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Does UConn Make the Tournament

Does UConn make the tournament?

  • Yes

    Votes: 257 71.8%

  • No

    Votes: 101 28.2%
  • Total voters
    358
Also for the love of God...help Sanogo not travel....I counted at least four today.
 
BigTenFan said:
Finish 500 in the league and UConn is in
Big East carries more weight than AAC
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This.

More often than not, teams that finish in the top half of the Big East have made the NCAAs.
 
tcf15 said:
FWIW UConn actually moved up in the KenPom
rankings today, albeit only one spot from 28 to 27. They are favored in four of their next five games. I think we’re going to be okay.
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What you do think our record is over the next five games? I just feel like we exploded that half without Bouknight and played well the next game, but now the tape is out. Don’t let Polly shoot, and don’t foul during layups because we miss them all.

we really don’t have a three point threat so teams are just packing it in against us.
 
Too early to tell if the Huskies will get in. They will likely fall to 5th or 6th in the BE, so it will be right. NET ranking will be important.
 
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kansashusky said:
What you do think our record is over the next five games? I just feel like we exploded that half without Bouknight and played well the next game, but now the tape is out. Don’t let Polly shoot, and don’t foul during layups because we miss them all.

we really don’t have a three point threat so teams are just packing it in against us.
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I think they have enough to go 3-2 over the next 5. Beat Butler at home, lose to Nova on the road, win at Johnnie's, beat Seton Hall at home, and lose at Providence.
 
kansashusky said:
What you do think our record is over the next five games? I just feel like we exploded that half without Bouknight and played well the next game, but now the tape is out. Don’t let Polly shoot, and don’t foul during layups because we miss them all.

we really don’t have a three point threat so teams are just packing it in against us.
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I'll conservatively say 3-2 right now, until we see what Andre Jackson we're getting when he comes back
 
kansashusky said:
What you do think our record is over the next five games? I just feel like we exploded that half without Bouknight and played well the next game, but now the tape is out. Don’t let Polly shoot, and don’t foul during layups because we miss them all.

we really don’t have a three point threat so teams are just packing it in against us.
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What @superjohn and @navery12 both say - I think we go 3-2.
 
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kansashusky said:
What you do think our record is over the next five games? I just feel like we exploded that half without Bouknight and played well the next game, but now the tape is out. Don’t let Polly shoot, and don’t foul during layups because we miss them all.

we really don’t have a three point threat so teams are just packing it in against us.
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3-2 or 4-1
 
I think we get in if we end up as a bubble team. While it's been soiled in the last few years, the name UConn still carries some weight, at least I hope it does. Also, having a borderline lottery pick on most people's draft boards may help with the committee as well.
 
The problem right now is we have no consistent scorer. I thought Polley & Martin would bridge the gap until Bouk returns but not happening last couple games. One of them needs to score 20 for us to have a chance at wins until Bouk is back.
 
We will be on the fence sweating bullets. Dan Hurley needs to be able to pull this team together without Bouk. Even if he returns, there will likely be some rust. Really sucks he’s out, but we have to find somebody to step up like CV last year..
 
We found him. His name is James.

The problem is we have no one stepping up to be a 19-20 Bouknight.

BlueDogs said:
We will be on the fence sweating bullets. Dan Hurley needs to be able to pull this team together without Bouk. Even if he returns, there will likely be some rust. Really sucks he’s out, but we have to find somebody to step up like CV last year..
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Big difference between Net and KenPom rankings for some teams....

Drake is #62 in KenPom.
 
Hi-Low said:
The problem right now is we have no consistent scorer. I thought Polley & Martin would bridge the gap until Bouk returns but not happening last couple games. One of them needs to score 20 for us to have a chance at wins until Bouk is back.
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Hate to say this but both of those guys would be even better with their skill sets having Bouk in the line up. Not having that stud scorer makes our guys so much easier to defend.
 
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In a normal season, our current record 10 games in facing a bunch of cupcakes would be concerning. But in a normal season this point in January this team would have another 7 or 8 wins (potentially another USC caliber win among them).

We would be a 14-3 team right now in a normal season, with a neutral win over the best PAC12 team and 3 road BE wins (the Marquette win was great).

Record won’t be a big factor this year, as long as we are a few games over .500 we should be good.

Win a few games vs Hall, PC, Xavier, Marquette, Nova and avoid future losses to butler, John’s and Georgetown and we should be a lock.

BET games will only improve our seed line.
 
McLovin said:
In a normal season, our current record 10 games in facing a bunch of cupcakes would be concerning. But in a normal season this point in January this team would have another 7 or 8 wins (potentially another USC caliber win among them).

We would be a 14-3 team right now in a normal season, with a neutral win over the best PAC12 team and 3 road BE wins (the Marquette win was great).

Record won’t be a big factor this year, as long as we are a few games over .500 we should be good.

Win a few games vs Hall, PC, Xavier, Marquette, Nova and avoid future losses to butler, John’s and Georgetown and we should be a lock.

BET games will only improve our seed line.
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I think this says it perfectly. The only concerning thing is, if they aren't going to look much at our out of conference record for signature wins, like USC, because we don't have many games, what about teams that do have signature wins out of conference and a 500 or just under 500 conference record. I just hope that you can manage to narrow down the field to 68 with a fair way to do it.
And what if we do finish 500 or say 11-9 in big east, what place does that leave us in? Could potentially be the 5th or 6th spot no? That seems to put us right on the bubble. Lunardi has said all along that only 5 big east teams are getting in, and he has stuck to that in his projections.
 
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KSC94 said:
It'll just be a timing thing. If we get enough games with Bouknight back, then yes. And if we get in, we're going to the Sweet 16 at least
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We don’t have the backcourt to go that deep. In the college game guards get you deep into the tournament. Bouknight is a scorer but only average defender. The rest are what they are.
 
RayRay said:
I think this says it perfectly. The only concerning thing is, if they aren't going to look much at our out of conference record for signature wins, like USC, because we don't have many games, what about teams that do have signature wins out of conference and a 500 or just under 500 conference record. I just hope that you can manage to narrow down the field to 68 with a fair way to do it.
And what if we do finish 500 or say 11-9 in big east, what place does that leave us in? Could potentially be the 5th or 6th spot no? That seems to put us right on the bubble. Lunardi has said all along that only 5 big east teams are getting in, and he has stuck to that in his projections.
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I nobody has signature wins this year. COVID makes predicting the tournament more difficult for sure. How do you even compare conference strengths when very few teams played many games. And teams stopped and started. Given that I suspect you can pretty much assume that the field will be heavy on major conference members. Probably more so than usual. It is just easier. Nobody is going to question taking an extra ACC team over the regular season Mid major champ that got upset in its tournament. Given that, I think if we finish 5 th or better we are a lock. 8 or worse no way and 6-7 it will be a coin flip.
Of course as with everything this year COVID is the wild card. Imagine a scenario where the Big East teams arrive in NY and the top seed announces a player tested positive so they are out.
 
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