BAC'S FINAL NCAA BRACKET

[bac2therac]

since Wichita State and Tulsa were behind Michigan on the final S-curve, they'd have still got in even with Louisville and SMU included in the field.

On a side, note "4-12 vs top 100" drastically undersells Michigan's record. 3-7 vs top 25, 1-4 vs 26-50, and 0-1 vs 51-100 (road loss @ OSU). Only 13 teams in the country had more wins vs the top 25 via RPI and only 8 teams played more total games vs the top 50. If some of Michigan's opponents had been a little bit worse, Michigan would've racked up more wins vs top 100 teams and had a shinier top 100 record. But when you play 14 games vs top 35 opponents including 8 away from home, wins are tough to come by.

So I wouldn't call Michigan getting in the tourney lucky. They were quite unlucky in that they didn't get a chance to play but 1 total game (on the road) vs teams 51-100. They were 5-0 vs teams 101-125 and 16-1 vs teams ranked 50 and above

winning only 4 games against top 100 is ugly even if they are all in the top 50..that may be the least of any at large team...and what happened to you saying that you guys didnt need to win another game....Looks like you had to win 2.

 

[WJLeggett]

You don't really think they'll get there do you ?

The NIT will toss them a bone with a home game in the 1st Rd and then send them away where they'll lose.

The NIT is seeded and Monmouth is a 1 seed. They will play at home until MSG if they win.

 

[blockm2]

winning only 4 games against top 100 is ugly even if they are all in the top 50..that may be the least of any at large team...and what happened to you saying that you guys didnt need to win another game....Looks like you had to win 2.

winning 4 games vs the top 27 isn't ugly, it's amongst the best in the country. Only playing 3 games total vs teams 29-100, none at home, held down the "top 100" win total. Also, you may want to go back and reread my updated thoughts in the thread you reference.

RPI is truly terrible and should be banned from existence. When a school can 1 win game vs top 125 competition and only 6 total wins vs top 200, they shouldn't be ranked #39 in RPI. Then teams actually get bonuses for beating them and raising their own RPI. It's a vicious cycle. You can go on and on and on with examples from this year alone. RPI sets the basis for terrible decisions people make ranking teams for seeding purposes. I mean I'm certainly not an MSU fan, but does anybody really think they are not a top 10 team? RPI thinks they are not top 10.

 

[TDIrish27]

Michigan IMO deserved a bid but losing 11 games by 10 or more was a bad look.

Injuries affected them----lost their best player.

A year away from being very good IMO.

 

[bac2therac]

4-12 vs top 100 is about the worst you can be to get into the field. Even schools like Florida and Alabama did better

 

[blockm2]

4-12 vs top 100 is about the worst you can be to get into the field. Even schools like Florida and Alabama did better

so I guess you'd feel better that more accurate ranking systems than RPI had Michigan with 8 or 9 wins against the top 100. Then again, if you beat 4 top 5 teams in a year and had 12 losses to top 10 teams but didn't play any other top 100 opponents, would 4-12 still be a bad top 100 record? It's a made up cutoff that provides no useful information and is made worse by using RPI as the measurement.

Unless you really want to argue that the RPI is a good measure of anything, though I can't imagine you'd want to go there.

 

[blockm2]

Injuries affected them----lost their best player.

lost the only 2 seniors on the team, All American candidate Caris LeVert and PG Spike Albrecht.

 

[bac2therac]

so I guess you'd feel better that more accurate ranking systems than RPI had Michigan with 8 or 9 wins against the top 100. Then again, if you beat 4 top 5 teams in a year and had 12 losses to top 10 teams but didn't play any other top 100 opponents, would 4-12 still be a bad top 100 record? It's a made up cutoff that provides no useful information and is made worse by using RPI as the measurement.

Unless you really want to argue that the RPI is a good measure of anything, though I can't imagine you'd want to go there.

you didnt even beat Ohio State