We are now appearing on Bracketmatrix

[Eric15]

One kind soul put us as an 11 seed, so we are appearing in the "others receiving votes" section for the first time in a long time. This didn't seem humanly possible prior to this 5 game winning streak.

http://www.bracketmatrix.com

 

[jncuse]

We will have a few more appearances after this win, and if we win at Clemson, we will be close to the first 8 out.
The difference this year vs prior years is that we have to do better to maintain or gain spots because of our conference. Typically in the ACC, once you were in, maintaining a .500 record the rest of the way would be enough -- probably not this year.

 

[Vorony]

I know he sucks, but Lunardi has us on his “Next Four Out” list. That was before the win today.

 

[rrlbees]

One kind soul put us as an 11 seed, so we are appearing in the "others receiving votes" section for the first time in a long time. This didn't seem humanly possible prior to this 5 game winning streak.

http://www.bracketmatrix.com

That guys bracket was before today’s game.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Just gotta keep stacking up wins, especially on the road.

 

[longtimefan]

Just gotta keep stacking up wins, especially on the road.

Like next Tuesday.

 

[lionf96]

Love the way the players are responding and not letting the slow season start affect them. Really like the way Sidibe has been improving. His scoring is so important.

 

[NineOneSeven]

Love the work of jncuse

 

[Zelda Zonk]

Love the way the players are responding and not letting the slow season start affect them. Really like the way Sidibe has been improving. His scoring is so important.

Sidibe is moving like a fresh colt. A marked difference. So nice to see him presumably healthy.

 

[cuseattle]

Woo Hoo! We're in the matrix. Just keep winning!

 

[Trueblue25]

WE HAVE LIFE

 

[orange79]

Woo Hoo! We're in the matrix. Just keep winning!
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[SWC75]

 

[jncuse]

Now a second has joined Carolina Guy in putting us in.

Its no different though than the top 25 -- it takes time sometimes for people to realize you are there, and then once a few put you on the list there is a bit of momentum. Obviously taking the next step to "in", and maintaining it, will need our team to continue to do quite well.

 

[jmcclure33]

 

[jncuse]

If I only look at the 23 that were updated today, it seems like:

Last Team In - Rhose Island (12)
First 2 Out - Alabama, VCU (11)

There is not much that separates us from them other than they have better NET,

If we only look at the 3 teams right on the line and us, the only real difference is NET.

Syracuse is 4-7 against Q1+Q2, with 3 quad 1 wins, although lower tier ones.
Alabama is 3-5 against, with 1 Q1 win (Auburn at Home)
VCU is 2-5, with 1 Q1 win (LSU at Home)
Rhode Island is 4-4, with 1 Q1 win (At VCU)

Alabama also has 2 bad losses -- although only one is really notable -- lost vs #164 NET Penn at Home.

Other than the NET, which we saw with the RPI, is not the ultimate deciding point, we are not very far off all 3... in fact I would put us ahead of Alabama.

 

[jncuse]

Bracket was just updated today. As noted above, people have started to realize that "as of now", we are competitive with the last teams in.

We are now up to 8 in on the matrix. (8 of 98 brackets), This is the 10th team out.

If we just look at the 56 that were updated today, we are 7 of 56. So technically we are probably ahead of a few teams above us on the matrix, who are still getting mentions on some of the older brackets.

For example Miss St would only has 5 of the 56 updated today. Xavier would only have 5. Depaul only has 3. Tennessee would only have 7. So we are really tied for the 6th last team out.

We have to win at least 1 of 2 this week to keep this status.

 

[upperdeck]

pretty clear like every yr we have to win and beat the teams we should beat

clem/wake/miami/bc/gt/pitt have to go 4-2 then no worse 2-3 against the others.

13 an we are solid in the bubble.
12 puts on the bubble in a good way
11 puts on the bubble and it will matter who we beat and what others do
10 means probably 2 wins in ACC

 

[Trueblue25]

Continues tonight, just win baby.

 

[richmondcuse03]

Road wins are huge for our net.

 

[jncuse]

pretty clear like every yr we have to win and beat the teams we should beat

clem/wake/miami/bc/gt/pitt have to go 4-2 then no worse 2-3 against the others.

13 an we are solid in the bubble.
12 puts on the bubble in a good way
11 puts on the bubble and it will matter who we beat and what others do
10 means probably 2 wins in ACC

Its not like every year.

In prior years because of the strength of the ACC, coasting at .500 or even a game below "once in" will generally keep you in. Right now we are still probably out and to maintain status is harder this year. 6-5 may be enough, but more than likely not. Can't see 11 giving us any chance.

Our 6-3 record to date has been very productive because of road wins... it will be hard for us to get as much quality in the last 11 games, if we only win 6 games.

 

[jdubs30]

Its not like every year.

In prior years because of the strength of the ACC, coasting at .500 or even a game below "once in" will generally keep you in. Right now we are still probably out and to maintain status is harder this year. 6-5 may be enough, but more than likely not. Can't see 11 giving us any chance.

Our 6-3 record to date has been very productive because of road wins... it will be hard for us to get as much quality in the last 11 games, if we only win 6 games.

In past years, we hung our hat on 1-2 big wins, a big OOC win and doing well at home. Our flaws usually our low win total overall and lack of road wins.

This year it’s been the opposite. We’ve done well on the road, no bad losses and nothing OOC. We also most likely will get in our because of our win total as opposed a few “huge wins”

 

[Consigliere]

Got to think that the committee starts to lessen the importance of OOC considering that the ACC and B10 play 20 conference games now and virtually no OOC games after December.

Again, tournament worthiness is relative, not absolute. Looking at the P5 we are trending to the Top third of the ACC. And the Pac12 looks like no more than a 4 bid league. Bubble is firmly in site and I'd say upperdeck 's analysis is likely spot on.

 

[jdubs30]

Got to think that the committee starts to lessen the importance of OOC considering that the ACC and B10 play 20 conference games now and virtually no OOC games after December.

Again, tournament worthiness is relative, not absolute. Looking at the P5 we are trending to the Top third of the ACC. And the Pac12 looks like no more than a 4 bid league. Bubble is firmly in site and I'd say upperdeck 's analysis is likely spot on.

You’re definitely right in a sense. Q1 wins are Q1 wins, period. We had 3 chances at Q1 wins OOC wins and lost all 3 in addition to OK State.

I do think there is a “human element” for OOC wins. It shows you can beat teams you’re unfamiliar with. It shows you wweren’t afraid to schedule games you had a Good chance of losing. Let’s say an at-large spot came to down to us with 4 Q1 wins ( 0 OOC) and another team with 4 Q1 wins ( 2 OOC), assuming the resumes are similar top to bottom, a good OOC win helps.

I do think our road success thus far helps negate the no big OOC win issue

 

[jncuse]

Got to think that the committee starts to lessen the importance of OOC considering that the ACC and B10 play 20 conference games now and virtually no OOC games after December.

Again, tournament worthiness is relative, not absolute. Looking at the P5 we are trending to the Top third of the ACC. And the Pac12 looks like no more than a 4 bid league. Bubble is firmly in site and I'd say upperdeck 's analysis is likely spot on.

On one hand I think you are correct -- the fact that a higher % of our games are conference games will naturally reduce the impact of OOC... it would have actually had an even larger impact if the conference is strong. For example the BIG is strong, and they have 20 games. compared to some of the others who still only have 18. Will only help the quality of their resume.


That being said they never heightened or lowered the importance of an OOC game... they were just individual games within a profile of 31 games. And that does not change. You could do bad in OOC and recover, you just needed to do more in the regular season.