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Looks like LAX will get screwed - Denver down against Marquette

It can't hurt. It would help our strength of schedule given we beat them head to head. It would help them too, but they would have to jump over a more than just us to make it in.
 
RU always gets the short side of the stick ... no bowl with 7 wins ... first 18-12 Big East basketball team not to go to NCAA ... Houston bowl ... women's basketball seeding in NCAA ... lacrosse last year ... probably highest rank team ever not to make it this year
 
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Exactly. We shouldn't be penalized that much for a loss to Delaware. We scheduled Brown, Army, Princeton, and Stony Brook. And even Fairfield on the road is no cake walk. We won our games. And you know what, Denver lost in their first round game to Marquette. Their resume is not that lofty.
As I said before ... the loss to Delaware is just like the women's BB loss to UMASS ... kept RU out of NCAA the year they won the NIT.
 
As I said before ... the loss to Delaware is just like the women's BB loss to UMASS ... kept RU out of NCAA the year they won the NIT.

That isn't true. We'd likely be in a very similar position if we had beaten them. The bigger issue was not beating Maryland. That would have changed so much.

A win over ND doesn't look as good now. A win over Army looks better that it did 3 minutes ago.
 
That isn't true. We'd likely be in a very similar position if we had beaten them. The bigger issue was not beating Maryland. That would have changed so much.

A win over ND doesn't look as good now. A win over Army looks better that it did 3 minutes ago.
We need to be big OSU fans tonight. A B1G Crown for OSU would be massive for us. Also root for Brown to win the Ivy and Boston U to beat Duke.
 
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The ACC should not be sending an 8-7 and 8-5 team to the NCAA's. That conference is vastly over rated and living off of past laurels. We all know who comprises that committee so you know they'll all make it. Just like last year with Hopkins.
 
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You look at UNC results and Denver results I am amazed that they are ranked so high. Denver only beat Duke and ND. And that Duke win was real early in the season before Duke turned it around. If Brown wins, our resume looks a lot better than some "in" teams. The Acc out of conference results do not make the conference look powerful where you can say the in conference games were good losses.
 
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An absolute fcking travesty that the Committee is going to bend RU over a Barrel twice in a row. I'm not even gonna bother watching the Selection Show because I know I'll break both my phone AND my TV after I throw my phone through my TV in anger.
 
I don't get it ... last year we don't get in because of SOS ... a team at 8-8 did ... now SOS is higher and 3 losses against Top 10 ... even ranked 11 in a poll ... in probably the best conference ... too bad we aren't like Duke with an extra game ... they should let teams schedule a game if not in a conference tourney.
 
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Rutgers belongs in the NCAA tournament, and I still expect to see them there...
 
One thing is for sure. There isn't a team projected to be in that tournament that we can't beat.
 
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Amd there might be your reason/answer.
I really expect Delany to change the format of the Tourney next year to a 3 vs 6, 4 vs 5 with byes for 1st and 2nd seeds. The B1G is going to be a bloodbath from here on out, and Michigan will pay top dollar for an elite coach for next year.
 
This to me is a big issue. Each team should make the tournament. Having the number 11 team sit home without an opportunity is poor management from a conference perspective.

And yea, I don't know why Denver is rated so highly. They beat Duke and ND early in the season, and neither of those wins is look as great right now.

And if you watched any of their game yesterday, no team in the tournament is scared of playing Denver.
Bill Tierney. Thats the only reason.
 
The guys on BTN last night after Maryland beat OSU were not optimistic about Rutgers getting in. Essentially said with Denver losing Marquette stole our bid. Too bad. Had plenty of opportunities in the Maryland game and really just did not play well at PSU. Maybe we get lucky but it sounds like with 12 team tournament, they are not putting 5 BIG teams in there. We needed to be in the conference top four.
 
The guys on BTN last night after Maryland beat OSU were not optimistic about Rutgers getting in. Essentially said with Denver losing Marquette stole our bid. Too bad. Had plenty of opportunities in the Maryland game and really just did not play well at PSU. Maybe we get lucky but it sounds like with 12 team tournament, they are not putting 5 BIG teams in there. We needed to be in the conference top four.
Umm conference top 4 did not work out well for them last year. One little fing ball not hitting a goalie helmet in double OT and RU ranked top 5
 
Umm conference top 4 did not work out well for them last year. One little fing ball not hitting a goalie helmet in double OT and RU ranked top 5
Yea the champ made it and the 4th best team Hopkins made it. Didn't Hopkins proceed to shit the bed in the first round last year too? NCAA called that one correctly.
 
Again, why should an 8-6 ND team be in over us? You can't have an 8-7 and 8-6 team from the same conference make it. Meanwhile leave a us out from the best conference
 
We're 8-5----not 8-6------ beat Maryland , Ohio State and road win at Duke. Our SOS is as good as anyone's in the country.

We have 3 1 goal losses-----Cuse , Denver and Army.----all Top 20 with 2 of them on the road.

We didn't get run out of the stadium by Delaware , Penn St and Johns Hopkins.

Now are we a great team ? Far from it as we're banged up and hurt but to suggest that Rutgers would go in ahead of us is silly.

Cali is right----it's a wide open tournament.
 
We're 8-5----not 8-6------ beat Maryland , Ohio State and road win at Duke. Our SOS is as good as anyone's in the country.

We have 3 1 goal losses-----Cuse , Denver and Army.----all Top 20 with 2 of them on the road.

We didn't get run out of the stadium by Delaware , Penn St and Johns Hopkins.

Now are we a great team ? Far from it as we're banged up and hurt but to suggest that Rutgers would go in ahead of us is silly.

Cali is right----it's a wide open tournament.
Nah ND has earned their stripes fair and square. They belong in. Duke on the other hand over RU is bullshit, especially if they lose to Boston U today.
 
Delany is going to have to start muscling the NCAA into expanding the tourney to 20 in the off season though. The B1G is as good as the ACC is now, and therefore all of the B1G teams must be taken care of.
 
The NCAA needs to change the formula for the AQ bids. A conference championship from a tournament carries way too much weight. Im fine with an AQ from each conference but regular season should take precedence imo. There is no reason UNC should be in this tournament with their losses. The tournaments should only be used to settle tie breakers in regular season standings.
 
I agree on all points and when Michigan hires a real coach they'll be running the Big Ten within 3 years.
 
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The NCAA needs to change the formula for the AQ bids. A conference championship from a tournament carries way too much weight. Im fine with an AQ from each conference but regular season should take precedence imo. There is no reason UNC should be in this tournament with their losses. The tournaments should only be used to settle tie breakers in regular season standings.
Agreed...whole body of work from Opening Day until Selection Sunday.
 
We'd likely handle ND easily right now as they are currently constituted. Would love to play them in the tourney more than anymore.
 
" We'd likely handle ND easily right now "

Given the RU track record in road games there isn't much that supports that.
 
Simple eye test. Without your middie and artackman, ND has very little. Better hope they get back full strength.
 
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Nah ND has earned their stripes fair and square. They belong in. Duke on the other hand over RU is bullshit, especially if they lose to Boston U today.
If BU did win, I would not be shocked if Duke still got in.
 
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