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1 minute ago, Joe DeLow said:


I’ll understand if we don’t make it. This team screwed themselves in January.


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Right. But we're in the conversation because of the high quality wins we have and deservedly so. Dakich is just a bitter old fart (no offense to Old Fart) who wakes up every morning looking for a new way to bash IU.

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2 minutes ago, Joe DeLow said:


I’d say he is just giving fans a reality check. And plenty need it. We lose tomorrow and it is off to the NIT. And I can understand him saying we shouldn’t be in the conversation. Just like Texas, Oklahoma and TCU shouldn’t. But that’s just how the system works now and it is going to take people time to get used to the new standard that’s been created because of it.


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I think most fans are very aware of the situation we're in. But him saying we shouldn't be in the conversation doesn't make it any less true. And doesn't he have some lamewad radio show to spew his ignorance on instead of a game between two ACC teams?

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We probably shouldn’t be in the conversation yet. Sure we have those big wins, but we have a ton of loses. And that run of losing 12 of 13 killed this team. If it comes down to us and another and it is close, could come back to bite us. I mean, how many teams in the past have been “on the bubble” after losing 12 of 13?


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How many teams in the past have been “on the bubble” after winning 6 Q1 wins and 3 of those wins being Q1a? If it comes down to us and another and it’s close from committees past doings I would feel very confident in IU making it in over that team. Now if part of the committees criteria was if you lose 12 of 13 then you are automatically disqualified for tournament consideration then IU wouldn’t have a chance but luckily the committee considers 31 games instead of only 13.


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12 minutes ago, Joe DeLow said:


We probably shouldn’t be in the conversation yet. Sure we have those big wins, but we have a ton of loses. And that run of losing 12 of 13 killed this team. If it comes down to us and another and it is close, could come back to bite us. I mean, how many teams in the past have been “on the bubble” after losing 12 of 13?


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IU is in the conversation because the formula is different. If this were the old system, absolutely no way they get an at-large bid in the tournament. However, the old system is obsolete

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IU is in the conversation because the formula is different. If this were the old system, absolutely no way they get an at-large bid in the tournament. However, the old system is obsolete

Only reason they would be out of the conversation would be because their RPI would be in the 80s and no team over 70 got in and IU is 81 rpi. Always a chance they could of still got in with a 81 rpi because no team has ever been on the bubble with this many quality wins. That would of been interesting


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2 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:


Only reason they would be out of the conversation would be because their RPI would be in the 80s and no team over 70 got in and IU is 81 rpi. Always a chance they could of still got in with a 81 rpi because no team has ever been on the bubble with this many quality wins. That would of been interesting


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I wouldn’t have liked the chances with the old system. They do have a lot of quality wins though. No doubt about it

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But you’re saying they should focus on only 6 but that those 13 don’t matter?


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Not saying that at all. Those 13 are taken into consideration just as the 6 quality wins are taken into consideration. The committees actions in the past show that the majority of the members value the 6 more then the 13. You would of been those members that focused on the 13 and more times then not got outvoted


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I feel the same. It’s a large chunk of the season. But that’s not a priority for whatever reason. Maybe next year it’ll be different. But the bubble is so weak this year it doesn’t even matter. Not sure what that means for CBB but it’s gotta get better from here.


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Means nothing to CBB and it doesn’t gotta get better from here. Only thing that will happen is you will fall out of interest more and more each year and they will still get big television contracts and people like me will still watch bad many games as possible every year.



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3 minutes ago, Joe DeLow said:


I feel the same. It’s a large chunk of the season. But that’s not a priority for whatever reason. Maybe next year it’ll be different. But the bubble is so weak this year it doesn’t even matter. Not sure what that means for CBB but it’s gotta get better from here.


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If a team can’t win at least half of 20 conference games, I don’t think it should be a big player in the discussion

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40 minutes ago, Joe DeLow said:


I’d say he is just giving fans a reality check. And plenty need it. We lose tomorrow and it is off to the NIT. And I can understand him saying we shouldn’t be in the conversation. Just like Texas, Oklahoma and TCU shouldn’t. But that’s just how the system works now and it is going to take people time to get used to the new standard that’s been created because of it.


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Except the old system saw 15 loss Vanderbilt and 15 loss Alabama make the tournament in the last two seasons.

The problem with RPI wasn't really in its counting of losses.  The problem was in its mind numbingly bad way of rating strength of schedule.  By RPI standards, our SOS this year was 50th.  Kenpom has it at 11, Sagarin has it at 13.  Any reputable system puts us at about that level.

Think about this:  If we had won two more games and were 19-12, our RPI would raw rating would put us 52nd, one spot below......YALE, who lost four games in the Ivy league.

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