How big is this Cincy game?

[imno1]

He's also only 2 weeks older than Jalen Adams. Caupain is probably the youngest junior in the country.

Another surprising stat was while watching them play Memphis and TC scored to bring his point total to 21 (ended with 25I think) which was new a career high. Would have thought he'd have at least that before.

 

[Kitaman]

If we can't beat a conference foe at home with the talent we have then it could actually spell doom.

I say must win because we are at home playing a good team, and we need to start proving that we can play great basketball and beat good teams on a regular basis.

Either we are the best in the AAC or we are not, tonight will help determine that.

 

[PcketknfNiels]

I'm calling it a must win. Have to take care of the home games, especially against the top half of the AAC.

You do a lot of great work for the board, but how the hell is this post worthy of 6 likes?


This is definitely a must win for getting an at large though. Tourney committee has been consistent in that they're not going to give the AAC any credit on seeding lines, no matter what brand name program they're judging. Need any and all decent wins that we can get.

 

[Mots010]

I've only glossed over this thread, but would it make sense to just have a cap on the max RPI that can be taken into the equation? If all teams about RPI 200 are pretty much the same level of awful, then why not just use 200 as the max value used in the equation? So if you play a team ranked 315, they just count as 200. I am fully prepared to be shot down on this idea.

 

[intlzncster]

If we can't beat a conference foe at home with the talent we have then it could actually spell doom.

You mean like Temple?

 

[intlzncster]

You do a lot of great work for the board, but how the hell is this post worthy of 6 likes?

tcf, as probably the foremost contributor to this board in terms of actual UCONN related value, gets residual likes. Veterans are so used to liking his posts, they just do it automatically. Newbies look at his like ratio, and figure they are just supposed to like his posts. c'est la vie

Also, worrying about likes is a fruitless endeavor.

 

[Kitaman]

You mean like Temple?

Yes exactly. I just feel we can't afford to lose at home against un-ranked teams. I don't want to see this happening especially if our goal is to dominate the conference we are in. It just doesn't look good.

Gampel and HCC must be protected at all costs, especially knowing how hard it is to win on the road.

 

[intlzncster]

I've only glossed over this thread, but would it make sense to just have a cap on the max RPI that can be taken into the equation? If all teams about RPI 200 are pretty much the same level of awful, then why not just use 200 as the max value used in the equation? So if you play a team ranked 315, they just count as 200. I am fully prepared to be shot down on this idea.

I think there's merit to this, but then teams could schedule all 330+ teams as their cupcakes, and they'd have a much easier road than someone who had all 200s. You need a system that's equitable, and that you can't really game.

 

[tcf15]

You do a lot of great work for the board, but how the hell is this post worthy of 6 likes?

Those are my other 6 accounts.

 

[Greathusky]

Looking at it from another angle, I am looking for playing the least possible number of games in the league tournament (not by losing). After what the NCAA has done to the AAC in the past couple of years. winning the league tournament may be our only shot if we end up losing a couple of more games. Those bye days could be important for us.

 

[PcketknfNiels]

tcf, as probably the foremost contributor to this board in terms of actual UCONN related value, gets residual likes. Veterans are so used to liking his posts, they just do it automatically. Newbies look at his like ratio, and figure they are just supposed to like his posts. c'est la vie

Also, worrying about likes is a fruitless endeavor.

Knew or at least figured all of this, just wanted to point that particular instance out.

 

[HuskyFich]

For UConn:

Take out wins against Maine (294), UNH (201), Sacred Heart (304), UMass Lowell (286), and CCSU (351)

Replace with wins against Bowling Green (194), Western Kentucky (195), NJIT (196), Hampton (197) and Western Michigan (199)

Record stays the same at 14-5.
RPI goes from 67 to 32.
SOS goes from 116 to 57.

Sigh.

Is the difference between 199 and 351 not monumental? Yeah clearly not good teams but that seems kind of ridiculous to replace CCSU with West. Mich.

That's like comparing Oklahoma(1) and Columbia (153). Same distance between them.

So IMO, don't tweet that at Bilas

 

[Drew]

UMass, URI, LIU-Brooklyn are 3 I'd love to see that are local, although 2 of those would probably request a H/H. Buy games can be had with teams that are traditionally not awful. I'd like to see us look into teams like NMSU, Utah St, Omaha, NDSU, for potential buy games too.

 

[James]

Anyone know if espn3 has a replay of the game up right after ? Or does it take time ? @tcf15

 

[tcf15]

Is the difference between 199 and 351 not monumental? Yeah clearly not good teams but that seems kind of ridiculous to replace CCSU with West. Mich.

That's like comparing Oklahoma(1) and Columbia (153). Same distance between them.

So IMO, don't tweet that at Bilas

Point is don't schedule 200+ RPI teams.

 

[HarryAGampel]

It seems year in and year out we schedule teams from the America East and NEC, two of the worst conferences in the nation. If we just looked instead to schedule teams from the Patriot League, Ivy, MAAC, or Colonial. All local conferences with 'cupcakes' that aren't as frequently in the 300 RPI range.

I agree that RPI is a crock of $h*t. But the fact is that it matters and we should adjust our scheduling.

 

[Slasher]

And there you go. Proof positive.

Just schedule NJIT instead of Robert Morris.

You say that, but Robert Morris was 153 in the RPI last year. How are you to know?

 

[Slasher]

You say that, but Robert Morris was 153 in the RPI last year. How are you to know?

Robert Morris is the perfect example. Don't you think Cincy expected this to be a mid 100s team at worst? But they're sitting at 307?

Robert Morris
2016: 307
2015: 153
2014: 119
2013: 120
2012: 97
2011: 99
2010: 131

 

[Yankees32123]

Point is don't schedule 200+ RPI teams.

At the very least no 300+ RPI teams.

 

[justgoplay]

Cincinnati fan here.......Don't know if it's a big game for you guys, but from Cincy's perspective it is bigger than Montana. If my Bearcats hold true to form they will play well. They may even out play UCONN for 35 minutes, and then piss themselves in the final 5.........Either way, I hope UC and UCONN get invited to the BIG12 next week.

 

[intlzncster]

Robert Morris is the perfect example. Don't you think Cincy expected this to be a mid 100s team at worst? But they're sitting at 307?

Robert Morris
2016: 307
2015: 153
2014: 119
2013: 120
2012: 97
2011: 99
2010: 131

Thanks, much better than my Maine example.

 

[jibsey]

Cincinnati fan here..Don't know if it's a big game for you guys, but from Cincy's perspective it is bigger than Montana. If my Bearcats hold true to form they will play well. They may even out play UCONN for 35 minutes, and then piss themselves in the final 5....Either way, I hope UC and UCONN get invited to the BIG12 next week.

No we were the ones who had that bad turnover, but you have a tough team and good interior defense. Hope our luck is better in Cincy.

 

[David 76]

then piss themselves in the final 5....

No. That was us

 

[Tenspro2002]

Robert Morris is the perfect example. Don't you think Cincy expected this to be a mid 100s team at worst? But they're sitting at 307?

Robert Morris
2016: 307
2015: 153
2014: 119
2013: 120
2012: 97
2011: 99
2010: 131

That's unlucky.

But if you schedule 6 Robert Morris's, you'll get 1 dud, 4 in the 100-200 range, and 1 pleasant surprise.

If you schedule 6 Maine's, you'll get 6 duds.

 

[upstater]

You say that, but Robert Morris was 153 in the RPI last year. How are you to know?

I was being sarcastic