Games of Interest (2015-16 Edition)

[shoxlax]

http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-bas...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.

Go play a road game you cheating big nosed douche nozzle.

Not you, Stick :)

[1972Shocker]

http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-bas...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.

Besides who says Syracuse has been punished enough?

[pinstripers]

Besides who says Syracuse has been punished enough?

they have not. **** Syracuse

[WuShock Reaper]

UNLV versus Air Force is now in Triple-OT.

Basically, both teams played 5-on-5 for the entire game.

Will help our RPI slightly if UNLV wins, and we will need every point as its possible, WSU might fall from the Top-50 RPI rankings.

[Dave Stalwart]

If Texas tech and Oregon state could lose today, that'd be great.

I'm torn on USC. Don't we want them to lose at this point? They would remove one of our top 50 losses and we'd gain a top 100 loss. They'd also probably allow us to jump them, right? I don't know.

[Play Angry]

UNLV up 101-95 w/48 seconds left in 3OT.

SLU up 32-23 on George Mason at halftime.



So far, so good.

[Play Angry]

UNLV wins 108-102 in 3OT. They advance to play Fresno State in the quarterfinals of the MWC Tournament.

Our RPI climbed from .5819 to .5822 with the UNLV win, just enough to move us from #49 to #48 (overtaking Gonzaga). There is a really tight grouping in the 43-54 range in the RPI right now - for example, #45 is at .5827.

I know RPI rank is not an official selection criteria, but (1) SOS (and in particular, OOC SOS) is, and (2) there is a sort of psychological threshold involved with being in the Top 50 when it comes to shaping the narrative.

I am overanalyzing things, clearly, but it is nice to see our OOC foes helping us out a little at crunch time.

[Play Angry]

SLU wins 83-78.

[HenryMuto]

According to KP Holy Cross had a 0.02% chance (5,000 to 1 odds) to win the conf tournament and leads 25-14 at the half.

[Heinro]

I'm torn on USC. Don't we want them to lose at this point? They would remove one of our top 50 losses and we'd gain a top 100 loss. They'd also probably allow us to jump them, right? I don't know.

No doubt. Lose.

[Dave Stalwart]

And then if USC and Tulsa both fall out of the top 50, we end up 1-2 vs the top 50 instead of 1-4. I suppose that looks better right?

[Heinro]

And then if USC and Tulsa both fall out of the top 50, we end up 1-2 vs the top 50 instead of 1-4. I suppose that looks better right?

I think the committee can see past that. Anyway, any win by a bubble team might be the one that gets them above us or vise versa. Time to root against the bubble teams, even if we played them. Maybe Jamar can confirm this?

[Jamar Howard 4 President]

Correct @Heinro:. Anyone near WSU losing is good at this point, even if they were a WSU opponent.

[newshock1234]

Texas Tech loses to a bad tcu team

[ShockerFever]

Can't even get to the quarterfinals of the Big XII tourney. Can't even win a game. Lose to #183.

But they're a lock, right?