Lol. No.
Optics matter. Nobody is getting in with that kind of conference and overall record. It's not happening, regardless od conference and/or Q1 wins.
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Lol. No.
Optics matter. Nobody is getting in with that kind of conference and overall record. It's not happening, regardless od conference and/or Q1 wins.
If their only conference losses are to each other. The Valley should be a 2 bid league.
I could even see a scenario where the Valley gets 3 bids. Indiana St wins out and losses in the semifinals, Drake only losses to Ind St and makes the finals, then a mystery team like UNI or Bradley win the Valley tournament title.
Drake may be sent to Dayton in that scenario, but they'd have a decent resume.
It's like that old adage: "There are 3 types of people in this world - those who can count, and those who can't."
Big 10 as of 1/24/24
Locks: Purdue, Wisconsin, Illinois
Probably in: Michigan St, Nebraska
Coin flip: Northwestern
Probably Out: Ohio St, Iowa
No Shot: Indiana, Minnesota, Maryland, Penn St, Rutgers, Michigan
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Win two this week and we can start to have a conversation about playing games in Omaha
It’s likely all a metrics thing. The old all champions have been top 50 or something like that in both offense and defense.
And kU? In a straight up bet no way ANYONE takes Princeton over KU to win it all.
Top 50 on both offense and defense on Torvik right now...
Arizona
Auburn
BYU
Colorado
Connecticut
Creighton
Gonzaga
Houston
Illinois
Kansas
Marquette
Michigan St.
North Carolina
Purdue
St. John's
Tennessee
Utah
Xavier
Iowa St. barely didn't make the cut (#51 offense, #2 defense, #10 overall on the list).
Arizona
Auburn
BYU
Colorado
Connecticut
Creighton
Gonzaga
Houston
Illinois
Kansas
Marquette
Michigan St.
North Carolina
Purdue
St. John's
Tennessee
Utah
Xavier
Iowa St. barely didn't make the cut (#51 offense, #2 defense, #10 overall on the list).
I'm a bit surprised that KU is on there as their defense hasn't looked great (certainly not up to KU standards) when I've watched them. I suppose if they're in the worst part of the top 50, that makes sense.
#27 offense
#31 defense
#17 overall
That's good enough to be a dark horse/dangerous in the tournament.
I know the computers don't love them right now, but this has been what Bill Self does. Looks vulnerable for a while, unlocks something on his team, and makes a run in February and March.
Yes. If Kansas surges like it normally does... that win ages very well.
Gotta win it, though.
If we win both games this week, I will feel like that 12 ranking is accurate.
Sweet 16 team last year. 15-1 right now with lone loss by 4. Top 30 NET ranking.
I probably wouldn't say they're a favorite but they are by no means bad.
Yeah those days are long gone. We got in the tournament with a 5-9 conference record in the early 90's but even with 21 wins a team with a .357 (or worse) win % isn't getting in.
That team had some damn good wins but not even that would be enough to off set the overall conference record.