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Message: [QUOTE="OrangeZeus, post: 2524377, member: 4174"] Of the 16 team's on Lunardi's bubble today, Syracuse has the 5th highest RPI, 2nd highest SOS, and 2nd highest NON-CONF SOS. The one drawback appears to be the 2 sub-150 losses to GT and WF. The only other bubble team with 2 sub-150 losses is Penn State. Louisville should absolutely not be ahead of us, whether that's in the NCAA or NIT. We beat them on their court, and are right behind them in RPI and SOS. Our NON-CONF SOS is significantly better and we have 4 top 50 wins, whereas Louisville has none (they did beat FSU twice who is now at 52). As for Notre Dame, their resume is comparable to Marquette. Marquette went 19-13 with RPI 55, SOS 30, and NON-CONF SOS 149. ND went 19-14 with RPI 65, SOS 44, and NON-CONF SOS 174. Marquette dominates ND along these 3 metrics, however, ND does have one top 25 win against Wichita St. propping them up. If the committee wants to put them in over us because they beat us on our court without Bonzie, so be it, but as a whole body of work I think we have them beat by a wide margin. While head-to-head should play a factor, I don't think their one win over us compensates for their RPI being behind ours by 25, their SOS being behind ours by 31, and their NON-CONF SOS being behind ours by 161. I don't think Marquette, Notre Dame, Oklahoma State, Louisville, Baylor, or Penn State should be considered over us from Lunardi's 16 bubble teams. The final four spots should go to four out of Texas, Oklahoma, Syracuse, Middle Tennessee, Saint Mary's, and Arizona St. in my opinion. I personally wouldn't even consider Saint Mary's based off their resume with 24 wins against opponents RPI 113+, but it's hard keeping a 28-5 team out of the tourney. [/QUOTE]

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