Games of Interest (2015-16 Edition)

[Dave Stalwart]

Locked up another Top seed this evening & looked fabulous, however I admit there is a very real chance we will lose in the Big Dance... Perhaps even in the opening game!

Wow, that is quite impressive statistically! Certainly must have helped with recruiting & negotiating TV contracts! Personally I fear drawing MVC teams in the Big Dance and now I have a statistical fact to back up my fear!! Humbling to admit that fear of such a terrible conference!

I'm just glad we got him to the point where he referred to KU as "we" and talks about drawing the MVC in the dance.

WSU alum, huh?

[boltforge]

Big Bird and the 9 dingleberries.

Now that is FUNNY!!!!

Especially considering what a dingleberry is. The question is ... on whos ass?

[Slalomshocker]

Quality loss by Texas. RPI wont take much of a hit, probably go up really. What a joke. I mean, good for KU for beating their brains in. But if Texas is really THAT good....well, I guess they're not.

[another shocker]

Quality loss by Texas. RPI wont take much of a hit, probably go up really. What a joke. I mean, good for KU for beating their brains in. But if Texas is really THAT good....well, I guess they're not.

trust me, they're not.

[Cdizzle]

I wonder what trolls we could find if we actually tried to make the argument that the Valley, was in fact, a better conference than the little 10.

I did this last year. The math is actually EXTREMELY favorable to the MVC. I'll have to find my post later today.

[Tman87]

Locked up another Top seed this evening & looked fabulous, however I admit there is a very real chance we will lose in the Big Dance... Perhaps even in the opening game!

Dude you guys suck in the tourney. I think Self just tells the team, hey guys lets keep the streak going, and then relax in the tournament. Weather is starting to get nice, let's enjoy that. Better than being inside playing basketball for the next couple weeks. Or at least that is the way they play come March.

[ShockerFever]

KU is 4-4 all-time against the Valley in the Big Dance!!

Are you celebrating mediocrity against the Valley?

LOL

Oops, forgot the exclamation points..
LOL!!!!!!!!!!

[im4wsu]

From Sports Reference. Favorite is the better seed; underdog is the worse seed; tossup is equal seed. NCAA Tournament Results Years 2004-2015 considered.

	Big 12	ACC	MVC
W - L	87-66	106-60	19-22
Favorite	68-38	87-34	10-4
Underdog	14-25	15-23	9-18
Tossup	5-3	4-3	0-0
	Big 12	ACC	MVC
W - L	56.9%	63.9%	46.3%
Favorite	64.2%	71.9%	71.4%
Underdog	35.9%	39.5%	33.3%
Tossup	62.5%	57.1%	n.a.

[Shocker Mama]

Forty-six percent free throw shooting by the Beakers last night. Someone ought to let them know that it is permissible to practice those outside of a game situation.

[Jamar Howard 4 President]

Forty-six percent free throw shooting by the Beakers last night. Someone ought to let them know that it is permissible to practice those outside of a game situation.

FTs
KU shot 46% vs Texas. KU is 70% on the year.
WSU shot 38% vs Missouri State. WSU is 70% on the year.

KU grabs a dominate road win over an NCAA level team and we have people trying to slam the Jayhawk's for a poor FT shooting performance. The KU troll clearly accomplished his goal.

[shocktheheart]

Per this article we are now a lock. Here are the games tonight for bubble teams:http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/bubblewatch
George Mason @ GW* -13.5 GW 21-8 10-6 in A10. RPI of 56 and SOS of 110. If they want to keep their hopes alive they need to take care of business at home
San Diego St* @ New Mexico +1.5 SDSU is 21-8 and 14-2 in MW. RPI of 59 and SOS 80. Really need a win on the road to keep their chances alive
Kentucky @ Florida* +3.5 Florida 17-12 and 8-8 in SEC. RPI of 46 and SOS 10. Can't imagine Florida getting in with a SEC losing record
Tennessee @ Vandy* -13 Vandy 18-11 and 10-6 in SEC. RPI of 49 and SOS 47. A loss here at home to Tennessee would be very damaging
Arkansas St @ UALR* -15.5 Arkansas Little Rock is 26-3 and 16-2 in Sunbelt. RPI of 38 and SOS of 249. With two losses in the weak Sunbelt, don't think they can afford another
Grand Canyon @ St. Mary's* No line for this game yet on scoremobile. St. Mary's 24-4 and 15-3 in WCC. RPI of 50 and SOS 206. Weird they are having an OOC game this late in the year. St. Mary's SOS is not good with even playing Gonzaga and BYU in conference. They hurt their SOS by having only one good OOC game against Cal and losing

[boltforge]

FTs
KU shot 46% vs Texas. KU is 70% on the year.
WSU shot 38% vs Missouri State. WSU is 70% on the year.

KU grabs a dominate road win over an NCAA level team and we have people trying to slam the Jayhawk's for a poor FT shooting performance. The KU troll clearly accomplished his goal.

His goal was to have us make fun of KU's FT shooting? Wow. That's deep sea trolling there.

And by my eye test (the greatest-est test of all time) Texas is bad. Their level of "I quit, I'm going to go cry now" is of epic proportions. Could you imagine *any* of the MVC teams we have gotten up by ~20 quitting like they did?

[_kai_]

Per this article we are now a lock. Here are the games tonight for bubble teams:http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/bubblewatch
George Mason @ GW* -13.5 GW 21-8 10-6 in A10. RPI of 56 and SOS of 110. If they want to keep their hopes alive they need to take care of business at home
San Diego St* @ New Mexico +1.5 SDSU is 21-8 and 14-2 in MW. RPI of 59 and SOS 80. Really need a win on the road to keep their chances alive
Kentucky @ Florida* +3.5 Florida 17-12 and 8-8 in SEC. RPI of 46 and SOS 10. Can't imagine Florida getting in with a SEC losing record
Tennessee @ Vandy* -13 Vandy 18-11 and 10-6 in SEC. RPI of 49 and SOS 47. A loss here at home to Tennessee would be very damaging
Arkansas St @ UALR* -15.5 Arkansas Little Rock is 26-3 and 16-2 in Sunbelt. RPI of 38 and SOS of 249. With two losses in the weak Sunbelt, don't think they can afford another
Grand Canyon @ St. Mary's* No line for this game yet on scoremobile. St. Mary's 24-4 and 15-3 in WCC. RPI of 50 and SOS 206. Weird they are having an OOC game this late in the year. St. Mary's SOS is not good with even playing Gonzaga and BYU in conference. They hurt their SOS by having only one good OOC game against Cal and losing

And back to our regularly scheduled thread.

Thanks @shocktheheart:

[boltforge]

And back to our regularly scheduled thread.

Thanks @shocktheheart:

NOOO!!!!

Darn. Thread hijacked back. Curse you on topic people!

P.S. Tiddlywinks is an interesting game.

[ShockerFever]

FTs
KU shot 46% vs Texas. KU is 70% on the year.
WSU shot 38% vs Missouri State. WSU is 70% on the year.

KU grabs a dominate road win over an NCAA level team and we have people trying to slam the Jayhawk's for a poor FT shooting performance. The KU troll clearly accomplished his goal.

With what's been going on in this thread, you pick that out from a Shocker fan to rail on?

Wow.