we could finish strong and still not get Philly

[gilardino]

This is a concern. Duke and Miami may be heaeded to philly. With no gmaes in flroida or north carolina, those 2 teams could be in philly, placing us in dayton. what a disaster. Bottom line, we need to take care of businees, some tough games left. hoyas scare me, What, this is going to be a wild 3 weeks!!!

 

[jdubs30]

Only 1 team can win the ACC tourney. If we in the BET and the BE regular season we will most likely be in Philly as the 1 or 2.

 

[HoustonCuse]

Miami will have some losses. Nothing is finalized at all. There are no teams that will go without a What loss or two.

 

[anomander]

Also have to factor in that 2 of our losses were without Southerland . They factor that into seeding as well . If we can finish strong we could easily have the 2 seed

 

[anomander]

Not to mention they won't have 2 acc teams in the same bracket as a 1 and 2 seed they would be split up

 

[gilardino]

they don't have to be split in first round though. many times teams from same conference play as a 1 and a 2 in the same region for first round, because they are a protected seed. example in 03 pitt and cuse were in boston, 05 cuse and uconn in worcester, 10, cuse and wvu in buffalo, and 12 cuse and wvu in pitsbugh. in addition to worrying about duke and miami we have to worry about hoyas and pitt

 

[kirbivore]

Isn't Lexington closer to Miami than Philadelphia? I'm more worried about SU losing a couple and either G'town or Ohio St. finishing strong and taking the other Philly spot (with Duke being the locked in team there).

 

[realorange]

Isn't Lexington closer to Miami than Philadelphia? I'm more worried about SU losing a couple and either G'town or Ohio St. finishing strong and taking the other Philly spot (with Duke being the locked in team there).

Duke will almost certainly be there if they win out. One of those wins would be against Miami.
Oh, while we're talking about the ACC, don't forget about Virginia. Their game against Miami should be a good one.

 

[BlueCurtain]

all this talk about philly or dayton used to be interesting until i remembered that it usually matters very little in the outcome. MSG vs Temple was effectively what DC would be like if they made it out of the first weekend. All the crowd support doesn't mean squat if the other team has you figured out.

 

[007]

This is a concern. Duke and Miami may be heaeded to philly. With no gmaes in flroida or north carolina, those 2 teams could be in philly, placing us in dayton. what a disaster. Bottom line, we need to take care of businees, some tough games left. hoyas scare me, What, this is going to be a wild 3 weeks!!!

Way, way too early to worry about any of that. Let it play out. The only "disaster" would be not getting in, everything else is gravy. Slow, deep breaths...

 

[Marsh01]

Way, way too early to worry about any of that. Let it play out. The only "disaster" would be not getting in, everything else is gravy. Slow, deep breaths...

 

[gilardino]

we beat butler if game was in boston

 

[BlueCurtain]

we beat butler if game was in boston

you know this how? victim mentality. wa wa, we were too far from home. just man up and beat the team that's in front of you. Did rocky balboa ask for a home game when he played ivan drago? puss!es make excuses.

 

[realorange]

you know this how? victim mentality. wa wa, we were too far from home. just man up and beat the team that's in front of you. Did rocky balboa ask for a home game when he played ivan drago? puss!es make excuses.

Wow! We got booted out of bed this morning and then tripped over the cat!

 

[Upstate]

Miami has 3 wins vs. top-25 teams with only 1 definitely left. And some bad losses. Committee will see this. Horrible schedule in-conference, too.

 

[Jasoncuse]

Miami has 3 wins vs. top-25 teams with only 1 definitely left. And some bad losses. Committee will see this. Horrible schedule in-conference, too.

SU has some weak losses now, too. Plus, it's likely we'll lose more than Miami going forward based on schedules.

 

[Marsh01]

Miami is also undefeated in a major conference.

Unless they stumble they are a #1 seed

 

[Upstate]

SU has some weak losses now, too. Plus, it's likely we'll lose more than Miami going forward based on schedules.

Not Florida Gulf Coast and Indiana State weak. Plus, UConn would have been a tourney team, Pitt is. Nova has another top-5 win.

 

[HarrisonJBounel]

Given our "success" in Philly this year, or more accurately, the lack of it, are we sure Philly is the place we want to go?

 

[anomander]

they don't have to be split in first round though. many times teams from same conference play as a 1 and a 2 in the same region for first round, because they are a protected seed. example in 03 pitt and cuse were in boston, 05 cuse and uconn in worcester, 10, cuse and wvu in buffalo, and 12 cuse and wvu in pitsbugh. in addition to worrying about duke and miami we have to worry about hoyas and pitt

my fault was thinking philadelphia was the regional site

 

[jncuse]

Not Florida Gulf Coast and Indiana State weak. Plus, UConn would have been a tourney team, Pitt is. Nova has another top-5 win.

KenPom Rank
Villanova 60
Indiana St 73
Temple 84

RPI
Indiana St 58
Temple 59
Villanova 64

Bracket Matrix (before today)
Indiana St - 12 seed
Temple - 12 seed
Villanova - NIT


All of tem are bubble teams and at same level.

 

[kirbivore]

all this talk about philly or dayton used to be interesting until i remembered that it usually matters very little in the outcome. MSG vs Temple was effectively what DC would be like if they made it out of the first weekend. All the crowd support doesn't mean squat if the other team has you figured out.

Tell that to TV talking heads and Sooner fans who still have a conniption fit if you say "Albany".