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A10 Semifinal GW vs Dayton 11AM CBSSN

Confusing announcers. The displayed score at the end of the 1st quarter is 14-11, Dayton. The play by play guy says it is 14-13. Hoping it gets cleared up during the commercials.
 
GW hanging in. Leads 23-20 5 minutes left in 2nd half. Lets go :D
 
GW leads 27-25 at half. Dayton is physically superior in my opinion but they are playing too much 1-1. At times, GW's defense looks really good. It needs to be elite the rest of the way. Go Jen. :D

37-34 GW after 3. Could have been 39-34 with nice offensive set but missed close one. Lets go Jen. :D
 
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52-47 GW 40 seconds left but we just fouled a 3pt shooter stupid stupid stupid.

Ok. Only 2 fouls shots 52-49.

Now 53-49 making 1 of 2 on intenional foul. 29 seconds. Come on Jen

Crap. Quick 2pt shot made 53-51. 23 seconds. Wish Jen was playing the PG position. :rolleyes:
 
4 point lead is a game but a 5 point lead ices the game????
Each is a 2 possession game.
 
Clutch ice in the veins FT's by GW. :cool:
 
EricLA said:
Is Dayton a lock for an at large bid?
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This is a big topic on the telecast. It sounds like on the fence. Only OOC win is against Virginia.
 
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We win 58-53. Lets get the conference bid and maybe a UConn game in the tournament. :rolleyes:
 
eebmg said:
This is a big topic on the telecast. It sounds like on the fence. Only OOC win is against Virginia.
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Yup, gotta make sure the money leagues get their quotas first. But I guess it makes sense if the lower echelon teams are actually better teams than the other leagues top teams. One of the downsides for non P5 leagues that have tournament upsets.
 
Centerstream said:
Yup, gotta make sure the money leagues get their quotas first. But I guess it makes sense if the lower echelon teams are actually better teams than the other leagues top teams. One of the downsides for non P5 leagues that have tournament upsets.
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A lot was made about the difficulty, the Non-P5 conferences have in scheduling higher ranked teams in fear of getting a "bad" loss. It is a real issue with no good solution.
 
On paper I have a problem when the P5 leagues send 7 or 8 teams to the big dance but again, maybe the lower 2 or 3 teams in these leagues are "better" teams. I admit that I don't watch many games when 1 of the teams is not top 25 (except if it's a UConn game).
 
Just realized the other semifinal is a 6 seed vs a 7 seed. GW will be favored in the final. :)
 
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EricLA said:
Is Dayton a lock for an at large bid?
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No, far from it. In fact, given their competition for the final bubble spots, I'd say this loss is curtains for them.

Dayton's only quality win for resume purposes is over Virginia, another bubble team.

They are really ruing that overtime loss to South Florida where they gave up a huge lead in the 4th quarter.
 
Centerstream said:
On paper I have a problem when the P5 leagues send 7 or 8 teams to the big dance but again, maybe the lower 2 or 3 teams in these leagues are "better" teams. I admit that I don't watch many games when 1 of the teams is not top 25 (except if it's a UConn game).
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Here's a solution, any P5 team that has an SOS of 100 or more CAN NOT qualify for an at large bid.
 
MSGRET said:
Here's a solution, any P5 team that has an SOS of 100 or more CAN NOT qualify for an at large bid.
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Or any P5 team that would be a 10 or higher seed...leave them out and let them go to the NIT.
 
MSGRET said:
Here's a solution, any P5 team that has an SOS of 100 or more CAN NOT qualify for an at large bid.
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Which team are you referring to? Minnesota has a top-100 SOS.
 
Plebe said:
Which team are you referring to? Minnesota has a top-100 SOS.
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The one used by the NCAA for selection and seeding;

40. Minnesota 23 7 .5206 116 .5944
 
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Centerstream said:
On paper I have a problem when the P5 leagues send 7 or 8 teams to the big dance but again, maybe the lower 2 or 3 teams in these leagues are "better" teams. I admit that I don't watch many games when 1 of the teams is not top 25 (except if it's a UConn game).
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Here is another idea, no team can get an "At Large Selection" if they have a losing record in their Conference.
 
MSGRET said:
According to the one that is USED by the NCAA for selection and scheduling it is 116. That is RPIratings.com and was through games 03/02/18
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As that site says, it's an independent duplication of the RPI without input from the NCAA. Not sure what would explain the discrepancy, but it's pretty small beans.

Bottom line is, Minnesota has earned its at-large bid with quality wins. If the goal is to pick the 32 best at-large teams, Minnesota is clearly one of them: #40 in RPI, #32 in Massey, #32 in Sagarin.
 
MSGRET said:
Here is another idea, no team can get an "At Large Selection" if they have a losing record in their Conference.
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Again, why? These are totally arbitrary rules that ultimately would undercut the goal to select the best available at-large teams.
 
Win Tomorrow and George Washington is in the Tourney If they lose, they'll probably make the WNIT tournament.

St Joe's currently leads St Louis in the 1st half and looks like that's who GW will face. GW beat St Joe's during the regular season 49-46 at St Joe's. They split their meetings with St Louis if that's who they meet for the Championship.
 
Plebe said:
Again, why? These are totally arbitrary rules that ultimately would undercut the goal to select the best available at-large teams.
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Just like it is totally arbitrary rules that a team is punished for their SOS, why shouldn't be for their play in their Conference. If you can't have a winning record in your own conference what is to say you qualify to be one of "the best available at-large teams.
 
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