The Bubble

[McLovin]

I can't imagine us not being on the bubble at this point. We've beaten the top 3 teams in the league. We are one of the hottest teams in the country right now. We obviously still have work to do, but I can't see a justification for a team like Memphis being considered "on the bubble" while we are not even in the picture. I think we still have a route to the NCAA without the auto bid.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Slid into #49 on Kenpom with this one. I’d say we’re on the bubble

 

[McLovin]

Slid into #49 on Kenpom with this one. I’d say we’re on the bubble

We are ahead of Memphis in the NET and KenPom.

 

[imno1]

We won't need the bubble

 

[AdamaNation]

Semis get us in I think. But let me pose this question. Would you rather get into the dance and possibly leave early or win the NIT? The question is about development. I know what most would say but hardware is important too.

 

[BlueMAB]

To be on the bubble we’d have to beat the top 3 teams in the country.

 

[HungryHuskies]

UConn basketball is back, the casuals are back, no one wants to play us.

It’s March.

 

[Dooooooomed]

NCAA, easily. That is the goal of all players. Give CV and company what they most deserve.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Semis get us in I think. But let me pose this question. Would you rather get into the dance and possibly leave early or win the NIT? The question is about development. I know what most would say but hardware is important too.

I see us being one of these 12 seeds that gets into the sweet 16 tbh

 

[UChusky916]

No chance unless we win the conference tourney guys.

I know we want to be optimistic and the team is obviously playing better than their record, but we're not getting in because of the AAC reputation.
The committee will take an average team with a worse record from the ACC or B10, or B12 over UConn in the AAC every day. Remember who's on the committee?

AAC tourney winners or bust.

 

[McLovin]

Semis get us in I think. But let me pose this question. Would you rather get into the dance and possibly leave early or win the NIT? The question is about development. I know what most would say but hardware is important too.

I've been thinking about that a lot the past month, because a deep march run would be better than a quick exit... but CV deserves to have the NCAA Tournament patch on his chest. NCAA 100%.

 

[Austin316]

Bubble? Maybe a showdown in the conference title game will get us there but not sure if we are on it with a win at Tulane. Huge win tho! Love the hype!!!

 

[Leebo]

We're basically going to be in a situation where if we win out we'd just barely have an at-large resume, but then it wouldn't matter because we'd be in automatically. Any losses in the tournament would be enough to stop that progress.

 

[ThabeetDown]

Semis get us in I think. But let me pose this question. Would you rather get into the dance and possibly leave early or win the NIT? The question is about development. I know what most would say but hardware is important too.

The goal is to get to the Dance every year, not the Loser's Tournament. I'm not trying to be mean but that's a clown question.

 

[Hi-Low]

No chance unless we win the conference tourney guys.

I know we want to be optimistic and the team is obviously playing better than their record, but we're not getting in because of the AAC reputation. AAC tourney winners or bust.

Wouldn't say no chance if we make finals and lose...If beat Tulane and make finals that's 22 wins with better metrics than other low bubble teams.

 

[auror]

if we didn't have that St. Joe's loss we might be. It's so bad.

I will say, it's super arbitrary, but Florida/Tulsa bumping up into Q1 does make a huge difference in the resume.

 

[HHawk18]

Slid into #49 on Kenpom with this one. I’d say we’re on the bubble

We were 50 pregame. There’s no way this win only brought us up one spot.

 

[UconnU]

We’re not on the bubble guys. We’re in 7th in the American and struggle on the road.

 

[JB75]

Semis get us in I think. But let me pose this question. Would you rather get into the dance and possibly leave early or win the NIT? The question is about development. I know what most would say but hardware is important too.

I hope I’m 1000% wrong but no way do semis get us in. If we wudda won one more game I think aac finals wud of got us in. We still need to win out, but the bubble is getting closer

 

[Chin Diesel]

Semis get us in I think. But let me pose this question. Would you rather get into the dance and possibly leave early or win the NIT? The question is about development. I know what most would say but hardware is important too.

I can confirm you can get it in with semis.

 

[Hi-Low]

We’re not on the bubble guys. We’re in 7th in the American and struggle on the road.

Tulsa is first in the AAC and not on the "Bubbles" ...It's not really about conference standings but overall body of work. The "bubble" has different meanings to some, I see it as any chance to make tourney without conference championship, so by that token we are at the very outer reaches of the Bubble.

 

[Dove]

We are ahead of Memphis in the NET and KenPom.

Isn't that Precious.

 

[KingConn]

No way are we on the bubble yet. Our road record will do us no favors and the NCAA hates us. Make it to the AAC championship game and we might get on the bubble...

 

[auror]

Here's our overall body of work. Does this look like a tournament team's resume?

Great wins:
None

Good wins:
2 wins against teams solidly in the tournament. Both at home, by 3 and 6 points.
2 wins against teams on the bubble, by 1 and 3 points, one of which was OT.
Tulsa on the road.

Bad losses:
Tulsa at home.
2 losses against 100+ conference foes on the road, 1 by double digits.

Really, really bad losses:
St, Joe's at home by 9.

 

[djct1999]

Semis get us in I think. But let me pose this question. Would you rather get into the dance and possibly leave early or win the NIT? The question is about development. I know what most would say but hardware is important too.

I’d rather lose by 30 in the first round of the NCAA than win the nit.

 

[Doctor Hoop]

Devils advocate here. Logic says we aren’t on the bubble ... but ... during the broadcast they said Jerry Palm’s last 4 in included Texas and Richmond. We are 49 Kenpom. Richmond is 48, Texas is 50.

Hmmmm....

 

[djct1999]

Here's our overall body of work. Does this look like a tournament team's resume?

Great wins:
None

Good wins:
2 wins against teams solidly in the tournament. Both at home, by 3 and 6 points.
2 wins against teams on the bubble, by 1 and 3 points, one of which was OT.
Tulsa on the road.

Bad losses:
Tulsa at home.
2 losses against 100+ conference foes on the road, 1 by double digits.

Really, really bad losses:
St, Joe's at home by 9.

Looks like a bubble resume to me. Asking for a friend, how does Richmonds, Utah State, Texas or Cincy’s look?

 

[Hi-Low]

Here's our overall body of work. Does this look like a tournament team's resume?

Great wins:
None

Good wins:
2 wins against teams solidly in the tournament. Both at home, by 3 and 6 points.
2 wins against teams on the bubble, by 1 and 3 points, one of which was OT.
Tulsa on the road.

Bad losses:
Tulsa at home.
2 losses against 100+ conference foes on the road, 1 by double digits.

Really, really bad losses:
St, Joe's at home by 9.

Nobody is saying we are a tourney team now but if we win 3 AAC tourney games our resume could end up being good enough to sneak in....who knows. If we beat Tulane make the AAC semi's we are on the bubble, make the finals we may get in.

 

[housekeys]

Semis get us in I think. But let me pose this question. Would you rather get into the dance and possibly leave early or win the NIT? The question is about development. I know what most would say but hardware is important too.

The assumption is we likely make a deep run into the NIT vs a quick NCAA exit. Neither is certain. Therefore I rather we win 4 in 4 nights and have everyone expect us to lose early in the NCAA ( remember what everyone said after 5 wins in 5 nights? ). They are still waiting.

I will admit the thought of getting to MSG and staking our claim as we re-join the Big East, is a nice story line.

 

[auror]

Looks like a bubble resume to me. Asking for a friend, how does Richmonds, Utah State, Texas or Cincy’s look?

Not gonna lie, Cincy's resume is also terrible. 4 bad losses compared to 3 for us, but none as bad as St. Joe's.

Cincy has 3 more good wins than us. It's the difference at the moment.