Stewart Mandel of Fox Sports

[raf4488]

has us in as a #10 in the West, FWIW. Not even in Dayton.

http://www.foxsports.com/college-ba...nsas-villanova-michigan-state-virginia-031116

We lost 13 games so I'm not going to sweat it if we don't get in, but I think it's really close.

 

[pearl31]

It is really close.

 

[Cuse'91]

We don't really deserve to be in imo... But, we are the kind of team that squeaks in and then does some damage...

 

[sabach]

I think we are in too. Funny how Mandel has us playing Dayton who was the last team we played in the dance. Better to play against Dayton than to play in Dayton.

 

[CorduroyG]

us getting a 10 would be the equivalent of us getting screwed in 2007. shocking

 

[MGP]

Having a marquee name like us would certainly bring some more excitement (and ratings) to those Dayton games...Like us or hate us, we have that polarizing effect...

 

[orangecuse]

Maybe we can sneak this guy into the selection committee to help our cause.

 

[Conrad13]

We don't really deserve to be in imo... But, we are the kind of team that squeaks in and then does some damage...

It took me a long time to learn this, but I now know to pick teams in my bracket that I feel like didn't deserve to be in the tournament to win a few rounds. There's a team that does this every year.

 

[sabach]

Having a marquee name like us would certainly bring some more excitement (and ratings) to those Dayton games...Like us or hate us, we have that polarizing effect...

Mandel does not have us playing in Dayton. He has is playing Dayton in the 10/7 game.

 

[orangenirvana]

The more I research, the more I realize how much better Syracuse's resume is than people think.

 

[CorduroyG]

The more I research, the more I realize how much better Syracuse's resume is than people think.

better compared to other bubble teams, no doubt. the duke and a&m wins are by far the best of most bubble teams.

 

[Alsacs]

This guy actually looks at the resumes and isn't going by perception of who deserves what and losing 5 of 6.

I honestly can't believe how stupid some people are about this. It is like some people want to wallow before other teams earn their spot ahead of us.

Right now Syracuse has a better resume than a lot of these bubble teams. We could get passed by Mandel gets it.

 

[kirbivore]

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst. Wouldn't be shocked if SU got in and also wouldn't be pissed if they didn't.

 

[Ghost]

Ugh, hate these threads. They get my hope up - I don't want hope.

I've already gone through the 183 stages of grief (Stage 2-182 being "I'm drunk")...this is just going to make it worse if we don't get in on Sunday.

 

[jncuse]

This afternoon was tough, but tonight has been good. Two non locks that were ahead of us on the matrix (St. Bonaventure and Tulsa) MAY lose.

 

[rrlbees]

This afternoon was tough, but tonight has been good. Two non locks that were ahead of us on the matrix (St. Bonaventure and Tulsa) MAY lose.

What do you mean Tulsa may lose? They're down 28!

 

[jdubs30]

but we don't deserve to be in because we lost 5 of 6 /sameoldnarrativeineverythread

 

[kirbivore]

Ugh, hate these threads. They get my hope up - I don't want hope.

I've already gone through the 183 stages of grief (Stage 2-182 being "I'm drunk")...this is just going to make it worse if we don't get in on Sunday.

 

[CaptainJ]

Ugh, hate these threads. They get my hope up - I don't want hope.

I've already gone through the 183 stages of grief (Stage 2-182 being "I'm drunk")...this is just going to make it worse if we don't get in on Sunday.

Thanks to St*** H***'s repeated encouragement, I have now joined you! I think it's helped matters, not that I was that bad off before.

 

[Ghost]

Thanks to St*** H***'s repeated encouragement, I have now joined you! I think it's helped matters, not that I was that bad off before.

Agreed. I was 100% settled on us being out, I wasn't even going to go a little bit out of my way to watch the stupid show (if I was home, so be it, otherwise...nice weather, who cares!). At this point I'm sure I'll end up making certain I'm in front of the TV when it rolls around.