we might be better off losing to Davidson and possibly another. Right now I think we are in the dreaded 8/9 seed range. Doubt we can move up but we can
definitely move down. I know this is playing with fire but.....
I know this is crazy but,
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Posts: 71 (02/19/09 07:23 AM) |
We're in the 8/9 seed range if we happen to win out. If we're playing with fire, we've doused ourselves with gasoline and are just waiting for
someone to light a match. YSU and CSU are no gimme games either. Youngstown State, unlike us, are peaking at the right time and CSU will definitely be ready to
play since this game could have some huge ramifications come the conference tournament. Thankfully, we've at least got 2nd place wrapped up, so the kids
should get some rest before they have to play.
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Posts: 1001 (02/19/09 09:44 PM) |
I would take an 8/9 matchup and the chance for the youth to play North Carolina in round two. A win is unlikely in that game but the experience would be
invaluable next year March.
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Posts: 225 (02/19/09 09:47 PM) |
JRSmith122 wrote: Gosh you are an idiot. Do you realize Butler has a terrible resume right now and with every Xavier slip that ONE quality win looms less and less important. Losing to Davidson on national television to complete a 3 game skid is the last thing this team needs. They will be lucky to be an 8 or 9 seed at this point. People might be overreacting to the NIT talk but it's not too far off. Order of things to worry about: -Davidson -YSU -CSU -HL Tourney -Making the tournament |
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Posts: 302 (02/19/09 09:58 PM) |
Maybe a 10 right now. We need to win every game left, or it will be 12-13. If we get in.
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Posts: 522 (02/19/09 10:10 PM) |
thanks Rick for the classy post. you pretty much ruined anything you had to say after your first sentence.
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JRSmith122 wrote: Lose two more and I would probably assume we're not in the tourney. |
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Posts: 523 (02/19/09 10:13 PM) |
You might be right JZH. At the same time though, our RPI isn't going to get much worse. If we lose to Davidson and lose in the Horizon finals I still think
we get in.
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Posts: 75 (02/19/09 10:21 PM) |
JRSmith122 wrote:I forget where I heard this, so don't quote me on it, but I thought I heard on one of the ESPN telecasts that the selection committee is not going to be paying as much attention to RPI as they may have in past seasons. Under the situation you laid out, we might (big emphasis on might) still somehow get a bid, but as you said in an earlier post, that would definitely be playing with fire. Unfortunately that would also mean we'd be 7-5 or something like that in our last 12 against competition that we're not exactly going to be seeing come tournament time. I'd much rather just win the conference tourney and not test your theory "They say not to mix business with pleasure. If that's true, then tell me how a putt-putt golf course business works." |
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