The Wiz Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Dayton barely beat Savannah St. one of the worst teams in the nation (on the same level as SIU-Edwardsville). Final score 61-59. This would have been a major upset....the same as if we would beat Duke in 2 weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b.hayes Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 ..the same as WHEN we beat Duke in 2 weeks. Fixed. Duck Fayton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slufan13 Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 slu should beat duke easily. you just gotta look at like this. last year, slu beat dayton, who beat UNC, who beat NC State, who beat Duke. slu by 44 if you add up all the differences. not worried at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number1SLUFan33 Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 slu should beat duke easily. you just gotta look at like this. last year, slu beat dayton, who beat UNC, who beat NC State, who beat Duke. slu by 44 if you add up all the differences. not worried at all. +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinfootes Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Dayton barely beat Savannah St. one of the worst teams in the nation (on the same level as SIU-Edwardsville). Final score 61-59. This would have been a major upset....the same as if we would beat Duke in 2 weeks. We're not great, but we haven't been in the "bad as Savannah St" conversation for about 30 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quality Is Job 1 Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 We're not great, but we haven't been in the "bad as Savannah St" conversation for about 30 years.2005 was only six years ago, and 1992 was 19 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kshoe Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 We're not great, but we haven't been in the "bad as Savannah St" conversation for about 30 years.And Dayton isn't in the duke category.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinfootes Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 2005 was only six years ago, and 1992 was 19 years ago. '04-'05 was not "Savannah State bad" IMO. We were 6-10 in CUSA that year. Even in '92 I don't think we were a 300 rpi team. Edit: BTW, we finished the '05-'05 season at #184 rpi. NOt really close to 300s level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoBills Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 UMass who is not supposed to be very good had no problem with TCU. Would have been a great win in football, not sure about basketball though. Duquesne went on the road and absolutely destroyed a Bowling Green team that will come to Chaifetz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizziken Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 slu should beat duke easily. you just gotta look at like this. last year, slu beat dayton, who beat UNC, who beat NC State, who beat Duke. slu by 44 if you add up all the differences. not worried at all. That's science!!!... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HusakAttack Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 '04-'05 was not "Savannah State bad" IMO. We were 6-10 in CUSA that year. Even in '92 I don't think we were a 300 rpi team.were there 300 rpi teams in '92? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kshoe Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 '04-'05 was not "Savannah State bad" IMO. We were 6-10 in CUSA that year. Even in '92 I don't think we were a 300 rpi team. Footes, the Wiz never said we were Savanah St. bad. He said Savanah St. beating Dayton would be comparable to SLU beating Duke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinfootes Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 were there 300 rpi teams in '92? The rpi goes almost 350 deep now. I don't know about '92. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinfootes Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Footes, the Wiz never said we were Savanah St. bad. He said Savanah St. beating Dayton would be comparable to SLU beating Duke. Last year Duke finished with the #2 rpi, while we had #79. Dayton had the #39 RPI while Savannah State had #313. While beating Duke would certainly be an upset, I don't think it's of the magnitude of Savannah State beating almost any top 50 team. We finsihed about 80 spots behind Duke, while Savannah State was about 270 behind Dayton. Let's just say that both wins would be upsets. Sorry, I tend to bristle at comparisons of SLU to Savannah State. Kshoe, Dayton is much closet to Duke than SLU is to Savannah State. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wiz Posted November 23, 2010 Author Share Posted November 23, 2010 Footes, the Wiz never said we were Savanah St. bad. He said Savanah St. beating Dayton would be comparable to SLU beating Duke. +1 The comparison was not so much team ranking but more that the point spreads would be similar. While Sav St would not be considered as big an upset as the Bills beating Duke (Dayton not rated) it would be the same in overcoming a major point difference. (20+ points) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kshoe Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Last year Duke finished with the #2 rpi, while we had #79. Dayton had the #39 RPI while Savannah State had #313. While beating Duke would certainly be an upset, I don't think it's of the magnitude of Savannah State beating almost any top 50 team. We finsihed about 80 spots behind Duke, while Savannah State was about 270 behind Dayton. Let's just say that both wins would be upsets. Sorry, I tend to bristle at comparisons of SLU to Savannah State. Kshoe, Dayton is much closet to Duke than SLU is to Savannah State. Footes, the computers would predict Dayton to beat Savanah St. by 27.6 points last night. They have us losing by 24.7 to Duke. http://www.rpiforecast.com/teams/Duke.html http://www.rpiforecast.com/teams/Dayton.html You may not like the comparison but it is fair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wiz Posted November 23, 2010 Author Share Posted November 23, 2010 Footes, the computers would predict Dayton to beat Savanah St. by 27.6 points last night. They have us losing by 24.7 to Duke. http://www.rpiforecast.com/teams/Duke.html http://www.rpiforecast.com/teams/Dayton.html You may not like the comparison but it is fair. Prior to the Dayton game, I had Sav St losing to Dayton and the Bills losing to Duke both by about 25 1/2 pts. As a result of the Dayton close call, the Dayton/SS gap has closed to 19 pts. Still a blowout but a big jump for SS. Hopefully the Bills can keep it close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinfootes Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Prior to the Dayton game, I had Sav St losing to Dayton and the Bills losing to Duke both by about 25 1/2 pts. As a result of the Dayton close call, the Dayton/SS gap has closed to 19 pts. Still a blowout but a big jump for SS. Hopefully the Bills can keep it close. Fair points if we're talking about point spreads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slubilliken09 Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 And Dayton isn't in the duke category.... Ummm, Duke and Dayton both start with the letter D. Duh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 We're not great, but we haven't been in the "bad as Savannah St" conversation for about 30 years. Savannah State's got a lot of distractions down there. Like being able to drink in public. Good town, Savannah. Y'all should visit it sometime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyBilly Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 Duke and Dayton have the longest win streaks in the country going. The real question is, how does a team like Dayton win @ Ole Miss, then nearly lose to SS @ UD Arena. Either way, let's go Bills, who cares about either! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.