2020-21 Bracketology

[wichshock65]

That is necessarily true. If Houston wins out Houston will be #1 seed. That would put WSU and Memphis will be on the same side of the bracket.

Now if WSU picks up another game this weekend then WSU only has to win both games to be the #1 seed.

Houston has not added a mid-week conference game and, as of now, doesn't look like they will. If we beat Tulane tomorrow and our Temple game is cancelled, we will be conference champion and #1 seed in the tournament.

[SkoShox]

So Lunardi now has SMU and Memphis on the bubble above us Ridiculous. Although it’s a little bit of a strange situation. Does he ever list teams that are automatic qualifiers in the bubble as well. Because that creates sort of a strange situation where you would have a team in the field but also listed as next four out potentially.

He does not list AQ as bubble teams. Honestly, this is playing out about as good as possible for the AAC. Shockers beat Houston and get another AAC team on the bubble. SMU and WSU don't have to play which keeps both teams on the bubble for now. Memphis continues to pound inferior teams without having to play SMU/WSU and rises onto the bubble. It was looking bleak but now the AAC has 1 lock and 3 bubble teams.

[SkoShox]

Bracketmatrix has been updated. Shockers move up to the 2nd last team IN. Shockers are in 92/116 brackets.

[Stickboy46]

Houston has not added a mid-week conference game and, as of now, doesn't look like they will. If we beat Tulane tomorrow and our Temple game is cancelled, we will be conference champion and #1 seed in the tournament.

I think the only possibility that Houston could have added mid-week was Cincy. Cincy just scheduled a OOC game vs Vanderbilt mid week. So i think barring something crazy, we just need to beat Tulane to end up as the AAC champion. Unless we can get SMU at the end of the week .. I don't see the need to play another game.

[wichshock65]

I think the only possibility that Houston could have added mid-week was Cincy. Cincy just scheduled a OOC game vs Vanderbilt mid week. So i think barring something crazy, we just need to beat Tulane to end up as the AAC champion. Unless we can get SMU at the end of the week .. I don't see the need to play another game.

This. Then if we are playing the Sunday game in our tournament, we should be in the dance whether we win or lose the game.

[pie n eye]

Do we really want to go two weeks without a game, play Tulane then go another week plus without playing before the conference tourney? We may not have a choice but that doesn’t seem ideal.

[wichshock65]

Do we really want to go two weeks without a game, play Tulane then go another week plus without playing before the conference tourney? We may not have a choice but that doesn’t seem ideal.

Yeah, I just don't see that we have a choice. Maybe bring in a tune-up type game beginning of next week prior to our tournament?

[JVShocker]

Drake has won a lot of ball games this year.

Their Non-Con schedule:
Kansas State
South Dakota
Omaha
St. Ambrose
McKendree
Air Force
South Dakota
North Dakota


There was a year when WSU won a lot of ball games in the MVC.
WSU Non Conf Schedule that year:

Emporia State
Western Kentucky
William & Mary
Tennessee State
Tulsa
DePaul
Brigham Young
Saint Louis
Oral Roberts
Tennessee
Alabama
North Carolina Central
Davidson

[Stickboy46]

Yeah, I just don't see that we have a choice. Maybe bring in a tune-up type game beginning of next week prior to our tournament?

This would be ideal. Wonder who we could find for a tune up game that would agree to come to CKA and would have appropriate COVID protocols in place. Last thing we need is for the team to go on pause right before the AAC tourney.

[SB Shock]

NM

Schedules are so screwed up anymore it hard to tell what is true and what is not.

[AZ Shocker]

I simply don't understand...

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[pie n eye]

Watching the Memphis USF game and I got a kick out of the bracketology updates. They have SMU and Memphis in the next four out category.

Hey, good for the conference. And I do think either Memphis or SMU is probably tourney worthy in a normal year.

But neither team has a Q1 win on their resume and SMU hasn’t played a game in a month. ESPN Bracketologist thinks they’re more worthy of an at large than WSU? Come on, man!

[ShockTalk]

I simply don't understand...

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You forgot to circle N. Texas and Wright St. At least Wright St has a somewhat gaudy record. Take a look at their non-con. Their conferences' NET are 15th and 23rd.

[Stickboy46]

Watching the Memphis USF game and I got a kick out of the bracketology updates. They have SMU and Memphis in the next four out category.

Hey, good for the conference. And I do think either Memphis or SMU is probably tourney worthy in a normal year.

But neither team has a Q1 win on their resume and SMU hasn’t played a game in a month. ESPN Bracketologist thinks they’re more worthy of an at large than WSU? Come on, man!

ESPN doesn't list us because we are in the bracket already with the auto qualifier. I believe Lunardi recently said we would be close to in without the AQ

[pie n eye]

ESPN doesn't list us because we are in the bracket already with the auto qualifier. I believe Lunardi recently said we would be close to in without the AQ

Yeah, I didn’t expect to see us listed on the graphic since we’re currently in first place and penciled as the AQ. I just thought it was interesting that Lunardi had us nowhere near the cut line after our win against Houston, our second Q1 win of the year, yet now SMU and Memphis are considered next four out teams and neither has a single signature win to date.