Without these 2 loses we would be 19-4. We would be ranked for sure and probably only 1 or 2 games away from making the tournament. We also would not really have any bad losses on our profile. Texas would be the worst. We still have a chance to make the tourney but had we won these 2 games we would for sure and could have a chance at being a higher seed. I dont think they are as bad of loses as I originally thought cause we bounced back but they still hurt!
How big are the Drake and UNI loses now?
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I dont think they are as bad of losses as it may seem. The committee does look at teams that are playing well and improving. We are one of those teams...granted I would love to have those games back but the only issue we may have is that if we do not win some of the remaining games we should then those will look very bad on the bubble watch.
CycloneErik
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90% of teams have bad losses right now.
Kansas lost in Kansas to Davidson
Wisconsin lost at home to Iowa
Minnesota lost twice to Iowa
Michigan lost on the road to Iowa
DRAKE lost to Iowa
It happens. Sometimes you learn more from the losses than the wins especially with a new team
Kansas lost in Kansas to Davidson
Wisconsin lost at home to Iowa
Minnesota lost twice to Iowa
Michigan lost on the road to Iowa
DRAKE lost to Iowa
It happens. Sometimes you learn more from the losses than the wins especially with a new team
If we'd have won them we'd be in better shape for the tournament and if your aunt had balls she'd be your uncle.
We're playing good ball now and if we keep playing at this level we will make the tournament. No sense looking back at this point.
We're playing good ball now and if we keep playing at this level we will make the tournament. No sense looking back at this point.
I like how all but one of your examples is about Iowa, lol
However, you could take that in a couple different ways. Iowa had some big wins, or are looked at as horrible with lucky wins.
Who cares? Clones control their destiny. How many of us thought we'd be in this position right now?
9 wins in conference was never going to be enough to get to the tournament, regardless of non-conference schedule, and 8 would probably put us on the NIT bubble. If I recall, neither team has a sub-100 RPI, so they are not *bad* losses, just not good ones. 4 more wins before the Big 12 tournament guarantees us a spot, 3 should get us close. If losses to Drake and UNI are what it took to get this team to focus and play hard (a la Colorado in 2000-2001), then I've got no complaints.
How big is that Missouri loss right now?
Imagine if we had won that like we should have. We'd be sitting real pretty right now.
Imagine if we had won that like we should have. We'd be sitting real pretty right now.
Not really. Early season losses to instate rivals and UNI is no slouch after knocking of 12th ranked Creighton last week. Losing to TTU or TAMU at home would be 10x worse than either of these losses.
This!! I swear my B-ball coach would coach to lose 1 or 2 games early in the season to get in our heads that we had to listen, work hard and pull together and we were damn good.
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