NC State at Duke - go duke
Maybe we can keep this on front page, and give updates on who to pull for
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NC State at Duke - go duke
Maybe we can keep this on front page, and give updates on who to pull for
We are in a weird position. We just haven't had any games down the stretch that can catapult us to in. Its basically just rack up as many wins as possible and then watch the selection show and hope its enough. Even at 12-6 in the league we are going to be squarely on the bubble. A lot of bubble teams have been getting big wins recently.
Need richmond, Rhode Island, Stanford, which state to lose too
We are a game back of 2nd with 2 to play. Do we root for AU, LSU & UF to lose - or does that hurt us as much as help with the metrics being what they are?
AU has A&m and @UT
LSU has @Arkansas and UGA
UF has @UGA and UK
All 4 of us (AU, LSU, UF, MSU) have losing records on the road in SEC play
Even if we win out I don't see us getting in unless there are no surprises in a lot of these conference tourneys. Our net is 52 and in the RPI we only have two Q1 wins and 3 Q3 losses. We may get lucky but I don't see it happening.
If we win these next two, we will be in. I think an important thing to remember is that Joe Lunardi is not the Selection Committee. Jerry Palm (CBS bracket guy) has us as the first team out right now. Get a Q1 win on Tuesday night and hold serve Saturday at home, and I see no way they leave out a 12-6 SEC team with a top 4 finish and double bye in the conference tournament. Beat Florida in the first round of the SECT and we likely aren't in the First Four.
Either need to win these two games + one in the SECT or win the SECT altogether to make it. Other bubble teams aren't to worry about. Just need to take care of business ourselves.
The one thing that college basketball definitely gets right is that you control your own destiny always.
If we win the next 3 games we are in
Let us assume we split this week. Does getting to Sunday in the conference tourney get us in? Thoughts?