So are we in?

[Jaybo]

We can end up with a better record then Duke before Sunday,and their what a 3-4 seed

 

[Jaker]

If we don't win this tourney and get the automatic bid, we will get screwed, book it.

 

[Hi-Low]

Lunardi just updated....he has us 3rd to last team in....still behind Vandy, Cincy, Oregon State who are all done. Those behind us on his board that are still playing are Michigan, Tulsa, Ohio St. & Bama so theoretically if we lose to Temple and 3 of them win we could be out. By the same token if Tulsa, Ohio State & Bama lose tonight we should be pretty locked in, albeit a play-in game....according to Joey.

I have UConn ahead of Vandy, Cincy & Oregon State so take that Joey!

 

[sledog]

Why debate? Kick their ass. Then QED.

 

[Hi-Low]

Why debate? Kick their ass. Then QED.

On the off chance we don't kick their ass then we will be up for debate, not much to debate though...should be solidly in.

 

[Jerry1714]

Cash

 

[caw]

A neutral court loss to a top 60 (maybe top 50 team) won't hurt RPI much, but a win would push UConns RPI into the top 40 likely.

 

[Matrim55]

A neutral court loss to a top 60 (maybe top 50 team) won't hurt RPI much, but a win would push UConns RPI into the top 40 likely.

What would our RPI be if we replaced the CCSU game (#351) with somebody from 200-250? I can't figure it out, but I suspect we'd be much higher.

 

[Horatio]

Outstanding !!!

 

[Tenspro2002]

So are we now the biggest Michigan fans in the world? Them winning the Big10 tournament would be absolutely HUGE for us as we stomped them by 17 or so with little trouble, and they have the talent to win it all.

Unless they leapfrog us in the bubble pecking order.

I would have rather they lost today so there was no chance of that happening. That's more important than a few RPI points.

 

[Tenspro2002]

you mean guys like Tenspro???

Didn't realize I was considered an Ollie hater. If so, I'm not doing a very good job.

 

[White Dwarf]

Send the team to Raleigh (because I have tickets)

 

[EricSD]

I think we maybe still need to beat Temple to get in, but without looking at the bracketology before, we'd need to see how the teams ahead of us did...

 

[Matrim55]

I think we maybe still need to beat Temple to get in, but without looking at the bracketology before, we'd need to see how the teams ahead of us did...

80% of brackets had us in at the start of the day:

http://www.bracketmatrix.com/

We'll almost certainly have leapfrogged the two teams in front of us (Vanderbilt, St. Mary's), and arguably a few others as well. Of the teams behind us, Michigan got a big win. But they have a worse resume than us and a head-to-head loss, so I don't think it means all that much.

One of the sweetest parts of today's win? It probably drives a nail into Syracuse's coffin. Should be just the third time in the last four decades that they've missed the tourney in back-to-back years.

Feeling good, Billy Ray.

 

[Waquoit]

We are on like Donkey Kong

 

[superjohn]

Again this shouldn't even be a question. Compare our resume to others, we are in.

 

[upstater]

The only way UConn doesn't make it is if we beat Temple and lose to Tulane.

 

[Paesano]

Everything you guys are saying is reasonable but, REMEMBER, the NCAA is NOT reasonable. We are NOT a lock yet. If they beat Temple it would be almost impossible for them to keep us out. Besides, we probably go on to win the whole damn thing anyways. But, if they lose, and other games don't go our way, the NCAA could keep us out without it being an obvious screw job.

 

[CTBasketball]

The only way UConn doesn't make it is if we beat Temple and lose to Tulane.

Literally that would be like getting roundhoused by Rod Sellers' elbow a thousand times right in the face.

 

[Eskapeesto]

 

[Excalibur]

Should we be? Yes. Absolutely.

Do I trust the selection committee? Absolutely not.

 

[JimHurley]

Should we be? Yes. Absolutely.

Do I trust the selection committee? Absolutely not.

Pretty much. SMU was ranked in 2014 the week before Selection Sunday and they didn't make it.

 

[HuskyBballFan]

Pretty much. SMU was ranked in 2014 the week before Selection Sunday and they didn't make it.

They lost to an atrocious Houston team in the first round and played a pathetic non-conference schedule.

 

[stick]

Lunardi said on SportsCenter he is gonna move us into the Last 4 in.

Lunardi is considered a middle of the road bracketology expert. The guy who is considered the best according to braxket matrix, Andy Bottoms had us in with a BYE even BEFORE today's game.

 

[storrsroars]

If one thinks UConn and Cincy are both still bubble teams then there are probably 13 "consensus" bubble teams competing for 8 spots.

My feeling is that Cincy, Vandy, UConn and St. Mary's are safe. Tulsa, Arkansas-Little Rock and Michigan still control their fates. IMO, all are in with wins on Saturday or out with losses. Temple apparently needs to get the auto-bid. Hoping for those four teams to not make it are (in likely order of bubble strength): Valpo, Pitt, St. Bonnies, Monmouth and Cuse. I think a Tulsa win tonight boots Cuse anyway (although they appear to not want this game!). I don't think any other team is in the conversation.

 

[uconngb]

Our resume should put us easily in, I don't know why this is even a debate.

It's not. We're in,

 

[DarthGrumpy]

I would think so unless there are some major upsets in the P5 conference playoffs that push some expected automatic bids into the at-large pile. So, call it 60/40 in at this point. Beat Temple, its 75/25, win the AAC, its 100%.

 

[PcketknfNiels]

Let's just win the next 8 games.