Monster win for UCONN beating Villanova tonight, the building was rocking, electric stuff.

A complete turnaround for Hurley... who got TOSSED tonight, and for a guy who could get a tech on almost every possession, he got tossed for two ridic techs.  But it did seem to light the building up.

UCONN had not beat Nova since the 2014 NCAA Tourney.  

UCONN looks destined for a 3 or 4 seed.   Hurley strikes yet again

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Providence does it again! 3 OT thriller over Xavier, Providence is 23-3.

Ed Cooley shines on

Two big mid-major games tonight, #1 Gonzaga vs San Fran.  Despite top 25 computer SanFran sits near the bubble in the eyes of most.  A win over Gonzaga should lock them in a ticket.

Murray St vs Belmont, 26-2 vs 24-5, the kind of game that should mean a lot to both, but its looks like only Murray St can get an at large bid.  Belmont is the kind of team that the Quad1 based criteria is designed to keep out.  If they were 27-1 then maybe they'd get an at large bid, anything else no chance

 

Indiana is 2-6 in Quad 1 and 3-4 in Quad 2.  How is that a bubble resume?

Maryland is 1-7 in Quad 1 but 5-2 in Quad 2.

Maryland lost at Purdue by 1 point and at Wisconsin by 1 point, if they win those games are they a bubble team!?
would be 3-5 in Quad 1 and 5-2 in Quad 2! 

Could we not put a few more Belmonts in, instead of the 9th best Big10 team??

 

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The Dude wrote:

Indiana is 2-6 in Quad 1 and 3-4 in Quad 2.  How is that a bubble resume?

Could we not put a few more Belmonts in, instead of the 9th best Big10 team??

 

Exactly.  It’s ridiculous.  The rule really should be no teams with losing conference records, no matter how good the league.  The tourney doesn’t benefit from having losing Big 10 teams (no matter how solid the league). And I highly doubt the ratings from Indiana’s first round loss would be any better than for Belmont playing in the first round - and a Belmont win would be so much more exciting and keep the tourney mystique going much more than an Indians win.

@Thomas Lunardi has Indiana as his second to last team in.

Also, Georgetown is going to be the first Big East team in at least 20 years to go winless in league play. Patrick Ewing stinks as a coach and that program’s heyday was over 35 years ago and they are now a doormat.

Free Quebec wrote:

Also Blind resume time:

TEAM A
2-6 Quad 1
3-4 Quad 2
12-0 Quad 3 and 4

TEAM B
2-1 Quad 1
3-3 Quad 2
17-0 Quads 3 and 4


These teams have the same number of wins, with the only diff being that Quad A has played 5 more Q1 and 2 games, but lost them all. Of course Lunardi has Team A ahead of Team B.

Is that Indiana vs Dayton??

Its just amazing how these criteria only seem applied to keep the smaller schools out. Bad enough how rigged the concept is in the first place, but at least apply it consistently right?!

 

I can't lie, I felt bad about how Georgetown lost that one, they had 3 or 4 offensive rebounds on the final possession to tie the game and missed all of their 3 point attempts as MG14 pointed out!! Another interesting aspect of the game was how the announcer, former coach Pete Gillen was openly rooting for Georgetown!! 

FQ, I have no idea who the teams are, but Team A is definitely the BCS team that the NCAA will put in over Team B 9 times out of 10. 

Indiana beat Maryland by double digits and improve to 8-9 in the Big 10, while Michigan(the other bubble team in the Big 10) is 9-7 in conference. I'm assuming both will get in the NCAA tournament because of their name, and the fact that they got a bunch of opportunities to pick up Quad 1 wins. 

The Dude wrote:

Free Quebec wrote:

Also Blind resume time:

TEAM A
2-6 Quad 1
3-4 Quad 2
12-0 Quad 3 and 4

TEAM B
2-1 Quad 1
3-3 Quad 2
17-0 Quads 3 and 4


These teams have the same number of wins, with the only diff being that Quad A has played 5 more Q1 and 2 games, but lost them all. Of course Lunardi has Team A ahead of Team B.

Is that Indiana vs Dayton??

Its just amazing how these criteria only seem applied to keep the smaller schools out. Bad enough how rigged the concept is in the first place, but at least apply it consistently right?!

 

It’s Indiana vs Davidson.  Of course Lunardi has Indiana a couple spots ahead of Davidson.

Dayton is:
2-2 Q1
5-3 Q2
4-0 Q3
9-3 Q3

Without those three bad losses  in their first four games, Dayton would be in.  I actually think they’ll win their way in because they simply are a tourney team right now, compared to what I see from other bubble teams.  But regardless, if a team like Indiana started like that while starting 4 freshmen and a sophomore, the national media narrative would be enough that the committee would ignore those three early losses compared to a team like Dayton.

  I mean UNC had a Q4 loss in the last two weeks, and only 1 Q1 win and Lunardi keeps arguing for them.

I do wonder sometimes if Lunardi feels the need to be extra hard on the A10 so he doesn’t appear biased, or if he just downgraded the teams that are so familiar to him and that play St Joe’s in a Groucho Marx kind of way.

23 points 8 steals and 5 boards for Jameer Nelson Jr

SLU vs Richmond on ESPN2, close game, 2nd half

 

Anyone else catch Matthew Cleveland's buzzer beater against UVA? What a shot and win by Florida State! I didn't realize UVA still had at-large hopes, but that's probably gone with the loss to the Seminoles. The ACC continues to suck this year.

La Salle had a major upset against Dayton which really hurt the A10's chances getting multiple bids. Tried to tune in for the final seconds but the stream went offline. La Salle's production is so low level compared to the rest of the teams in the league from previous games I've checked out during the season.

Chicago State had an enormous upset over New Mexico State. 7 wins might not seem like a lot for most teams, but for CSU that's a massive accomplishment. The Cougars have a lot of young players from West Oaks Academy, which is a pretty good HS program in Florida. I believe after this season they don't have a league to play in because they are leaving the WAC but I hope they find a home. The win for Chicago State probably hurts the A10 indirectly because Davidson lost to NMSU earlier in the year.

(Edit: Found a video for the FSU buzzer beater)