Great D last night. Need to hit some outside shots though.....Polley looked pretty good considering what his week was probably like. So....a win tonight should get us a 4......any chance for a 3 seed? Great to be talking high seeds again.
This depends on what the other teams in that same range do. Texas losing is good.
Other teams to root against...
Houston
Illinois
UCLA
Arkansas
Providence
I think a 3 might be a stretch unless we look really convincing against Nova and (probably would have to be) Providence.
I have a bad feeling that we needed Providence to lose yesterday to get onto the 4 line. We need to beat Nova and probably have one of those other teams lose earlier than expected, or beat both Nova and Providence, to be a guaranteed 4. I think a 3 is out of the question. Maybe in years past where late-season performance was weighted more strongly, but not anymore -- too many meh losses earlier in the year.This depends on what the other teams in that same range do. Texas losing is good.
Other teams to root against...
Houston
Illinois
UCLA
Arkansas
Providence
I think a 3 might be a stretch unless we look really convincing against Nova and (probably would have to be) Providence.
This is where I'm at too.My take:
Lose to Nova: 5 seed regardless (tread water)
Beat Nova, lose BET finals: 5 seed if other teams hold serve, 4 seed if 1-2 of them lose early
Win BET: 4 seed
Yeah I was surprised Creighton was only 64 in the NET. I think they are much better than that ranking indicates. I wonder if they beat PC how much their NET would improve- albeit likely not enough to get them to top 50.This is where I'm at too.
One of the problems is that Creighton is not top 50 in NET, so if they're in the champ game, it will only be a Q2 win. But if Providence makes the BET final instead, it'll be very hard for us to be seeded ahead of them (regular season champ who made tourny finals at 26-5).
Our best chance is still probably Providence makes it and then we pass other teams, not them.
At this point, no one is moving more than a couple spots in either direction.Yeah I was surprised Creighton was only 64 in the NET. I think they are much better than that ranking indicates. I wonder if they beat PC how much their NET would improve- albeit likely not enough to get them to top 50.
Geez, what is up with Creighton’s NET?One of the problems is that Creighton is not top 50 in NET, so if they're in the champ game, it will only be a Q2 win.
I actually wonder if we lose to Creighton in the championship game, if that would "undo" any of the gain we would get from beating Nova.This is where I'm at too.
One of the problems is that Creighton is not top 50 in NET, so if they're in the champ game, it will only be a Q2 win. But if Providence makes the BET final instead, it'll be very hard for us to be seeded ahead of them (regular season champ who made tourny finals at 26-5).
Our best chance is still probably Providence makes it and then we pass other teams, not them.
And Illinois goes down. If we win tonight, we should get a 4 seed over Illinois.If we want a 4 seed, we need Illinois (playing right now) to lose to Indiana.
Arkansas (another prospective 4 seed) plays LSU, who Lunardi has as a 5, so this may be a wash anyway.
Iowa is another team that could move ahead of us with a deep run, they play Rutgers.
USC could knock UCLA off the 4 line, but could also work their way up themselves.
Not a lot of unequivocally good outcomes for us. Providence losing is one of them, but then we need to beat both Nova and Creighton.