Is the SMU Game a must win
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Gotta have 3 of 4 down the stretch to tread water. Doesn't really matter which 3 (i.e. a marquee win would offset a bad loss; avoid bad losses is as helpful as a marquee win).
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This is a pretty optimistic view.
USF & UCF are obviously must-wins
I think we also have to win either the Houston or SMU game
And really I'd like to make it to the championship game of the AAC tourney to basically take it out of the committee's hands
If we beat USF and UCF, lose to Houston and SMU, and just win 1 game in the tournament, there's a very good chance we'll be back in the NIT
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Aside from making the NCAA, don't we need 3 of 4 and then at least 1 in the AAC to have any chance of doing anything postseason? Seriously.
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No - SMU isn't a must win. Assuming we win the 3 other games.
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Unfortunately there's a very good chance that may happen. They just shot themselves in the foot today...
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Well well well....... Now the SMU game is a need/must!
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This team deserves the NIT. How can you not be totally focused for this one? If it were up to me I might even turn down the NIT and just tell everyone to go away. Start over from scratch next year. Disgusted with this crew.
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Not really still I could still see us missing the tourny beating SMU. Need to win the conference tourny record is not pretty
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That's what bothers me the most. When the hell did we turn into a program that has no chance of beating a barely ranked team on the road? The AAC is killing us, back in the Big East days we'd go out and beat teams that would wipe the floor with this SMU team. That's the scariest thing of all for me.
We just moved to a 11 seed. We would be back to an 8 seed if we beat SMU, but will be back to NIT if we loose to UCF at home next saturday (unless of course we win the conference tournament)
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Your stupidity is ruining my country.
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Need to beat at least .500 vs the RPI 100. Today would have helped immensely allowing us to beat SMU to guarantee a .500+ record. Now we sit at 7-8 after today's loss. The math is simple. Don't lose to a sub 100 team, beat SMU plus at least one top half team in the AAC or put yourself at the mercy of the committee.
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Even if they beat SMU, I think we're going to need to get to the AAC final. And if we lose Thursday, we're out unless we win the tournament.
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that's probably right. any other scenario is a complete coin flip...not a good position. bummed that we could very well be sitting out for the second year in a row
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