Head to head certainly isn't the only factor, there's no transitive property of basketball i.e. PC beat Villanova last year so they'd be the national champions. Head to head is definitely a factor when comparing to close teams on a cut line, as PC and URI.URI2006_Andy wrote:I think PC should be in over us right now but I don't think it's as clear cut as everyone thinks. First off, head to head doesn't carry much weight when you win at home. If so, maybe we should be in over VCU or Ohio state in over PC. Second two of PC's top 50 wins are not any better than us beating Davidson twice. Would it make a difference if we had 4 top 50 wins because we beat Vermont at home and Xavier at home when they didn't have Bluiett or Sumner instead of Davidson twice?Blue Man wrote:I gotta be honest I don't understand the thought that PC shouldn't be in regardless - nevermind above us.
They have 6 top 50 wins, they've played good basketball down the stretch, and they've done what they needed to. We should be rooting for them to take the damn big east title because I don't want to be on the cut line compared to a team with a higher SOS, 3x the top 50 wins, that also beat us head to head.
Marquette and Seton Hall also have resumes that scare me if we're compared to them on the cut line. We had our opportunities and didn't take advantage of them, that's our own fault - so I just don't understand being pissed that other teams did what they needed to do. That's not a bias. If we hit one more shot or make one more stop in the Dayton game at home, we aren't even in this situation.
Fortunately, we have every chance and the ability to win the next 3 - and honestly no reason not to. With the emotion and momentum we play with, we're rolling and I like our chances.
It's false to say that 2 of PC's top 50 wins aren't better than us beating Davidson...because they are. By like 60 spots. That's an unfortunate fact. Just hating on PC here makes it look like we're all blind homers.
PC deserves to be in the tournament, hats off to them. We don't deserve to be in the tournament yet, but we should if we win on Friday. Again. We control everything. I'm tired of the at-large focus when we are clearly capable of being the best team in the A10.