Games of interest

[HenryMuto]

Why do you guys care what other teams you have played do at this point ? I highly doubt at this point in the season with where your record is what other teams do would affect you at all come selection Sunday.

[KC Shox]

Why do you guys care what other teams you have played do at this point ? I highly doubt at this point in the season with where your record is what other teams do would affect you at all come selection Sunday.

Exactly, that train came and passed at the end of Jan. it's entirely up to the Shox now to run the table from here to Selection Sunday to get that one seed.

[Shock Therapy]

Why do you guys care what other teams you have played do at this point ? I highly doubt at this point in the season with where your record is what other teams do would affect you at all come selection Sunday.

Because it's fun. And because it will matter if we pick up a loss over the next two weeks.

[Shock Therapy]

Also, we want the number one overall seed, and that isn't a slam dunk at this point.

[coran13]

I'm still following Saint Louis because I have this delusional fantasy that WSU and Saint Louis both end up getting one seeds, or at least there's conversation about it, because every team around them continues to lose.

[wsushox1]

Ole Miss and Florida tied at 42 all. Marshall Henderson with 22 points. Halftime.

[ShockerFever]

Why do you guys care what other teams you have played do at this point ? I highly doubt at this point in the season with where your record is what other teams do would affect you at all come selection Sunday.

a.) It's a message board, and that's what people do on message boards.
b.) Because WSU is perceived as weak because they haven't played "anybody". If our somebodies win, it helps them at least look a little bit like anybodies. That helps us and at least makes us feel better about ourselves.
c.) There are several teams right around the Top 50, and around the Top 100 cut-offs. Those are big benchmarks the committee uses in evaluating teams.
d.) Why do you care what WSU is doing if it doesn't involve your 4 teams?

[ShockerFever]

Ole Miss and Florida tied at 42 all. Marshall Henderson with 22 points. Halftime.

That won't hold up.

[Veritas]

Why do you guys care what other teams you have played do at this point ? I highly doubt at this point in the season with where your record is what other teams do would affect you at all come selection Sunday.

Two Reasons:
-- Leapfrog phenomena
-- Disparity in "Poll Drops" with BCS vs Non-BCS when experiencing a loss. Seeing past opponents win helps negate the possible screw-job for a #1 seed if the Shox win out.

[HenryMuto]

I think it would be more fun if Wichita State would win it all as a #5 seed or #9 seed like last year then it would be as being a #1 seed. Seeding doesn't matter as you proved last year if your good enough to win games you will win games. I know the numbers says #1 seed over #2 seed has made the final 4 a whole lot more but maybe that is because a #1 seed is usually better than a #2 seed is and has nothing to do with being a #1 or #2 seed but how good that team really is.

[ShockerFever]

I think it would be more fun if Wichita State would win it all as a #5 seed or #9 seed like last year then it would be as being a #1 seed. Seeding doesn't matter as you proved last year if your good enough to win games you will win games. I know the numbers says #1 seed over #2 seed has made the final 4 a whole lot more but maybe that is because a #1 seed is usually better than a #2 seed is and has nothing to do with being a #1 or #2 seed but how good that team really is.

So what's the point of the regular season and winning games if seeds don't matter? Seriously, a 5 or 9 seed over a 1 seed? That's probably one of the more illogical things I've ever read. And why are you saying that only about WSU? Do teams like WSU not look like 1 seeds? Do they not deserve 1 seeds? Are they not as fun as 1 seeds?

You're losing us..

[coran13]

But when you deserve a #1 seed because you've won all your damn games, you should get a #1 seed. I'll have just as much fun with them as a #1 than a #9.

[wsushox1]

Ole Miss can't stop turning the ball over at the most inopportune times.

[coran13]

Ole Miss can't stop turning the ball over at the most inopportune times.

I wish I was able to watch it as opposed to the Cincy/Louisville game.

[Jamar Howard 4 President]

An undefeated regular season and MVC Tournament championship look likely, but there is still a moderate chance WSU loses one of the next 6 games. We should all care what WSU's opponents do from here on out. If WSU stays undefeated, a 1 seed is theirs, but just one loss and those opponents' RPIs and records will matter a ton and will determine just how far WSU falls. Saying WSU no longer needs to worry about how well their opponents are doing is very short sided thinking.