Gonna depend what happens in big 10 tourney. I'd love to see OSU win lol, they're the least complete team out of the 3.
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Gonna depend what happens in big 10 tourney. I'd love to see OSU win lol, they're the least complete team out of the 3.
Didn't they say we are ahead of Kansas but they had to switch it to balance the brackets?
I believe they switched the location of where the two teams would play, not the actual seed. Kansas would’ve gone to Atlanta, and we would’ve gone out west, but since Virginia was the overall #1 seed they switched us to balance the bracket.
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I believe they switched the location of where the two teams would play, not the actual seed. Kansas would’ve gone to Atlanta, and we would’ve gone out west, but since Virginia was the overall #1 seed they switched us to balance the bracket.
What does Virginia have to do with it? And how do you switch location without switching the seed?
Can we just get a 1-68 S-Curve?
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Think this was a pretty good result for us. They are showing they're really using those quad 1 and 2 records and not breaking down wins too much within the quadrants.
That is great for us this year as we have a bunch of wins on the lower end of each quadrant.
That is great for us this year as we have a bunch of wins on the lower end of each quadrant.
What does Virginia have to do with it? And how do you switch location without switching the seed?
Can we just get a 1-68 S-Curve?
It’s very confusing, but this is my understanding. Geographically Kansas, the #6 overall seed, would’ve gone to Atl, but Virginia, the #1 overall seed, is there. The committee can’t put the 2nd overall 2 seed with the top overall seed because that would be unbalanced. So they switch UC, the last 2 seed, who would’ve gone out west with Kansas.
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It’s very confusing, but this is my understanding. Geographically Kansas, the #6 overall seed, would’ve gone to Atl, but Virginia, the #1 overall seed, is there. The committee can’t put the 2nd overall 2 seed with the top overall seed because that would be unbalanced. So they switch UC, the last 2 seed, who would’ve gone out west with Kansas.
Ha ok then.
I'd go 1-68 S-Curve to avoid mass confusion. But I'm also simple-minded lol.
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Think this was a pretty good result for us. They are showing they're really using those quad 1 and 2 records and not breaking down wins too much within the quadrants.
That is great for us this year as we have a bunch of wins on the lower end of each quadrant.
Yeah I'm glad to see that. I remember wondering why they'd do the quadrants if quadrants inside the quadrants existed.
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Bilas killing it on twitter about how stupid the quad system is. Saying its awful for a home win over Nova to be rated the same as a road win over Rider.
He's dead on, but the awful system favors us this year.
He's dead on, but the awful system favors us this year.
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Bilas killing it on twitter about how stupid the quad system is. Saying its awful for a home win over Nova to be rated the same as a road win over Rider.
He's dead on, but the awful system favors us this year.
Yeah home games are definitely easier, but Nova is still good. The game at Rider obviously seems tougher but it's kinda 6 of 1, half dozen of the other.
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Bilas killing it on twitter about how stupid the quad system is. Saying its awful for a home win over Nova to be rated the same as a road win over Rider.
He's dead on, but the awful system favors us this year.
I mentioned this a week or two ago and people got mad. I like that it favors us this year, but it is dumb.
Also, we control our own destiny. We have less room for error, which makes sense with our schedule, but if we lose our seed, we Have no one to blame but our self. Can we stop with the “committee hates us” thing now?
Bilas killing it on twitter about how stupid the quad system is. Saying its awful for a home win over Nova to be rated the same as a road win over Rider.
He's dead on, but the awful system favors us this year.
I think he is more less complaining they are using the RPI for the quad system, instead of a real metric. What else do you expect them to do make 35 quadrants, or talk about literally every single game a team played. There has to be some way to break it down
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Yeah home games are definitely easier, but Nova is still good. The game at Rider obviously seems tougher but it's kinda 6 of 1, half dozen of the other.
its not the quadrants thats the problem, its that its based off RPI.
Rider is 65 in RPI and 126 in kenpom. They are not good and beating them anywhere shouldn't be a quad 1 win.
Just like our win vs Buffalo should never be a quad 1 win.
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I mentioned this a week or two ago and people got mad. I like that it favors us this year, but it is dumb.
Also, we control our own destiny. We have less room for error, which makes sense with our schedule, but if we lose our seed, we Have no one to blame but our self. Can we stop with the “committee hates us” thing now?
We certainly control our own destiny. I like the sound of that.
I mentioned this a week or two ago and people got mad. I like that it favors us this year, but it is dumb.
Also, we control our own destiny. We have less room for error, which makes sense with our schedule, but if we lose our seed, we Have no one to blame but our self. Can we stop with the “committee hates us” thing now?
Lol. I think it's a little more deeper than that.
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I think he is more less complaining they are using the RPI for the quad system, instead of a real metric. What else do you expect them to do make 35 quadrants, or talk about literally every single game a team played. There has to be some way to break it down
yeah he's complaining about the RPI. The post I was writing while you wrote this explained his argument better.
its not the quadrants thats the problem, its that its based off RPI.
Rider is 65 in RPI and 126 in kenpom. They are not good and beating them anywhere shouldn't be a quad 1 win.
Just like our win vs Buffalo should never be a quad 1 win.
Should St. John's be a quad 2 loss?
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its not the quadrants thats the problem, its that its based off RPI.
Rider is 65 in RPI and 126 in kenpom. They are not good and beating them anywhere shouldn't be a quad 1 win.
Just like our win vs Buffalo should never be a quad 1 win.
Yeah I agree. That example really makes it a joke. I had a hard time even pretending that the Rider game was tough when I was typing that.
The committee is inching their way closer to joining the rest of the world on rating teams. Slowly but surely.
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Lol. I think it's a little more deeper than that.
You believe they are out to get us?
I just don't understand why we are back to talking about how we are lucky, and our breaks. Pretty much Every team this year has a shaky resume. They have some bad losses, or not so many top wins. I don't see why we are the one benefiting from the system, I think we got put more or less exactly where we should have. I know this is a bearcats site, but don't lose site of the other teams too. Either way we have 3 road games against top tier teams or at least 2 n 1. We have a ha creased to make our resume that much better, we definitely control our destiny down the stretch
You believe they are out to get us?
Oh definitely. I think they all probably went to X or maybe OSU in the 60s, they just can't stand to see us doing good and will do whatever it takes to hold us down.