January General CBB Discussion Thread (Non-BE) | Page 41 | The Boneyard

January General CBB Discussion Thread (Non-BE)

auror said:
From a metrics standpoint, doesn't really matter. Played them both once, neither win or loss is going to marginally improve or be hurt by the result.

Arizona losing gives us a chance to move up to #1 in AP poll, so probably BYU.
Expand ...
Rolling into MSG #1 would be fun.

Miffs me as to why Duke would get East & not South, since they are located in the Southeast and we in the Northeast.

 
RuffRuff said:
Rolling into MSG #1 would be fun.

Miffs me as to why Duke would get East & not South, since they are located in the Southeast and we in the Northeast.

Expand ...

The hockey selection committee has broad ability to balance the regions for travel and attendance, but for basketball they just go straight closest mileage geography in order of S-Curve.

But Duke is also like almost 1,000 miles closer to DC than Houston, so it doesn't make sense to send them to Houston anyways. They're really more East than Southeast and Houston is straight South not Southeast anyways.
 
I just want to be the 1 seed in the east on dukes side of the bracket. I guess it’s conceivable we don’t need to be #1 overall and duke the last 1 seed for that to happen. Arizona could be #1 overall and Michigan could fall to the last 1 seed with a few Ls in the BIG. Im betting they end up with at least 2x as many Ls as either UConn or Duke in conference.
 
.-.
bendm said:
I just want to be the 1 seed in the east on dukes side of the bracket. I guess it’s conceivable we don’t need to be #1 overall and duke the last 1 seed for that to happen. Arizona could be #1 overall and Michigan could fall to the last 1 seed with a few Ls in the BIG. Im betting they end up with at least 2x as many Ls as either UConn or Duke in conference.
Expand ...
Two things you can likely bank on - AZ overall 1 given undefeated and resume (have room for error), and Duke a 1 given ACC. I'd love to pencil us in, hard to given recent play and tougher part of schedule coming up.
 
RuffRuff said:
Two things you can likely bank on - AZ overall 1 given undefeated and resume (have room for error), and Duke a 1 given ACC. I'd love to pencil us in, hard to given recent play and tougher part of schedule coming up.
Expand ...
buddy adores Arizona it's actually pretty funny. they can do no wrong according to you!
 
RuffRuff said:
Two things you can likely bank on - AZ overall 1 given undefeated and resume (have room for error), and Duke a 1 given ACC. I'd love to pencil us in, hard to given recent play and tougher part of schedule coming up.
Expand ...
Everyone's schedule gets tougher coming up and everyone is going to lose. Banking on Arizona being the overall #1 and Duke a 1 while saying you can't pencil UConn in as a 1 makes no sense.
 
superjohn said:
Everyone's schedule gets tougher coming up and everyone is going to lose. Banking on Arizona being the overall #1 and Duke a 1 while saying you can't pencil UConn in as a 1 makes no sense.
Expand ...
They're that far ahead on the metrics/resume and expect them to get a number of quality wins, even if they lose a few. Given they're starting with 0 losses, they're in really good shape. 1 in the NET, KP, just about everything.

The ACC stinks and Duke is playing well. Their metrics are really good.

We unfortunately don't have a lot of high level win opportunities, so it feels like we have a lot more room to go down than up. And our metrics have been doing a nose dive. We are 8 in the NET, 11 in KP.
 
RuffRuff said:
They're that far ahead on the metrics/resume and expect them to get a number of quality wins, even if they lose a few. Given they're starting with 0 losses, they're in really good shape. 1 in the NET, KP, just about everything.

The ACC stinks and Duke is playing well. Their metrics are really good.

We unfortunately don't have a lot of high level win opportunities, so it feels like we have a lot more room to go down than up. And our metrics have been doing a nose dive. We are 8 in the NET, 11 in KP.
Expand ...
We have been between 6-8 most of the year in the NET. But be overdramatic. It's your thing.
 
RuffRuff said:
They're that far ahead on the metrics/resume and expect them to get a number of quality wins, even if they lose a few. Given they're starting with 0 losses, they're in really good shape. 1 in the NET, KP, just about everything.

The ACC stinks and Duke is playing well. Their metrics are really good.

We unfortunately don't have a lot of high level win opportunities, so it feels like we have a lot more room to go down than up. And our metrics have been doing a nose dive. We are 8 in the NET, 11 in KP.
Expand ...
But Aren’t we #1 in WAB which is what the selection committee follows most closely ? My hypothesis assumes we finish the season with only 1 or 2 more Ls + win the BET.
 
Last edited:
.-.
bendm said:
But Aren’t we #1 in WAB which is what the selection committee follows most closely ? My hypothesis assumes we finish the season with only 1 or 2 more Ls + win the BET.
Expand ...
We can pull that off, we're looking good. I don't think we can afford more than two losses. We have three games left against tourney teams.
 
bendm said:
But Aren’t we #1 in WAB which is what the selection committee follows most closely ? My hypothesis assumes we finish the season with only 1 or 2 more Ls + win the BET.
Expand ...
The selection committee does use WAB but I'm not sure it's their number 1 metric.

UConn is still #1 in WAB but look how close the top 3 teams are. Razor thin margin.

 
UConn being #1 in WAB gives us a buffer. I think it takes only one Duke loss for us to pass them again.
 
aceboon said:
hadn't heard of this guy until today, these plays are ridiculous

Expand ...

Thanks for sharing. Could you imagine this guy in UConn's offense...

Edit- what a strange player, from looking at his stats he can't shoot at all but his vision, creativity, athleticism/body control is insane.
 
.-.
Mikel Brown and Louisville vs Cam Boozer and Duke.

AJ and BYU vs Koa Peat and Arizona.

It's so refreshing to have young talented players with futures to watch in college basketball this year. Great hoops on tonight.
 
HW611 said:
Mikel Brown and Louisville vs Cam Boozer and Duke.

AJ and BYU vs Koa Peat and Arizona.

It's so refreshing to have young talented players with futures to watch in college basketball this year. Great hoops on tonight.
Expand ...
Savor it, this is an outlier. I can't recall a season like this. A freshman class like this is one of a kind.

AZ @ BYU may be one of the most anticipated games of the year. AZ 1.5. I think we'll see what they're made of in this one. Do Peat/AJ defend each other?
 
HW611 said:
Mikel Brown and Louisville vs Cam Boozer and Duke.

AJ and BYU vs Koa Peat and Arizona.

It's so refreshing to have young talented players with futures to watch in college basketball this year. Great hoops on tonight.
Expand ...
Is Brown back? He was out for a few weeks. Louisville is much better with him.
 
HW611 said:
Oh my goodness.

What a find. You can still make the NBA from mid majors???
Expand ...
looking into his stats he can't shoot at all tho, not even FTs. As an older player it's hard to stick or even enter the league as a connector/role player without a shot.
 
.-.
aceboon said:
looking into his stats he can't shoot at all tho, not even FTs. As an older player it's hard to stick or even enter the league as a connector/role player without a shot.
Expand ...
If he can't play defense, I don't think he’ll have much of a shot.

If he can play defense I think he can find a role with his athleticism if he is a good finisher at the rim. Think that held Andre back more than anything else to go along with his shot of course.

You just have to be able to contribute something offensively scoring wise while the trainers work on improving the jump shot.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Online statistics

Members online
50
Guests online
8,048
Total visitors
8,098
Totals may include hidden visitors.

Forum statistics

Threads
166,757
Messages
4,492,681
Members
10,366
Latest member
Bigbrad1029


Top Bottom