Games of Importance for UC's Resume

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justinhub2003 said:
I just don’t read any where that says a quadrant 1 loss is better than a quadrant 2 win.
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Neither do I. Why would anyone ever say that?

Of course I would love for both teams to end up in Group 1. Though I don't know where they will finish, I think MS St is most likely to end up at 50-75. I think Fla will hover around 40-50. So, it's not clear cut who to root for. It's possible a MS St victory means they both end up in Group 2. I would like to avoid Group 2 losses if we can. That's all I'm saying.
 
Looking like Florida will win. So now just need them to stay top 50. And keep track of Miss St to remain top 75.

Also, UCONN, out of nowhere...up 6 late on UCF
 
kskenyon4 said:
Looking like Florida will win. So now just need them to stay top 50. And keep track of Miss St to remain top 75.

Also, UCONN, out of nowhere...up 6 late on UCF
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It's time we figure out how to play UCF this year! Our bigs have looked very confused against Tacko...hopefully they have seen enough of him now to know what his defensive range is. If they do get in a situation under the bucket and want to get a shot off they need to use the up and under to let the rim shield them from Tacko's reach.
 
justinhub2003 said:
Will try to do this Daily and who I think we should be rooting for and maybe an update the next day on what happened.

Wednesday Jan 10th 2018

#10 Xavier @ #1 Villanova
8pm
FS1
Who we want to win: Xavier ( but I'm not)
Losing by double digits looks better if the team we lose to is elite.

Miss State @ Florida
7pm
SECN
Who we want to win: Miss State
This would validate Miss State as a contender in the SEC and be a nice KP and RPI boost for them (and us)

UCF @ UCONN
7pm
CBSSN
Who we want to win: UCF
We want UCF to be a tourney team and losing to UCONN is brutal no matter the location. Need them to win out until we play Tuesday

Mercer @ Western Carolina
7pm
ESPN3
Who we want to win: Western Carolina
WCU will never be a good win, but it could help them move up numerous spots if they knock off the #111 team in kenpom

Temple @ SMU
9pm
CBSSN
Who we want to win: SMU
Temple is a lost cause, we need our 20 point victory over SMU to look as impressive as it can. Go Stangs.

Wyoming @ New Mexico
9pm
Spice Channel
Who we want to win: Wyoming
Wyoming is on the cusp of being a top 100 win. Beating the #155 team in their gym will help get closer to that.


IF I missed any let me know.
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Gosh... Only WC did their job. What a night. At least X got spanked. That was fun to watch.
 
cincyfan21 said:
Gosh... Only WC did their job. What a night. At least X got spanked. That was fun to watch.
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Not a lot of great news here. We have had better weeks. Several of these teams played each other which doesn't hurt our SOS but it's a fine line when we are talking about who gets into column 1 and 2. Should we root for team A or B...it depends on the final RPI and how close they are to arbitrary cutoff points.

I don't like these arbitrary cutoffs...they don't really make any sense. We just moved the bar from one arbitrary cutoff to the next. The only reason we still have them is so the committee can make choices with certain teams or conferences...but they say they don't do this. So why then do we have arbitrary cutoffs? Why do we need a selection committee? Select your criteria and let the chips fall where they may. That is the most fair and transparent way to do it. But then March Madness might not be quite as spectacular if we take out the human element. It is the best event in sports IMO...so I guess they do something right.
 
I don't want to steal Justin's thread, but I'd like to keep it going.

Thursday Jan 11th 2018

Utah @ UCLA
11pm ESPN2
UCLA looks to stay squarely in Group 1. 68% chance to win.

Tulsa @ Houston
7pm ESPNU
We only play Tulsa once, at home. Houston can give us one, possibly two Group 1 games. 85% chance to win.

Wichita St @ East Carolina
9pm ESPN2
Need Wichita to stay top 30 to give us two Group 1 games. 98% chance to win.
 
sedziobs said:
I don't want to steal Justin's thread, but I'd like to keep it going.

Thursday Jan 11th 2018

Utah @ UCLA
11pm ESPN2
UCLA looks to stay squarely in Group 1. 68% chance to win.

Tulsa @ Houston
7pm ESPNU
We only play Tulsa once, at home. Houston can give us one, possibly two Group 1 games. 85% chance to win.

Wichita St @ East Carolina
9pm ESPN2
Need Wichita to stay top 30 to give us two Group 1 games. 98% chance to win.
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Houston has a chance to prove themselves tonight. If they're a tournament team, they'll roll Tulsa tonight.
 
Easily swept the Thursday games, by an average of 29 points.

The only game of even remote interest today is Cleveland State, who is hopelessly bound to Group 4. No point in tracking games like that.
 
I'm not going to watch any basketball tonight but rooting for DePaul against Providence for the sole reason to make Xavier's loss look worse lol
 
Saturday Jan 13th 2018

Florida @ Ole Miss
1pm CBS
Big road test for Florida, who can move to 5-0 in the SEC. Florida with 66% odds.

UConn @ Tulane
1pm ESPNN
Sort of a toss up game, RPI's are very close to each other. BPI has Tulane at 75% change of winning.

Creighton @ Xavier
2pm FOX
It's an X game. 3 losses in a row would be brutal. X with a 68% change to win.

Memphis @ Temple
2PM CBSSN
We need Temple to win, their RPI is still 44 at 8-8 record. They have 89% odds.

Miami (OH) @ Buffalo
2PM ESPN3
Buffalo holding an RPI of 30 at the moment, need them to roll the MAC. 86% odds.

Auburn @ Miss St
3:30PM SECN
Would be a big win for Miss St, who has an RPI of 64. They MUST stay top 75, and with their remaining SOS and this win, the odds are with us. For the game, 39% odds.

Colorado St @ Wyoming
4PM CBSSN
Wyoming with an RPI of 62 currently. 77% chance to win the game.

Wichita St @ Tulsa
7:30PM ESPNU
Wichita St with an RPI of 18, 89% odds. We only play Tulsa once, and its at home.

Colorado @ UCLA
10:30 PAC12
UCLA with 86% odds. They're currently 36 in RPI, and with more wins, the more impressive our road beatdown of them gets.
 
I don’t know if it’s already been mentioned but we only play USF AND ECU once this year, that is huge for our RPI
 
I know we knock the AAC a lot and much of it is deserved, but they did a good job of matching the best teams up to play multiple times. Smart move for those teams and the conference as a whole.
 
UConn's win at Tulane moves them into the top 75.

Florida drops to 42 after losing at Ole Miss.

Buffalo inches up to 28 by beating Miami.

Temple drops to 53 with a home loss to Memphis, who moves up to 102.
 
Miss St is now down to 76 after losing to Auburn at home. They have dropped below Group 2.

Wyoming drops to 85 with a home loss to Colorado St. They were top 50 a couple weeks ago.

UCLA drops to 45 with a home loss to Colorado.

Wichita St hangs on at Tulsa to stay at 18.

Overall a pretty terrible day for teams on our resume.
 

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