01-18-2018, 12:09 PM | #21 | |
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The good thing is the committee will look at column 1 and 2 wins and they like wins away from home. If we beat WSU at home we will only have 1 column 1 home win and the rest will be away from home. That's an advantage. If the committee is doing their homework they will also know we don't have any true home games. I think our home games should be put somewhere between home and neutral...even if closer to home. But I doubt we get that sort of benefit. I think we need 4 losses or less to ensure a protected seed. I think 5 puts us on the outside. |
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01-18-2018, 12:23 PM | #22 | |
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We're one of only six teams in the country with at least four Group 1 wins and no losses outside of Group 1. |
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01-18-2018, 12:24 PM | #23 |
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Bracketmatrix has Cincy as the third #5 seed. THOUGH, as you all know, it takes time to update across the board, and it currently has us behind: ASU, UK, Seton Hall, etc that we clearly are a step ahead of as of today.
I think if today was selection sunday, we're a 4 seed. If we manage to go 17-1 in AAC play, I think we're in heavy discussion for a 2 seed. If we go to the AAC final, we have 16 games remaining. 29-5 would be 4 seed IMO, anything better, hard to not give us a 2/3 seed. For what its worth, 32-2 would be a 1 seed. |
01-18-2018, 12:27 PM | #24 |
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Sure but projections are we will lose at least two of our group 1 wins by end of season because they will fall in RPI. I love the fact we haven't lost at home or had a bad loss in over two years. Gessuz...that is good stuff!!!
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01-18-2018, 12:32 PM | #25 | |
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I think our tourney seed is going to be very very very close to our total number of regular season losses. |
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01-18-2018, 12:36 PM | #26 |
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This is why I don't like deterministic projections. One of those teams is UCF, who Warren Nolan projects at 16-14. Kenpom has them at 18-12. The other is Temple, who Warren Nolan has at 13-17. Kenpom has them at 15-15. Those two extra wins for each could allow them to finish top 75.
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01-18-2018, 12:43 PM | #27 | |
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01-18-2018, 12:45 PM | #28 |
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I think we have to start with the stats based evidence and then determine as fans who we think aren't well represented by them. UCF getting Taylor back is a huge factor. SMU losing Foster would be another huge factor.
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01-18-2018, 12:51 PM | #29 |
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What I'm trying to say is there are different stat predictions, and Kenpom is superior. It's fair to say that one stat prediction has two of our current Group 1 wins falling out, but not stat projections in general. BJ Taylor's return isn't factored into either one.
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01-18-2018, 01:13 PM | #30 | |
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Obviously things like Taylor returning is not factored in. Neither is a Jarrey Foster or Gilbert getting injured. So we move a team up or down a bit. We really have no clue other than predictive stats and then giving each team a bump or a minus from there based on what we as fans know. In the end I don't think the stats based predictions will be TOO far off. One team can do better and another could do worse. |
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