Bubble Watch - March 10

[orangenirvana]

Michigan up 4 0:28 left

 

[MGP]

I follow the Big 10 fairly closely and I even had no idea they were 20-11. The non-conference schedule was not exactly a murderer's row but still a step in the right direction for the program.

Me too. I live in Illinois!

 

[orangenirvana]

 

[MSOrange]

That Michigan kid traveled. Tough break for Northwestern. I thought it was pretty evident even watching it live.

 

[orangenirvana]

Did Northwestern just send it to overtime at the buzzer?

 

[CorduroyG]

Did Northwestern just send it to overtime at the buzzer?

Yes

 

[MGP]

Yes

Hey! Thought you weren't watching anymore?

 

[orangenirvana]

Thanks for nothing, Northwestern.

That will put Michigan above us in RPI.

Hopefully Indiana takes care of them tomorrow.

 

[NineOneSeven]

Must be nice, winning games when you absolutely need them

 

[pearl31]

Must be nice, winning games when you absolutely need them

cuz yeah Northwestern = Pitt

 

[Nicknack]

Sample of 30 latest submissions has been updated.

jncuse... since you follow all of this stuff a lot closer than most of us, I have a question. Doesn't the committee only use RPI for general groupings of teams so that they can look at how many wins a team has against the top 5o rpi, top 100 rpi, etc? I read this somewhere. The article that I read said that they no longer use it as a way to compare teams (i.e. rpi 47 more deserving than a team with an rpi of say 67). That would make sense to me because they, for the most part, will look at the components that make up a teams rpi (i.e. SOS, wins, etc.).

There has been a LOT of talk on the board about RPI. I'm just wondering if the number really means much of anything.

 

[NineOneSeven]

cuz yeah Northwestern = Pitt

Must be nice, winning games when you absolutely need them

 

[pearl31]

Must be nice, winning games when you absolutely need them

well we'll see - the next one against Indiana is the one they really need

 

[jncuse]

Updated the lead post based on the 55 updates from today. (instead of 30)

Some interesting (and totally meaningless) observations:
People who sleep in really like Wichita St - they were in on 96% of the brackets most recently posted, and only 57% of the ones from this morning.
People who sleep in don't like Tulsa - they were in on 60% of the 30 this morning, and only 28% of the next 25

The gap last time behind last in was 17 to 12. Now it is a closer 25 to 22, thanks to people sleeping in who don't like Tulsa.

 

[jncuse]

This one did not work our way either. They still need to win tomorrow to create uncertainty.

 

[jncuse]

There seems to be support growing for Georgia Tech that is now up to 5 of 55 on the Matrix. That would jump up alot with a win tonight. We need Virginia to take care this evening. That is probably game of the night.

 

[jncuse]

Early, but this will create a little chaos if Tennessee can hold on.

 

[orangenirvana]

Butler - out

 

[orangenirvana]

This would be useful.

 

[Knicks411]

This would be useful.

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Wouldn't it be for the best if SD State wins the MWC?

 

[Chris02M]

Butler - out

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butler is getting in

 

[jncuse]

NOT YET!!!!!!

 

[Chris02M]

GT would be borderline in or just out with a win tonight for me

 

[jncuse]

Go Vols. Can't guarantee that we would be ahead of Vandy after this game, but it would be close enough that the committee could go with Syracuse.

 

[jncuse]

GT would be borderline in or just out with a win tonight for me

I agree. Virginia can help us remove that unnecessary tension,