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The resume is complete - prediciton time. The Gophers will play in the?...
The resume is complete - prediciton time. The Gophers will play in the?...
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NIT, hope I'm wrong.
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Also, I'll say it again, these polls are bad luck. We should stop doing them.
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I almost always go with the glass half full....and maybe it's just the depression over this past loss talking....but I went with the NIT.
Fortunately, some of the bubble teams right around us have lost and are done....so we are sitting right there. However, NC State just picked up a win over Syracuse and will be in bubble talks now. Still have no idea about other bid stealers.
Fortunately, some of the bubble teams right around us have lost and are done....so we are sitting right there. However, NC State just picked up a win over Syracuse and will be in bubble talks now. Still have no idea about other bid stealers.
I agree with this. If someone can present our case that both of our bad losses were without our best scorer, both games that we could have, and should have, won, we might have a better chance.
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NCAA, also i don't consider that a stretch at all.
I'd take SS's word 10,000 times over him or really anyone in the local media. They have no more of an idea than anyone this board. Less actually.
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Nit... probably first round game at the barn. Actually the NIT should be a pretty good field.
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They just look at bracketologists like Lunardi and Palm, they don't actually look at it themselves.
True. But they also never fail to be negative.
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I'd rather they pay us back on a team that would be able to make a deep run. The 96 team could have easily made the Regional Finals. This team would be one and done. There just is no depth and no scoring ability with this year's squad.
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Latest RPI's I saw are:
Nebraska 46
Minnesota 49
Iowa 54
The cutoff would seem to be clear between teams with very similar resumes otherwise, but all I keep hearing is that Iowa is a lock. It's been discussed ad nauseum, but if they get in and the Gophs do not, I'll have to hear an explanation. For me it goes back to what I think has generally been a very thorough, analytical and inscrutable process by the selection committee, and they always have a good explanation for the decisions they've made. Everytime anyone else has talked about the Iowa vs. Minnesota question, all I've heard is mealy-mouthed arm waving - like I just heard on the BTT broadcast: nothing that made sense in the least.
If the field were still 64, we'd be out, and I'd be OK with that. But it's 68 now, and the Gophers' is sufficient, if barely so. If SS has an explanation why we shouldn't and won't go, I can accept that and go along with it.
Nebraska 46
Minnesota 49
Iowa 54
The cutoff would seem to be clear between teams with very similar resumes otherwise, but all I keep hearing is that Iowa is a lock. It's been discussed ad nauseum, but if they get in and the Gophs do not, I'll have to hear an explanation. For me it goes back to what I think has generally been a very thorough, analytical and inscrutable process by the selection committee, and they always have a good explanation for the decisions they've made. Everytime anyone else has talked about the Iowa vs. Minnesota question, all I've heard is mealy-mouthed arm waving - like I just heard on the BTT broadcast: nothing that made sense in the least.
If the field were still 64, we'd be out, and I'd be OK with that. But it's 68 now, and the Gophers' is sufficient, if barely so. If SS has an explanation why we shouldn't and won't go, I can accept that and go along with it.
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look the team beat OSU, Iowa, and Wisc and took MSU to OT. The team isn't an auto one and done. They can score when we actually make our bunnies. i get the doom and gloom after a loss, but to rain on everything they've done this year is a little extreme. There are going to be some teams we would match up very well with that will make the field
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reasoning: our road/neutral record vs iowa's plus if we stay at 49 to the naked eye, Iowa collects another top 50 win where we do not.
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I'm going to assume someone on the committee will bring up how ridiculous this is. We are being punished for having a better RPI than Iowa.
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NIT without a doubt
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that's why i said to the naked eye. won't be the committees reasoning. that will be the first part since we haven't done jack on a road/neutral court
How often do the Gophers get karma paid back? I'm not picky, I'll take it this year. In future years we won't need luck.
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The Gophers 7th best win was against Penn State. So was their 8th and 9th best. That's pretty weak when comparing top 100 wins.
But SMU still puzzles me. they have 4 wins in the top 120. Their fifth best win is Sam Houston State at an RPI of 122.
I think Providence and Stanford are the two teams who pushed us out.
We seem to have a good RPI considering we have only 6 Top 100 wins.
But SMU still puzzles me. they have 4 wins in the top 120. Their fifth best win is Sam Houston State at an RPI of 122.
I think Providence and Stanford are the two teams who pushed us out.
We seem to have a good RPI considering we have only 6 Top 100 wins.
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NIT. No question for me. The real question is whether or not I go to the home games that we get. If I can get in the door and have my pick of seat for 5 bucks I'd consider it.
I responded to you with this in another thread, but it bears repeating here....
Iowa's 7th, 8th, and 9th best wins are against UTEP (101), Penn State (113), and Northwestern (123).
I have just one question. Why? It's a championship tournament and, yes, there are numerous teams that will be playing there that don't belong in a championship tournament but many of them are courtesy bids to small conferences. I'm not sure why so many people feel a need for the Gophers to join the cannon fodder.
This team showed tonight that they belong in a consolation tournament where they should look more comfortable playing teams with RPI ranks between 45 and 95. They're not very good. They've had 33 games to demonstrate that. Making the NCAA tournament isn't suddenly going to make them significantly better.