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<blockquote data-quote="Calvin" data-source="post: 1361705" data-attributes="member: 4069"><p>Ok, we finally have a decent win to talk about, and while we're a country mile from tourney contention at the moment, there's a lot of bball left to play.</p><p></p><p>Good wins:</p><p>Missouri - currently projected as an 8 seed.</p><p>Bad losses:</p><p>None using RPI outside 200 for teams not projected in the bracket matrix</p><p>Maryland (11 seed)</p><p>New Mexico State (13 seed)</p><p>UNLV (outside the tourney by 12, but getting votes)</p><p>NW (13 teams farther behind UNLV)</p><p>Wake (161 and our worst loss)</p><p></p><p>Realtime RPI has us at 142. Sagarin ELO has us 75, which seems generous. KenPom has us at 87. This is a pretty crappy resume, obviously, and I didn't expect to see Illinois even make the list of deep bubble teams in the bracket matrix. However, our 5 losses aren't bad, and could be overcome during conference play. We need some decent wins. </p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, the conference isn't very strong, with 5 projected tourney teams (approximate seed), again, according to bracketmatrix:</p><p></p><p>MSU (1)</p><p>Purdue (3)</p><p>Michigan (9)</p><p>Minnesota (10)</p><p>Maryland (11)</p><p></p><p>After trying to do an objective look at it, I'd say our chances are somewhere between bad and terrible, but certainly not a moonshot. The Missouri game should give us hope to win more 50-50 games, and those are ones we'll have to start winning.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Calvin, post: 1361705, member: 4069"] Ok, we finally have a decent win to talk about, and while we're a country mile from tourney contention at the moment, there's a lot of bball left to play. Good wins: Missouri - currently projected as an 8 seed. Bad losses: None using RPI outside 200 for teams not projected in the bracket matrix Maryland (11 seed) New Mexico State (13 seed) UNLV (outside the tourney by 12, but getting votes) NW (13 teams farther behind UNLV) Wake (161 and our worst loss) Realtime RPI has us at 142. Sagarin ELO has us 75, which seems generous. KenPom has us at 87. This is a pretty crappy resume, obviously, and I didn't expect to see Illinois even make the list of deep bubble teams in the bracket matrix. However, our 5 losses aren't bad, and could be overcome during conference play. We need some decent wins. Unfortunately, the conference isn't very strong, with 5 projected tourney teams (approximate seed), again, according to bracketmatrix: MSU (1) Purdue (3) Michigan (9) Minnesota (10) Maryland (11) After trying to do an objective look at it, I'd say our chances are somewhere between bad and terrible, but certainly not a moonshot. The Missouri game should give us hope to win more 50-50 games, and those are ones we'll have to start winning. [/QUOTE]
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