Bracketology - 3/2

[williebat]

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I'll happily stand by this prediction, whether right or wrong. No matter what Creighton does, they will NOT get an at-large bid.

I put money on that you are wrong. what is your reasoning?

[Newsbreaker]

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Then I think we should all move to D2. If 27 wins (assuming Creighton wins two in St. Louis) at the D1 level can't get you into the NCAA post-season basketball championships...but 6 D1 wins can get you a bowl bid...then we should all just give up.

I have no idea how the hell that comparison is supposed to be instructive.

I put money on that you are wrong. what is your reasoning?

The MVC has had a bad year with zero impressive OOC wins. Beating up on that league, while nice, isn't going to impress many this year. The trend has been towards fewer mid-major at-large bids and more "BCS" at-large bids, and that trend will make the difference for a school like Creighton.

[Panther Cat]

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While the conference is down this year it is still a top 10 conference. I doubt the NCAA selection committee will give the MVC much respect (which I can't blame). But if Creighton doesn't get in aftering winning 2 in St. Louis and having an RPI in the 30's then what would it take. Creighton beat a good Dayton team. They also have a 10-4 record vs. RPI Top 100 teams and are also 10-4 on the road/neutral

They win 2 in St. Louis they are a lock. If they win 1 I think they are also in. If they lose the first day I think they will be one of the last few out.

[UNISuperSenior]

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i think if it was any other team from the valley in their situation, they might not make it. creighton is pretty well known around basketball.

[achrist70]

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Also, aren't we 20-10? He's got us at 19-10. Doesn't the North Dakota win count as they are a D1 Independent?

You are correct, they technically aren't D1 yet they are in the "transition period"

[SteinPizza]

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Then I think we should all move to D2. If 27 wins (assuming Creighton wins two in St. Louis) at the D1 level can't get you into the NCAA post-season basketball championships...but 6 D1 wins can get you a bowl bid...then we should all just give up.

It depends on your competition. Creighton has a decent at large chance via the logic just posted by Panther Cat. However, I don't think the number "27" automatically gets you there. That doesn't mean squat to me if it's all D3 or horrible D1 teams.

[Purrrrrfect]

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By the way, not that we are focused on the little dance yet but here is the "NITology" site that pops up every year. The dude usually updates it on Monday afternoons.

www.nitology.com

he also has us listed as from the "CAA"

[kpanther]

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By the way, not that we are focused on the little dance yet but here is the "NITology" site that pops up every year. The dude usually updates it on Monday afternoons.

www.nitology.com

Interesting seedings. They have Illinois State with a 6-seed and UNI with a 7th seed. Do they not know that UNI WON the MVC conference AND beat Illinois State TWICE, the second time this past week on Illinois State's home court? Strange seedings to me.

[06panther10]

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Maybe we don't want to talk about this yet, but if we were to lose in the tournament and make the NIT, is there any chance we host a game?

[UNI MadCat]

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Maybe we don't want to talk about this yet, but if we were to lose in the tournament and make the NIT, is there any chance we host a game?

I'd guess no but a lot probably depends on how far we go this weekend. I know they seed based on team strength but the NIT is still all about money. We cant draw crap for games on the schedule months in advance... we wont draw anyone on 2-3 days notice.

[ceaser150]

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Maybe we don't want to talk about this yet, but if we were to lose in the tournament and make the NIT, is there any chance we host a game?

A couple wins in St Louis would go a long way in improving our seed. But I would anticipate that they conveniently seed us at #5 to avoid having us play at home.

[clenz]

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As of March 1st we were the #1 7 seed but we were still on the bubble

[jman2004]

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Interesting seedings. They have Illinois State with a 6-seed and UNI with a 7th seed. Do they not know that UNI WON the MVC conference AND beat Illinois State TWICE, the second time this past week on Illinois State's home court? Strange seedings to me.

I noticed that as well. I don't know if they just haven't updated it yet or not. Hard to believe that Illinois State would be a greater seed than us in any sort of postseason tournament . . . we beat them TWICE, home and away. Doesn't that count for ANYTHING anymore?

[Panther-Sheik]

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I noticed that as well. I don't know if they just haven't updated it yet or not. Hard to believe that Illinois State would be a greater seed than us in any sort of postseason tournament . . . we beat them TWICE, home and away. Doesn't that count for ANYTHING anymore?

You silly, silly man. We now have intricate computer programs to tell us which teams are the best, and they have it down to an exact science. We're talking thousandths of a percentage point!! How could they be wrong??!! ... Don't you know that computers are never wrong??!!

[jman2004]

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I'll happily stand by this prediction, whether right or wrong. No matter what Creighton does, they will NOT get an at-large bid.

I disagree with this entirely . . . just because of the fact that it's Creighton. Any other school in the Valley, like someone else said, and probably not. But even most of the ESPN crew has Creighton as an at-large lock right now. That's gotta tell you something.