BullyPulpit Posted January 27, 2023 Group: Member Topic Count: 365 Content Count: 6,466 Reputation: 1,893 Days Won: 35 Joined: 02/02/2005 Share Posted January 27, 2023 42 minutes ago, Ricky the Bull said: ESPN bracketology that came out today still has us as a 6-seed. Creme decided to keep FSU as a 5 seed. Our overall profile looks better than theirs, but they play in the ACC and we don't. They have 8 games remaining that are all arguably tougher than any games we have left to play. Assuming they go 6-2 in those games, we should be able to pass the Noles. If Creme seeds using the snake method, he actually has USF as the 3rd 6th seed behind Villanova and Baylor. Villanova I understand (they are probably underseeded at #6) but there is no metric where Baylor should be seeded ahead of USF other than brand-name, big conference favoritism. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky the Bull Posted January 29, 2023 Group: Member Topic Count: 1,031 Content Count: 7,497 Reputation: 1,100 Days Won: 10 Joined: 12/25/2001 Share Posted January 29, 2023 A few upsets in the AP top 25: 24 FSU over 16 Duke 20 NC State over 7 Notre Dame Unranked Wash St. over 19 Arizona Unranked USCw over 25 Colorado We'll be cracking the AP top 25 when the new one comes out, I'm guessing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
79 Bull Posted January 30, 2023 Group: TBP Subscriber III Topic Count: 683 Content Count: 7,632 Reputation: 1,190 Days Won: 6 Joined: 07/10/2003 Share Posted January 30, 2023 46 minutes ago, Ricky the Bull said: A few upsets in the AP top 25: 24 FSU over 16 Duke 20 NC State over 7 Notre Dame Unranked Wash St. over 19 Arizona Unranked USCw over 25 Colorado We'll be cracking the AP top 25 when the new one comes out, I'm guessing. I agree we'll crack it, but Duke and ND will not drop out. Hopefully we get one of the other two slots. GO BULLS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belgianbull Posted January 30, 2023 Group: Member Topic Count: 0 Content Count: 2,017 Reputation: 1,005 Days Won: 10 Joined: 12/02/2022 Share Posted January 30, 2023 1 minute ago, 79 Bull said: I agree we'll crack it, but Duke and ND will not drop out. Hopefully we get one of the other two slots. GO BULLS! This team should be ranked much higher; especially with the tough schedule we played earlier. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky the Bull Posted January 30, 2023 Group: Member Topic Count: 1,031 Content Count: 7,497 Reputation: 1,100 Days Won: 10 Joined: 12/25/2001 Share Posted January 30, 2023 We enter the AP rankings at 25! AP Top 25 Women's College Basketball Poll | AP News Dawn Staley and South Carolina picked up right where they left off: No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball poll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USFBulls12 Posted January 30, 2023 Group: Member Topic Count: 62 Content Count: 3,697 Reputation: 930 Days Won: 7 Joined: 03/17/2012 Author Share Posted January 30, 2023 44 minutes ago, Ricky the Bull said: We enter the AP rankings at 25! AP Top 25 Women's College Basketball Poll | AP News Dawn Staley and South Carolina picked up right where they left off: No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball poll. We picked up an additional 21 votes to become #25! #24 Texas, who we beat on the road, picked up 49 votes over last week after beating #14 Oklahoma by 20 and Oklahoma State by 9. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BullyPulpit Posted January 30, 2023 Group: Member Topic Count: 365 Content Count: 6,466 Reputation: 1,893 Days Won: 35 Joined: 02/02/2005 Share Posted January 30, 2023 2 hours ago, USFBulls12 said: We picked up an additional 21 votes to become #25! #24 Texas, who we beat on the road, picked up 49 votes over last week after beating #14 Oklahoma by 20 and Oklahoma State by 9. I hope that Texas wins out from here. It will definitely bolster our profile. We are ranked about 5 spots lower than we should be. We should be ahead of Texas, FSU, Arizona, MTSU, and Gonzaga. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BullyPulpit Posted January 31, 2023 Group: Member Topic Count: 365 Content Count: 6,466 Reputation: 1,893 Days Won: 35 Joined: 02/02/2005 Share Posted January 31, 2023 USF has creeped up to the last #5 seed in Creme's latest projections. If they can win out, I have to think that they would be assured of a #4 seed, which would mean hosting the first two rounds of the tournament. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belgianbull Posted January 31, 2023 Group: Member Topic Count: 0 Content Count: 2,017 Reputation: 1,005 Days Won: 10 Joined: 12/02/2022 Share Posted January 31, 2023 2 minutes ago, BullyPulpit said: USF has creeped up to the last #5 seed in Creme's latest projections. If they can win out, I have to think that they would be assured of a #4 seed, which would mean hosting the first two rounds of the tournament. This is exciting! Hosting 2 games will be a big advantage. I will try to watch as many games as I can on espn app. Every upcoming game will be important. Go lady Bulls! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BullyPulpit Posted January 31, 2023 Group: Member Topic Count: 365 Content Count: 6,466 Reputation: 1,893 Days Won: 35 Joined: 02/02/2005 Share Posted January 31, 2023 The only games of some concern are ECU (slightly), Houston, and the two games against SMU. The ECU game is tonight. They are a terrible shooting team, but they are an athletic team and play an aggressive, full court pressure defense similar to what we saw from Houston. They have 10 players that average 10 or more minutes per game, so they go deep into their bench. They rely on turnovers in order to make up for their lack of skill. They recently split games with Memphis. In their 55-47 win, ECU forced 26 Memphis turnovers. In their most recent 61-53 loss, Memphis adjusted to the pressure and only turned the ball over 13 times. That will be the difference for USF against ECU. Under 20 turnovers, we likely win. Under 15 turnover, we likely win by 15 or more. Things get dicey if we go over 20 turnovers and if ECU happens to have a lucky shooting night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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