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Message: [QUOTE="fieldystick, post: 5047910, member: 8152"] Absolutely, they can. But then Denver needs an at-large and unless they slip up twice in their remaining three games against non-T20 type teams... they're (Denver) a lock for that too. So there would be one fewer at-large bid available. Unless you're constructing a scenario where: Georgetown wins the Big East AQ *and* the bottom absolutely falls out for Penn State somehow. I don't see a world where Georgetown is in the NCAA tournament and the Ivy League is a 3 bid league because PSU has relevant head to heads over whichever of either of Cornell/Yale they'd be compared to for the bubble. If Georgetown wins the Big East AQ, it will be either an Ivy League team or Penn State being squeezed out. (Syracuse appeared nowhere in this scenario until now.) Maybe I have a lack of imagination, but I just don't see how this is relevant to Syracuse. They have two top 5 wins. That is an extremely rare feat, those will hold as top 5 wins in all likelihood and at the absolute worst, one of them becomes a top 10 win instead. They will likely finish with an RPI around 6th/7th/8th. The only remote chance that any losses becomes a bad loss is Army. The committee has not historically punished teams for one bad loss. I don't see any way they are left out. - Aside related to above, but not really aimed at what you were talking about Zack. For this thread/Syracuse fans in general: I think Syracuse has real issues with their current scheduling dynamic and walked a very thin line this season to get into the field. My suggestion for this staff is to trim the schedule. Keep Hobart because of the rivalry, but drop the other multiple "useless" games like Vermont/Manhattan/High Point/etc that have very little chance of helping you and instead add a serious to above average opponent - someone like Georgetown, Rutgers, or Villanova - in their place. 13 regular season games. This is the calculus for consistent bid success if you finish even above .500. Check Hopkins and Maryland schedules this season. There is no filler. Brown is pretty bad in terms of RPI impact for Maryland, but I promise Tillman didn't expect them to be 2-8 when he scheduled them. Syracuse will finish with a good SOS rating, because only the top 10 games count, but that's not really the point. The top 2/3 of Syracuse's schedule is fine. It's the bottom 1/3 that is not. Syracuse is going to be really thin in terms of top 20 wins at the end of the season unless they catch on fire to end the season. This is why there is still a feeling of uncertainty/uneasiness among some here/elsewhere regarding their status as a lock for an at-large bid. I disagree with this uneasiness, but I think this is where it is coming from. [/QUOTE]

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