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Here's a scenario:
PC loses tonight, and it comes down to us or them. We lost to them.
We would lose to them again. And the world would end.
PC loses tonight, and it comes down to us or them. We lost to them.
We would lose to them again. And the world would end.
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I'm pulling for PC. I want to avoid that scenario and I think they're far above us.rambone 78 wrote:Here's a scenario:
PC loses tonight, and it comes down to us or them. We lost to them.
We would lose to them again. And the world would end.
That plus if they win it will help our RPI.
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Old dominion playing right now
Down 2 with 1:28 left and Marshall has the ball.
Down 2 with 1:28 left and Marshall has the ball.
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ODU loses...no help there either
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Blue Man, agreed. Baylor is going to give their game away, so it looks like we'll have to run the table.
If we get to the final and lose.....probably not good enough.
In that case, it will likely come down to us or Syracuse. Ugh.
There's really nothing behind us and K State in the first four out and next four out, now. I mean, a bid stealer or an Indiana could come out of nowhere, but not likely.
ODU isn't dancing. Nothing to see there. Probably no RPI hit either.
GW winning avoided one, though.
If we get to the final and lose.....probably not good enough.
In that case, it will likely come down to us or Syracuse. Ugh.
There's really nothing behind us and K State in the first four out and next four out, now. I mean, a bid stealer or an Indiana could come out of nowhere, but not likely.
ODU isn't dancing. Nothing to see there. Probably no RPI hit either.
GW winning avoided one, though.
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Watching all these games and now I'm thinking, how many teams did we expect to lose early in their conference tourneys? There's too many, it's crazy.
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Of course this Kansas State game is basically a home game for them. Come on Baylor...
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PC could be in a little trouble...long way to go but down 8......
When Baylor loses I'm blaming them not K State......one team really wanted it and needed it, and the other could care less.
They will jump us and Ill. State, still leaving us as first team out after we win tomorrow.
Lunardi still has Ill. State above us for now.....like he doesn't trust us or something....haha
When Baylor loses I'm blaming them not K State......one team really wanted it and needed it, and the other could care less.
They will jump us and Ill. State, still leaving us as first team out after we win tomorrow.
Lunardi still has Ill. State above us for now.....like he doesn't trust us or something....haha
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Rod's boy Scott Drew is killing us.
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Winning tomorrow maintains status quo, meaning we'd still be out. I don't think we'll jump anyone or be jumped.
I still think if we get to the final game we're in. Lose a 3rd time to Dayton? Shit, not feeling good about it.
I still think if we get to the final game we're in. Lose a 3rd time to Dayton? Shit, not feeling good about it.
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If we get to the final that scenario I mentioned could happen......us and PC for the last spot....I hope the fuck not.
mstyles22, who are we going to jump if we get to the final? We had better win the damn game and remove all doubt.
It [reaching the final and losing] then becomes a total crap shoot with us and maybe 2 other teams.....and us being a mid major, I wouldn't like our chances.
I don't know...assuming we beat Dayton to even get there......
mstyles22, who are we going to jump if we get to the final? We had better win the damn game and remove all doubt.
It [reaching the final and losing] then becomes a total crap shoot with us and maybe 2 other teams.....and us being a mid major, I wouldn't like our chances.
I don't know...assuming we beat Dayton to even get there......
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As I predicted, Lunardi moved K State into the field.
Kept us 1st team out, and moved Ill. State below us.
Who could we now pass? He hasn't adjusted for PC's loss yet, nor USC's impending loss to UCLA.
They will still end up above us. Could 2 wins be enough to pass somebody? Freaking nuts!
Kept us 1st team out, and moved Ill. State below us.
Who could we now pass? He hasn't adjusted for PC's loss yet, nor USC's impending loss to UCLA.
They will still end up above us. Could 2 wins be enough to pass somebody? Freaking nuts!
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Bye bye Friars bye bye . I hope they move closer down the bubble
Baylor lays an egg
Baylor lays an egg
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Cuse wake and vandy all have questionable amount of losses so don't give up yet, also why wouldn't Illinois state be below us before?
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Baylor got to number one in the polls.
Since then, not much good has happened to them.
They went from world beaters to vulnerable.
OT, does anyone know what the hell they're singing in that
dumbass "bah, buh, buh, bah." Gator Aid bar commercial.
I haven't been able to figure out one word they're "singing"
and dancing to.
Since then, not much good has happened to them.
They went from world beaters to vulnerable.
OT, does anyone know what the hell they're singing in that
dumbass "bah, buh, buh, bah." Gator Aid bar commercial.
I haven't been able to figure out one word they're "singing"
and dancing to.
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I'm just not sure I see a path to us getting an at-large anymore at this point.
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I purposely didn't watch any games tonight. Don't even know any of the scores, only some of the winners. I did see that GW had 9 points with about 3 or 4 minutes left in the first half. And they wound up winning someone said? Holy Shit. Just shows how bad our league is.
I'm now feeling that the only way we get in is to get the bid. I don't see any other way.
I'm feeling very negative tonight. I feel like all these conference games mean little or nothing. They're going to pick who they want and then come up with some bull shit reasoning to justify it.
The pressure is on. But, for some fucked up reason, I think we can win this thing.
I'm now feeling that the only way we get in is to get the bid. I don't see any other way.
I'm feeling very negative tonight. I feel like all these conference games mean little or nothing. They're going to pick who they want and then come up with some bull shit reasoning to justify it.
The pressure is on. But, for some fucked up reason, I think we can win this thing.
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Hahahha it's getting tiring I know.rodfromcranston wrote:Baylor got to number one in the polls.
Since then, not much good has happened to them.
They went from world beaters to vulnerable.
OT, does anyone know what the hell they're singing in that
dumbass "bah, buh, buh, bah." Gator Aid bar commercial.
I haven't been able to figure out one word they're "singing"
and dancing to.
The song is called
"All of the Lights"
By the humble Kanye West and Rihanna.
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I agree with this. The teams just above us aren't going any farther down.....even though a lot of them are done playing for now.adam914 wrote:I'm just not sure I see a path to us getting an at-large anymore at this point.
If we win 2 with a win over Dayton it's possible but it would be a surprise.
If we end up the 1st team out this board will not be a happy place.
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I still believe a win over bonnies and Dayton does it.
Still no reason we can't run the table. I want to prove we'really a different team than the last 19 years.
Still no reason we can't run the table. I want to prove we'really a different team than the last 19 years.
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But who would we jump in over with wins over St Bonaventure and Dayton?
Will the committee give us the benefit of the doubt against any of those P5 teams?
I think our Kenpom ratings and stuff like that could really help.
I want us to prove we are the best team in the league and win the damn thing.
Let's all be Lamar Odom up in dat bitch this weekend!
Will the committee give us the benefit of the doubt against any of those P5 teams?
I think our Kenpom ratings and stuff like that could really help.
I want us to prove we are the best team in the league and win the damn thing.
Let's all be Lamar Odom up in dat bitch this weekend!
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Good news is the NCAA website has Davidson number 98 in the rpi. (Not sure if a loss to Dayton will keep them in the top 100). So we picked up 2 top 100 wins yesterday. We're now 7-7 vs the top 100 with a chance to get an 8th win today which would tie PC in top 100 wins.
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PC's advantage is that they have 5 or 6 top 50 wins.
More opportunities to get them, but that's what it is.
More opportunities to get them, but that's what it is.
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One of the big east bubble teams will be left out. To many one conference bubble teams.
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yeah i don't think the Big East will get 7 of their 10 teams in. On the surface those 7 teams have good resumes but they really benefitted from getting wins vs the top without their best players.
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If a Big East team does get left out and we get in, I can't tell if I'd prefer it be Providence that's left out or if I'd prefer it be Marquette if we could get the chance to play PC in Dayton. I honestly can't think of a thing that would make me happier than knocking PC out of the tournament.
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Lunardi's a twit. He didn't lower PC at all, and I notice he still has Baylor as a 2 seed? They should be a 4.
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I think bypassing Dayton and playing in Orlando would make me happier than knocking out PC in Dayton...maybe I just don't have sufficient anti-PC venom in me yet tho...
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which are washed out by their losses to #134, #218, #233rambone 78 wrote:PC's advantage is that they have 5 or 6 top 50 wins.
More opportunities to get them, but that's what it is.
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Yeah, I will probably change my tune a bit if this does end up happening. But like you said, let's just win the whole damn thing for once.Blue Man wrote:I still believe a win over bonnies and Dayton does it.
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Blue Man wrote:I still believe a win over bonnies and Dayton does it.
Still no reason we can't run the table. I want to prove we'really a different team than the last 19 years.
agreed.
beat Bona and Dayton and we are in as an at large with the caveat we lose to VCU in the finals. no chance the A10 gets 4 teams
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Remember, some of these teams will win their conference tournaments, opening up some more spots.rhodysurf wrote:
So 22 teams under consideration for 4 spots. Nice.
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I have no faith in the committee giving teams like us a break. Therefore, I'm going for upsets today to Dayton and VCU. I want the easiest path to that automatic bid.
Today, I'm adopting the credo used in judo.......Maximum results with minimum effort.
I want that freakin' automatic bid.
Today, I'm adopting the credo used in judo.......Maximum results with minimum effort.
I want that freakin' automatic bid.
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You mean, for twiceadam914 wrote:Yeah, I will probably change my tune a bit if this does end up happening. But like you said, let's just win the whole damn thing for once.Blue Man wrote:I still believe a win over bonnies and Dayton does it.
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we do not want it to come down to URI v Providence for a bid. Nightmare scenario no?
Winning solves all.
No reason we shouldn't win this tournament.
Win.
Winning solves all.
No reason we shouldn't win this tournament.
Win.
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Haha, yes of course. The "for once" was more directed at this current version of the Rams.Blue Man wrote:You mean, for twiceadam914 wrote:Yeah, I will probably change my tune a bit if this does end up happening. But like you said, let's just win the whole damn thing for once.Blue Man wrote:I still believe a win over bonnies and Dayton does it.
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Blue Man wrote:You mean, for twiceadam914 wrote:Yeah, I will probably change my tune a bit if this does end up happening. But like you said, let's just win the whole damn thing for once.Blue Man wrote:I still believe a win over bonnies and Dayton does it.
Love it!
Why not us??
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I was there. My "future wife" at the time it was her first URI game. I told her to keep taking pictures and I have a shot of the ball going through the net with 0.00 on the clock. One of my favorite pictures of all time. needless to say I kept her.
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Rhode Island [22-9 (13-5), RPI: 45, SOS: 53] Rhode Island won Friday, handling St. Bonaventure in an 11-point A-10 tournament quarterfinal win. This is a good thing, obviously, because when you're as close to the bubble as Rhode Island is -- Joey Brackets has had the Rams deathly close to the cut line throughout Champ Week -- every bit matters. The Bonnies are a pretty decent team, too, with an RPI safely inside the top 100, so that's a bit of a bonus. Yet the Rams also lost on Friday too, before they even took the court. When Davidson guard Jack Gibbs went Super Saiyan against Dayton in Friday's earlier quarterfinal, he and his teammates robbed Rhode Island of a chance to add the most significant resume win the 2016-17 Atlantic 10 has to offer. These are the risks of leaving your bubble work to a single-elimination tournament at the end of the season: nothing -- not even an opponent who will make an impact -- is guaranteed. The only other tournament team in the league, VCU, resides on the other half of the bracket. The odds Dan Hurley's team could lose before Sunday and still get to the tournament have decreased dramatically. The upside? Rhode Island's route to the league's automatic bid is clearer. That may not be the only approach, but it is undoubtedly the best.
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/bubblewatch
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/bubblewatch
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I totally disagree with this. Unless Joey Brackets knows that now the weight is to top 50 wins with the committee. With 8 top 100 wins, the disconnect is pretty obvious.adam914 wrote:Rhode Island [22-9 (13-5), RPI: 45, SOS: 53] Rhode Island won Friday, handling St. Bonaventure in an 11-point A-10 tournament quarterfinal win. This is a good thing, obviously, because when you're as close to the bubble as Rhode Island is -- Joey Brackets has had the Rams deathly close to the cut line throughout Champ Week -- every bit matters. The Bonnies are a pretty decent team, too, with an RPI safely inside the top 100, so that's a bit of a bonus. Yet the Rams also lost on Friday too, before they even took the court. When Davidson guard Jack Gibbs went Super Saiyan against Dayton in Friday's earlier quarterfinal, he and his teammates robbed Rhode Island of a chance to add the most significant resume win the 2016-17 Atlantic 10 has to offer. These are the risks of leaving your bubble work to a single-elimination tournament at the end of the season: nothing -- not even an opponent who will make an impact -- is guaranteed. The only other tournament team in the league, VCU, resides on the other half of the bracket. The odds Dan Hurley's team could lose before Sunday and still get to the tournament have decreased dramatically. The upside? Rhode Island's route to the league's automatic bid is clearer. That may not be the only approach, but it is undoubtedly the best.
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/bubblewatch
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F joeydbag. davidson beating dayton moved our rpi to 38 and gives us 2 more top 100 wins. Wake up joeydbag.
Kinda think Hurley would like joeydbag to predict us out. We play better when joeydbag has us out.
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Kinda think Hurley would like joeydbag to predict us out. We play better when joeydbag has us out.
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People stop reading this Lunardi moron.
He hates your team.
Stop posting his crap.
Doesn't matter.
He sucks. He hates Rhody, there is probably history somewhere.
Stop!!!! I'm begging ya stop!!!!!!!
He hates your team.
Stop posting his crap.
Doesn't matter.
He sucks. He hates Rhody, there is probably history somewhere.
Stop!!!! I'm begging ya stop!!!!!!!
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So it's a "bit of a bonus to beat a top 100 team"???? This guy can GFHS. Exposed as a fraud.
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There are better, more accurate bracketoligists. Follow and worry about them
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Steve and Don say Rhody is in
So there!!!
So there!!!
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Probably has something to do with the Ram vs Hawk mascot battle of 1998. Won by the Ramhrstrat57 wrote:People stop reading this Lunardi moron.
He hates your team.
Stop posting his crap.
Doesn't matter.
He sucks. He hates Rhody, there is probably history somewhere.
Stop!!!! I'm begging ya stop!!!!!!!
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