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TCU is an interesting one as well. I think they get in, but they only have 3 wins over teams in your field and a ton of losses. That is the exact type of team I think should be sent to the NIT. They have had a ton of chances to show they belong and failed over and over again. Let me see an...

Love your work as always. Not sure if Virginia makes it. I'm curious how they seed teams this year. Lunardi has these teams as 4's: Kansas, Duke, Alabama, Kentucky. Those appear to be very vulnerable IMO. If you are a 13 or a 5, one would have to like the options.

Not sure when you will get to your next update, but both Oklahoma and Texas are playing with 🔥. Their upcoming games are critical IMO. I don't know which teams you put in to the field to replace them, but I can't see the committee rewarding Texas with a bid with their approach to NC scheduling...

Yep, Rutgers needed a win in the Barn badly to make it realistic. Now they need to pull off some magic or go on a run in the BTT. Too bad they lost Spencer... One problem I have with the tier system is that if you split with a team you play twice, the tier system rewards you for winning on...

The only reason I brought up Rutgers is they have just added a player who had missed the entire season in Williams. Their defense has been good all year and he has improved their offense a bit. Northwestern @Minnesota @Purdue Maryland Michigan @Nebraska @Wisconsin OhioSt The 4 home games are...

I'm not certain about that. There is a scenario where even Rutgers could win 6 of their last 8 and put themselves squarely into the conversation. Not saying it will happen, but at this point there are still enough games to play that if you can go on a run, the possibility exists.

I hope the committee looks at those B12 NC slates closely. Since their league chose to stick with a 18 game conference slate, each of those teams had 2 extra games to fill. Almost all of them chose to play 2 more home "buy" games. I get it for a team like Cincy or UCF, but TCU, IowaSt, and...

I am very curious what in Texas resume would garner inclusion. I realize they are expected to be good and that 9-9 in the B12 ought to get them in, but their non-con performance lacks heft.

I am not here to argue for UW here, but if Dayton wins the A-10 title it would give them another win vs the field. They don't belong in the tournament, just too many chances to get another win each ending in excruciating losses. It is hard to see other teams with "weaker" resumes getting in...

I'm glad they put Rutgers in. Also happy that Xavier was left out, you can't play that poorly down the stretch and expect to be rewarded. Very surprised that Notre Dame was given a gift. Slightly surprised about Michigan as well. There was no one, even A&M that has a real gripe so overall...

I just want to point out that some of the OOC "choices" are not made by the coach. Rutgers was assigned Clemson & @DePaul. They also played @SetonHall for an in-state rivalry game. Added a road game vs UMass. There are few teams in the country that play 3 true road games. The B1G plays 20...

I am very curious about IowaSt. If they lose both road games, they go 7-11 in league play. They have 2 wins over teams definitely in the field (Texas & TexasTech, both at home). In NC play, they beat Creighton, Xavier, Iowa, and Memphis--good enough teams but none are complete locks. If they...

In general, I agree .500 should be the cutoff. However, with unbalanced schedules a 9-11 team could easily be seen as a better team than one at 10-10 that only played the top 3 teams once. Also, you need to consider a team that had 3 or more OT losses differently. To me, that 9-11 team is a...

No reason at all for "buy" games as there will be no (or few) fans. Probably no exempt tourneys as it requires a long travel and putting 4 to 8 teams in close proximity increases chances of wide exposure. The question for me, if there is a season at all, is whether the contracted challenge...

I wasn't specifically calling for any UW team to have received a #1, but they did go 16-2 in the league in 2008 and got a 3 seed (lost to Curry). My post was simply that the best in the B1G often takes more Ls because playing such tough venues night in/night out. When it comes to picking the 4...