Colgate, definitely Colgate. If they win they are in and take up a valuable at-large bid. They lose and they are on the bad side of the bubble. The extra slot helps us more than the downgrade in SOS/QWF.
I agree with you that there’s usually a story behind the story. I believe that RU can compete with any team on a neutral field, but I’m skeptical that it can beat a Top 15 team away from HPSS. I have tickets for the Final 4 in Foxboro, so I’d love to see RU get a bid because if it gets in, anything can happen in the first 2 rounds. And RU wouldn’t see Maryland until May 26th.
Totally agree with you here!! Very very very skeptical of our ability to beat a top 15 away from home. The data is pretty clear there. I just don’t like the way the committee, the RPI, etc decides what a good win is. You can almost make the argument that the Lehigh win is better than our Cuse win. I was at the Cuse game. We hammered down on them in the third/fourth quarter. At the end, none of it matters. Go Denver. Go Albany
I'm literally beginning to suspect several teams intentionally throwing games in the tourney to let other teams in. Smart but extremely unethical.
Teams don't get home field throughout the tourney like pro sports. They get one home game, then neutral site the rest of the way. Conferences get more money with more teams in the Dance, and BE and ACC are unethical as hell. I could see fixing games to get teams in.
