WVBilliken Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 I just want them to make the Tourney. A mid-major needs to win their Conference Tourney or have one heck of a winning record to get an at-large bid. So talking about Sweet 16 is way premature. As a mid-major, lose 5 or 6 games and getting in the Tourney will be tough. So a few unlucky breaks leading to loses and even a great Billiken team doesn't get selected. Sucks, but that is the life of a mid-major. I'll talk Sweet 16 if they get a bid. cgeldmacher and Old guy like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlarry Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 54 minutes ago, WVBilliken said: I just want them to make the Tourney. A mid-major needs to win their Conference Tourney or have one heck of a winning record to get an at-large bid. So talking about Sweet 16 is way premature. As a mid-major, lose 5 or 6 games and getting in the Tourney will be tough. So a few unlucky breaks leading to loses and even a great Billiken team doesn't get selected. Sucks, but that is the life of a mid-major. I'll talk Sweet 16 if they get a bid. If the Bills lose 5 or 6 games there is absolutely no way they are left out of the tournament. Fraz and TheChosenOne like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVBilliken Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 16 minutes ago, dlarry said: If the Bills lose 5 or 6 games there is absolutely no way they are left out of the tournament. Lose both games to Dayton and the lose the key out of conference games ...... Memphis, Maryland, Auburn and the Miami/Providence game and yes, good chance they are not in the Tourney IMO. It would be a high win team with no high level wins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlarry Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 4 minutes ago, WVBilliken said: Lose both games to Dayton and the lose the key out of conference games ...... Memphis, Maryland, Auburn and the Miami/Providence game and yes, good chance they are not in the Tourney IMO. It would be a high win team with no high level wins. Lose both Dayton games and then 3 or 4 of the big non-con games means they still go 16-2 in conference. An A10 team that goes 16-2 will make the tournament 100 percent of the time. TheChosenOne likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fraz Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 12 minutes ago, dlarry said: Lose both Dayton games and then 3 or 4 of the big non-con games means they still go 16-2 in conference. An A10 team that goes 16-2 will make the tournament 100 percent of the time. Lol exactly. I’d actually love that scenario Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlebill Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 4 hours ago, WVBilliken said: I just want them to make the Tourney. A mid-major needs to win their Conference Tourney or have one heck of a winning record to get an at-large bid. So talking about Sweet 16 is way premature. As a mid-major, lose 5 or 6 games and getting in the Tourney will be tough. So a few unlucky breaks leading to loses and even a great Billiken team doesn't get selected. Sucks, but that is the life of a mid-major. I'll talk Sweet 16 if they get a bid. If this team doesn’t get a bid, Ford will have some explaining to do CBFan likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old guy Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 I agree with WV Billiken, let's get a bid into the NCAA tournament first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrjoelabs Posted March 12, 2023 Author Share Posted March 12, 2023 BUMP. Can we please fire ford now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fraz Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 Haha this was a legit thread. Ford sucks mrjoelabs likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schasz Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 22 minutes ago, Fraz said: Haha this was a legit thread. Ford sucks Hit the nail squarely on the head! mrjoelabs likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JettFlight5 Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 Welp, a lot of us (me too) bought it. Can we return it? mrjoelabs likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOC Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 18 minutes ago, Schasz said: Hit the nail squarely on the head! Aren’t you the prick that doesn’t watch the games, but then comes on here for 20 fire ford post immediately after the game? Let me fill you in, nobody is happy with Ford and none of us are happy with the where the program sits. You telling us how you feel about it every 5 minutes is annoying from a vols fan. What a loser. White Pelican, RiseOfTheBillikens and Littlebill like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMM28 Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 On 8/26/2022 at 9:23 AM, JMM28 said: Talent is there. Unfortunately there is a 25 year track record that says Travis Ford isn't going to the Sweet 16 even when the talent is there. What a smart fella you are! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOC Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 We weren’t talented enough, as you thought, to reach the sweet 16, which makes you as dumb as everyone else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 10 minutes ago, DOC said: We weren’t talented enough, as you thought, to reach the sweet 16, which makes you as dumb as everyone else. Impossible we weren’t talented enough. Ford is the greatest recruiter to ever run the program. These kind of attacks on Ford from you can’t be tolerated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOC Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 1 minute ago, brianstl said: Impossible we weren’t talented enough. Ford is the greatest recruiter to ever run the program. These kind of attacks on Ford from you can’t be tolerated. We weren’t talented enough. Putting the blame on Ford for this is fine by me. He didn’t put a team together that could stop anybody. That’s on him. But to think we could get to the sweet 16 with this team was foolish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slufan13 Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 The sweet 16 aspirations weren't likely but it wasn't an unreasonable thought. But to go from that to (likely) no postseason at all is almost impressive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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