Here Are the Teams with the Highest RPI Ever to Miss the NCAA Tournament

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Who is Mark Bashuk? I would be worried if every other bracketologist didn't have them as a lock already.
 

Too many good wins, high SOS, and a super tough conference. Most of the other teams left out in that list were mid-majors.
 

I'd be curious to see the rest of his bracket if MN is out. He probably has Purdue in then and North Dakota State
 




One of the most vulnerable - is the key .. not the most vulnerable. Let's see how it plays out boys & girls. If we lose tomorrow - it may be that we don't deserve to be in - in the opinion of the committee, maybe still in because of our strength of schedule. Should be very interesting. Don't have my hopes up however.... Usually (as the article shows) someone is left out...it may be the Gophers this year.
 

There is absolutely zero analysis in that article. He basically says, "Because these cherry picked mid-major teams from the last decade had high RPI rankings and missed the tournament, Minnesota needs one more win."

There is absolutely no consideration of the current field, let alone any analysis on what the committee actually looks at.
 




I would be absolutely floored if we were left out, even if we are blown out tomorrow. There just aren't enough teams that have the resume we have, and that's what it is about- what you've done over the entire year. If we're left out, I will almost certainly feel very cheated despite our collapse because when you compare our resume with actual bubble teams, it's not very close.
 

I'm generally a half glass full guy and still think that to a reasonable degree of NCAA tourney certainty the Gophers get in, but they can't show up at the B1G tourney presuming they're in and go out and get fried 82-61 by the Illini (who feel they must win). So I'm afraid to say, despite all the significant wins, we lay an egg such as above referenced score, we're out.
 

So texas tech is the only relevant team on the list, except they aren't because they lost wins due to forfeit?
 

I think we're hanging by a thinner thread than most of you think. If we hadn't beat Indiana we would be out at 7-11.
 



I agree Ruppert as noted above. You can't just get demolished and expect to waltz in based upon an early positive resume and an upset of a top 10.
 

ruppertflywheel said:
I think we're hanging by a thinner thread than most of you think. If we hadn't beat Indiana we would be out at 7-11.
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Yeah I know just throw out the biggest win of the season and they're on the bubble.
 

Had the Gophers lost to Indiana, their RPI would be around 37 today. Some say bubble in that case? Still a fairly strong RPI, right?

All gets down to what the committee wants to consider. Illinois and Minnesota have the two worst adjusted winning percentages in the top 50 RPI.

Rodney has had a couple of solid performances recently (PSU, at Purdue), but... could the committee say, "well, he isn't the same as he was pre-injury.. so this team is different right now"? In this particular example I'd say no, but the committee can get into those types of discussions.. "yeah, but Memphis sat Joe Jackson and Johnson was in his first game back"... "yeah, but SDSU was without Nate Wolters"... "sure, but they're 5-6 after the loss to Illinois against Big Ten opponents without winning records"... "some experience on the team, but their roster has a total of 2 minutes of NCAA tournament experience"...

There are a bunch of humans making decisions, trying to determine "the best teams".
 

Had we lost to IU, we probably wouldn't be a tournament team, 7-11 in the Big Ten? No way.

But we beat them.
 

If we lose tomorrow, we are a very easy team to leave out to make a point that there is a qualitative basis to the committee's decisions.

If we lose I will worry on Sunday but not so much as the Gophers don't really deserve to be in.
 

Mind boggling ignorance and denial of statistics.
 

Fine folks. If you think the Gophers are in danger of not making the dance, list the 10 legitimate bubble teams that will get in ahead of them.
 

Haha just think how f'd Illinois is according to this guy. On the other hand Iowa is a 6 seed.
 

From the Barn said:
Fine folks. If you think the Gophers are in danger of not making the dance, list the 10 legitimate bubble teams that will get in ahead of them.
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Bingo. But they don't deserve it if they do get in, right?
 

Gold Vision said:
Bingo. But they don't deserve it if they do get in, right?
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Projected 11 and 12 seeds miss the dance, occasionally. Projected 8 and 9 seeds don't.

And the committee picks the best teams, not teams to make a point.
 

From the Barn said:
Projected 11 and 12 seeds miss the dance, occasionally. Projected 8 and 9 seeds don't.

And the committee picks the best teams, not teams to make a point.
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I was agreeing with you, just get a kick out of all these comments.
 

It won't surprise me if the Goph's get left out if they lose to the Illini. Nor would I be upset.

The last half of the season they are 3-6. The only teams worse than that are PSU 2-7, NU 1-8 and Neb. also at 3-6.

What have you done for me lately???
 


From the Barn said:
Fine folks. If you think the Gophers are in danger of not making the dance, list the 10 legitimate bubble teams that will get in ahead of them.
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This is the biggest reason that even if they lose tomorrow, they will make the tournament. Should we lose, I could easily see us playing in Dayton in a play in game.
 




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