Crewsorlose Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 There are two paths: 1. Win A-10 Tournament 2. Beat U-Mass. SLU enters A-10 Tourney seeded anywhere between 3 and 6. Will need to win potential Thursday game, Friday game, and Saturday game against Bonnies or VCU. Three more wins, including a Quad 1 victory next Saturday, gives SLU a NET between 30-35. A loss in the finals to SBU, VCU, or Richmond won't drop the NET more than a slot or two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fraz Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 17 minutes ago, Crewsorlose said: There are two paths: 1. Win A-10 Tournament 2. Beat U-Mass. SLU enters A-10 Tourney seeded anywhere between 3 and 6. Will need to win potential Thursday game, Friday game, and Saturday game against Bonnies or VCU. Three more wins, including a Quad 1 victory next Saturday, gives SLU a NET between 30-35. A loss in the finals to SBU, VCU, or Richmond won't drop the NET more than a slot or two. I think it’s super important to be in the national spotlight on Selection Sunday. If I’m not mistaken the A10 championship is the very last game. Getting that attention I think is really important. Also I think LSU and NCST can both make some noise in their respective tournaments - both have been playing well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeseman Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 27 minutes ago, Crewsorlose said: There are two paths: 1. Win A-10 Tournament 2. Beat U-Mass. SLU enters A-10 Tourney seeded anywhere between 3 and 6. Will need to win potential Thursday game, Friday game, and Saturday game against Bonnies or VCU. Three more wins, including a Quad 1 victory next Saturday, gives SLU a NET between 30-35. A loss in the finals to SBU, VCU, or Richmond won't drop the NET more than a slot or two. Your #2 only works if the Selection Committee believes the A10 deserves 3 teams. Right now I am thinking that only 2 but other things in other conferences could change that also. billiken_roy likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BilliesBy40 Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 17 minutes ago, cheeseman said: Your #2 only works if the Selection Committee believes the A10 deserves 3 teams. Right now I am thinking that only 2 but other things in other conferences could change that also. Not only that, but it probably only works if the final loss is to VCU or St. Bonaventure. I doubt the selection committee would give us an at-large bid as the 4th A10 team in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BilliesBy40 Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 We all know our downside - missing the NCAA tournament. What is our seeding upside if we win out through the A10 tournament? I assume that would put our NET around 30 with a 16-5 record and 2 of the losses potentially weighted less harshly because of COVID. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fraz Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 15 minutes ago, BilliesBy40 said: We all know our downside - missing the NCAA tournament. What is our seeding upside if we win out through the A10 tournament? I assume that would put our NET around 30 with a 16-5 record and 2 of the losses potentially weighted less harshly because of COVID. 8 or 9 I’d think. This the best case scenario for the league as I think we’d get 3 teams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 I think if we can win out until the A10 title game with a close loss in the finals, we could get a bid. I think the committee could look at our early season numbers and write off the slump to COVID. That said, we will need to play better than we did last night to do it. Let’s just win the tournament and not have to worry about it. RUBillsFan likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 20 minutes ago, Fraz said: 8 or 9 I’d think. This the best case scenario for the league as I think we’d get 3 teams. It think if we win out we could get up to a six with the committee discounting the slump some to COVID. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fraz Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 4 minutes ago, brianstl said: It think if we win out we could get up to a six with the committee discounting the slump some to COVID. Possible. I always assume the worst with the committee JettFlight5 likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crewsorlose Posted February 27, 2021 Author Share Posted February 27, 2021 3 hours ago, cheeseman said: Your #2 only works if the Selection Committee believes the A10 deserves 3 teams. Right now I am thinking that only 2 but other things in other conferences could change that also. The committee just doesn't think that way. VCU may also lose today and get bounced by a George-Mason team on Friday and be on the outside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franchise_08 Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Don’t flatter ourselves...the SEC is supposed to get 7 teams when the A10 pounded them in non conference. .500 SEC teams are seeded 4th in some projections. Does that make sense? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crewsorlose Posted February 27, 2021 Author Share Posted February 27, 2021 Yes, depending on the factors by which the Committee decides these things. The obsessive, emotional reaction on the board in general about the Committee and lack of fairness is not borne out by empirical measure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsBeliever!!! Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 IMO if we win out until we lose the A10 championship game we’d half a 1 in 3 chance to make it. More likely wed be one of the first 4 out and have to hope some teams get COVID so we could take their place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 17 minutes ago, Franchise_08 said: Don’t flatter ourselves...the SEC is supposed to get 7 teams when the A10 pounded them in non conference. .500 SEC teams are seeded 4th in some projections. Does that make sense? Ive said it a million times. The A10 is just the SEC without football and hot coeds. JettFlight5, billiken_roy, NextYearBill and 2 others like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeseman Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 2 hours ago, Crewsorlose said: The committee just doesn't think that way. VCU may also lose today and get bounced by a George-Mason team on Friday and be on the outside. Still only 2 teams just different schools as far as the Committee thinks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JettFlight5 Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Win out. That’s the path. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franchise_08 Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Reminder, we are still defending champs. billiken_roy and Quality Is Job 1 like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JettFlight5 Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Like Rothstein said earlier, SLU is one of the hardest teams to get a handle on in terms of resume. Good win vs. LSU and Bonaventure by 10+. Bad losses to LaSalle, UD twice, and Minnesota turned back into a pumpkin because of brutal Big 10 schedule...only one road win at Fordham. Probably best to take it out of the committee’s hands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fraz Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Anyone have our record broken down by Quads? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BilliesBy40 Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 13 minutes ago, JettFlight5 said: Like Rothstein said earlier, SLU is one of the hardest teams to get a handle on in terms of resume. Good win vs. LSU and Bonaventure by 10+. Bad losses to LaSalle, UD twice, and Minnesota turned back into a pumpkin because of brutal Big 10 schedule...only one road win at Fordham. Probably best to take it out of the committee’s hands. The Minnesota loss isn’t a bad loss at all FYI they’re on the bubble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JettFlight5 Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 7 minutes ago, BilliesBy40 said: The Minnesota loss isn’t a bad loss at all FYI they’re on the bubble 52 in KenPom isn’t as bad as I thought with a 6-11 record in Big 10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NH Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 The problem with our resume right now is we we have zero wins on the road outside of a horrible Fordham team. We could have really used that VCU win. Littlebill, slufan13, JettFlight5 and 3 others like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NextYearBill Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/bracketology/ Palm first four out. BilliesBy40 likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brighton Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 41 minutes ago, NH said: The problem with our resume right now is we we have zero wins on the road outside of a horrible Fordham team. We could have really used that VCU win. F Don De.....Teddy Valentine ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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