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1 hour ago, flsportsfan83 said:

On the flip side our schedule has been very soft. OOC schedules are a huge thing for teams in lower conferences. I understand and support the reasons we had such an awful OOC schedule. Nobody in Athletics including coach really expected this. A new coach needed to get some wins under his belt. If we were in the same situation again I would schedule a weak OOC schedule. Losing to 2-3 of those awful teams is going to kill you. We have a couple of nice wins (FAU, Charlotte, Memphis, and FSU) but is that a resume at this point you give an atlarge too. I think you will find more deserving teams. If we had a huige win in December we would want that win counted, just as the losses are part of the resume.The turnaround just happened too quick. Which is a good thing, but our schedule will likely cost us if we dont win the tourney. 

I 100% expect a better OOC schedule next year.

 

It will be very interesting to see what the coaches and ap voters have to say in a couple of hours. I suspect we gain a few more votes, but not as many as ppl on this board expect.

Be interesting if Dickie V puts us in the rankings he tweeted during the game and after

All NCAAT Teams seasons rank ahead of anything else the CBI and NIT Temas are rated next....after that not much left to talk about.  Where this team ends up is still to be determined.  But the 2012 team is still on Top and will be until some team goes farther

In the past three NCAA tournament selections, we've seen a team ranked as high on the NET as No. 38 (North Texas 2023) left out of the field entirely. Conversely, a team ranked No. 77 (Rutgers 2022) did earn an at-large bid.

4 hours ago, Bull94 said:

early in the year Walker played 23 minutes against CMU. Pryor 10.

The minutes have more than flipped since then and Pryor's offense is a big reason why we are winning now.

Last night we gave up 36 points in the paint. we only scored 16.

Pryor played 28 minutes and Walker played 12.

their big is going to score even if walker defends him. the question is do you limit your offense in the process.

Like I said we should worry more about their guards shooting 3's.

I might like to see walker and Pryor in at the same time but sure could backfire if either or both go in foul trouble.  That's the one area we are weak with no experience behind them.  Ugunlaye might come in to be physical and pick up some fouls.  I like Jones but just doesn't get any min

3 hours ago, GoBulls84 said:

It would probably help if we were 18-0 instead of 15-3 against Quads 3 and 4. I imagine those losses are dragging us down some (although obviously not pulling UNT down as much). Still, we moved up a couple more spots to 101. We have a shot at a Quad 1 win Sunday. Pull that one out and we'll be in much better shape. Also, as it was a road game, if I'm reading the formula right UNT could end up being a Quad 1 win if they move up a few more spots (same with Memphis, road win cut off for Quad 1 is 75 and Memphis is at 76).

Regardless of all of this, we just need to keep winning. Win out and the rest takes care of itself.

kinda doesn't matter becasue if we beat FAU they will no longer be a quad 1 either.  Shows the flaws in the system that they use.  Plus margin of victory is another aspect becasue we start so poorly.  I always like the eye test best

1) Owls
2) 7
3) Miguel - 21
4) Stroud - 8
5) 70%

1) South Florida
2) 6
3) Youngblood -19
4) Pryor - 10
5) 72%

3 minutes ago, bullstampede9922 said:

Funny seeing Memphis with 1 more vote than us in the AP after us beating them and then them losing a few more.

Perception v Reality

That might be true, but if we are to get in, the higher ranked smu and FAU are would possibly help our seeding as well.  It is about 6 one way half dozen the other.

11 minutes ago, USFBulls12 said:

What are "Hoos"?

Hoos is Virginia

I'm still holding out a glimmer of hope on an at-large bid so I think we want FAU and SMU to win for some potential Quad 1 and 2 victories.  Think for a realistic shot we can only lose to charlotte the rest of the way to have a shot at any at large bid.

ELO has us 60 lets use this one

and another one....wouldn't want to face baylor out of the 3 choices

1) South Florida
2) 4
3) Youngblood - 18
4) Stroud - 8
5) 74%

another wierd stat only princeton is ahead of us in the NET with no games played as Quad 1

Forgot to mention Charlotte looks like a tough one too at their place.  We need to win 2 of the 3 tough remaining games and win the ones we should win

I somewhat disagree we want Memphis to win out, because they would then be in a better position then us for an at large bid.  If we take care of business the top 4 seed shouldn't be an issue.  We have a pretty easy remaining schedule with 2 harder games both at home SMU and FAU.  I understand that it would help our net, but then we would be competting against them for that at large....which is a long shot for both at this point

Here is a good example of how scewed these things really are 2 teams on paper look very similar...perception is worlds apart any guess who the team on top is?

1) South Florida
2) 6
3) Pryor - 19
4) Pryor - 10
5) 76%

4 minutes ago, Bull Matrix said:

Yes I listened and they said he is almost recovered from injury. Hopefully by Tuesday’s game 

Thanks for that update