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I think they righted the ship more than started heating up. Yes, they beat Charlotte and FAU at home, but that was on the heels of a 10 point loss at North Texas and an embarrassing 27 point loss at SMU. They are 2-2 over their last 4 games. They obviously have the talent but they are not well coached and can wilt under the right pressure. If Memphis ends up winning their last 3, especially the game at FAU, then I will be more concerned about them.

Lunardi is seeing USF as a potential at-large team now, regardless of the AQ status. However, in order to start in the discussion, USF will have to win the remaining 3 regular season games.

No pretty much about it... It's done. Now the goal has to be to win the remaining 3 regular season games and get to that conference championship game!

It is competitive, high level basketball for sure. The league is better than the metrics indicate. Unfortunately, the marque OOC wins just weren't there this year aside from 3 or 4 games league wide.

I was pleasantly surprised to see just how little red there was in the crowd.

It certainly shows that the super slim hopes for an at-large bid are still there if this team can win out until the conference semis or final.

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This is awesome. Our media team has really stepped up its game over the last 3 seasons.

The margin of error with this strategy is razor thin. One year you can lose to a #16 seed and the next year win it all with essentially the same team. The year they won it all, they won by 4 points in the Sweet 16, went to overtime in the Elite 8, won by 1 point in the Final Four, and won in overtime in the Final.

Your opinion is what is biased, a computer ranking really isn't. The computers and humans all believe the MWC is better than the AAC. There are some computer ranking systems that give more credit for recent results and others that do not. Should or win against FSU count any less now than our loss to Maine? We have undoubtedly improved from the 2-4 start and that is why we are even in the discussion for a potential at-large bid. You don't really hear or see anyone clamoring for Drake to be considered for an at-large, but they actually have a stronger resume than USF at this point. As for USF's game against FAU, the first 30 minutes were not sustainable. USF played and shot the 3 ball out of its mind and FAU was shooting poorly. The writing was on the wall that the margin was most likely going to narrow. I thought that FAU was going to make their run sooner, but when it came, it came quick. That is not to say it wasn't an extremely impressive win over FAU, but that same FAU team lost at home to Bryant and on the road to FGCU. Historically, you really don't see Final Four contenders with two losses as bad as those two.

USF is up to #39 in the ELO Chess rankings. That is quite the accomplishment!

The quality non-conference wins just aren't there for the AAC this season, aside from Memphis and FAU. I haven't seen a computer metric that doesn't show the MWC as being significantly better as a conference than the AAC. The MWC had the 5th best non-conference winning percentage while the AAC was 10th. The MWC has the 4th highest RPI, while the American is 10th. We are behind the A10 and the MVC this season in terms of top-to-bottom quality. That is saying something. Make no mistake, I believe that the AAC is better than its rankings, but the MWC is the better conference, especially at the top.

247 thinks we will be ranked. Should know within the hour. Projecting the college basketball AP ranking after multiple Top 25 upsets 247SPORTS.COM We're expecting some shakeup inside the top 10 this week.

That is why the NET is not the end-all-be-all. Ultimately, a committee of humans is going to sit down and consider our case for inclusion. If USF is 25-6 they will be in the mix. Anything less than that, I don't think we have a chance.

I could see a scenario where USF wins out until the AAC final and loses a close one to FAU or even SMU where they COULD get in, but they will need the bubble to soften and for Mountain West teams to start losing to the bottom half of the conference. I am not at all saying it is likely, but there is a chance. The reason the percentage is low is that the computers have USF with only about a 5% chance of winning out at this point.

SMU is definitely looking like the best team in the conference at the moment. When their offense and defense clicks they are able to blow teams out by 20 to 30 points. The ESPN BPI actually has us as a slight underdog at home against them Saturday. Going to be a tough one for sure. We can still afford to lose that win and still hold the #1 seed in the conference so long as we beat Charlotte. The goal needs to remain the same, win the AAC tourney!

The big win over FAU is making a double-bye look like a foregone conclusion. Even if USF were to go 3-2 over the final 5 games, they are guaranteed a top-4 spot as UAB and SMU still have to play each other and USF holds the head-to-head tiebreaker over FAU. Unfortunately, all the other top 5 teams in the conference keep winning. If USF just wins the ones they are supposed to (UTSA, Tulane, and Tulsa) then they are looking at no worse than a #3 seed in the AAC.

This shows that, even with the win yesterday, the Bulls only have a 2.7% chance of getting an at-large bid. That is definitely the high water mark for the season, but illustrates just how long our shot is to get into the big dance.

I'm one of the guilty ones that doesn't go enough (2 or 3 games a season most years). My excuse is that I have a young child, a career, and live 30+ minutes from the arena. It's just tough to make a lot of the games. I really wish I could be there more often.

If we are taking predictions, I will go with #28.

Memphis might be the worst coached team in the country.

Big night of AAC basketball. Will we see Temple, Tulane, or UTSA pull off a big upset? Memphis and North Texas are the marquee matchup of the night. Will be interesting to see if Memphis can put a complete 40 minutes together despite Penny not being able to coach worth a ****!

4,559. I think V Day had a bit to do with that. Would have been shocked to see more than 6,000 given the turnout for Charlotte.

They supposedly removes margin of victory from the NET equation in 2020 or 2021.