Kentucky, North Carolina and Kansas
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okeefe4prez
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Iowa has a .500 record against Indiana and Kentucky has a 0.000 record against Indiana, therefore Iowa should be in the tourney.
BlackAndGold3
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those teams also beat the teams that they should! nebraska penn state campbell!?
H8IAST8
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Simple math. Who needs the RPI
H8IAST8
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Virginia is only showing up in the AP and not the Coaches.
Barnes Shmarnes. We have SLIME TIME!
SpiderRico
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This is what could, conceivably, make the committee's decision very difficult. If we win out and win 1 in the BTT, we finish at 19-14 with an RPI of somewhere around 80 most likely.
However, we will have several wins against Top 25 teams and you don't normally see that with high RPI teams that are on the bubble. Those high RPI teams are normally teams that beat the crap out of the RPI 150-250 teams and then went something like 1-7 against Top 25 teams.
I think if we finish at 10-8 in the conference with a 4-3 record against Top 25 teams (all coming in the 2nd half of the season, which indicates a team that has gotten better as the season progressed), that the committee will overlook our early season struggles and put us in somewhere around an 11 seed.
Of course, that's assuming we win out and win our first round BTT game. If we don't do that, then this is a moot point.
However, we will have several wins against Top 25 teams and you don't normally see that with high RPI teams that are on the bubble. Those high RPI teams are normally teams that beat the crap out of the RPI 150-250 teams and then went something like 1-7 against Top 25 teams.
I think if we finish at 10-8 in the conference with a 4-3 record against Top 25 teams (all coming in the 2nd half of the season, which indicates a team that has gotten better as the season progressed), that the committee will overlook our early season struggles and put us in somewhere around an 11 seed.
Of course, that's assuming we win out and win our first round BTT game. If we don't do that, then this is a moot point.
okeefe4prez
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Dude, give this team a break. Sometimes you lose a game or two you shouldn't. I mean, Alford never did, but most coaches do.
H8IAST8
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What does the committee value more, 4-5 wins over the top 25 in the last half of the season, or losses to RPI 200+ at home in the first 10 games? If it were football you want your losses early, not late.
Kinnickson
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Yeah cincinnati lost to presbyterian, st. Johns, and marshall all at home and dont have as many quality wins as us. They are projected as a 12 seed
ColumbusHawk
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Yeah, but there are about fifty teams between the Hawks & the Bearcats in the RPI rankings. Iowa beat nobody in the non-conference with losses to Campbell & Clemson.
ColumbusHawk
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Cincinnati also is 10-5 in the Big East.
H8IAST8
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and we would be 10-8
jacknicholson
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Step at a time, baby steps......
First up: Illinois, take care of business and we will be seriously considered.....
The fact that we are in the discussion is outstanding. When they talk about the Hawks being on the bubble, things have progressed very well......
As OK4P says, we have beaten Indiana, an accomplishment that Kentucky couldn't achieve. We are Worthy.....
Oh, Yes.....
First up: Illinois, take care of business and we will be seriously considered.....
The fact that we are in the discussion is outstanding. When they talk about the Hawks being on the bubble, things have progressed very well......
As OK4P says, we have beaten Indiana, an accomplishment that Kentucky couldn't achieve. We are Worthy.....
Oh, Yes.....
ColumbusHawk
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WOULD BE! Currently the Hawks are below five-hundred in conference play. Let's just play them one at a time. All this speculation is a receipe for disaster & disappointment. The Hawks need to take care of business on Sunday in Champaign. Then we can think of Nebraska on Wednesday.
SpiderRico
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The nice thing about being a fan is that WE don't have to take it one game at a time at all. We can speculate to our heart's content because that's what fans do. Especially ones that have spent the better part of a decade in the equivalent of basketball purgatory.
maybe I'm in the minority here but when i root for something to happen that is a long shot, it doesn't make me any more dissapointed when it doesn't happen. the only thing it does for me is makes me more excited for the next upcoming game. to me as a fan its more fun to dream of winning our next 4 and making the dance then it is worrying about our next game. if we lose Sunday my dreams go to winning the BTT
MisterLucky
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So you are under the impression that the hopes of the fanbase determines the outcome of future games in a negative direction?
