Seton Hall should be in, but losing to St. John’s by 19 in the BE tournament might have killed them. They had a better season than St. John’s and won 2 of 3 against them. Both teams could go either way. PC definitely seems to be on the outside looking in.
UConn, Marquette, Creighton
I think we get 4. Flip a coin between SH and St. John’s for who gets to be the 4th team
I hope so, St John's and to a lesser extent Seton Hall deserve it. St John's has a chance to win a few games over some of these mediocre power conference teams like Virginia or Oklahoma or even Michigan State. I just fear the middle of the Big East was too even and beat each other up to the point nobody looks good to the committee
Sadly I think that might be the case for these bubble BE teams. I just think it is bull kaka that Michigan St., Virginia, or Oklahoma can be in the NCAAT and I have seen them on many Bracketlogists projections. What the hell has Michigan St., Virginia, or Oklahoma done that is so noteworthy? The Big 12 shouldn't be getting 9 teams in, no way. Big 12 getting 6 teams in, okay.
I’ll bite- how? They did what they needed to do to be on the right side of the bubble, moreso than the teams that will more than likely be out such as Seton Hall, Providence, etc. The season was played the resumes are the resumes and theirs are better. It’s not that hard to understand and certainly not a “joke”
the big east is objectively the second best conference in the country. the MWC is seventh. QED.
I mean, if we went back to me versus an unnamed poster who buys his partner CVS chocolates for Valentines, I'd remind people that I simply put upside down smiles a post or two, and then that unnamed poster absolutely attacked me. Which was absolutely hilarious. There's always a goldmine of fun to be had when someone you needle is definitely in no way at all mad on the internet.
Those two teams played and Mich St handled them head to head. I'm not a big proponent of head to head, But a double digit head to head win as a tiebreaker seems legit to me
good point, that's right. I remember seeing that on Michigan State's schedule. Damn.
A lot truth here as beating UConn this year and last year was almost a punched ticket to the NCAAT. However another thing that might be a bigger factor, when looking at the non conference of St. John's and Seton Hall it just looks, well, lackluster. SJU losing to Juwan Howard's Michigan is a big fat pimple on the upper lip while walking to the entrance of the dance club. And they lost to Dayton, another bubble team from the A10. Seton Hall losing to Iowa, USC, and Rutgers didn't help their cause and helped the Big 10 metrics. I am thinking Providence has the best chance out of the BE bubble teams as they have a decent Q1 record, some good non-conference wins if I recall. After yesterday's results with the bid thieves my head is just spinning.
Having said all of this, Michigan St. beat Indiana St. by double digits and Oklahoma beat Providence by 21 FWIW.
Doesn’t really have anything to do with whether or not you have a NCAA Tournament resume
Two of Auburn, IAST, and UNC in the West as 1/2. Personally, I'd go IAST/UNC out west, pair Auburn with Purdue, Marquette with Houston and Tennessee with UConn. That's pretty balanced and inline with the resumes and Net rankings.
big east teams gamed the metrics by playing 3 Q4 games in league play and blowing those teams out while other conferences actually had serious schedules.
UConn, Marquette, Creighton and St John’s.
The net rewards mediocre wins. Beat creighton and bradey on road. Quad 1. Need 7-8 quads. Big east victim of 2 title contenders and 2 duds. Math screwed everyone else
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