Yes everything went right for us with the bubble so it's setting up perfectly for the ru screw.
BACATOLOGY: 3/11 NCAA Tournament Analysis***Rutgers 95% in***
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My bracket is now complete. Just going to wait now to post pending results to finalize
We basically eliminated Wisconsin and Michigan by beating them without Mag. We beat PSU and hung right with Purdue... all of these were on the road or neutral. One without the B2B DPOY as well
The last 2 games eye test should remove the Mag injury doubt as a real factor
Is Rutgers in your field of 68?
Is Rutgers in your field of 64?
It’s funny going back on this board the past few weeks. Posters claiming we aren’t the same team without Mag. losing Mag is the reason we’re struggling. Now a bracketologist basically says this….and everyone is up in arms. Lol.
Ugh … see Duke won … again … thought it was a down year for them.
Because they inserted a new starter and proved they CAN play and win without him. Things change and the most recent two games proved it.
If it weren't for early season Q1 wins(2-11), Illinois wouldn't be in. They beat UCLA Nov 18 on a Neutral and Texas Dec 2 on a Neutral. They lost to Virginia and Missouri on a Neutral courts and was 0-9 in Q1s in the B1G, best Q2, home vs 33 MSU and vs Rutgers., best true road wins Wisconsin and Nebraska.
Pike changed the starting lineup and rotations and has now seemed to figure it out. The last two games this team looks reborn with Simpson starting and Hyatt benched
Sure. But if you want the winners you better go ask someone else.
It’s an interesting dynamic because you can’t even tell if the info is correct u less they specifically ask the committee after the fact (which I imagine won’t make the list of questions). They could leave RU off or in play-in and still at they took OSU game into consideration.
Other interesting piece is the precedent making more teams in future appealing ref blown games, etc in the hopes that it might become some type of tiebreaker in the future selection processes.
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Illinois getting called out for 2-11 Q1 on halftime report.. now?
A lot has changed in the past week. Rutgers last two games showed they were able to figure things out and make an adjustment. It took 8-9 games but they look like the team from earlier in the year.
RU in 107 of 112 brackets on the Matrix
The committee doesn’t really consider Sunday games outside of the two teams playing. The field is already set. Maybe they would move PSU one spot up but that would be it.
2 losses in Q4 for VCU..if they didnt have the won vs Jacksonville, they could have a legit case
but compared to Nevada, they still fall short
but compared to Nevada, they still fall short
Last year RU was only in 84 of 211 brackets. The bubble was much larger too.
Or you could say rutgers smothering tourney worthy defense caused big name Michigan to only score a couple FGs in the second half.
Still not seeing how Miss St jumps RU for last bye
You keep saying bad losses. There is 1 , Minnesota. A game we led for 39 minutes and 59/ and 1/2 seconds and lost on a miracle blowing a 10 point lead with 1:15 left. That is the only reason we are not a 9 today or for sure a top 10. The Committee has to check into that game and it was not like they were losing the whole game and let a terrible team dominant them. That is just common sense and logic that gets thrown out the window on this site.
Your love of Brad’s negative tweets about bad losses has infiltrated your brain. Temple Seton Hall Nebraska are not bad losses no matter how many times he says it. Plus Degaz makes an excellent point about our worst loss is by 13 points 2x, There are teams firmly in the field that have been blown out by 20 or more. For some reason , because of this stupid Quad system , that is not considered a bad loss. But logic dictates it is the worst kind of bad loss.
That is why the Committee will use the NET as only 1 factor and the eye test and who you beat and when and where you beat them should be the ultimate test. We beat the top 4 seeds in the BIG 10, currently projected as a # 1, #4; # 7 and #8. Two on the road and one a neutral. Things the committee has always value. We have a resume just like NW, Maryland , Michigan State , Illinois and Iowa ,and Penn State , all projected 6-9 seeds. Don’t leave your logic at home and do what so many but not all the bracjetologists do and look at data alone and Quads alone. It defies logic.
Because Pike did learn how to adjust the lineup post-Mag. I understand the Selection Cmte will likely ignore that, but this team did suffer transitioning after the Mag injury. Simpson rescued us @JoePaSt and somehow Hyatt and Reiber came through with just enough along with a monster game from Cam at Wisky. Simpson became the new blueprint because we all know we can't count on Hyatt&Reiber for any consistency.
We have 4 quad 3-4 losses. I think quad 3 and 4 losses are what he’s considering “bad losses”.
No team on the bubble or in the field has 4. That is likely going to hurt us.
I think we avoid Dayton. People want to focus on only our negatives. Yes, we had a tough 2-3 week stretch late. Of course, so did Penn St, UConn, Indiana, etc., albeit earlier in the season.
We also have a lot of really good wins and some of those on the road. These other teams around us don’t have those quality wins.
And BTW considering SHU a “bad loss” makes no sense. They went .500 in the B1G and beat UConn and Memphis as well.
We also have a lot of really good wins and some of those on the road. These other teams around us don’t have those quality wins.
And BTW considering SHU a “bad loss” makes no sense. They went .500 in the B1G and beat UConn and Memphis as well.
I’m not good at Twitter. But does Andy Katz have us out? I checked his bracket and didn’t see us.
I think he had them in playin game vs nc state in south region
