Games of Interest (2015-16 Edition)

[HenryMuto]

Pitt up 10 with 4 minutes left. Syracuse has some big wins against Duke, Texas A&M, Saint Bonaventure, Notre Dame and UCONN. More big wins then Pitt has but 3 losses to Pitt if they do not come back. Certainly a team right there on the bubble. More big wins than Monmouth. I really want Monmouth to make it if they had not lost those games to Army and Canisius I think they would be a lock. The problem is you can't expect a team that has to play that maybe games against sub 150 teams to win every one of them especially all the road games. When you play like 20 games vs 150+ teams you really can't expect to go 20-0.

[HenryMuto]

If you like looking at a lot of info here is the page that brings it all.

http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2016/nittypro3

[HenryMuto]

Good lord the game is tied they erased a 10 point deficit in 2 minutes.

[HenryMuto]

Here we go with the BS review letting Cuse set up a final play with no timeouts. This is annoying.

[ShockdaWorld]

Here we go with the BS review letting Cuse set up a final play with no timeouts. This is annoying.

How'd it end up?

[IdahoShocker]

Pitt won 72-71, so in theory Cuse is out.

[KC Shox]

Good, I dislike Jim and his crap 2/3 zone.

[IdahoShocker]

NC State vs Duke is on now. I wonder if Vegas had a prop bet on odds of Allen accidentally tripping someone.

[ShockdaWorld]

NC State vs Duke is on now. I wonder if Vegas had a prop bet on odds of Allen accidentally tripping someone.

I love your accidental use of the word "accidentally."

[Jamar Howard 4 President]

I really want Monmouth to make it if they had not lost those games to Army and Canisius I think they would be a lock. The problem is you can't expect a team that has to play that maybe games against sub 150 teams to win every one of them especially all the road games. When you play like 20 games vs 150+ teams you really can't expect to go 20-0.

Sure you can.

I would expect it from WSU or any bubble team. That said, the problem wasn't an expectation to go 20-0. Losing 1 would have been one thing, but Monmouth LOST 3 TIMES TO TEAMS OUTSIDE THE TOP 200!

For reference, Monmouth is RPI 54. The other 9 teams between 51-60 combined to go 75-2 against such teams.

Monmouth has no one but themselves to blame. You gotta win those games, period. Gonzaga went 16-0 vs that group including 7 true road wins. Just do it.

[shoxlax]

Sure you can.

I would expect it from WSU or any bubble team. That said, the problem wasn't an expectation to go 20-0. Losing 1 would have been one thing, but Monmouth LOST 3 TIMES TO TEAMS OUTSIDE THE TOP 200!

For reference, Monmouth is RPI 54. The other 9 teams between 51-60 combined to go 75-2 against such teams.

Monmouth has no one but themselves to blame. You gotta win those games, period. Gonzaga went 16-0 vs that group including 7 true road wins. Just do it.

Quit throwing facts at him. And now we have a new allegiance to Monmouth?

[Shockers5150]

I want no bid stealers in the P5 stuff so I don't want NC State suddenly believing they are great. Same goes for you KState.

[Dave Stalwart]

I want no bid stealers in the P5 stuff so I don't want NC State suddenly believing they are great. Same goes for you KState.

Yep. Mid major bid thieves is one thing, because it's still likely the conference champion is at best on the bubble too. P5 bid thieves are a big problem because all of the bubble-to at large-P5 teams have name brands, strong resumes in the top 50 or 100 and good RPI's. They aren't getting left out.

For example, if KSU wins the big 12 tourney (laughable, but for the sake of argument), the odds that Iowa State, Baylor or TTU are the ones dropping out for them are really low. It really would just mean that they get 8 teams in instead of 7 and that's really bad for us. We really are done if that starts happening.

[shoxlax]

Four games in four days wont happen too damn often. Possible but remote.

[Stickboy46]

http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-basketball-news/4697821-jim-boeheim-march-madness-committee-selection-acc-tournament

This is a joke right? Boeheim is crying that Syracuse has been "punished enough". Um sorry, but the fact that your teams resume isn't good enough isn't a punishment. That's your fault. If anything, there should be less consideration given due to the fact that you cheated.