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[QUOTE="jncuse, post: 3310311, member: 1969"]
Some other games from today.

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Arkansas was the 3rd team out entering today per the matrix so any loss to a weaker team hurts. (this was a Q2 loss).  They are running out of time now.   I think the question to ask with Arkansas is how was a 6-9 team in the very weak SEC in as of now on 29% of the brackets entering today.

There case entering today
#41 in the NET which is very good
5-10 on Q1/Q2 which is bad, (now 5-11)
4 road wins which is OK
0 bad losses which is OK.

To be honest I did not see them in at all, but obviously many did.   To me those that had them in were overrating the importance of their NET.
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About 5% of people still had them in today after losing earlier this week.
Their resume is very similar to Arkansas.   Very modest after a good NET of 39.
We will see how important the NET is this year for getting a team in -- because that is their entire case.
2 bad losses
Only 1 Q1 win
7 Q2 wins is nice but their Q1+Q2 record was still just 7-11 entering today, so I have no clue why someone would have had them in.

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USC may have locked it up with this.

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Richmond was the first team out entering today.  This is really a nothing game -- the win does nothing except avoiding a bad loss.   The margin may help their NET get above 50 which may help the optics.
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