Will we make the ncaa tournament (PIG doesn't count)
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I member. Kyan Anderson was the only guy to worry about on that team. Super weird game and strange line for the opening conference game of the year.
This. We have the talent to make the tournament. Will we depends on which team shows up the most.
And for the record, I voted yes. I think the boys will get it figured out in time.
These also work as these are instances where KU didn't cover 5.5 spread. For some reason KU has had trouble with the Frogs in the past.
http://www.espn.com/ncb/recap/_/gameId/400585816
http://www.espn.com/ncb/recap/_/gameId/400768419
What if it's 9-9 without a win over KU, Baylor, or WVU? If that happens, is 9-9 good enough? The Big 12 looks to be OK this year, but none of those other nine wins would be all that impressive.
Maybe it's the dead atmosphere for TCU home games that gets to them. When a team gets used to playing in front of big crowds it probably messes with them a little when it's so quiet it may as well be a secret scrimmage.
What if we beat Texas, KSU, TCU and TT twice and beat OU at home, but lose to WV, KU, Baylor and OSU twice, and OU on the road?
9-9 with a loss at Vandy has us in the low 60's for RPI. If we go 9-9, I think we absolutely need to win that game plus one in the B12 tournament.
Going into the B12 with a top 30 RPI like we have the last few years, you basically just need to not blow it in conference and you won't even be close to the bubble. It's different heading into the B12 with an RPI of 117.
They also seem to struggle at home against them. Couple times they have only won by 7 at home. One of my links was a Big 12 tourney game with them. I'm sure you have a point though. It can almost be worse playing in front of at dead crowd.
People can say all they want that we would be in in that scenario, but it would be highly highly unlikely. That isn't going to get our RPI in the 50's by the end of the year or make for enough quality wins. Also, losing at OU would probably be a bad loss.
That is assuming of course these teams that we hypothetically beat and lose to perform exactly how you expect them to.
If you go 9-9 you're in because the Big 12 will be strong enough this year. Losing at OU would probably be a bad loss but to get 9-9 you're replacing a bad loss with a good road win somewhere
Would a road win at Tech or TCU really do enough? In that scenario those are the best road wins assuming things remain constant.
Winning at either of those places could be considered good road wins. I wouldn't be surprised to see 7 Big 12 teams get in this year so if you go 9-9 you're going to have some good wins at home and on the road against NCAA teams. If we go 5-4 at home with losses to WVU, Baylor, KU and OSU (which won't happen) that means we had a great road season and beat some good teams going 4-5 away from Hilton
If we make it CSP will have done a very good job. I don't see this team winning close games at a high enough rate. We're already 0-2 with one being at home.
Unfortunately I don't see this as the past "figure" it out problems we've become accustom to, but more of a not having the pieces.
Unfortunately I don't see this as the past "figure" it out problems we've become accustom to, but more of a not having the pieces.
