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UConn officially on the Bubble

Why does ESPN have Memphis and Tulsa listed under “work to do” (aka bubble teams), yet no mention of UConn?
 
Tenspro2002 said:
What we can't overcome is losing 5-6 close games back when we were relying on Gilbert and Vital hero-ball at the end of games.
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Who had post #87 for this?

(Doesn't count if you phrased it "...back when nobody else wanted the ball to take key shots under 4 minutes.")
 
Leebo said:
Because the only thing we could possibly do to get in is win the AAC tourney, so it's not worth mentioning.
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Tulsa’s NET is like 15 spots lower than ours, and we are neck and neck with Memphis. Just saying if they are going to put them on the bubble, we should be too.
 
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Joe Lunardi (like him or not) actually mentioned UConn in a bubble conversation that was discussing the American as one of only 2/3 conferences he believes bubble teams come from. Something to the effect of "WSU, Tulsa, Cincy, and even UConn are trying to make the case right now for an at large". Take it for what you want...still think we need to win the AACT to get in.

Edit: No link, sorry - On Seth Greenberg/Dan Dakich Podcast...where they spent the majority of the time talking about Indiana, go figure.
 
Three games we should have actually won: SJU, Indiana and Xavier. We wins those and a game or two in the AAC Tournament we get an at large. Probably a 1% chance we can fet an at large right now, but we have as good a shot as any to win the conference tournament. Can’t leave it to chance.
 
CardiacAndre7 said:
Three games we should have actually won: SJU, Indiana and Xavier. We wins those and a game or two in the AAC Tournament we get an at large. Probably a 1% chance we can fet an at large right now, but we have as good a shot as any to win the conference tournament. Can’t leave it to chance.
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What people forget about the Xavier game is had we won, we would have faced Florida, not Miami. Not saying we wouldn't have won, but can't just assume we would have. I think the two that hurt more are Houston and Nova, as they were both road games and both games we had under control until late game meltdowns. Those two plus Indiana and I think we would be in.
 
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HooperScooper said:
Probably worse, unfortunately. The win on Sunday was an away game but the AAC Tournament game will be a neutral site game.
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Doesn't make a difference. We're favored by 10. We beat them by significantly more than 10 we most likely rise, less than 10 or lose, we obviously drop.
 
J187Money said:
So we should drop to 51 when we beat them again. :)
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We lost against the spread that game, likely the reason for a 1 spot drop. We rose in the NET however. Likely KenPom has a heavier weight on beating the spread because we’ve been good at that this year. Hence being 9 spots higher in KenPom than the NET
 
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www.espn.com

Jay Bilas' college basketball rankings for 2019-20, version 4.0

Want a fair NCAA tournament selection process? Select the at-large teams before the conference tournaments start.
www.espn.com www.espn.com

Bilas ranked all of the teams - he has us at 56. I don't know where that would leave us factoring in all of the automatic bids (someone else can do that math). But there are 36 at large bids. Given where we were a few weeks ago I think the team has acquitted themselves nicely. More work to do.
 
HooperScooper said:
Probably worse, unfortunately. The win on Sunday was an away game but the AAC Tournament game will be a neutral site game.
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The KenPoms aren't based on winning or losing. YOu move up or down based on whether your result was better or worse than the computer predicted. If we beat them handily, we'll move up. If we struggle, we won't. And movements of a few spots can have nothing to do with your most recent game but can be more attributable to whether you have a few opponents who play a game better or worse than they were expected to.
 
Just out of curiosity whether it be NIT or NCAA we're talking about no fans in the stands?
 
jibsey said:
Just out of curiosity whether it be NIT or NCAA we're talking about no fans in the stands?
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From the sounds of this board our fans are just gonna break down the doors and watch the games together anyway
 
businesslawyer said:
The KenPoms aren't based on winning or losing. YOu move up or down based on whether your result was better or worse than the computer predicted. If we beat them handily, we'll move up. If we struggle, we won't. And movements of a few spots can have nothing to do with your most recent game but can be more attributable to whether you have a few opponents who play a game better or worse than they were expected to.
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The post was about the NET, not KenPom.
 
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jibsey said:
Just out of curiosity whether it be NIT or NCAA we're talking about no fans in the stands?
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Game time decision.
Fans show up, get the news and an option for 80% instant cash refund if fans are barred. Those who take the offer - and continue on their already demonstrated non-fear of crowds - beef up the host site's surrounding businesses with robust food & drink sales while watching the games on TV.

Everybody wins, until the health stats come out.
 
king conn said:
For the NIT it would just be business as usual anyway
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NIT early games are played at home arenas. Lot more fan interest there than a neutral site NCAA 6-11 game
 
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