2019-20 Games of Interest

[WuShock Reaper]

BUBBLE WATCH RESULTS - 02/19/20 - Using the Bracket Matrix as the metric for seeds. https://www.bracketmatrix.com/


Good Losses:
11-seed, Georgetown
Within Bubble Range, Alabama
Within Bubble Range, Minnesota

Good Wins:
Within Bubble Range, Memphis

Bad Wins:
11-seed, Virginia
12-seed, Utah State
12-seed, East Tennessee State
12-seed, Stephen F. Austin
Within Bubble Range, Richmond
Within Bubble Range, Mississippi State
Within Bubble Range, Providence
Within Bubble Range, North Carolina State

Bad Losses:
11-seed, Cincinnati

Not a good evening for the Shockers or the AAC. Lots of teams right behind us won tonight. Got to win on Thursday.

[Cdizzle]

Plus 3 additional one-possession games (all wins btw), including a 66-65 victory over powerhouse Illinois State. You could argue that they have been pretty fortuitous during this stretch. They're clearly not a dominant team and are beatable.

They could just as easily have several more losses and less wins right now.

Having a guy you can't get within 3 feet of without sending him to the free throw line probably comes in extra handy in a bunch of one possession games.

[Blackmag]

Crazy night in the American. Tulane knocking oFF SMU AND CINCINNATI LOSING to UCF. TWO TEAM THE Shockers destroyed. Shocks win tomorrow we’ll be in the middle of the scrum

[Aargh]

Cumberland is better at "Nate Funking" than Nate Funk was.

[RoyalShock]

Cincinnati has played in four straight overtime games and seven total on the season. That’s impressive.

And those other three were also in consecutive games.

[RoyalShock]

Tulsa lost by the exact score we did to Houston

As much as we complain about our FT shooting, TU was 7-19 for 36.8%. That's some impressive FT defense by the Cougars.

[pinstripers]

Cumberland is better at "Nate Funking" than Nate Funk was.

a couple weeks ago, I referred to Cumberland as a thug. Somebody got a little pissy with me and I didn't understand why. Now I have read an article that claims that term is offensive and racist. Actually, the term came from India and it meant about the same thing it means now

[shocktheheart]

Who to root against on the bubble tonight?
Oregon State at Arizona- root for Oregon State
USC at Colorado- USC on bubble and Colorado probably already in. Root for Colorado
Stanford at Washington- Root for Washington
Ohio State at Iowa- Both in top 25, probably root for Iowa
Michigan State at Nebraska- Root for Nebraska
Santa Clara at BYU- Root for Santa Clara
Loyola Marymount at St Mary's- Root for Loyola Marymount
UNI at Indiana State- Root for Sycamores
North Florida at Liberty- Root for North Florida

[pinstripers]

Will rooting help?

[shocktheheart]

Will rooting help?

Seems to

[MadDog]

I actually thought the Shocks had a pretty good night last night with 2, 3, and 4 in the conference losing. I’m coming at it from a different angle that if the AAC only gets two bids, we need to be moving up in the standings. I just can’t see the selection committee taking 1st place and 5th place and bypassing 2, 3, and 4 no matter what the metrics say.

[WuShock Reaper]

Who to root against on the bubble tonight?
Oregon State at Arizona- root for Oregon State
USC at Colorado- USC on bubble and Colorado probably already in. Root for Colorado
Stanford at Washington- Root for Washington
Ohio State at Iowa- Both in top 25, probably root for Iowa
Michigan State at Nebraska- Root for Nebraska
Santa Clara at BYU- Root for Santa Clara
Loyola Marymount at St Mary's- Root for Loyola Marymount
UNI at Indiana State- Root for Sycamores
North Florida at Liberty- Root for North Florida

That's pretty close to my list too...

BUBBLE WATCH ACTION - 02/20/20
Using the Bracket Matrix as the metric for seeds:

https://www.bracketmatrix.com/

Saint Mary's College vs Loyola-Marymount - I’m rooting for da Lions of Loyola
Wichita State vs USF - I’m rooting for da Shockers
USC at #18 Colorado - I’m rooting for da Buffs
Arizona State vs #14 Oregon - I’m rooting for da Ducks
Northern Iowa at Indiana State - I’m rooting for da Trees
Liberty vs North Florida - I’m rooting for da Hawks of North Florida
Stanford at Washington - I’m rooting for da Huskies

[Maizerunner08]

Ruh-Roh UNI down 17 to ISUB. Another loss won’t hurt their at-large right?

[Maizerunner08]

2 OT in Philly. This conference loves OT.

[jdmee]

Ruh-Roh UNI down 17 to ISUB. Another loss won’t hurt their at-large right?

With this loss I have UNI and North Carolina as a 7/10 matchup.