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Shocks are on a roll without even playing: their RPI rank (Warren Nolan) had been 48th, even as low as 49th, but it's now up to 45th!
Maybe they're having some really good practices.
Maybe they're having some really good practices.
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Our chances were hurt the most by our performance in St Loo.Originally posted by SB Shock View PostComment
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14 of our 17 games against teams with the the highest RPIs were MVC teams, with only Charleston Southern, St. Louis and UNLV making appearances in the group of 17. 9 of 11 of those were MVC teams with rpi of 200+.Originally posted by SB Shock View Post"I not sure that I've ever been around a more competitive player or young man than Fred VanVleet. I like to win more than 99.9% of the people in this world, but he may top me." -- Gregg Marshall 12/23/13 :peaceful:
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Remember when Nancy Pelosi said about Obamacare:
"We have to pass it, to find out what's in it".
A physician called into a radio show and said:
"That's the definition of a stool sample."Comment
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Insert a cut line at 150th, im4, and suddenly UNLV drops out as well, leaving only Charleston Southern and St. Louis in the slums with the Valley teams.
To give the IndSt writer a break, though, if you move the cut line up to 200th the Sycamores escape the list too, as they're currently at 171st. That still leaves nine of 11 games vs. 200+ against Valley foes, though, which is not an imposing performance by WSU's MVC mates.Comment
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Potential Bid Thieves Without At-Large Hopes
AAC – Memphis, South Florida, Tulane
A10 – Davidson, Richmond, UMass
Big 10 – Illinois, Nebraska
Mountain West – Colorado St, Fresno St, Nevada
SEC – Tennessee
The ACC, Big 12, Big East, and Pac 12 have thankfully already eliminated all their potential bid thieves. Whoever wins those conferences will be worthy of the bid they receive.
Conferences like the America East, Big Sky, etc. do not matter as they will be one bid leagues no matter what happens.
Basically, if a team isn't on my previous list of teams on the bubble, and isn't on this potential bid thief list, they don't really matter to WSU.Comment
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So we want bid thieves to beat bubble teams and then lose in championship games?Comment
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This sounds like the perfect scenario to me. Although it could get a little nerve wracking.Originally posted by shoxlax View Post"You Don't Have to Play a Perfect Game. Your Best is Good Enough."Comment
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Yeah, bid thieves winning over bubble teams is good as long as you can predict the future and ensure they don't win in the finals. For example, if South Florida somehow takes down Temple today, that would be great as Temple is right on the bubble this morning and would be clearly be out after an awful loss like that. However, a win by USF being a good thing assumes South Florida doesn't go and win Saturday and Sunday also and steal a bid. In that case, I'm willing to take the chance and assume USF isn't good enough to win 3 straight tough games, so I'm rooting for them to beat Temple today.
In the MWC, best case is SDSU wins the tourney and they are a 1 bid conference. If SDSU has to lose, better it be today than tomorrow, as the sooner they lose the less likely they grab an at-large and the auto-bid winner ends up being a bid thief.Comment
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Silver lining to SDSU's risk of loss today - if Nevada wins today and then (i) wins the championship game, their RPI is projected to be 81.9; (ii) loses the championship game, their RPI is projected to be 99.9.
So, we stand a good chance at picking up an extra Top 100 win in the event the Aztecs lose. The benefit probably is not worth rooting for this to happen given the relatively small risk SDSU lands ahead of us on the S-Curve, but it is not a terrible consolation prize.Comment
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The reason why this issue has become a broken record has nothing to do with WSU. It's a broken record because it keeps happening to us over and over again and we just haven't lowered our expectations like they have. If he is saying he is "tired of WSU fans saying they are hurt by the weakness of the MVC...SO THE MVC, NOT WSU, NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT" he would be correct.Originally posted by SB Shock View Post
If he is saying we just need to stop raising awareness of the unfortunately difficult reality that the MVC has created for WSU to navigate every stinking year because he is tired of hearing about it, then well... no.Last edited by Dave Stalwart; March 11, 2016, 01:04 PM.Comment
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Where is he hearing this from? Is he trolling internet message boards?Originally posted by SB Shock View PostDeuces Valley.
... No really, deuces.
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I dunno. I'd just as soon have the bid thrives get eliminated ASAP. They're a far bigger threat than any low-hanging bubble team.Originally posted by shoxlax View PostDeuces Valley.
... No really, deuces.
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