Uspshoosier Posted March 13, 2019 Posted March 13, 2019 Here is what I think...Assuming the #1 seed wins their conference tourney. Auto bids: Vermont, Houston, VCU, Virginia, LIBERTY, Kansas State, Villanova, Montana, GARDNER WEBB, Michigan State, UC Irvine, NORTHEASTERN, Old Dominion, NORTHERN KENTUCKY, Harvard, IONA, Buffalo, Norfolk St, BRADLEY, Nevada, FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON, MURRAY STATE, Washington, Colgate, LSU, WOFFORD, Sam Houston St, Prairie View, NORTH DAKOTA ST, Georgia St, SAINT MARYS, New Mexico St(32 teams)Who I consider locks: Cincy, UCF, North Carolina, Duke, Florida St, Virginia Tech, Louisville, Syracuse, Purdue, Michigan, Wisconsin, Maryland, Iowa, Texas Tech, Kansas, Baylor, Iowa State, Marquette, Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi St, Ole Miss, Gonzaga(20 teams)That leaves 16 spots to be filled. The bubble IMO is: Temple, Davidson, NC State, Minnesota, Ohio State, Indiana, Texas, TCU, Oklahoma, Georgetown, Seton Hall, Creighton, St Johns, Xavier, Arizona St, South Carolina, Florida, Lipscomb, UNC Greensboro, Utah State, Belmont. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBannersgood list Memphis has a better shot then South Carolina Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app Quote
mdn82 Posted March 13, 2019 Posted March 13, 2019 Life isn’t fair. Name if the game is winning. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile appYea how terrible it would be to have standards of winning Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile appI don’t see people whining about how the system is? Also the name of the game is basketball. Beyond that the rules to get in the tournament are to be one of the best teams not superficially win a bunch of games against teams they shouldn’t schedule. You are kind of wrong all the way around on these two quotes. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app thebigweave, Str8Hoosiers and hoosierbgh 3 Quote
HoosierAloha Posted March 13, 2019 Posted March 13, 2019 Gonzaga might have been able to win the SEC or Big 12 this year but they would certainly have taken far more losses. There's little chance they could have won the ACC and the only way they even finish in the top 4 of the BIG Ten is if they were allowed to have WCC officials call every game. With Big Ten officials they would have more fouls called on them in one game against Wisconsin than they have would have in 3-4 games in the WCC. I actually like the makeup of Gonzaga but I think they’d need to be deeper than they currently are to compete in a high major conference. They beat Dook while Dook was healthy. IU beat KU a few years ago in Hawaii and then collapsed. One off games can be misleading but... Gonzaga is legit. I’m not sure what happened last night they just didn’t compete. I could see them finishing top 4 in any high major conference and winning a few. On a similar note, I don’t think Tennessee could compete in the Big Ten with Big Ten officials. They’re just build differently as a team. I would like to see Gonzaga move to a high major for basketball. They’ve proven over a extended period of time they are a perennial winner. Sent from my iPad using BtownBanners mobile app woodenshoemanHoosierfan 1 Quote
JHoosier914 Posted March 13, 2019 Posted March 13, 2019 9 minutes ago, Joe DeLow said: Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app ahh...didn't realize you were the only one allowed to joke on the message boards. My mistake. Quote
HoosierAloha Posted March 13, 2019 Posted March 13, 2019 Give it a few years. The new system is built to give those in the Top 6 conferences better resumes as they obviously have more opportunities at Q1 and Q2 games. Guys like Murray State can only do it in OOC. A team like Gonzaga isn’t going to be able to schedule much in OOC because teams really don’t want to play them for whatever reason. Even though losing to Gonzaga isn’t a bad thing. As long as Few is there, that’ll always be a Q1 team. Though I think Gonzaga should say screw and use their OOC as a “conference schedule and only schedule teams from the Pac12, B1G, Big 12, ACC, SEC and BE. At least 1 from each. Or leave the WCC for the MWC, Pac12 or talk about creating a new conference with 5 or 6 other good mid majors out west(along with 5-6 fill in teams that don’t matter)Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile appGonzaga had a pretty solid noncon schedule this season. Texas A&MIllinoisArizonaDukeCreightonWashingtonTennesseeNorth Carolina But yeah, I can see where they would have a difficult time scheduling a solid noncon...Sent from my iPad using BtownBanners mobile app Str8Hoosiers, RatpigHoosier and mdn82 2 1 Quote
HoosierAloha Posted March 13, 2019 Posted March 13, 2019 Illinois, Arizona and Duke were a part of the Maui tourney. They don’t control that themselves. UNC is an outlier as they also traveled to Wofford and Elon this season. Gonzaga themselves is an outlier though they don’t schedule like that every year. And they only lost 2 of those which is impressive. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile appSo they were able to schedule Texas A&M, Creighton, Washington, Tennessee, and North Carolina in the noncon. That’s a better noncon than several high major teams that have the luxury of play in preseason tourneys and conference challenges. The point being if mid majors want to have a challenging noncon schedule they can do it. The same for high majors. I’d actually be in favor of conferences who play fewer conference games to require their programs to play better noncon schedules. Sent from my iPad using BtownBanners mobile app Quote
mdn82 Posted March 13, 2019 Posted March 13, 2019 Illinois, Arizona and Duke were a part of the Maui tourney. They don’t control that themselves. UNC is an outlier as they also traveled to Wofford and Elon this season. Gonzaga themselves is an outlier though they don’t schedule like that every year. And they only lost 2 of those which is impressive. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile appReally? In 2005 they played 5 ranked teams in non conference. Next year they will get UNC, Texas A&M, Zona, and Washington. 3 of those on the road. That doesn’t include a preseason tourney they will be a part of. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app HoosierAloha 1 Quote
Rico Posted March 13, 2019 Posted March 13, 2019 Interesting... https://www.wowo.com/coliseum-officials-prepare-for-ncaa-tournament-this-weekend/ Whoozhers 1 Quote
Uspshoosier Posted March 13, 2019 Posted March 13, 2019 So they were able to schedule Texas A&M, Creighton, Washington, Tennessee, and North Carolina in the noncon. That’s a better noncon than several high major teams that have the luxury of play in preseason tourneys and conference challenges. The point being if mid majors want to have a challenging noncon schedule they can do it. The same for high majors. I’d actually be in favor of conferences who play fewer conference games to require their programs to play better noncon schedules. Sent from my iPad using BtownBanners mobile appMM complaining about scheduling HM is becoming something that is getting on my nerves. Each year the complain no HM will play them on the road. Yes it sucks that the system is stacked against them but this isn’t going to change so crying about it every year is going to change or help your team. What would help would be instead of scheduling 2 D2 teams on the schedule (Lipscomb) how about at least schedule some D1 teams. If HM are not going to help about change you scheduling philosophy. MM need to help each other out and take advantage of the new Quad system moving forward. Schedule HH with other great MM give yourself a chance at Quad 1 and quad 2. Playing on the road at quality MM is going to give you an opportunity to earn a quad 1 win with better percentage then getting a HM to come play Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app HoosierAloha, mdn82, hoosierbgh and 2 others 5 Quote
coonhounds Posted March 13, 2019 Posted March 13, 2019 MM complaining about scheduling HM is becoming something that is getting on my nerves. Each year the complain no HM will play them on the road. Yes it sucks that the system is stacked against them but this isn’t going to change so crying about it every year is going to change or help your team. What would help would be instead of scheduling 2 D2 teams on the schedule (Lipscomb) how about at least schedule some D1 teams. If HM are not going to help about change you scheduling philosophy. MM need to help each other out and take advantage of the new Quad system moving forward. Schedule HH with other great MM give yourself a chance at Quad 1 and quad 2. Playing on the road at quality MM is going to give you an opportunity to earn a quad 1 win with better percentage then getting a HM to come play Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile appI need a legend of all the abbreviations to understand this lol. Sent from my SM-G960U using BtownBanners mobile app Str8Hoosiers, 8bucks and ALASKA HOOSIER 2 1 Quote
Rico Posted March 13, 2019 Posted March 13, 2019 Don't get me started on the mid-majors.......... Quote
Uspshoosier Posted March 13, 2019 Posted March 13, 2019 19 minutes ago, coonhounds said: I need a legend of all the abbreviations to understand this lol. Sent from my SM-G960U using BtownBanners mobile app Sorry High Majors=HM Mid Majors=MM Home and Home=HH HoosierAloha and coonhounds 2 Quote
coonhounds Posted March 13, 2019 Posted March 13, 2019 Sorry High Majors=HM Mid Majors=MM Home and Home=HHThanks usp!Sent from my SM-G960U using BtownBanners mobile app Quote
HoosierAloha Posted March 13, 2019 Posted March 13, 2019 USPS, how safe is Oklahoma? If they lose tonight against West Virginia could they end up on the wrong side of the bubble? Sent from my iPad using BtownBanners Quote
Uspshoosier Posted March 13, 2019 Posted March 13, 2019 USPS, how safe is Oklahoma? If they lose tonight against West Virginia could they end up on the wrong side of the bubble? Sent from my iPad using BtownBannerswith how terrible the bubble is if they lose they are a lock imo. A thing going for them that most might look over is they have played 0 quad 4 games this year on the schedule. Losing 2 games to West Virginia would be a bad look but the bubble is awful with a lot of bad looks Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app HoosierAloha 1 Quote
Whoozhers Posted March 14, 2019 Posted March 14, 2019 The B1G basketball tournament belongs in Indy. Period. Not Chicago and NEVER New York city.Sent from my iPad using BtownBanners Hoosier1984, Crimson and Cream, Joe DeLow and 1 other 4 Quote
Uspshoosier Posted March 14, 2019 Posted March 14, 2019 Blowout city all around......Thank you Crean for having a close game. If u want to watch a close game get to the SEC network. Missouri up 2 with 11 min to play Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners Quote
BGVille Hoosierfan Posted March 14, 2019 Posted March 14, 2019 Oklahoma State is not done yet! Down 7 with the ball with 4 minutes left. 7-0 run the last 1:30Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners Quote
Hoosier1984 Posted March 14, 2019 Posted March 14, 2019 Lets go OK St!Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners HoosierFan1994 and johnsoniu 2 Quote
Crimson and Cream Posted March 14, 2019 Posted March 14, 2019 7 hours ago, Joe DeLow said: He’s not the only one in the world who thinks a team like Indiana doesn’t deserve it. But that’s just how the system works now. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app You and him. Jekyll and Hyde. thebigweave 1 Quote
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