moytoy12 Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 We had a couple of threads talking about other conference tourney games, but thought it might make sense to put them all in one place. I really just wanted to start a thread to laugh at the score of the USF-ND game: 51-50...in OVERTIME! After watching Villanova yesterday and seeing the score of the UCONN-Cuse today, the Big East can really play ugly/boring bball at times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbizzle09 Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 We had a couple of threads talking about other conference tourney games, but thought it might make sense to put them all in one place. I really just wanted to start a thread to laugh at the score of the USF-ND game: 51-50...in OVERTIME! After watching Villanova yesterday and seeing the score of the UCONN-Cuse today, the Big East can really play ugly/boring bball at times. 'ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ' Above quote from me yesterday trying to watch the Villanova game. 'ZZZZZZZ...*cough*...ZZZZZZZ' This quote is from my wife, who is currently on the couch while the USF-ND game is playing on ESPN. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccarthyirish7 Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 'ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ' Above quote from me yesterday trying to watch the Villanova game. 'ZZZZZZZ...*cough*...ZZZZZZZ' This quote is from my wife, who is currently on the couch while the USF-ND game is playing on ESPN. SLU would dominate both of those teams on a neutral court... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moytoy12 Posted March 9, 2012 Author Share Posted March 9, 2012 Texas beats ISU and maybe climbs in? Miss. St. loses to a bad Georgia team and has gotta be out for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoStBearBtmFn Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Texas beats ISU and maybe climbs in? Miss. St. loses to a bad Georgia team and has gotta be out for sure. At this point they're gonna call rec teams in order to fill out the bracket because very few of these bubble teams are supporting their cases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbizzle09 Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Texas beats ISU and maybe climbs in? Miss. St. loses to a bad Georgia team and has gotta be out for sure. From my count, here are the BCS 'bubble' teams that probably knocked themselves out of the dance with early conf tourney departures: Seton Hall Miss St. Northwestern Illinois (were all but out anyway) I still think the committee will put Washington in only because they won the Pac-12 regular season title. I don't think a 1st place BCS team has ever been left out of the tourney. It will be interesting how they treat Washington, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoStBearBtmFn Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 From my count, here are the BCS 'bubble' teams that probably knocked themselves out of the dance with early conf tourney departures: Seton Hall Miss St. Northwestern Illinois (were all but out anyway) I still think the committee will put Washington in only because they won the Pac-12 regular season title. I don't think a 1st place BCS team has ever been left out of the tourney. It will be interesting how they treat Washington, though. I don't think Illinois ever had a chance and I really don't think Northwestern would have got an invite either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbizzle09 Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 I don't think Illinois ever had a chance and I really don't think Northwestern would have got an invite either. If Northwestern was able to beat Minnesota, I think it would have been very likely they'd be given an at-large berth. The committee would have been able to use their SOS to justify the pick and everyone was looking for a reason to get them in there. Illinois was pretty much out anyway, but a couple of wins, maybe a trip to the finals, would have made things interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoStBearBtmFn Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 If Northwestern was able to beat Minnesota, I think it would have been very likely they'd be given an at-large berth. The committee would have been able to use their SOS to justify the pick and everyone was looking for a reason to get them in there. Illinois was pretty much out anyway, but a couple of wins, maybe a trip to the finals, would have made things interesting. NW had one win against top 50 RPI teams in 11 tries. I know they got a lot of pub recently but I don't think the committee would have put them in IMHO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waldo027 Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 NW has played Baylor, Creighton, Ohio St twice, Purdue twice, Michigan twice, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Michigan St. They won 1 of these 11 games. Just based on the pure randomness that exists in sports, they should win about 10% of those games. I think they needed to beat Minnesota and then beat Michigan to get in. Or they could have beaten Michigan or Ohio St at home. Unremarkable non-conference + 8-11 in conference games = out. Don't care how tough the conference is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiCAN Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Miami and NC St have better shots now with all the other bubble losses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeseman Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 NW had one win against top 50 RPI teams in 11 tries. I know they got a lot of pub recently but I don't think the committee would have put them in IMHO. If you are SMS you get screwed - saw this show already - if you are NW you get in - such is the plight of mid majors. I am glad they lost because it takes them out of the conversations. I agree with those above who said that the bubble situation is getting very messy so that actually is good for SLU should we lose to LaSalle today - might my tongue! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Box and Won Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 If Northwestern was able to beat Minnesota, I think it would have been very likely they'd be given an at-large berth. The committee would have been able to use their SOS to justify the pick and everyone was looking for a reason to get them in there. Illinois was pretty much out anyway, but a couple of wins, maybe a trip to the finals, would have made things interesting. I think they would have needed to beat Michigan in addition to Minnesota. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbizzle09 Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 I think they would have needed to beat Michigan in addition to Minnesota. Perhaps. Doesn't really matter now anyway as they are NIT bound at this point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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