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Monday, March 1st Update NET: 36 KenPom: 29 BPI: 26

BFieldHusky said:
NET: 36
KenPom: 29
BPI: 26

Jerry Palm has us as an 8 seed as of this morning. Lunardi has us has the first team with "Last 4 byes" but that was updated Sunday morning.
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Yeah, I've been checking for updates on ESPN. How the heck is Lundardi's latest update from last Friday morning? It's March, he should be updating no less than daily. What else does the guy have to do?
 
Will be interested to see if UConn gets any AP votes today.

Not going to crack the top 25 (yet) but with 2 convincing wins, winning 4 of last 5 & Bouk back should get a few votes.
 
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Also, we can still get the 3 seed in the BET even if we lose at Seton Hall. If we were to win Saturday v.s. GTown, and Seton Hall were to lose at St. John's, our winning percentage would be slightly higher (.588 to .580). However, if that were to happen, we have to watch Xavier. If they were to win out (they are at Georgetown and Marquette this week), at 8-5, they would get 3rd place (.615).

The lowest UConn can fall right now I believe is 6th. We would have to lost out, and St. John's winning out would have them slightly above us.
 
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BFieldHusky said:
Also, we can still get the 3 seed in the BET even if we lose at Seton Hall. If we were to win Saturday v.s. GTown, and Seton Hall were to lose at St. John's, our winning percentage would be slightly higher (.588 to .580). However, if that were to happen, we have to watch Xavier. If they were to win out (they are at Georgetown and Marquette this week), at 8-5, they would get 3rd place (.615).

The lowest UConn can fall right now I believe is 6th. We would have to lost out, and St. John's winning out would have them slightly above us.
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looks like we're locked into 5 or better
 
BFieldHusky said:
I must have done the math wrong. Thanks @4xChamps. Looks like we have clinched at least a first round bye which is huge.
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Yep if PC or St Johns win out and uconn loses out it'd be 10-9 conf record v 9-8 conf record (uconn) and the 9-8 winning % is slightly better
 
BFieldHusky said:
I must have done the math wrong. Thanks @4xChamps. Looks like we have clinched at least a first round bye which is huge.
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Yeah UConn would be 9-8 and Johnnies 10-9, which means we edge them out (by tenths of percentage points).
4xChamps said:


looks like we're locked into 5 or better
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Here are the KenPom numbers for comparison.
UConn Seed
360.55%
425.94%
513.51%
 
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Peacefrog said:
Yeah, I've been checking for updates on ESPN. How the heck is Lundardi's latest update from last Friday morning? It's March, he should be updating no less than daily. What else does the guy have to do?
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Strange. A world where you make a living predicting seeding in a once a year tournament. And many times be wrong with that prediction.
 
Just keep winning.

And make notable progress on committing fewer suboptimal fouls, and not having any meaningful disparity between fouls called on UConn and fouls called on opponents.

Game 19 usually allows for a few more season-long lessons to be learned, but the reality of March 1st argues against this.

It all makes for a tricky end to the first season in a new conference. Go Huskies!
 
BFieldHusky said:
I must have done the math wrong. Thanks @4xChamps. Looks like we have clinched at least a first round bye which is huge.
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Its huge in terms of winning the big east tournament. But in an odd way, would it mean more to our overall resume to get an extra game and win?
 
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If I remember correctly we were a 3 seed in 2011. Does anyone have a clue what we would of been if we hadn't won the BE tournament. Let's say we lose to Pitt. It's all conjecture, but I'm thinking 6 seed if we had lost to Pitt.
 
SportsFan88 said:
I’m finding out that the yard just doesn’t like lunardi at all it’s like what did he do to be so despised LOL
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He liked Jameer Nelson and the St. Joe's team more than the Emeka Okafor and the UConn team.

That's one batch of ancient hatred.

He works for ESPN and a lot of people hate that.

He doesn't view UConn with blue-colored glasses and so sometimes has them lower than the board, and so any time the team is placed below where the board thinks it should be the only answer is some nefarious reason like Lunardi has a grudge against us.
 
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Hi-Low said:
UConn gets 5 votes this week / USC drops to #27

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LOL UNC gets blasted at home by the 10th place BE team and still finds its way to 4 votes? How? On the strength of the FSU win? Come on.
 
UCDaveD said:
A 3-seed in the Big East should never miss the tournament.
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a 4-seed in the BE should never miss the tourney and that would still be considered a down year going forward. at least 5 is the expectation.

i think we get at least 4 this year: nova, creighton, UConn, and either xavier or hall.

how do all 5 get in?
xavier wins out and hall loses 1 more to us. xavier gets the 4 seed and hall gets the 5 but hall upsets xavier in the second round of the BET and both get in?

they can't leave out xavier with a .615 winning% in the BE, or hall at .578% and a trip to the BET semi finals.
 
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BFieldHusky said:
NET: 36
KenPom: 29
BPI: 26

Jerry Palm has us as an 8 seed as of this morning. Lunardi has us has the first team with "Last 4 byes" but that was updated Sunday morning.
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Hi-Low said:
UConn gets 5 votes this week / USC drops to #27

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The AP poll shows UConn at 37th.
Prescription: just keep winning.
One game at a time.
 
tzznandrew said:
He liked Jameer Nelson and the St. Joe's team more than the Emeka Okafor and the UConn team.

That's one batch of ancient hatred.

He works for ESPN and a lot of people hate that.

He doesn't view UConn with blue-colored glasses and so sometimes has them lower than the board, and so any time the team is placed below where the board thinks it should be the only answer is some nefarious reason like Lunardi has a grudge against us.
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But that st joes team was #1 in the country a good portion of the season right? I remember them losing a tough game vs ok state in the tournament but yea now I get it bro LOL I’ve been sayin to myself that lunardi isn’t that bad a dude so what am I missing
 
ucawn said:
It is not worth it to lose to Seton Hall and Georgetown just to beat DePaul...
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I hear you and agree. But this is a year where teams on the bubble are trying to schedule games after their conference tournaments. You can’t entirely dismiss that games played and wins matter.
Hypothetically, if UConn loses their first game in the BET, you can absolutely bet we will all wish we had a win from the day before.
 
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