Winning the BTT would help our seed in the NCAA Tournament. We have a double-bye, so we will be well-rested going in. By the time we get to the BTT finals, everybody will be tired on both teams. Let's just win the thing.
NCAAs: Where and when might we play?
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I want some BTT wins just to get us off the 8-9 line, so we avoid a #1 in the second round of the NCAA. Currently ESPN has us with a potential second round game against Houston.
Would love a second round matchup with Houston. That would mean we won our first round game AGAIN!
Except not even by that much, Houston would be favored by like 16 in the KenPom! It would be like losing at Maryland by 10.Well....if we lose by 30 to Houston it would hurt our NET rating
For what it's worth, Evan Miya has potential matchups going as follows:
Houston 70 - 62 NU
UConn 74 - 66 NU
Tennessee 74 - 67 NU
Arizona 80 - 73 NU
UNC 75 - 70 NU
Marquette 75 - 71 NU
Creighton 74 - 70 NU
Iowa State 69 - 65 NU
His rankings take into account whether teams play better against good teams and worse against bad (like us) and vice-versa, giving us roughly 1.5-2 points in each matchup as a result, as well as injuries, which costs us about 0.5 points.
Houston 70 - 62 NU
UConn 74 - 66 NU
Tennessee 74 - 67 NU
Arizona 80 - 73 NU
UNC 75 - 70 NU
Marquette 75 - 71 NU
Creighton 74 - 70 NU
Iowa State 69 - 65 NU
His rankings take into account whether teams play better against good teams and worse against bad (like us) and vice-versa, giving us roughly 1.5-2 points in each matchup as a result, as well as injuries, which costs us about 0.5 points.