20 wins not enough?

[The Smart One]

we run out the last 3 and win just 1 game in the aac..or we win 2 of the last 3 and win 2 in the tourney

that gives us a 20 win season. is that not enough?

 

[UConn17]

That is correct

 

[DogMania]

Just look at our RPI to get your answer.

 

[7774]

we run out the last 3 and win just 1 game in the aac..or we win 2 of the last 3 and win 2 in the tourney

that gives us a 20 win season. is that not enough?

Number of wins doesn't really mean much. We could get in with 18 wins if we played a really tough schedule and had a lot of wins against good teams. But we didn't, and we didn't. 20 wins against mostly mediocre teams doesn't do anything.

 

[husky99]

Win over wv duke texas yale -)) but only 19 wins could get us in. Our losses kill us more then the number of wins

 

[UconnFanDC]

I think we need to win last 3 and atleast make the championship game of the AAC turney. If we win the AAC turney no worries. But we need the split games between SMU, Temple and Memphis.

 

[Kitaman]

we run out the last 3 and win just 1 game in the aac..or we win 2 of the last 3 and win 2 in the tourney

that gives us a 20 win season. is that not enough?

Ummm wrong number, I think you are trying to reach Scrappy.

 

[pnow15]

If we win out and win two tournament games and no know upsets anyone in other tournaments and three or four bubble teams bomb and we can send Jessica Alba wearing a husky cheerleader uniform to the selection committee final meeting, then we got a shot.

 

[ARIDE]

Win every game we possibly can play from here on out and were in the tournament !

 

[willie99]

we have one path to the dance

 

[Fishy]

If we win the rest of our regular season games and lose in the AAC final, we're in the dance*.


* Assumes catastrophic roof cave-ins on opening day of the ACC, Big East, Big Ten and Big 12 tournaments.

 

[B1GEast]

the committee will require that we win the aac tourney

 

[ConnHuskBask]

If we win the rest of our regular season games and lose in the AAC final, we're in the dance*.


* Assumes catastrophic roof cave-ins on opening day of the ACC, Big East, Big Ten and Big 12 tournaments.

Considering were the only tournament at the civic center...

 

[NC_Uconn_Fan]

Need to win the AAC tourny, simple as that. Does any one know what our RPI would have been if we beat, Yale, Texas and Houston?

 

[Husky Dad]

In the end it's subjective. We get 20 or 21 we have a shot

 

[FeedTheDove]

Can we end this discussion? At this point, the damage is too severe. We have to win the AAC tournament to dance this year. So make sure you get your ass to the XL center come tournament weekend and be as loud as you possibly can. This team needs you.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

UConn is 16-11 with an RPI of 76. If UConn won 6 in a row and got to the AAC finals, their RPI would probably jump to about 50 since the Huskies would pick up some quality wins along the way. Other teams between 40 and 90 in the RPI are most likely going to keep picking up losses so it is not that hard mathematically to make a big jump if a team keeps winning. If UConn was 22-12 with a 50 RPI and a handful of quality wins on Selection Sunday, UConn probably gets a bid. To provide some perspective, there are probably about 30 teams that could play themselves onto the bubble with a 6 game winning streak right now.

The bigger problem UConn, and all those teams, face is that any team that needs a 6 game winning streak at this point in the season to get a tournament bid is probably not that good to begin with.

 

[pepband99]

1) If go 6-1 (with the 1 being a loss in the AAC final), we'll be a whole lot higher than 50.
2) It's not impossible, but I'm tired of hashing out these scenarios - win the damn games and make this moot.

I'll go on record though - 6-1 scenario above gets us a bid. Period.

 

[husky99]

People 20 wins in the aac means nothing with our tos. Maybe in the old BE 20 wins could mean a ticket not in our new home

 

[jibsey]

If we slip up and lose to SMU or Memphis again and don't win the AAC, why don't we just promise to win the first 6 games next year? We borrow them from next year's "win bank". We'll tell the committee that we're good for it and we'll pay them back.

 

[imno1]

UConn is 16-11 with an RPI of 76. If UConn won 6 in a row and got to the AAC finals, their RPI would probably jump to about 50 since the Huskies would pick up some quality wins along the way. Other teams between 40 and 90 in the RPI are most likely going to keep picking up losses so it is not that hard mathematically to make a big jump if a team keeps winning. If UConn was 22-12 with a 50 RPI and a handful of quality wins on Selection Sunday, UConn probably gets a bid. To provide some perspective, there are probably about 30 teams that could play themselves onto the bubble with a 6 game winning streak right now.

The bigger problem UConn, and all those teams, face is that any team that needs a 6 game winning streak at this point in the season to get a tournament bid is probably not that good to begin with.

Yes when was the last time a team won 6 games in a row when everyone thought they weren't good enough to. It just doesn't happen.

 

[UConnNick]

UConn is 16-11 with an RPI of 76. If UConn won 6 in a row and got to the AAC finals, their RPI would probably jump to about 50 since the Huskies would pick up some quality wins along the way. Other teams between 40 and 90 in the RPI are most likely going to keep picking up losses so it is not that hard mathematically to make a big jump if a team keeps winning. If UConn was 22-12 with a 50 RPI and a handful of quality wins on Selection Sunday, UConn probably gets a bid. To provide some perspective, there are probably about 30 teams that could play themselves onto the bubble with a 6 game winning streak right now.

The bigger problem UConn, and all those teams, face is that any team that needs a 6 game winning streak at this point in the season to get a tournament bid is probably not that good to begin with.

Agreed, but the problem with making the AAC final and not winning it is there might be two or three other teams that pull off winning the six games in a row. If that happens, we're just engaged in another beauty contest with those teams if there aren't enough slots left for all of them, which there won't be. If any of those other teams happen to be from P5 conferences, guess who's going to get screwed?

 

[UConn4ever]

After what happened to SMU last year I think we have to win the AAC tournament. Any chance we can move it to Gampel?

 

[gwhuskyfan]

This is from TeamRankings, a pretty good website:
http://www.teamrankings.com/ncaa-basketball/team/connecticut-huskies/bracketology

Total Wins NCAA Bid%
22 100.0%
21 88.1%
20 36.4%