Not sure yet. I think we want UA, ASU, USC and UCLA to win enough to be pretty certain bids for the tourney. And then we want CU to be right there above the other 7 teams.So what is worse for the rpi? Utah just pulled a bizarro Colorado with the road sweep followed by the home stand losses against the same four teams.
USD is a really solid team. They're gonna make some noise in the WCC. Iowa isn't great, but they've also played a surprisingly hard conference scheduleOn the positive side for the resume:
South Dakota State is balling and is at #63 (surprising Column 2 home win).
Northern Colorado continues to play well and is at #108.
Drake made a big jump to #134.
San Diego is now #91 and looks solid.
Hurting the resume:
Iowa hasn't won in the B1G and is down to #167.
Mercer's only at #201 (we need them at least Top 200 to be a Column 3 win).
New Mexico and CSU aren't doing much and are at #214 & #165, respectively. We need UNM Top 160 and CSU Top 135.
National media taking notice.
Hell, I don't know if this team can play its way onto the bubble or not. But dammit this is the ride I was hoping for this year with this young group with so many new faces. This season is fun!
would not be surprised if this year ended up a lot like 2011. A solid resume, perhaps even a really good resume, and CU just barely misses the tourney.
In college basketball, its the "Power 6". Big East is elite and commands as may bids as anyone.One thing with this year compared to that one-There are going to be more bids available to the power 5. In terms of mid major leagues, isn't the West Coast the only one that will get more than just their champion in? I don't see the MWC getting more than one team, and the MVC and A-10 are likely one bid leagues.
In college basketball, its the "Power 6". Big East is elite and commands as may bids as anyone.
Beyond the P6, I think the WCC should get 2 or 3 this year, AAC should get 2 or 3, MWC has a chance at 2, and the A-10 could get to 2 even though this is about as down as I can remember seeing that league.
MWC is like the A-10. They need Boise State to keep winning and to upset New Mexico in the conference tourney. Or a name program like SDSU or UNLV to catch lightening in a bottle the rest of the way to be a multi-bid league. A-10 has Rhode Island in the UNM position, but could get that 2nd bid if the Bonnies or Duquesne dominate and then pull an upset in the conference tourney or if VCU catches lightening in a bottle the rest of the way.I misspoke-The American and Big East are major/multi-bid leagues. As far as the WCC, Gonzaga and St. Marys are obvious, with BYU and San Diego having chances to build their resumes up. The A-10 is very down, and I think the easiest way to a second bid for them is somebody other than Rhode Island winning that tournament. St Bonaventure is the only one with any sort of at large case IMO-but they have a couple ugly losses (St. Joe's and Niagara at home) and one real shot at a huge boost when Rhode Island goes there next month. In terms of the MWC...........agree.
MWC is like the A-10. They need Boise State to keep winning and to upset New Mexico in the conference tourney. Or a name program like SDSU or UNLV to catch lightening in a bottle the rest of the way to be a multi-bid league. A-10 has Rhode Island in the UNM position, but could get that 2nd bid if the Bonnies or Duquesne dominate and then pull an upset in the conference tourney or if VCU catches lightening in a bottle the rest of the way.
Right now, I'd agree. I was talking about how much could change with over 1/3 of the season left, though. Programs like Dayton and VCU are respected enough that pretty much running the table the rest of the way would cause folks to take note. Duquesne has a pretty great record that could get them in the conversation despite not having any quality wins in the OOC (they probably need to win the A-10 tourney and have the team they upset get an at-large).I agree with you on URI-they're in really good shape. The only other team in the A-10 who is in the at large discussion right now are the Bonnies IMO.