most of the time. If we can get two more top 50 wins against Dayton and VCU we should be able to afford a couple not so great losses. Two years ago we went 0-6 against top 50 teams. If that record was even 1-5 we probably would have been very close to in but without any wins against top 50 teams it's very tough to get into the tournament as an at large from what I've seen.
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josephski,
Tulsa is a bad example to go by since their selection was very controversial.
Of 59 Bracket Experts not one of them had Tulsa in the tournament at all. Some called it the worst pick ever.
You're right, Tulsa was probably a bad example but Syracuse got in as well with a not so great record and 5 top 50 wins. I know that was controversial as well and some probably gave Cuse the benefit of the doubt because Boeheim was suspended. My point is more or less that the selection committee seems to reward teams who prove they can beat other strong, tournament quality teams even if they lose to a couple bad teams. That's what makes the Cincy game so important even with those 3 road losses. Although if we can't get another solid win in a weak a10 conference then it looks more like we got lucky beating Cincy than we're actually a tournament quality team.
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Da_Process_Survivor wrote:
josephski wrote:
PeterRamTime wrote:Yeah if we finish 13-5 or 12-6 that would mean we would either suffer multiple losses to bad teams in the conference or lose every game that matters. Or too many games that matter.
So even an RPI of 40somethin at 13-5 or 12-6 wouldn't get us close to being in because the resume would be lacking.
Much like the 2014-15 team.
We were one more conference win away from being on the right side of the bubble. Finishing 13-5 win no good nonconference wins was just not quite enough.
Tulsa went 20-11 last year and got into the tournament but had 4 top 50 RPI wins. They also had 8 losses against top 100 teams along with 2 not great losses to teams with RPI's of 131 and 149 then one really bad loss to Little Rock who had a RPI of 247.

Good wins seem to matter more than bad losses most of the time. If we can get two more top 50 wins against Dayton and VCU we should be able to afford a couple not so great losses. Two years ago we went 0-6 against top 50 teams. If that record was even 1-5 we probably would have been very close to in but without any wins against top 50 teams it's very tough to get into the tournament as an at large from what I've seen.
yup.

I believe they missed making the tournament because of 1 basket...if they had beaten Davidson, that gives RI the A10 regular season title and you can replace Davidson with us in the NCAAs
Or...I think...if they could have hung on in Brooklyn and just made it to the final
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We better mix in a couple top 50 wins or win the conf tourney then
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