Race for 1 Seed (2/5)

[businesslawyer]

As long as we don't lose in Milwaukee, I'm not worried about losing the 4th position. BUT if we played Florida on Saturday on a neutral court, it would not surprise me in the least if Florida was favored over us. They are absolutely playing very good and consistent ball the second half of the season.

 

[bendm]

We’d be screwed if it weren’t for our WAB. I’m guessing a 3 seed with the same record if we didn’t get to play four top 15 teams plus BYU, which would be top 20 but for the Saunders injury. Is this quality of a noncon schedule going to be easily replicable every year going forward or did we get lucky? It’s hard to know how good teams will be more than a year out.

 

[auror]

We’d be screwed if it weren’t for our WAB. I’m guessing a 3 seed with the same record if we didn’t get to play four top 15 teams plus BYU, which would be top 20 but for the Saunders injury. Is this quality of a noncon schedule going to be easily replicable every year going forward or did we just get lucky? It’s hard to know how good teams will be more than a year out.

Seemed like all the top teams were doing it, so it was easy to get games. It'll probably be en vogue for a couple more years at least. Most of the teams had success with it seems (Duke, Arizona, Florida, us, Illinois, Alabama all had insane schedules without MTEs, all likely to be top seeds).

 

[FreeDogs]

What are you talking about?

Post #172 in this thread. You said we needed to wait and see if Hurley is worth the money he is paid. I later asked you what else he needed to do, which you didn't reply to, so now I'm asking if he has proved he is worth the money he is paid.

 

[BFieldHusky]

Down to us and Florida...

 

[JonnyRI]

We’d be screwed if it weren’t for our WAB. I’m guessing a 3 seed with the same record if we didn’t get to play four top 15 teams plus BYU, which would be top 20 but for the Saunders injury. Is this quality of a noncon schedule going to be easily replicable every year going forward or did we get lucky? It’s hard to know how good teams will be more than a year out.

Our WAB is really good because we win. Non-con and BE. Schedule might not always be quite as good but winning takes care of a lot.

And the way things are now it should not be that hard to put together a comparable non conf schedule every year.

 

[tzznandrew]

And the way things are now it should not be that hard to put together a comparable non conf schedule every year.

Right. It's just going to be hard to win at the pace they won in the NC against that sort of schedule.

But...here's hoping the Big East isn't a dumpster fire next year. You expect Willard to keep Villanova on the upswing and for Creighton and Marquette to not suck, and just that—having 5/11 tournament teams rather than 3/11—will help.

 

[willie99]

Just win baby

So many love saying the Big East is weak. So is the SEC and Big10, where everyone has lost a bunch of games. Literally everyone except for Michigan. The ACC is weak, a one horse conference weakened even more with an unbalanced schedule. The B12 has the most contenders and we beat two of them.

Last year, Walter Clayton bailed Florida out in multiple games, he's not suiting up this year. I doubt we'll miss a ton of wide open shots should we play them again this year.

We're in the mix, that's all you can ask for. Preannoited champions are rarely crowned

 

[Umami Zen]

Rothstein's piece posted by @husky99 "Bracket Talk" is a good listen. In an attempt to be objective-and to learn about the last #1 seed choices-Likely UConn or Florida- He breaks down the Q1 win opportunities left for Fla and for UConn. Even if both teams win out heading into Selection Sunday.

Clears some things up re: seeding. Conclusion for UConn? Keep stackin' Ws until Selection Sunday. Bonus would be a Nova match up in BET prior to BET Championship to pick up another Q1 W- Which would help us when compared to Florida and their Q1 W resume. Our WAB is trending in a strong position.

 

[ctbro1999]

Our WAB is really good because we win. Non-con and BE. Schedule might not always be quite as good but winning takes care of a lot.

And the way things are now it should not be that hard to put together a comparable non conf schedule every year.

Winning 2 of the last 3 titles makes it a lot easier to schedule top non-con games. Knocking on wood, winning 3/4 would make it even easier moving forward. 😁

 

[NJHusky]

Winning 2 of the last 3 titles makes it a lot easier to schedule top non-con games. Knocking on wood, winning 3/4 would make it even easier moving forward. 😁

Don’t we already have games with Tex Illinois and Uk next season?

 

[Fan1978]

Meanwhile we are now 4th ranked properly only teams with same wins and one less loss ahead of us.

Ironically Florida is next and above teams with more wins and less losses is a head scratcher as all Florida did was beat 3 nominally ranked teams at home and then beat up on bottom dweller SC and Miss St for 3 of those recent wins. They didn't play a top 10 team or even top 15. More "SEC is great nonsense"

Florida moves up as duke and Arizona and huskies win

 

[aboogieee]

Don’t we already have games with Tex Illinois and Uk next season?

UConn will face Arizona, Kansas, and Illinois next season. They will travel to Arizona on November 18, take on Illinois at the United Center, and host Kansas at home.

I believe the home-and-home series with Texas concluded this season.

They’ll probably look to add three more marquee games for next season.

 

[NJHusky]

Winning 2 of the last 3 titles makes it a lot easier to schedule top non-con games. Knocking on wood, winning 3/4 would make it even easier moving forward. 😁

you forgot the obligatory DOOMED!!

 

[Donyell 360]

Down to us and Florida...

Probably. Unless we both lose and either Iowa St or Houston wins the B12 tourney. I suppose for that matter Michigan St or Nebraska even has a shot if they win the B1G. Good news is we seem to be in the driver's seat, controlling our own 1 seed destiny.

 

[Waquoit]

As long as we don't lose in Milwaukee, I'm not worried about losing the 4th position. BUT if we played Florida on Saturday on a neutral court, it would not surprise me in the least if Florida was favored over us. They are absolutely playing very good and consistent ball the second half of the season.

They were favored in the 2014 semis after we beat them in December. We beat 'em again as you may recall.

 

[Lafayette]

As long as we don't lose in Milwaukee, I'm not worried about losing the 4th position. BUT if we played Florida on Saturday on a neutral court, it would not surprise me in the least if Florida was favored over us. They are absolutely playing very good and consistent ball the second half of the season.

Florida is playing the bottom of the SEC in SC twice and Miss St once, then home vs SEC's good teams but none ranked in the top 15. That was their 8 game win streak.

 

[KingAG]

Florida is playing the bottom of the SEC in SC twice and Miss St once, then home vs SEC's good teams but none ranked in the top 15. That was their 8 game win streak.

SEC is very overrated.

 

[That Guy]

We're actually being very underrated right now if you can believe that. Every fan discussion about contenders pretty much only lists Duke, Michigan, Arizona, and Florida. The media is giving us more love, but the average college fan doesn't think we belong in the conversation with those 4 other teams right now. If Hurley can spin this into us being underdogs then that will only help us in a couple of weeks.