This Sums It Up...

[Newsbreaker]

2 strong posts PTTB!!! Very well said.




Gonzo....even if we would have a poor performance in the NCAAs....we need the pay-day....

One thing about that 'pay day'...iirc, money is distributed amoungst the league for each team that gets in. Teams getting into the field of 65 and losing immediately makes it less likely extra teams will get in later on, costing more money down the line.

I'd rather see 4 teams get in and win, then 5 and a couple of them lose.

In fact, if we only get 3 or 4 teams in, you're going to hear it was partially because the MVC hasn't won many tournament games in the past couple of years.

[merkpanthers]

There are some very good points that PTTB brings up here. I think that we should make the NCAA's, but I'm not sure if we will. The committee also takes into consideration the "What have you done for me lately" factor. We have lost 4 out of our last 5!! That doesn't look very good, Period. We need to win some games in St. Louis to have a shot. Let's go get it done Panthers!!

[ceaser150]

I don't think you can use the "last year we made it" arguement for reasoning that we will make it this year. A first round loss would put our RPI in the mid 30s like last year. However, there were very few upsets in the conference tournaments last year and bubble teams were dropping like flies. Our late season slump is another knock against us. Plus, this is a totally new committee. Who knows what factors they will look at. We probably got the last spot last year, they may decide not to give us one this year because of that. I won't feel safe unless we win on Friday. It will be a long week of waiting if we lose.

[Panthers to the Bone]

I respect that. Your opinion is a solid one, but I wasn't really making the "last year we made it" argument. I was making the last 6 years argument. That was only one small part of my argument. There are several other key components of my argument for why UNI is a lock.

[BCPanther]

I am not so worried about the Last 10 stuff. The new committee chairman has made it perfectly clear, that he is concerned with the "entire body of work" If that is the case, UNI is a lock!!

[panther2317]

History is usually a good indicator in these situations. PTTB - has that list been sent to any media pundits? Those people need to be reminded that UNI beat Bucknell on Bracket Buster Saturday and beat LSU and Iowa. Last night during the UNC-Maryland game...the announcer mis-spoke when he said UNI lost their Bracket Buster - dashing their at-large hopes. The level of misinformation out there is really incredible.

[UNIAlum95]

History is usually a good indicator in these situations. PTTB - has that list been sent to any media pundits? Those people need to be reminded that UNI beat Bucknell on Bracket Buster Saturday and beat LSU and Iowa. Last night during the UNC-Maryland game...the announcer mis-spoke when he said UNI lost their Bracket Buster - dashing their at-large hopes. The level of misinformation out there is really incredible.

We can all be thankful that the intellectual giants of the media aren't on the selection committee.