01-22-2019, 11:48 AM | #11 |
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8 seed playing against Texas in Columbus. Winner would likely play Michigan State. |
01-25-2019, 09:31 AM | #12 |
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We have 11 games left and we have the hardest remaining schedule in the conference. There are 3 games we are picked by double digits on Bartorvik...SMU, WSU, and Memphis at home. We have to win those games. That would put us at 20-3. Then we have 8 more games and 6 of them are predicted to come down to basically one possession and the other 2 games are predicted to 2 possessions.
If we manage to win all the home games that would bring us to 22-3 with the other 6 road games remaining. If we can somehow split those I think we will be looking really good on selection Sunday at 25-6 with a chance to win the conference. I would still be happy with 24-7. I think we could be in the 5-7 seed range with 6-7 losses. According to T-rank 7 losses would put us at 21 projected in the NET. Just want to avoid that 8-9 seed. |
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01-25-2019, 09:47 AM | #14 |
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This is true. If we make the tourney I will also be happy even if we struggle a bit down the stretch. I guess the bottom line is...out of 11 games...we need to make sure we win more than half of them. And then at least 1 conference tourney win.
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01-25-2019, 10:06 AM | #15 |
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I would put 7 losses as the over under right now give or take 1 game. I would probably bet the over before the under as of now...even after last night
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01-25-2019, 11:06 AM | #16 |
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Currently we only have three quality wins. Of our 11 remaining games, five are in Q1, four are in Q2 and three are in Q3. If we go 7-4, that's at least eight quality wins. We had 13 last year, with no bad losses. We only had six in 2017, but also no bad losses. So I think 7-4 puts us in the 6 seed range. 6-5 with an early conference tourney exit probably puts us in the dreaded 8-9 range.
I'll start comparing our resume to teams close to us on bracketmatrix in a few weeks. It's still a little early for that. |
01-25-2019, 11:12 AM | #17 |
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The games from here on out are going to mean more and more to each team we play that has a shot to win the conference or make the dance. Not only does the competition get tougher but the stakes are higher the further we go.
We are in for some brutal brawls. I think Cronin has to get Brooks and Scott ready the most for this. Battling for boards and playing through contact etc. It's going to test our heart and focus. We are going to find out who is up for the challenge. I don't worry as much about our guards. Other than Keith they have all played significant minutes in these types of games but Keith is a gamer so I am not too worried about him either. If Scott and Brooks can hold their own we will be just fine. If one or both play softer than necessary the guards will need to pick up the slack. |
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01-25-2019, 12:06 PM | #20 |
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I agree. Every team and player has their collective inadequacies. They will never be those players who finish strong, however they do other things pretty well.
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