As I type this, USC is up 10 on UCLA, so I'm writing this assuming they hang on….if they don't, then disregard it. Obviously USC beating ASU tomorrow is our best chance of getting into the NIT. The psychological effect of the NIT committee wanting at least two Pac-10 teams will help us, as they'll likely take Arizona and us. There still is a shot the fighting Pannells get an at-large bid, but we're tying to play worst-case scenario here.
Anyway, now that Bowling Green has locked up a berth due to a choke job, there are 9 slots left. Here is who we want to win.
- USC OVER ASU, Pac 10 title game, 3 pm. This one is more important than anything else. The rest are in alphabetical by conference.
- Binghamton over UMBC, America East title game, 8 am
- Maryland over Duke, ACC semi, 1 pm
- Temple over Duquesne, Atlantic 10 title game, 3 pm
- Baylor over Missouri, Big 12 semi, 3 pm
- Cal St – Northridge over whoever, Big West title game, 9 pm
- Tulsa over Memphis, Conference USA title game, 8:30 am
- Morgan St over Norfolk St, MEAC title game, 4 pm
- San Diego St over whoever, Mountain West title game, 4 pm
- Mississippi St over LSU, SEC semi, 10 am
- Auburn over Tennessee, SEC semi, noon
- Stephen F. Austin over UT-San Antonio, Southland title game, 10 am
- Alabama St over Jackson St, SWAC title game, 6 pm
- Utah St over whoever, WAC title game, 7 pm
That enough hoops for you? Anyway, we need at least 10 of these 14 to happen to keep hope alive.
Make sure to keep reading the post below this, as I'll continue to update as spots go away.
4 comments:
I'm not totally sure how some of these things help us. For example, all Baylor that would happen if Baylor won the Big 12 tournament is some other team that actually deserved to be in the NCAA tournament would drop down to the NIT and bump out a bubble team on the bottom.
The way I figure it, the only thing we really need to be rooting for is all of the mid major and small major regular season champs to win their conference tournaments.
Am I missing something?
it's why we need a lot of them to happen. i agree, the transitive property probably means for most of the teams that move up, one will move down....but if a LOT of teams move up, there is better chance for a shakeup. Particularly with the SEC teams.
Anyway, USC winning tomorrow is our best bet.
Not sure I agree with that either. It would look awful good for us with two wins over the Pac-10 Tournament champ ...
Looks like 6 of these scenarios have happened so far. The seventh would be Utah State winning, right now up by 17. There are still two scenarios left to play. Might 9 out of 14 be OK with USC winning today?
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