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[QUOTE="jncuse, post: 2475932, member: 1969"]
Last night the 16 teams around the bubble line went 2-5.   So at this point it could mean the bubble is weakening or make it easier for teams to quickly shoot up.   Our losses are depressing, and it makes it hard to believe we are still in this.   But as of now we are right in the heart of it... again.

Now that is Feb 1, I will track the 8 teams in or around the bubble on both sides per the matrix:

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SMU is the second last team in right now.  They have some quality victories OOC in Arizona, USC, and Boise St, and they won at Wichita St.   [B]The new quadrant system may help a team like SMU because they have had losses at Uconn and Tulane, which may have been "bad" in the past as they are outside the top 100, but may be OK now as they may be within the top "135" which is the new guideline for a bad road loss.

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Western Kentucky is the first team out right now.  They have [B]3 quadrant one wins [/B]based on projected RPI (neutral Purdue, neutral SMU, at Old Dominion).   Old Dominion is RPI #74, and this the new type of road win the committee will now apparently value.

And while the quadrant system raises the RPI for a bad loss on the road, it lowers the floor for a bad one at home.   Based on projected RPI, Western Kentucky has [B]4 quadrant three or quadrant 4 losses[/B].   (Home Missouri St, Home #78 Belmont, at Ohio, at Wisconisn).  The losses at home vs Missouri St or Belmont would not have  been bad in the past but they are now considered as such.
The win over Purdue can only carry you so far.

They are also #46 in KP, which I think is will be a consideration for how they assess the mid majors going forward.
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