The point I am trying to make is that Richmond is still Richmond. We should of never lost. And if Iām not correct hasnāt St. Bonnie beat Richmond this year.
We were expected to beat Richmond at HOME.
And we were expected to beat them on the road.
Did we do both of these no.
The point Iām trying to make is it looks bad when you have a loss to the team at the bottom of the conference. Same logic is used for the loss against Wake. It wasnāt at home, but we should of won. Losing to a team at the bottom of any conference hurts.
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[COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Root hard for Temple to beat Duke, and Charlotte to win the A10 tournament. Thatās the dream scenario where the A10 gets three teams. [/FONT][/COLOR]
Since when does a 20 win team in a major conf. not get in?
If we can win the last 4 games - including the away game @ #6 GW- there is no question about it- weāre in. UMass & GW will be good road winsā¦St. Louis & Duquesne are MUST win home games. Even if we drop the game @ GW, weāll be 19-10ā¦we will have won 5 of 6 down the stretch headeing into the Tourney. Winning 2-3 games in the tourney will then be a must. Itāll be close, but I think we get in. Just trying to stay positive!
Since when does a 20 win team in a major conf. not get in?
If we can win the last 4 games - including the away game @ #6 GW- there is no question about it- we're in. UMass & GW will be good road wins.....St. Louis & Duquesne are MUST win home games. Even if we drop the game @ GW, we'll be 19-10.....we will have won 5 of 6 down the stretch headeing into the Tourney. Winning 2-3 games in the tourney will then be a must. It'll be close, but I think we get in. Just trying to stay positive!
Yeah, if anyone thinks we havenāt really beaten anyone, take a look at Memphis that year. They played a terrible schedule, racked up a bunch of wins in doing so and still got denied. I think their fans are still bitter that we got in that year over them.
Once in a great while a team with an RPI in the 70ās gets in with an at-large bid. Air Force did it two seasons ago. This has never happened to a team with an RPI of 100.
[QUOTE=bhaley29;155938]Since when does a 20 win team in a major conf. not get in?
If we can win the last 4 games - including the away game @ #6 GW- there is no question about it- weāre in. UMass & GW will be good road winsā¦St. Louis & Duquesne are MUST win home games. Even if we drop the game @ GW, weāll be 19-10ā¦we will have won 5 of 6 down the stretch headeing into the Tourney. Winning 2-3 games in the tourney will then be a must. Itāll be close, but I think we get in. Just trying to stay positive![/QUOTE]
News Flash, A-10 is not a major conference, and this answer is easy. When you have no wins against teams that will get in the tournament, then that looks bad also. OOC schedule sucked for us, and In conference we have a bad loss to Richmond and two home losses to Xavier and St. Joes. We havenāt protected our home court losses to Valpo, Miss St., (You get the point). If we win out and donāt win the conference tournament this year then we will be OUT. Iām not about to sound stupid and say if we make it to the tournament finals, then we are in. Sorry, but it wonāt happen. The NCAA Committee isnāt afraid of giving the A-10 one bid, just look @ last year.
News Flash, A-10 is not a major conference, and this answer is easy. When you have no wins against teams that will get in the tournament, then that looks bad also. OOC schedule sucked for us, and In conference we have a bad loss to Richmond and two home losses to Xavier and St. Joes. We haven't protected our home court losses to Valpo, Miss St., (You get the point). If we win out and don't win the conference tournament this year then we will be OUT. I'm not about to sound stupid and say if we make it to the tournament finals, then we are in. Sorry, but it won't happen. The NCAA Committee isn't afraid of giving the A-10 one bid, just look @ last year.
You mean to Xavier and GW.
Just wanted to point out that home losses are less important than road wins to the committee. The committee wants teams that can get the job done in hostile environments. Otherwise teams like Duke would avoid any road games and play just about everybody OOC at home.
...Just wanted to point out that home losses are less important than road wins to the committee. The committee wants teams that can get the job done in hostile environments.
Possibly true, but home or away, the team has to have good wins, and probably more than one against NCAA tourney caliber teams. Getting it done against St. Bon, Georgia State and UNC-Asheville makes no difference whether they are considered hostile enviroments or not. In my opinion, one win against GW, if it were to happen, is not enough at this point.
On the bright side, winning the A-10 tourney makes the above a mute point.
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