2016 Atlarge Cut Line

[MoValley John]

So we segue to fantasy football.







Nice.

[ShockerFever]

Listening to sports guys on the media, I am becoming more and more concerned.

Well I'm glad those "sports guys" are on the committee.

[WillieJeffJeffries]

Listening to sports guys on the media, I am becoming more and more concerned.

There is no doubt WSU will need some help to get a bid...

[another shocker]

Listening to sports guys on the media, I am becoming more and more concerned.

mm hmm

'sounds 50/50

[MoValley John]

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[Shockers5150]

@S_WU_SH, I can only do my best to project what the committee will do, but in my opinion...

Best case: mid 30s
Worst case: mid 40s

Let's say 40 on the dot.

Now you see why I'm so confident. I think Lunardi is too high having WSU in the upper 20s, but I think Jerry Palm is ridiculous to have WSU effectively around 50.

I like the way you roll. :)

[pie n eye]

We may or may not get in but listening to Bob isn't a wise choice.

[WillieJeffJeffries]

Here's what I struggle with "eye test" wise.

Give me 3 bounces. Conner's 3 at home, Freddy's shot at the buzzer and any of 14 things that could have gone right at Seton Hall (including bad calls).

3 Bounces. We're 27-5 and playing in the finals of the MVC. RPI around 20. Ken Pom who knows. But good. Ranked. Probably 17 or better. We're winners of 25 of 27 even losing to UE. That's a protected seed, 5 at worst. I find it hard to believe PERCEPTION or REALITY is protected to out of the tourney on 3 bounces. And you can't even begin to do the same thing the other way.

The Shox are in the position they are in because of one game, the NIU loss at home.

[shocker43]

@S_WU_SH, I can only do my best to project what the committee will do, but in my opinion...

Best case: mid 30s
Worst case: mid 40s

Let's say 40 on the dot.

Now you see why I'm so confident. I think Lunardi is too high having WSU in the upper 20s, but I think Jerry Palm is ridiculous to have WSU effectively around 50.

Maybe you've already explained this, but what do these numbers reference?

[another shocker]

The Shox are in the position they are in because of one game, the NIU loss at home.

when they shot the ball like a biddy basketball team.

[SHOCKvalue]

Maybe you've already explained this, but what do these numbers reference?

S curve.

[shoxlax]

@HenryMuto go start a blog.

You said you would come back in a few days and you came back in an hour. Fact is that you can't help yourself and stay off this board if you wanted to. You are a message board/fantasy sport crack addict who has no allegiance to this team or school and who thinks general basketball discussion is okay for this forum.

That's why you kept posting nonsense about Kentucky when no one gives two shits about them but you. If I went on the Kentucky board and acted in such a manner I would get drummed out in a matter of hours, if not minutes.

I've already spoke on your unoriginal schizophrenic bracketology. So you are a great candidate for a blog-link it and we will read it when we want to. You are fast approaching troll status

[OregonShocker]

The Shox are in the position they are in because of one game, the NIU loss at home.

Or Fred's injury. Or Grady's injury. Or Shamet's injury. Or Seton Hall refs. We could go on and on and on...

[proshox]

Here's what I struggle with "eye test" wise.

Give me 3 bounces. Conner's 3 at home, Freddy's shot at the buzzer and any of 14 things that could have gone right at Seton Hall (including bad calls).

3 Bounces. We're 27-5 and playing in the finals of the MVC. RPI around 20. Ken Pom who knows. But good. Ranked. Probably 17 or better. We're winners of 25 of 27 even losing to UE. That's a protected seed, 5 at worst. I find it hard to believe PERCEPTION or REALITY is protected to out of the tourney on 3 bounces. And you can't even begin to do the same thing the other way.

This is the logic KenPom leverages in his ratings. He doesn't believe those "chance" events should impact your evaluation of a team.

[proshox]

I just don't see our inclusion in the tournament being a controversial issue. Almost every evaluation system has in the top 45. Skewing towards the most conservative scales keeps us safely in.

Unless we perfectly gamed the metrics this shouldn't be a hard decision.