not our bubble watch

[upperdeck]

but a few years ago who would have thought Kentucky/UNC/Florida/Oregon/Wisc would all have been on the same bubble..

 

[djcon57]

but a few years ago who would have thought Kentucky/UNC/Florida/Oregon/Wisc would all have been on the same bubble..

Hot Take: This might be the year a non P5 wins the title. Gonna start looking at futures for a weird team like St Marys or Fla Atlantic

(I guess Big East is non P5 too...I count them as major)

 

[Day2]

Hot Take: This might be the year a non P5 wins the title. Gonna start looking at futures for a weird team like St Marys or Fla Atlantic

(I guess Big East is non P5 too...I count them as major)

For college hoops you can say P6.

 

[Col. Bleep]

Upsets are always possible.
But a few teams are really strong.
The top 5 or 6 in rankings
Especially Purdue and Houston...numbers 1 and 2.

But anyone could get hot.
Perhaps one of the also ran teams in Big 10...conference has spent the season with some pretty good teams beating up on each other.
Teams that could be trouble from 3 conferences: Indiana, Providence, NC State.

And it is very sad that the Orange aren't even a thought here.

 

[Nicknack]

We will be a dangerous team coming off an ACC Tournament title. Look out college basketball.

 

[upperdeck]

Purdue has the pieces but then you go back and check the schedule,

the ranked games 4.. 2 actually turned out to be decent teams
Duke. not really that good
Ohio St. under .500
Gonz.. nice record. has lost to every good team they played but Alabama
Indiana beat them

Su has done nothing and we have played 4 ranked teams and our ranked game are better than Purdues we just couldnt win the Virg/Miami games we had chances too..

Houston has played 2 ranked teams 1-1. how good are they? they lost to 14-11 temple.

 

[two3zone]

Purdue has the pieces but then you go back and check the schedule,

the ranked games 4.. 2 actually turned out to be decent teams
Duke. not really that good
Ohio St. under .500
Gonz.. nice record. has lost to every good team they played but Alabama
Indiana beat them

Su has done nothing and we have played 4 ranked teams and our ranked game are better than Purdues we just couldnt win the Virg/Miami games we had chances too..

Houston has played 2 ranked teams 1-1. how good are they? they lost to 14-11 temple.

Houston is 11-1 in quad 1/2 games, we’re 1-7 in those same games.

Purdue is 13-2 in 1/2 games.

 

[upperdeck]

Houston is 11-1 in quad 1/2 games, we’re 1-7 in those same games.

Purdue is 13-2 in 1/2 games.

yup metrics say that..

a quad 1 is beating a top 75 team on the road..

so if they played yale /kent st/sam houston/n texas 15 times they would have 15 quad 1 wins.. would that make you think they are a real good team?

go down the net and see how far you have to get to think about who is a good team?

WV is an avg team they are top 20 net.

if you said purdue was going to lose a road game to Yale/FSU which would shock you more? and FSU is awful.

Kansas is #3. i think they have tons of talent.. they have also played really bad on multiple occasions..
The issue is it used to be teams had to play really well to beat the best teams in a yr.. Now more the top teams play down and get beat, much more inconsistent across the board.

3 pt shooting is some of that.. they take so many of those shots that an inferior team can shoot itself to a win just by volume and Better teams can suffer on off nights..

 

[two3zone]

yup metrics say that..

a quad 1 is beating a top 75 team on the road..

so if they played yale /kent st/sam houston/n texas 15 times they would have 15 quad 1 wins.. would that make you think they are a real good team?

go down the net and see how far you have to get to think about who is a good team?

WV is an avg team they are top 20 net.

if you said purdue was going to lose a road game to Yale/FSU which would shock you more? and FSU is awful.

Kansas is #3. i think they have tons of talent.. they have also played really bad on multiple occasions..
The issue is it used to be teams had to play really well to beat the best teams in a yr.. Now more the top teams play down and get beat, much more inconsistent across the board.

3 pt shooting is some of that.. they take so many of those shots that an inferior team can shoot itself to a win just by volume and Better teams can suffer on off nights..

I don’t know what to make of this at all.

 

[NineOneSeven]

Hot Take: This might be the year a non P5 wins the title. Gonna start looking at futures for a weird team like St Marys or Fla Atlantic

(I guess Big East is non P5 too...I count them as major)

And yet it’ll likely still be a very recognizable name from a top conference.

 

[PoppyHart]

Certainly raises the question of playing more true road games against low/mid-majors. Maybe a couple Quad 1/Quad 2 wins against those programs would make the difference to the committee one year and offset the foregone Dome revenue.

 

[HOFCeluck]

Houston is top ten in adjusted O and D.

Just saying…

 

[two3zone]

Houston is top ten in adjusted O and D.

Just saying…

 

[Nicknack]

We will be a dangerous team coming off an ACC Tournament title. Look out college basketball.

I think this is the first time I've ever replied to my own post, as I don't normally condone such behavior. However, that was a great point by me earlier, so I just wanted to do my best to share.

note: while this post was made in jest, I really do believe we can win the acc tournament. I also believe, and expect, we win 6 more in regular season. We're dangerous, when we're good, and make shots, and dunk, and make free throws, and make assists, and steal the ball, and rebound.

 

[Manleymen]

Appreciate the optimism but expecting a big winning streak when we have not had a Quad 1 win yet - well the odds defy your expectation. We are fortunate to have had no injuries yet. Like when Jesse went down. I hope you are right - stranger things have happened.

 

[DilemaCuse]

but a few years ago who would have thought Kentucky/UNC/Florida/Oregon/Wisc would all have been on the same bubble..

You could include Ohio St who isn't even on the bubble and is in the middle of an awful stretch. Alot of people calling for Holtman fired after 1 missed tournament.

 

[Orangezoo]

yup metrics say that..

a quad 1 is beating a top 75 team on the road..

so if they played yale /kent st/sam houston/n texas 15 times they would have 15 quad 1 wins.. would that make you think they are a real good team?

go down the net and see how far you have to get to think about who is a good team?

WV is an avg team they are top 20 net.

if you said purdue was going to lose a road game to Yale/FSU which would shock you more? and FSU is awful.

Kansas is #3. i think they have tons of talent.. they have also played really bad on multiple occasions..
The issue is it used to be teams had to play really well to beat the best teams in a yr.. Now more the top teams play down and get beat, much more inconsistent across the board.

3 pt shooting is some of that.. they take so many of those shots that an inferior team can shoot itself to a win just by volume and Better teams can suffer on off nights..

Why do names matter if the metrics say they are top 75??