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Sweet. Now show me how to do it, bc I cant upload individual pictures for avatars, and only get shown a limited list of options
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Sweet. Now show me how to do it, bc I cant upload individual pictures for avatars, and only get shown a limited list of options
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I have the option when I go to "user cp > edit avatar" to upload custom pics. If you don't it may be an option for only mods and supporting members (BearcatAlum1 is the only supporting member to my knowledge). If I could change that for you I would, but I don't think any of the mods can. That's a board admin thing.
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Yup. It is a mod thing and I know that I can't add pictures for everyone to use. Of course, I can still use it and make ervin jealous!
Thegreatone
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UC is no longer even listen to Lunardi's S-curve of bubble teams.
Meaning there are at least 14 teams closer to the first 4 out category that UC.
Meaning there are at least 14 teams closer to the first 4 out category that UC.
Ralph, I know that you love the RPI, (I hate it by the way) what do you think our RPI has to be to get in the dance? I think we are in right now, no questions.
JasonS
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To be absolutely certain I want to have it at no higher than #59 as very few teams at 60 or over have got in the NCAA Tourney as at large. Then again as many have stated 6 top 50 wins is darn good. Teams with RPI's better than UC's will have to get skipped over for the committee to get to UC.
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BearcatAlum1
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That being said, you would think we have punched our ticket, right?
I refuse to accept that Villanova will be SUCH a bad loss as to bump us that far out of the field.
I seriously believe we could lose two straight and make it......although, a win in either of the next two games should put it on ice.
Nova gave us everything we could handle and more at our house. It will be a battle. Hopefully Wayns doesn't go off for 40 again...
It will be far more historic for a team that is 3 games over .500 against the top 50 to be left out than for a team with an RPI in the 60's to get in.
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thats a good point.
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I don't know about that. Look, UC is in regardless- but I think its more rare to see a team in the high 60's RPI get in then a team 3 games above .500 against top 50. I have nothing to back that up, though.
Mine is obviously an opinion based on how rare it has been over the many years of the RPI for a team over 59 to get an at large berth. It has been done but not often.
Gonna see what I can do on getting the data, but for the sake of reference, there is one team (South Dakota St +1) that is anywhere near the bubble discussion with +1 or better. The rest are in by miles or a completely insignificant team that is 1-0. We are +3. Looks that way every year, but like I said, looking for the supporting data.
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The RPI is flawed and becoming increasingly flawed every year with the addition of more teams into Division 1. I understand that beating the 336th ranked team isn't much to get hype about, but if you're a top 50 team you're going to beat them the same as beating the 147th ranked team. Only the computers will seperate it and make you look bad. I think in the years to come we'll see some strange things happen with RPI numbers and who goes dancing. UC is the perfect example of this. I was looking at RPI numbers yesterday and we were 73 and UConn was 36. UConn has lost 9 of their last 12 and is 7-10 in the conference. If anyone can logically make the case that UConn is a better team than us right now I want to hear it. And I'll even forget that we beat them head-to-head because anything can happen in one game. The commitee's job is not to look at the RPI and cross off the list in order of the magic computer, it's to decide who the best teams are. UC has more than shown they are one of the 50 best teams in the country.
Andy Cox answered this for us last night in his CtD post. In the last 12 years, no eligibile team has been +3 against the top 50 and missed. This is out of 129 teams.
He does point out that 2 teams that were ineligible and one team that won a conf tourney may have been exceptions if it came to that.
http://blog.crashingthedance.com/
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Touche. I am a little surprised no 3-0/4-1 against top 50 RPI hasn't been left out. How many at large do you think have been in with RPI over 60? I would assume at least 3 or so. Anyways- thanks for looking that one up. My mistake
No problem. Not sure of the exact numbers on RPI over 60, but ESPN mentioned that 7 teams with an RPI 63 or more made it the last 15 years. USC was 68 last year. I imagine they used the specific cutoff of 63 because some 61's and 62's have made it.
So I would say 8-10 over the same period we're talking about.
