Polls/Bracketology

EBox · Post by **EBox** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 8:18 pm

bharms08 wrote:gary parrish picks us to lose to iowa/tennessee

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketb ... redictions

And St. Louis to lose to the Play In Winner also! Hope the A10 plays like it was snubbed and makes a few teams go deep so the A10 fills up the cash register.

Chris20 · Post by **Chris20** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 8:18 pm

Yes picking the play-in winner is indeed a direct reflection on their opinion of us.

And they may be right, who knows. We are very capable of losing a neutral site game to an at large team from the SEC or Big Ten. A win would be one of the best of our season. We aren't Arizona.

Refuse2Lose83 · Post by **Refuse2Lose83** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 8:19 pm

The disrespect card is going be huge, we should come out flying. I could see us coming up starting with something like a 17-3 run.

fenway617 · Post by **fenway617** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 8:31 pm

Chris20 wrote:SeaDog, It was a pleasure. Not sure there was much to learn, but I enjoy watching the opponents games with a good idea of what the results mean to us.

New Mexico, PC, Nebraska really helped us maintain the profile for that seed....I'll probably be pulling for them in the Dance - I can't just flip a switch and turn it off!

Chris, are you still going to do a UMass opponent watch for the NIT and CBI games?

EBox · Post by **EBox** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 8:31 pm

Just realized that we played Tennessee early last season in the 3rd place game of the Puerto Rican Tip Off - they beat us handedly. Jarnell Stokes lit it up against us and he is still on their team. Iowa is just as tough. Not even sure who I would want to play, but hope that whoever it is needed a 4OT game to do it on Weds night, they miss their plane and have to sleep at the airport, their bus breaks down and they miss warmups for our game with them.

It could happen, right?

bharms08 · Post by **bharms08** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 8:32 pm

Not that it matters much, but our only common opponents between us and iowa/tennessee were nebraska and lsu

Iowa: 67-57 over nebraska (umass 96-90)

Tennessee: 68-50 over lsu (umass 92-90)

Chris20 · Post by **Chris20** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 8:41 pm

fenway617 wrote:
Chris, are you still going to do a UMass opponent watch for the NIT and CBI games?

uhhhhh......no.

The Opponent Watch will return, in early November '14.

Out.

Refuse2Lose83 · Post by **Refuse2Lose83** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 8:50 pm

ESPN just showed something that said of all the 1 through 6 seeds most likely to lose and it was UMass. It was judged using BPI. The BPI hates us. Just more disrespect to add to the pile.

Chris20 · Post by **Chris20** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 8:53 pm

The Committee didn't give the BPI any respect. BPI would have had teams seeded 6 and 7 seedlines off.

fenway617 · Post by **fenway617** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 9:08 pm

Gergg Doyle from CBS has UMass in the S16

5150 · Post by **5150** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 9:39 pm

Lunardi was trashing our 6 seed on ESPN radio. Said we did all our work in first half and were a 500 team since

Cool_Hand · Post by **Cool_Hand** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 9:44 pm

I really cant get too offended by people criticizing our seed. Honestly, it is a little high when you consider where team like New Mexico, UConn, and Kentucky are seeded.

What is offensive is that everyone is picking the play-in team over us almost automatically.

Chris20 · Post by **Chris20** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 9:50 pm

They go hand-in-hand. You have to pick some upsets. Our 6-11 game will be a 3 point spread at most.

That said, our seed is not too high....unless you put a great deal of weight on "last 10". We beat NCAA teams out of conference and in, in true road games and neutral. Texas and UConn have an argument, but not a real beef. Lunardi had Gonzaga two seeds ahead of us. That really calls his brain into question if you look at the bodies of work.

UConn's biggest plus was their win over Florida - but Florida was not healthy in that game, missing a key guy and losing Wilbekin during it. I believe the committee does dig that deeply.

I don't think we were gifted anything with seeding. Nor am I offended that many are picking us to lose...though it's a little annoying that they don't even know who they're picking to beat us....

Refuse2Lose83 · Post by **Refuse2Lose83** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 9:52 pm

Six A10 teams in the NCAA's. Zero A10 teams in any other postseason tourney. I'd have to assume Richmond turned down a chance to play in the CBI or CIT. Thought St. Bonnie might get into one of those. La Salle I don't think was eligible because of their sub .500 record.

NIT:

http://www.sbnation.com/college-basketb ... nt-bracket

CBI:

http://www.gazellegroup.com/events/cbi/schedule.htm

CIT:

http://www.collegeinsider.com/tournamen ... esults.php

Indiana, Maryland, Marquette, UNLV, Boise State all turned down CBI invites.

fenway617 · Post by **fenway617** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 9:54 pm

That NM win was obv huge. Looking back NM came so close to losing to UAB in Charleston. Twice UAB seemingly had that game won both in regulation and in the first OT only to have NM hit two game tying 3 pointers.
That close to not having that huge win on the resume'.