Not that it matters from a Bracketology standpoint, but Hartford does have one more game, on Sunday against Chicago State. It's really a shame that they are heading backwards, as they didn't have that bad of a basketball program. Finally made the NCAA tourney a few years ago, and had one really good alum in Vin Baker.
BACATOLOGY: 2/13 NCAA TOURNAMENT ANALYSIS
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Think you're Big Ten bias showing having Penn State ahead of Seton hall a team that is three games under 500 in their conference and no notable non conference wins . Compared to a team two games over 500 and two good non conference wins with one bad loss. Also no way providence is a nine seed. They are 7.9 average on bracket matrix . Otherwise a nice job as always
@bac2therac , speaking of bracket matrix, are you submitting your bracket to them again this year? If so do you only submit your final one?
Conference record is meaningless.
Penn State has better wins and no bad loss
Seton Hall beat uconn and fading Ru and a win over last 6 in Memphis
Just told you that 7 through last 9 very tight...pc has just 3 wins vs the field and not impressed by all those Q4 wins
Haven't done this year..i think they enacted a new rule on submission that i didnt agree with but eventually i may come around
They played a lousy non conference no question. You lose all five starters from previous year you have to schedule soft. But beat everyone they had too. What was Rutgers excuse for a soft non conference ?
Are you arguing that reasons for scheduling soft should factor into seeding? Not following your point.
No he mentioned he was not impressed with quad 4 wins. I was just explaining reason why. Have not seen anywhere else they are as low as a nine.
I disagree here. 3 Q3 losses and a Q4 loss. Thats alot to overcome. Other schools like UNC and Clemson and the SEC schools have more opportunities going forward to gain quality wins
To me the Lobos need a sweep here or a split and trip to MWC finals
I’d like their chances if they run the table in the regular season, knock off Utah St in the quarters, then lose to San Diego St in the semis. But, that’s a lot of coin flips for them to win over the next few weeks (even their trip to Colorado St could easily be a loss).
Suck it UConn...saw many bracket guys putting them as a 3
Rutgers breaks 3 game skid and now at least stabilizes their position along the 8 line, some have worse, could sneak to 7 depending on results this weekend. Dont forget RU got a borderline Q1 road win vs a projected (barely) tourney team..its considered a quality win.
Indiana beats Illinois,keeping the Hoosiers on the 4 line and they got the 4 line in the ncaa reveal as well
illinois a 7 could fall back to 8, check back tomorrow when I compare them to RU resume'
Virginia barely scraped by Notre Dame by just 2, not sure what is going on with them lately
UConn knocking off SHU. UConn didnt get the 3 or 4 that some predicted. They are rightfully a 5. SHU is pretty much toast right now.
Texas Tech officially bac in it after beating WVU. Going to be interesting to watch. WVU meanwhile starting to look shaky
Kentucky up big over Tennessee, a win here would complete the sweep and put them in an excellent position for a bid
Indiana beats Illinois,keeping the Hoosiers on the 4 line and they got the 4 line in the ncaa reveal as well
illinois a 7 could fall back to 8, check back tomorrow when I compare them to RU resume'
Virginia barely scraped by Notre Dame by just 2, not sure what is going on with them lately
UConn knocking off SHU. UConn didnt get the 3 or 4 that some predicted. They are rightfully a 5. SHU is pretty much toast right now.
Texas Tech officially bac in it after beating WVU. Going to be interesting to watch. WVU meanwhile starting to look shaky
Kentucky up big over Tennessee, a win here would complete the sweep and put them in an excellent position for a bid
Wisconsin has a lot of work to do in order to make the tourney. Currently 7-9 in the BigTen but they do have a nice road win at Marquette and neutral court wins over bubbly teams, USC and Dayton.
My guess would be any two of the Michigan, NW and PSU trifecta would do it, assumng that Minny is a win.
We’re really on an 8? We have road wins at Purdue and NW and Wisconsin. Other wins against msu. Maryland. Indiana. Penn state.
we are more 8 than 7 as of today 2:58 but could move up for sure depending on some results this weekend and then potentially on how we finish
they also won at Iowa and beat Maryland at home. 10 in the country in sos and no bad losses
IMO yes....especially if the two come in regular season. Beat Minnesota and Northwestern....thats an absolute lock
Was about to post this. Will be very curious about your take on Wiscy vs. PSU (assuming PSU takes care of business tonight).
I still like Wiscy’s resume better, but the Nits net could be 20 spots higher…likely due to Wiscy winning close a lot.
Let's just keep winning... we'll be on the 6 line before you know it
Let's get the game on Thursday against Michigan. The RAC (Jersey' Mike's) should be rocking. I hope Caleb is alright on Thursday. GO RU.
@ScarletDave I agree with you. Seeds don't mean much to me. It's all about matchups in the tournament. We need to avoid teams with NBA-like motion offenses.
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How far can we move up? We can realistically win 3 of 4 and lock up a top 4 finish. I guess we are a 6ish then depending on tournament?
RU would need to win out regular season and get at least one Big 10 tourney win to claw its way back to a 5 seed but RU still has potential to finish over Iowa and Northwestern in the seed line for NCAA tourney
Wisconsin has better wins but down the stretch will be important. PSU cannot lose at Minny tonight
Kentucky knocks off Tennessee to complete the sweep. Not a totally lock but significantly improved their resume and are in great shape from here
Still probably don’t want 8-9 seed or game. That’s why losing streak was scary.
I generally love the results today so far being a Rutgers fan