RF1 wrote:Iona got smoked 72-50 at home by a below .500 Monmouth. They are now 15-10, tied for 3rd place (9-4) in the MAAC. They have been a bit of a disappointment to date. They still however have as good a chance as anyone to win the auto bid at the MAAC Tourney.
Yeah, the other two losses in the MAC were vs their likely top opponet for the NCAA bid in canisus and by a couple points in each game. No idea what happened the other night.
I dunno if i would calll them a disapointment, I follow Iona pretty closesly and we all knwe this team was not as good as some recent ones. They still will likely continue the streak of 20 win seasons however, And are at worse co-favorites for the MAAC championship. 110 RPI eve after that monmouth loss is still not bad and could easily get back in the top 100 before selection sunday.
My hope is we win out get a 3 seed or lose a couple and get a 6 and play Iona in round 1 or possibly 2. I see some sites predicting them as 15 seeds and that seems like a pretty tough 15 seed imo.
So...Kansas losing would be good, I think...and Baylor was up....now, they're just unraveling.....
Edit: Hard to believe it's even plausible to think that what #10 Kansas does matters to Rhody.
Whether or not it's relevant ... looks like Baylor will weather the storm and then some....
Free basketball! (And really, if you paid to watch a game in which less than 100 points were scored, you definitely have a right to some free basketball.)
"If you build it, they will come." --Us, circa 2011
Da_Process_Survivor wrote:the St Marys/Zaga game is a reminder that the WCC is a low level conference. Weird seeing the #11 team play in a high school gym
I hate seeing volleyball lines on floors in the A10— cough—- Davidson —— cough cough. Even though the rest of Belk is respectable on TV.
Rhodymob05 wrote:UNC Asheville with a game-winner with 3 seconds left.
The win knocks Radford a full 3 games back of UNC-A. Winthrop won at High Point to keep pace one game back of UNC-A. The Big South is now essentially a two team race. Winthrop consists UNC-A next week.
"If you build it, they will come." --Us, circa 2011
Seton Hall and Virginia losses were the two bad outcomes of the day. Virginia was a lock on getting the #1 ranking if they had beaten Virginia Tech. No sure things in college BB.
Nice win by Alabama in its rout over Tennessee.
Nevada got back on track in an easily win over San Diego State, 83-58.
Florida Gulf Coast clinched the A-Sun title with a win over SC Upstate, 88-71. First school to do that this season.
Iona won over St. Peter's, 86-77, to retain 3rd place in MAAC.
Even two lowest ranked OOC opponents - Brown and Holy Cross both won.
And, of course, the Friars were thoroughly spanked by lowly DePail and on their home court nonetheless. It's time for Friar fans to stop worrying about whether Hurley leaves or not and concentrate on the state of their own team and coach.
For the record, margin of victory/defeat does not factor into RPI. It obviously would have been better for PC if they had won, but the way RPI works they likely would have been hurt just by playing DePaul - losing just made it worse.
"If you build it, they will come." --Us, circa 2011
TruePoint wrote:For the record, margin of victory/defeat does not factor into RPI. It obviously would have been better for PC if they had won, but the way RPI works they likely would have been hurt just by playing DePaul - losing just made it worse.
Yes, losing this game made the drop much worse, going from #25 to #44 is a huge drop.