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The chance of us in is like 20% or 30%. And we will be in the play-in game against a Big East team like Xavier or Seton Hall.
Well... Are we in our out?
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The chance of us in is like 20% or 30%. And we will be in the play-in game against a Big East team like Xavier or Seton Hall.
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I'm sure this means nothing but so far I've had ESPN alerts on my phone saying that both Eamon Brennan and Jay Williams/Seth Greenberg believe that we've done enough work to get in.
I feel like the more ESPN talking heads discuss us being in, the more it's likely to become a reality.
Plus don't discount the Wildhack factor. You know he's connected behind the scenes and will lobby his hardest to get us in.
I feel like the more ESPN talking heads discuss us being in, the more it's likely to become a reality.
Plus don't discount the Wildhack factor. You know he's connected behind the scenes and will lobby his hardest to get us in.
He isn't on the committee, he can't get us in because he knows people.
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Sorry, but the committee also checks for bad losses. Our bad loss against St. Johns was record breaking.
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a couple points :
#1 I don't buy the "they don't deserve to be in" argument. Boston College doesn't deserve to be in. Any bubble team is on the bubble for a reason. They've been inconsistent and have warts. It's up to the subjectivity of the committee who gets the call on Sunday.
#2 Recalling the history of the selection committee can really only go back 6 yrs. as to when the field expanded to 68. Saying that "no team with ___ has ever" really doesn't mean much. Each year will continue to set precedent...
That being said, I really feel right now we are 50/50 and the rest of the week will tell if that moves or not. It almost feels right that this team should be destined for a "first four" game given the way its gone for us, but short of disappointment - I don't think we have much of an argument if we get left behind...
#1 I don't buy the "they don't deserve to be in" argument. Boston College doesn't deserve to be in. Any bubble team is on the bubble for a reason. They've been inconsistent and have warts. It's up to the subjectivity of the committee who gets the call on Sunday.
#2 Recalling the history of the selection committee can really only go back 6 yrs. as to when the field expanded to 68. Saying that "no team with ___ has ever" really doesn't mean much. Each year will continue to set precedent...
That being said, I really feel right now we are 50/50 and the rest of the week will tell if that moves or not. It almost feels right that this team should be destined for a "first four" game given the way its gone for us, but short of disappointment - I don't think we have much of an argument if we get left behind...
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That must be why we got left out last year and all the mid majors were treated like gold by the committee...Popcorn
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Shouldn't we have been out last year then?
We 100% should have been in last year, I think a lot of us worried because our past on the bubble, this year we really don't deserve a bid.
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agree but I say 50/50 because it will be fluid the rest of the week dependent upon what other teams do. I think if they selected right now, we sneak in, but there's a good chance we may slide the rest of the week. We made our own bed yet again...
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no, we were a 10 seed, so one of the top 40 teams. Not even close to a bubble team.
but we've been screwed over before when we should have been in.
this year we are truly a bubble team and if we don't get in i'm sure an argument can be made against the teams who squeak in over us.
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I have had us at 50/50 for a while. It's really hard to say.
It really depends where we are relative to Vanderbilt , USC, and Xavier entering this week. If we started above them we are in good shape. If we started below them we are in bad shape. These two are all so close with very different types of resumes.
All you can do is keep following the bubble and hope there is little chaos by Selection Sunday. If we were the 2nd last team in entering this week, we need to ensure there is no pressure from the bottom -- go Baylor, MTSU, Wisconsin. It could turn out to be a week with little pressure from below.
If we are out we will be one of the first two teams out.
So all I can do is say come follow the bubble watch threads.
It really depends where we are relative to Vanderbilt , USC, and Xavier entering this week. If we started above them we are in good shape. If we started below them we are in bad shape. These two are all so close with very different types of resumes.
All you can do is keep following the bubble and hope there is little chaos by Selection Sunday. If we were the 2nd last team in entering this week, we need to ensure there is no pressure from the bottom -- go Baylor, MTSU, Wisconsin. It could turn out to be a week with little pressure from below.
If we are out we will be one of the first two teams out.
So all I can do is say come follow the bubble watch threads.
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Good link, thanks. 14 losses has happened, and only that Georgia team was worse at 16-14. 19-13 would make sleeping much easier, but here's to hoping.
I assume if we are in, we should block off our Tuesday or Wednesday evening?
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I think it was spoken of at the time, but last year was one of the only years in my recollection (if any), that I have been pleasantly surprised on Selection Sunday. I'm not only speaking selection but seeding as well - and I've been watching as long as its been televised...
I've grown accustom the expecting the worst
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When was the last time we were screwed over getting in? I mean legit screwed over. One, two times in 40 years?
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Incredibly debatable.
I don't think it is, we had 5 top win wins, we had a huge road win, and a couple of good wins on a neutral court, and only one bad loss, we deserved a bid.
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Many times. Obviously we haven't been a bubble team every year in the last 40, but aside from last year, every NIT appearance we have been biting nails on Sunday only to be disappointed. Also, many years we haven't been on the bubble, we've had gripes about being under-seeded...
07, the committee still owes us one.
Looking at that list, it makes me why we even bother playing ex-BE teams OOC. They get up for playing us. We win, we get no credit. They win, it makes their season.
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