Matty Light Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 If we want any shot at a double-bye in the A-10 Tournament, it is crucial that we win our two remaining home games AND one one of the 3 remaining road games. With the remaining schedules it looks like VCU, Davidson, and Dayton should be able to secure double-byes. That #4 seed is going to be a battle between George Mason, St. Bonnie, Duquesne, and SLU. Does anyone know the tiebreaker scenario for seeding? Is it head-to-head against the tied teams? There is a pretty decent chance GM, St.B, Duq, and SLU could all finish 10-8 and tied for 4th. The St. Bonnies game could loom very large in the future. Here's hoping our Billikens come out with the same passion they did in the home game against Dayton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 for some reason i am thinking it is record of games between all teams tied. i.e. if it would be a four way time, take the games played amongst these four teams for all four teams and what would the records be of just those games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 http://www.atlantic10.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=31600&ATCLID=209901106 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty Light Posted February 22, 2019 Author Share Posted February 22, 2019 1 hour ago, billiken_roy said: http://www.atlantic10.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=31600&ATCLID=209901106 Thanks, roy. That is helpful. Based on the tie-breaker criteria, the St. Bonnie's game is the road game I most want to win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsBeliever!!! Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 I’m thinking we need to win 4. If we drop the VCU game we could be okay but any more than that I don’t see it happening Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty Light Posted March 7, 2019 Author Share Posted March 7, 2019 On 2/22/2019 at 1:58 PM, Matty Light said: If we want any shot at a double-bye in the A-10 Tournament, it is crucial that we win our two remaining home games AND one one of the 3 remaining road games. With the remaining schedules it looks like VCU, Davidson, and Dayton should be able to secure double-byes. That #4 seed is going to be a battle between George Mason, St. Bonnie, Duquesne, and SLU. Does anyone know the tiebreaker scenario for seeding? Is it head-to-head against the tied teams? There is a pretty decent chance GM, St.B, Duq, and SLU could all finish 10-8 and tied for 4th. The St. Bonnies game could loom very large in the future. Big game in Olean on Saturday with a double-bye at stake. My prediction nailed everything but the records being 11-7 instead of 10-8. Of course, we gotta beat the Bonnies first. SOMEONE SECURE THE BUS THIS TIME!!! Spoon-Balls likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobillsgo Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 Crazy that it all comes down to the game Saturday. We struggle in Olean but I like our experience over the Bonnies’ youth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUBillsFan Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 9 hours ago, gobillsgo said: Crazy that it all comes down to the game Saturday. We struggle in Olean but I like our experience over the Bonnies’ youth. Ugh. It why does it have to be Olean! I pretty much always assume a loss in Olean when I'm looking at the schedule at the beginning of the season no matter how good / bad each team is. That being said, 3 teams have won conference games in Olean this season: VCU, Davidson, and Dayton. SLU needs this win to secure the #4 spot behind those 3. Don't hold anything back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty Light Posted March 7, 2019 Author Share Posted March 7, 2019 1 minute ago, RUBillsFan said: Ugh. It why does it have to be Olean! I pretty much always assume a loss in Olean when I'm looking at the schedule at the beginning of the season no matter how good / bad each team is. That being said, 3 teams have won conference games in Olean this season: VCU, Davidson, and Dayton. SLU needs this win to secure the #4 spot behind those 3. Don't hold anything back. Also to keep in mind--all of that senior day emotion that we were worried about sinking us against Duquesne is now on the Bonnies shoulders. Time to break that winless steak against the Bonnies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierPal Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 The guy who made this chart has run all the scenario's and if we don't secure 4th, it looks like the next most likely landing is 6th. There are only two locks, VCU at #1 and Rhode Island at 8th. And here is a spreadsheet from the A10 forum on 4-7 with the tie breakers defined. (This isn't mine either.) Here is a small spreadsheet I created outlining Seeds 4-7 based on Saturday's results: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...dxo/edit#gid=0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty Light Posted March 8, 2019 Author Share Posted March 8, 2019 1 hour ago, HoosierPal said: The guy who made this chart has run all the scenario's and if we don't secure 4th, it looks like the next most likely landing is 6th. There are only two locks, VCU at #1 and Rhode Island at 8th. I wonder if that means that Duquesne would have the tiebreaker over us in a situation where we both lose (along with GM). Or is it simply because they are expecting GM to get to 11 wins? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierPal Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 24 minutes ago, Matty Light said: I wonder if that means that Duquesne would have the tiebreaker over us in a situation where we both lose (along with GM). Or is it simply because they are expecting GM to get to 11 wins? Look at the excel spreadsheet from the link. It explains tiebreakers team by team, not generically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty Light Posted March 8, 2019 Author Share Posted March 8, 2019 Looks like beating Dayton at the Fetz gives us a tiebreaker over Duquesne should we both finish 10-8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsBeliever!!! Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 If we don’t get the double bye I want the 6 seed. Hope VCU loses before we play them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty Light Posted March 8, 2019 Author Share Posted March 8, 2019 31 minutes ago, BillsBeliever!!! said: If we don’t get the double bye I want the 6 seed. Hope VCU loses before we play them Hey, Rhodey beat them once this season! Of course, they got massacred in the rematch in Richmond. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierPal Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 In an A10 game last night only important to VCU's potential At Large selection, the Rams prevailed over Saint Joseph's by 12. That's 12 straight wins to finish the conference year. They are obviously hot, but I will stick with my prediction of two weeks ago that they won't win the A10 tourney. Coach Rhodes deserves to be Coach of the Year, taking the preseason 7th place selection to the top of the league. Today they are 31 in the NET. (Still in the screw you Mid-Major territory.) billiken_roy likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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billikenbill Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 So, at this point it looks like we'll face either Richmond or St. Joes. So if Dayton holds on to beat Duq, we'll get the winner of 11-14, probably Richmond. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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