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I'm not actually doing a full bracket myself anymore, so this qualified as my annual mid-March research project. Been piecing it together ever since Saturday's loss. Was hoping there wouldn't be any need for it, but St. Louis is what it is... gosh that place just has something wrong with it! -
I'm not very good at lying to people to tell them what they want to hear.Originally posted by 60Shock View Post
I keep telling the real Jamar to run, but he seems to think his past on the Bel Aire most wanted list is somehow a disqualifier.Comment
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Sorry to go off subject, but when FSU came into Koch for the NIT game and Jamar and the kid from FSU basically went Mano e Mano for the last 20-25 minutes of that game, hitting 3's, etc., does anybody remember the kid from FSU's name?Originally posted by Jamar Howard 4 President View Post"You Don't Have to Play a Perfect Game. Your Best is Good Enough."Comment
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Yes, it was Tim Pickett. That was one of the best and most exciting games (and loudest) that I have ever been to.Originally posted by ShockdaWorld View PostComment
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Yes, I had ring side seats that game and couldn't hear myself think. Best atmosphere ever.Originally posted by Wuchalk View PostKung Wu say, man who read woman like book, prefer braille!Comment
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The best part was Koch stood the entire game. Best atmosphere easily.Comment
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With so many in the media regurgitating dumb arguments, what are the odds that the committee also uses the same wrong reasoning? I mean it's not like the committee has shown us a lot of love the last couple years with Bracket of Death and the seven seed.Comment
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reading shockernet has made me feel better about the shockers chances at getting into the tournament. but still...Originally posted by FlyingWheat View PostComment
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There's been enough written about the committee and their process that I feel pretty comfortable they will take all things into consideration during their deliberations. One thing we all have to remember is the media makes money when people pay attention to them. A big part of that is creating controversy where there is none or taking a small kernel of truth and making it bigger than it really is. This bubble watch thing is a perfect storm for them in that they are building quite the narrative leading up to Sunday's selection show. I mean, they've turned it into a two hour bore fest if you ask me. Sort of like what the NFL has done with the draft. That thing has turned into another ratings and advertising goldmine.Originally posted by FlyingWheat View Post
So all the bloviating by the CBS talking heads is nothing more than drawing attention to their stupid bracket show that, quite frankly, I won't watch. I've got better things to do and I'll just wait for my B/R app to push the selection to my phone.Comment
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If I was putting together a tournament of teams with RPI 101-200, WSU would definitely be in. When putting together a tournament of the top 50 I would tend to look at success against the top 50 (1-4) and the top 100 (3-3) and not weight success against the 101+ teams as highly since these are teams that won't be in the tournament. This is where I get nervous. I think we get in, but that is where the "quality wins" discussion comes into play.Comment
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This argument only makes sense if you assume success against 101-200 cannot be correlated with success against the top 50. It's not like we are taking a team with success against elementary school soccer teams and trying to predict how they'll do in the NCAA basketball tournament.Originally posted by shockfan89_ View PostComment
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Can this go straight into the Shockernet Hall of Posts without a waiting period?Comment
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Sorry I don't follow. 8-1 (101 - 200) to me does not correlate to 1-4 (1 - 50) at all. They are at opposite ends of the spectrum.Originally posted by jdshock View PostComment
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WSU has performed as well, or better, against the 101-200 range than the average top 25 team has. Why make an entire judgement off of just 5 games and ignore the other 80% of the schedule? If the season was 1,000 games long, I'd have no problem evaluating solely on record vs tournament quality teams. Since the season, and sample size, is instead rather small, we must look at games outside the top 50 and factor those into the entire resume.Originally posted by shockfan89_ View Post
Flip a quarter 5 times and you might get heads 4 of them. Flip a quarter 1,000 times and you will be nearly dead on 50/50. Sample size matters.
EDIT: 1 more point. WSU wasn't even full strength for those 5 games vs top 50, so the sample size is even worse than a mere 5 games.Comment
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