I watch a lot of pac 12 basketball as cu is my second team, IMO the only teams in the pac 12 that could survive the b1g and make the tournament this year are Arizona and Oregon.
1 Like
Hurley is a whiny, demonstrative ass on the sidelines. It’s ridiculous.
I agree with you, Michigan would eat ASU alive.
Hurley was a whiny, demonstrative when he was playing. It was ridiculous.
3 Likes
What’s odd too is the net seems to really like the pac 12. I can’t figure out why. Better than it has been overall but still not an amazing league. I do like zona and Oregon though
took after his coach there
3 Likes
You don’t think Colorado is a tourney team in the big ten?
I think they’d be much more of a bubble Indiana type team in the b1g.
And a look at the potential impact in England.
Don’t want to get into a huge discussion about it, but so far America has been pretty isolated from the virus which I think explains why there’s no real rush to cancel anything. Now in a couple weeks this could be totally different.
In non-coronavirus news, Northern Iowa got pummelled by Drake (NET #167) in the quarterfinals of the MVC Tournament, likely doing serious (if not fatal) damage to their at-large resume. That sound you hear is a chorus of bubble teams rejoicing.
4 Likes
I really liked that team. Will be a bummer if they miss out.
2 Likes
Drake played yesterday, which I think is often an unintentional advantage for the lower seeds the second day (whereas by the end of a conference tourney the extra wear usually shows). Looks like Sister Jean and the Fighting Krutwigs may return to the show two years later.
2 Likes
Doesn’t this either have no effect on the bubble or possibly make it smaller? Best case scenario for bubble teams and the MVC is still a 1 bid league. However, there’s still a small chance that UNI snags an at large bid and the MVC winner gets the auto.
*I see where you were coming from in that UNI can’t strengthen their resume any further at this point but if they went on to win the MVC the at large resume wouldn’t have mattered anyways
1 Like
If UNI lost in the finals of the MVC to, say, Loyola Chicago, they would probably have a decent chance of snagging one of the last at-large bids (probably getting sent to Dayton). Their NET was good coming in (36) but I’d expect that to take a hit. They’re 1-1 in Q1 and 4-3 Q1/Q2 with three Q3 losses and 19 total Q3/Q4 wins.
I can see what you’re saying, though. If they still get an at-large then they just shrunk the bubble.
1 Like
…or not. OT loss to Valpo.
So essentially the network is saying that some people are worth “protecting” on their staff and others are not. What am I missing?
I was hoping for a Northern Iowa/Loyola Chicago MVC final. I think the best team in the best mid-major conferences are usually more deserving of an at-large bid than, say, a team with a sub-.500 league record in one of the power conferences. In this case, though, getting blasted in the quarterfinals by a far inferior team is a really bad look. I’m more sympathetic to the at-large aspirations of teams such as UNI when they get to their title game and lose a heart breaker.
3 Likes
Totally with you. UNI also lost a couple games toward the end of the the year that hurt. They were on the 8/9 line 3 weeks ago
1 Like