Games of Importance for UC's Resume
Will try to do this Daily and who I think we should be rooting for and maybe an update the next day on what happened.
Wednesday Jan 10th 2018 #10 Xavier @ #1 Villanova 8pm FS1 Who we want to win: Xavier ( but I'm not) Losing by double digits looks better if the team we lose to is elite. Miss State @ Florida 7pm SECN Who we want to win: Miss State This would validate Miss State as a contender in the SEC and be a nice KP and RPI boost for them (and us) UCF @ UCONN 7pm CBSSN Who we want to win: UCF We want UCF to be a tourney team and losing to UCONN is brutal no matter the location. Need them to win out until we play Tuesday Mercer @ Western Carolina 7pm ESPN3 Who we want to win: Western Carolina WCU will never be a good win, but it could help them move up numerous spots if they knock off the #111 team in kenpom Temple @ SMU 9pm CBSSN Who we want to win: SMU Temple is a lost cause, we need our 20 point victory over SMU to look as impressive as it can. Go Stangs. Wyoming @ New Mexico 9pm Spice Channel Who we want to win: Wyoming Wyoming is on the cusp of being a top 100 win. Beating the #155 team in their gym will help get closer to that. IF I missed any let me know. |
I like it. I have some different opinions though. I'm not so sure we should root for SMU. I doubt they're going to be a top 30 RPI team, so our home win will not be Group 1. I think it's more important for Temple to be a top 75 team, so our road win over them is Group 1. Similarly with Miss St, I don't see them making top 30. Would be nice to keep our losses limited to Group 1, which Florida is barely hanging on to. Also, I think X and WCU are irrelevant. Those teams are locked into Groups 1 and 4.
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Just a note in determining "teams to root for", is the Quadrant rankings. What I mean is, we played Florida on a neutral site, so want them to be top 50, while we played Miss St at home, so would need them to be top 35 (in order to be Quadrant 1).
Currently Florida is 44, and Miss St 54. Net, not going to be the worst thing for Florida to win and stay top 50, if Miss St doesn't play well enough over the next 6 weeks to be top 35. Of course that game is splitting hairs since we played both teams, but they are not scheduled to play a second time (unless SEC Tourney). |
This is great.
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Committee doesn't measure quadrant 1,2, 3 & 4 losses, only wins. While I want florida to do good in every other game, when its against a team we beat, I dont |
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