bac2therac said:

the bubble is very weak right now...there are a slew of sec acc and big 12 schools that are borderline on either side of the bubble right now that have to figure themselves out

The Ohio State and Nebraska recent surge has put them in great position if they can just play even the rest of the year

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Arizona Knight said:

There was a lot of chatter preseason about JMike apparently taking a big step forward and for most of the year we were disappointed. In his last three games he has averaged roughly…

10 points
3 rebounds
4 assists
2.66 steals
Only 1 turnover

Obviously three games is not a great sample size, but certainly a nice little trend, which would be a huge boost for this team down the stretch if it continues.

The man deserves a tip of the cap.

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bac2therac said:

thats a basic 2-3 type event for central jersey...

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goru7 said:

Always have to worry about bid stealers . Even if in some years it is only 1 or 2. Teams that might bid steal , someone from the A-10 as either VCU or George Mason and Dayton are on the mix. Highly doubt committee will not take 2 from the A-10.

Drake is getting close to at large status in the MVC . Not there yet.
WCC becomes an issue. San Francisco beat St. Mary’s the other night. If they do it again in the conference tourney then win it all then 3 teams come out of the WCC , St. Mary’s , Gonzaga and San Francisco.
AAC American. Another issue. Gotta hope Memphis wins the tourney because they are almost a lock for at large . If they do , I think it is a 1 bid league.
Another issue is how good the SEC is , creates another issue. They are looking at a minimum of 12 and 13/14 is in play. That counteracts the ACC somewhat , which will only get 4 , with UNC , Wake and PITT battling for it.
Going to be very hard on the bubble this year as there might only be 10 spots out of 30 teams in contention as the major conferences specifically SEC, Big 10 and BIG 12 have a large number of teams at least 12,9 and 8 likely

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gef21 said:

I am not sure on that

Aug 30 Ohio - Win
Sept 6 Miami University - Win
Sept 13 Norfolk State - Win
Sept 20 Iowa - 50/50
Sept 27 at Minnesota - Win
Oct 4 OPEN DATE
Oct 11 at Washington - 50/50
Oct 18 Oregon - Loss
Oct 25 at Purdue - Win
Nov 1 at Illinois - 50/50
Nov 8 Maryland - Win
Nov 15 OPEN DATE
Nov 22 at Ohio State - Loss
Nov 29 Penn State - Loss

I think we have 6 lean wins and 3 lean losses with 3 50/50 games. Even if we go 1-2 in 50/50 games we get to 7 wins.

I think we will be more explosive on offense and better up front on defense. The secondary on paper will take a step back, but this past year our secondary was so beat up it might be the same or even better.

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e5fdny said:

Get a bigger stable.

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