That IU win propels us past all of those teams IMO
My point is that all of our losses (except S.m.u and o.s.u) would be to teams in the tournament if UConn gets in. smu is ineligible and O.s.u is a bubble team. Insofar as losses can be impressive those are great losses.
Lunardi wouldnât even say that a win tomorrow against Purdue would guarantee us a tourney bid. Thatâs just ridiculous.
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He has to be messing with us at this point
Iâm starting to think lunardi just wants as many mid majors as possible. Granted there are some good teams out there, but put them in the big ten and theyâd look like Minnesota, greatly overmatched most nights on the court
Heâs busy making out with the whole Monmouth team
I took a look at every team in the rpi top 25.
Twenty of those top 25 teams have at least one loss worse than our worse loss (o.s.u.) rpi 73. Of the 5 teams that did better than us at avoiding bad losses in terms of rpi only 2 teams had 3 or more wins against top 25 rpi teams. Those two teams, who like Michigan have three or more top 25 rpi wins, and who also have no losses worse than our worst loss at Ohio State are projected number 1 seed North Carolina and projected number 1 seed West Virginia.
Michiganâs top 25rpi wins are:13 Maryland, 16 Purdue, 19 Indiana
North Carolinaâs top 25rpi wins are: 13 Maryland, 7 Miami, 20 Duke
West Virginiaâs top 25rpi wins are: 1 Kansas, 22 Iowa State (twice), 24 Baylor (twice)
We donât just deserve to be in the tournament we need to start arguing for a number 1 seed!!!
Weâre inâŚno way you can leave us out with a 10-8 conf record, 4 top 25 wins, with 1 on a neutral court and the other a quasi road game
There is no way he seriously said that - are you guys for real that he stated that?
I believe that Lunardi would say that. He wants every mid major in and would do anything and make any argument for them. The guy is a dope
The problem is that every person who thinks we shouldnât be in the tournament points to the 4-11 record versus top 100, without acknowledging that all 4 wins were top 25⌠Itâs not like they beat 4 teams ranked in the 90s. Itâs a classic case of playing with the numbers to fit a narrative. I donât know why top 100 record became a big thing either. It used to be top 50 record, which is a much better measurement for a tournament team
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I honestly think the committee, when it comes down to the last few teams, should measure how the last remaining contenders performed against the actual field to decide who the last few teams will be.
He did. At half of the UNC-ND game. The host (Rece Davis?) asked him about Michigan, and Lunardi said they had 11 losses, so they were still not in. Then the host asked if theyâd be in if they beat Purdue. He hemmed and hawed for a second and then commented that nothing happens in a vacuum. It would still be dependent on other teams, but theyâd be in better shape.
Makes our JB debates seem brilliantâŚthat has to be one of the most ignorant statements Iâve ever heard from a so called expert
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He also seems to be the only bracketologist (if we should call him that) that still believes Michigan is out. Majority say they are in due to todayâs win.
I just canât see any scenario where we donât make it. I mean, our most recent victory is against a top 25 team in a functional road game. 21 wins, 10 in conference playâŚall the Ts are crossed IMO
This lunardi guy is starting to piss me off. Itâs like heâs making us climb a mountain to get In but is just putting these kid major teams in, with blatantly obvious weaker resume. If we somehow donât get in, the so called reality of getting the best teams in is not real life. Makes zero sense how we arenât in. None at all and lunardi, along with his lisp, can suck one.
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Jerry Palm just said Michigan is in the tournament.
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It can be tough comparing power conference teams against mid majors, but I donât understand how a team like Syracuse is sitting next to us in the âfirst four outâ group (according to Lunardi/ESPN). They did worse in their conference (9-9), didnât make it to 20 wins, and of their 13 (!) losses one is a bad loss to St. Johnâs. Does the Boeheim situation really matter when they lost 5 of the last 6?
I completely agree. No reason Syracuse is in this either. But come on, Monmouth? st. Bonaventure? St. Mary? Valparaiso? Nose of those teams even compare to us in my eyes.
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