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bac2therac

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All of them. We have 6 quad 1 wins. We have four road wins against quad 1 opponents. 9-8 vs q1&2. Our NET. Zero q4 losses. This late in the game, those numbers don’t change much. Each time we lose now, May drop us a seed. Not enough losses left to knock us out of tourney. Look at the bubble teams. Many have much less q1&2 victories. just compare them.
if RU finishes 18-14 there are scenarios where they can be left out. Might be less than 35% but still enough scenarios
 

bac2therac

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People need to completely ignore what your seed might be on a specific day.

The debate isn’t if we get in. The debate is are we a lock.

The reasons people are giving why we are a lock are not sound.

Completely ignoring the fact that at 18-14 there is a realistic chance there will be more than 42 or whatever the number is at large teams with better resumes. Ignoring the fact there is a chance at a bid stealer.

My definition of a lock is 99%+ chance of getting in if you lose out. There is NO way we can say that right now. Even bac would agree.


yes I agree. Yes we can get in at 18-14....DO ANY OF YOU REALLY FEEL GOOD ON THAT DAY...DO YOU WANT TO HAVE A BIG PARTY AT THE RAC CELEBRATING OUR NAME AND THEN WHEN ITS NOT CALLED LOOKING LIKE THE WORLD HAS ENDED
 
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Scarlet83

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Yep. By 100 percent. The biggest must win of the season is now this Thursday. We're playing a D1 team on the road. Gotta focus on that
1 is not 100% greater than zero. Division by 0 is undefined. How can you divide something by nothing?
 

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Not sure how Michigan St, Iowa and Illinois would be locks but Rutgers isn’t considering Ru is ahead of all of them in NET
1. The NET may not be that important
2. What would RU’s net drop to losing to Minnesota, Northwestern and ??????
 

bac2therac

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Not sure how Michigan St, Iowa and Illinois would be locks but Rutgers isn’t considering Ru is ahead of all of them in NET

Net has nothing to do with it

Ru has 3 q3 losses..these schools have clean profiles except for Iowa who has one ding and all have a major non conference win
 

mugrat86

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Net has nothing to do with it

Ru has 3 q3 losses..these schools have clean profiles except for Iowa who has one ding and all have a major non conference win
Haha you fail to look at the quality wins. Iowa has no win over a top 25 program and Rutgers has 2.
 
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bac2therac

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Imfao..Iowa has 2 wins over Rutgers.

Iowa has 12 Q1/2 wins combined

Iowa has 8 wins vs teams in field..9 if you include Michigan
 

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All quad wins are not created equal. There is a reason we are ahead of all those teams in NET. A win over Purdue at Purdue is the best win in conference
Except that Purdue win is not why we’re ahead of those other teams in the NET. We’re ahead of them because we beat all the sisters of poor by 25+.
 
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fatsam98

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Haha you fail to look at the quality wins. Iowa has no win over a top 25 program and Rutgers has 2.
Of the 72 bracket updates on bracketmatrix today, exactly 3 have Iowa seeded worse than Rutgers.

Just saying.
 
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Of the 72 bracket updates on bracketmatrix today, exactly 3 have Iowa seeded worse than Rutgers.

Just saying.
Sadly, name recognition still plays a significant role. Teams with history are giving the benefit of the doubt and credit when it deserves none.
 

RUBOB72

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Though nothing is a guarantee yet Rutgers over Minnesota will seal the deal. Like most I would like to se us win the next two for a no doubter entry.
 
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ClassOf02v.2

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The Purdue win has nothing to do with it? Really? Dumbest statement ever
The Purdue win is one data point. And yes, it’s a very good one. But huge margins of victory over lesser teams in many many games is a bigger factor in the NET than the single win @ Purdue. That’s how the NET works.
 

-RUFAN4LIFE-

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Though nothing is a guarantee yet Rutgers over Minnesota will seal the deal. Like most I would like to se us win the next two for a no doubter entry.
Their resume is much stronger than last year. They are playing for seeding at this point.
 

PSAL_Hoops

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People need to completely ignore what your seed might be on a specific day.

The debate isn’t if we get in. The debate is are we a lock.

The reasons people are giving why we are a lock are not sound.

Completely ignoring the fact that at 18-14 there is a realistic chance there will be more than 42 or whatever the number is at large teams with better resumes. Ignoring the fact there is a chance at a bid stealer.

My definition of a lock is 99%+ chance of getting in if you lose out. There is NO way we can say that right now. Even bac would agree.

Yup - this. We’ve done enough to get in at this point but a landmine still remains in Minny that could push us out.
 
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Greene Rice FIG

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Ok. NET is the MOST important piece of data used now. We got in last year because the quality of our wins. Which nobody else on the bubble had. Guess what we have great quality wins this year too. And a good NET. We are in. No doubts.
We were 18-11. This time it would be 18-14. A humongous difference
 

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We were 18-11. This time it would be 18-14. A humongous difference
And what was our NET last year? The reason we had to sweat it out is because it f our NET, last year. The reason we got in last year was because of the quality of our victories.

This year, we have both in our ur favor. We good.
 
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Loyal_2RU

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No one is arguing we are not in today.
We are this close to being a lock.
But not yet a stone cold lock.

Still let's win at Minnesota and stop all this talk.

Loyal
 
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mugrat86

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Ok. NET is the MOST important piece of data used now. We got in last year because the quality of our wins. Which nobody else on the bubble had. Guess what we have great quality wins this year too. And a good NET. We are in. No doubts.
I had this argument with him last year but he conveniently forgot
 
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