Such a joke Michigan didn’t have to be in the play in game instead of us.
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Message - improve your out of conference.
SF and Davidson were bigger jokes IMO. Michigan beat us
Don't lose to lafayette. And they beat San Diego State. Need to play USC next year.
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All this complaining about other teams when we were 6-4 vs quad 3 & 4 teams. Just be glad and humble that we're in with a long road to hoe
and take care of business when you have a chance. Can't complain. At least they got in.
Or Nebraska, or Northwestern, or UMass, or shorthanded Minnesota and Michigan teams. Team didn't come through on a number of opportunities. They were inconsistent and the Selection Committee gave them a benefit of the doubt with the play in.
I guess you don't count the first time we played Michigan, an 8 point win?
no of course not but they were "shorthanded" that night which is BS but apparently it was gospel. Hope you guys are all well out there!
For anyone miffed about UM, this is where NET hurts RU. They were in but you had to expect a lower seeding because the NET was one of the worst to ever make the tournament.
Michigan was 2 spots above RU. Indiana was behind RU. CBS showed it weird but indiana was the last in.
Not complaining at all. We Could have easily been left out.
I think we are the lowest NET to ever make the tournament. You guys should be thankful, especially after Richmond and VaTech stole 2 bids, hence our play -in game.
Rumor that Howard threatened to punch out Chris Reynolds unless Michigan got in are entirely possible
Rumor that Howard threatened to punch out Chris Reynolds unless Michigan got in are entirely possible
Just be happy we are in after the awful start to this season. Nothing matters anymore. Just beat the team you are scheduled to face.
Most people said they preferred last 4 in vs NIT. I’m happy. Live to play another day.
Don't lose to Michigan when they're missing their coach and #4.
They were always getting the play in game with the bad NET. I said before the B1G tourney that they needed maybe a finals appearance to get off that line.
Look at Rutgers record. Look at Michigans record. Look at Rutgers schedule and then look at Michigan. It is obvious why they are ahead.
Look I wrote this all week but there are two principles that always hold true.
Principle 1 a If you schedule tough you get rewarded, and if you don’t you get punished.
A&M and Wake out. Rutgers, IU and ND all went to Dayton. None played challenging non league schedules. I always thought Dayton would be the committees way of saying to Rutgers, nice wins but improve that schedule.
On the flip end, Michigan got in with 14 and avoided Dayton. But Alabama lost 13 and got a 6. Why - it had a top three schedule.
IMO, the surprising aspect of Michigan wasn’t that it avoided Dayton (was 50/50 to do that), but it got placed in Indianapolis which means it will play with the crowd on Thursday (and likely Saturday if it gets there).
Second principle-conference tournaments are fun but they don’t matter that much. You can come from the last four out to Dayton but that’s about it. One weekend doesn’t make up for six bad weeks.
We saw this with IU—their reward for two good wins was they got in. A&M was way off the bubble (thanks to 7 sub 250 wins), and wasn’t able to erase that.
This was a fun board this week and I wish you well. I expect you to beat ND and Alabama is a schizophrenic team so I could see you in the round of 32 easily.
To be fair, ND scheduled a tough enough non-conference. Wasn’t their fault their own conference stunk and they got the easiest possible non-balanced version of it.
you guys got a nice draw, i agree I gave you the slight nod over Indy and RU on the seed line
Agreed. I don’t mind Rutgers path honestly.
ND is soft and has been playing mostly bad teams for awhile.
Alabama is really talented but that’s a style makes fight game and if you make it a half court slugfest, they’ll be out of their element
