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Our offensive play as of late gives me pause, but I'm nowhere near doom and gloom. Plenty of season left to right the ship. I'll be concerned after a few more games of playing like poo.
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We would be breathing a lot easier had we won Saturday, obviously. Maybe we can steal a win @Cincy or @Memphis and run the table at home.
Its just hard to see us do that when we are struggling to shoot above 30%.
But like someone said. If we ever het above 40%, we will probably win by 20!"When life hands you lemons, make lemonade." Better have some sugar and water too, or else your lemonade will suck!Comment
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That's the thing that is frustrating. We dont have to be a great offensive team to accomplish great things. Just a somewhat mediocre offensive team would help. I just dont know if we can be a consistently mediocre shooting team against high level talent.Originally posted by ShockerPrez View Post"He called me around noon and was thrilled," Brandt said. "He said he was going to be a Shocker forever." -- RIP Guy, you WILL indeed be a Shocker forever!Comment
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Yup, we are an elite defensive team, just need to figure out how to be an average offensive team again like they were earlier in the yearOriginally posted by shockerfan View PostComment
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This is a year with an extremely wide bubble, and we aren't as good as our record. This sounds pessimistic, but it is actually good for our tournament chances.
We have to fall quite a bit to miss the tournament this year given how much worse the field is top to bottom. And while our play hasn't given us a great eye test, we are 17-4 with a decent NET. Most likely, even if we don't fully correct our slide we will get given the benefit of the doubt thanks to our nonconference wins and NET, particularly if we end up with top 50 wins.
I would be more concerned about our offense than our tournament chances at this point. We are only on the bubble because this year the bubble goes up to the 6 seeds and extends down scores of teams. Tulsa could win out and get a 4 seed or lose their way into an NIT bid, and they lead the conference. The same uncertainty applies to almost every team this year, including us.
If we can get back to a mediocre shooting percentage, let alone a good one, we will win enough games to comfortably get in the tournament given our earlier success.Comment
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We've simply lost our 'mojo' on offense; stay tuned, I'm still confident it will return...
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23 wins means 5 during regular season and one in the tournament. Just need to figure out where those come from.Comment
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Agree with your post, but would like to add to your last sentence: "...back to a mediocre shooting percentage and a more varied, less predictable offense..."Originally posted by CBB_Fan View PostComment
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Dumb.Originally posted by Stickboy46 View PostDeuces Valley.
... No really, deuces.
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With our lack of Q1 wins, I think it takes more than 23.Originally posted by shoxlax View PostDeuces Valley.
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Just heard on ESPN: DIck Vitale, who I had lost all faith in weeks ago when he commented about how Rick Pitino should be back coaching college kids on college campuses, JUST MADE THE STATEMENT that if North Carolina can beat Florida State tonight they will certainly have to be up for consideration for an NCAA Tourney bid. SOmebody quickly ask him on his twitter or instagram: What about Stephen F Austin? Evansville? How exactly does that play out, DICK.
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Bubble Watch: Breaking down every team in at-large conversation - NBC Sports
By Rob Dauster
Feb 4, 2020, 11:00 AM EST
"It’s that time of the year again, which means that we are diving head first into our annual NCAA tournament bubble tracker.
The way that it will work is simple: We’ll be looking at every team that our Dave Ommen, the best bracketologist in the business, considers in the mix for an at-large bid. In an effort to keep this somewhat manageable, we are going to assume that the top 36 teams in the field — every team that is a No. 9-seed or above — is “off the bubble”. This does not mean those teams are a lock to dance, it just means that they have given themselves enough room for error that we can take them out of the conversation until they do something dumb.
Dave’s latest bracket can be found here. The full NET rankings can be found here.
So with all that in mind, let’s get into the full NCAA tournament bubble watch:...
AMERICAN BUBBLE WATCH
TOP 9 SEEDS: Houston (NBC: 8), Wichita State (NBC: 8)
MEMPHIS (NET: 50, NBC: Play-in game): The Tigers won their second game in a row on Saturday, as they picked off UConn (88) at home. Beating the Huskies doesn’t do much for the Tigers’ resume, but given the way that this season has gone for the Tigers, every win counts. They still don’t have a top 50 win on the season and are just 1-3 against Quad 1 opponents. With two more winnable home games coming come in the next 10 days, Memphis should be able to play their way back into a rhythm before they have to make the trip to Cincinnati (46). It is worth noting that they have not beaten a single team in the top 45 in the NET and that their three best wins — Tennessee (70), Cincinnati (45) and N.C. State (69) — are teams that may not make the NCAA tournament. We’re in late-January and Memphis has as many Quad 3 losses as Quad 1 wins.
TULSA (NET: 61, NBC: 12): One qualifier before we dive into this: The way Dave puts together his bracket, the first place team in every conference is assumed to receive the automatic bid. Tulsa is in first-place in the American, but being slotted as a No. 12 seed — behind the likes of Northern Iowa and on the same seed line as Yale, East Tennessee State and Stephen F. Austin — should tell you they’re not an at-large team.
Yet.
The Golden Hurricane are doing everything they can to put themselves in a position to get an at-large bid to the tournament. On Saturday, they got a buzzer-beating three from Elijah Joiner to knock off Wichita State (38) in Tulsa. They still are without a Quad 1 win, but sitting at 4-4 against the top two Quads helps offset a Quad 3 and a Quad 4 loss. Their issue is that home wins over Houston (34) and Memphis (50) have both fallen outside of the top 30, which means that the committee will be focusing on the bad things: a Quad 3 loss, a Quad 4 loss and a non-conference SOS of 294.
CINCINNATI (NET: 45, NBC: Off the bubble): Cincinnati has turned their season around. Entering Saturday, they have won three in a row and five of their last six. The problem is that they have dug themselves a pretty significant hole to get out of. They entered Saturday without so much as a top 60 win, let alone a Quad 1 win, and they have three Quad 3 losses to their name. They need to start building out a resume, and given that they play in the AAC — a league without a top 30 team in the NET — they cannot miss on chances like this. And they didn’t, coming back from 12 down in the second half to beat Houston (35) at home. That is still just a Quad 2 win, but it’s a start...."
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The 2020 Bracket Matrix - as of 02/04/2020
Total Brackets = 99
Teams of Interest:
2-seed West Virginia
8-seed Houston
8-seed Wichita State
11-seed Oklahoma
11-seed Memphis
11-seed VCU
Other Teams of Interest:
12-seed East Tennessee State
12-seed Northern Iowa
13-seed New Mexico State
First Four Out:
Tulsa - 2nd Spot
Cincinnati - 4th Spot
Next Four Out:
None
Others Receiving Votes:
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Bracketology with Joe Lunardi - ESPN
Updated: (February 4, 2020)
Teams of Interest:
2-seed West Virginia (previous 2)
8-seed Houston (previous 8)
8-seed Wichita State (previous 7)
11-seed Oklahoma (previous 11)
11-seed VCU (previous 12)
11-seed Memphis (previous 12)
12-seed Tulsa (previous 12)
16-seed Texas Southern (previous 16)
Other Teams of Interest:
10-seed Northern Iowa (previous 11)
13-seed New Mexico State (previous 13)
Last 4 In:
VCU - 3rd Spot
Memphis - 4th Spot
First 4 Out:
East Tennessee State - 3rd Spot
Next 4 Out:
Cincinnati - 1st spotComment
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