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UConn officially on the Bubble

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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...
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The thing is it’s not the best 64. More like the best 48 which with our resume is a stretch. Need a runner up finish at lease with commanding wins.
 
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ucp990411 said:
So who says we are officially on the bubble. A boneyarder? That makes it official? We won't be on the bubble unless we win 3 in the AAC tournament.
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I am with you ucp990411. I love the way the Huskies are playing lately now and it bodes well for next year for sure, but they are not on the bubble, at least not yet. They have a bad road record and lost to St. Joe's (6-24 record).

One game at a time fellow fans. Let's just beat Tulane on Sunday.
 
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gsmooth said:
Damn. Look at two of the Last Four In: Xavier and Indiana. Those are two teams UConn should've beat. Naji Marshall hit a hell 3 pter to tie the game-that was from Ray Allen and Stephan Curry distance.
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Yup. Gotta think if we flip both those were squarely on the bubble at 20-10
 
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uconngb said:
I feel reasonably confident that winning the AAC tournament will get us in the NCAA
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So let's say we win the whole thing, because I don't think just two more wins in this tournament will get us an at-large. Who, besides maybe Houston, gets an at-large bid?
 
Uconn and SMU need to win the AAC to get in. Tulsa probably needs to win the AAC or get to championship game. Memphis and Cincinnati may get in with 2 wins in AAC tourney. Houston and Wichita should be fine with one win in tourny. These teams only beat up on each other. No real great out of conference wins. Wichita seems to have the best collection of wins over P5 teams.
 
UconnFanDC said:
Uconn and SMU need to win the AAC to get in. Tulsa probably needs to win the AAC or get to championship game. Memphis and Cincinnati may get in with 2 wins in AAC tourney. Houston and Wichita should be fine with one win in tourny. These teams only beat up on each other. No real great out of conference wins. Wichita seems to have the best collection of wins over P5 teams.
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The AAC is far closer to being 1-bid than 4-bid.
 
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UconnFanDC said:
Uconn and SMU need to win the AAC to get in. Tulsa probably needs to win the AAC or get to championship game. Memphis and Cincinnati may get in with 2 wins in AAC tourney. Houston and Wichita should be fine with one win in tourny. These teams only beat up on each other. No real great out of conference wins. Wichita seems to have the best collection of wins over P5 teams.
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You far over-rate this conference and the committee's perception of it.

How some of us still squint to make this conference look like a potential 4-bid league, 7 years going, amazes me.
 
Whether or not people here THINK we should be on the bubble - we are not - at least by any source I've seen. That being said - the Athletic thinks we can win the tourney and be a bid stealer. There is nobody in the AAC bracket that scares me at this point - but we also haven't won enough away from home. As far as I'm concerned - the tournament continues tomorrow. Just keep winning.
 
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Agree, a mean enough dog in the fight can write the invite!
This would be a nice going away gift to the conference also. Many predictors have only two AAC teams dancing with us winning they would be forced to go with at least a third.[/QUOTE]
 
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gsmooth said:
Damn. Look at two of the Last Four In: Xavier and Indiana. Those are two teams UConn should've beat. Naji Marshall hit a hell 3 pter to tie the game-that was from Ray Allen and Stephan Curry distance.
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Those 2 games still piss me off to no end. Definitely should have won both. Huskies played like crap against Indiana and were still in it until the end. If those games were played today I have no doubt UConn wins both.
 
Doctor Hoop said:
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My snark aside ...

The bubble really consists of last four in - first four out - next four out. According to all the bracket projections I've seen we aren't that. But we are definitely not far off, looking at KenPom and NET rankings for those that are. If you expand the "bubble" to include those that should be under consideration for those bubble slots, then yes, we are in that list. If the kingmakers take into account late season performance we'd be in good shape there as well.

I'm not convinced we can't be in that mix if we don't win the AAC tournament. Getting to the final and a close loss there might do it, dependent also on other outcomes.
 
BigErnMcCracken said:
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Well, I think we all pretty much agree that Tulsa won't be there for much longer. Although they'll auto qualify for the NIT. Lunardi also has some 'splainin to do regarding UCLA, SoCarolina and even ASU.

Anyway, there's like 8-9 teams UConn would have to jump to be firmly on the bubble. Right now, I'd put is in the 4th group of "next four out".
 
storrsroars said:
Well, I think we all pretty much agree that Tulsa won't be there for much longer. Although they'll auto qualify for the NIT. Lunardi also has some 'splainin to do regarding UCLA, SoCarolina and even ASU.

Anyway, there's like 8-9 teams UConn would have to jump to be firmly on the bubble. Right now, I'd put is in the 4th group of "next four out".
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Houston wins the AAC tourney and it’s a 1 bid league.
 
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