re: NIT Watch 2014 (artist formerly known as Bubble Watch)

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If we can win our game on Thursday, I imagine that could move us out of a play-in game and drop BYU to a play-in.

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Possibly. There is no telling how the committee will examine the data.

On one hand, you can't say the SEC is weak, therefor the last teams in only deserve play in games while pumping up the mid-major for beating the bottom tier SEC type teams while ignoring a team like Auburn beat Clemson and BC who beat Cuse and Duke. You can't say the #1 team in the country by the eye test hasn't been tested in league play, even tho they haven't lost while saying WSU is deserving of a #1 seed for going undefeated in a one bid league while beating bottom tier SEC team's counting as a "good win" while the same teams are a "bad loss" for SEC teams.

The seeding and brackatology is like recrootin' rankins. It is easy to identify the 5*s (1-4 seed) and 2*s (13-16 seeds), the majority will agree with the 4*s (5-9 seeds), when you get to the 3*s opinions will vary which ones are closer to 4*s and which to 2*s.

It is bullshite any team has to play Dayton in Dayton during the first round of the tourney.

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The play in games are bullshite to begin with.

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They are not "play in games".

It is a 68 team bracket which means 64 teams have a first round bye because of the size bracket that is actually used to make it work. (124 team I believe)

That is like saying tomorrow night's games are "play in games" into the SECT because the league is using a 24 team bracket to give the top four teams a bye. (16 team bracket would leave only the top two with a bye).

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The Providence/St. Johns matchup could be an actual play OUT game. If either team loses they are out, but a win doesn't necessarily get either one in the tournament.

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I think it is more of ESPN trying to draw viewers to watch the first rounds of these tourneys.

Lunardi sets it up with teams on the bubble in/out and low and behold these teams play each other or could play each other in the early rounds of the tourney meaning these early round games are of great importance towards the NCAA field. Its becomes a "must win" for both teams etc.

Then the talking heads get to spend a week talking out both sides of their mouth about what will happen, a win means in, but not an out for the loser, etc.

Create interest, draw viewers, sell advertising.

St. Johns is a NYC team, lots of people live in NYC and will tune in to watch ESPN talk about NYC teams.

Notice that game isn't getting near the hype of a "play in game" like Arkansas/Tennessee who will air on ABC? They will talk about St. John's/Providence, but have not went into as great of a breakdown as Arkansas/Tenn. Lunardi also has Arkansas/Tenn "in" and St. Johns/Providence "out".

Yeah, Highpoint fricked us over by not winning their conference tourney.



ULL winning the sunbelt would steal another bid from the NIT, Georgia St. was 17-1 in conference play.

Any major upsets in the remaining tourneys could lead to seeing two of Ole Miss/LSU/UGA with no post season play.

Apparently you and I are the only people on the Rant who give a shite.

A thread about Brent fricking Musburger is hot right now and I just saw a tumbleweed roll by in this thread.

Eta: make that 2 hot threads about Musburger.

I'm completely imbedded in the bubble right now and it's kind of taken over my life. Here are the sites I've been checking mostly if you want to add them to your favorites for the next few days.

ESPN

the Dance Card

CBS

The Dance Card is updated daily so it's worth a gander all the way up to Sunday.

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I'm completely imbedded in the bubble right now and it's kind of taken over my life.

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I'm keeping up with the NIT qualifiers to show it is 10x harder to make post season play as an at large bid in basketball than it is in football or even baseball.

I'm a little worried hogs need to beat vols to make the tourney.

If you look up a few posts I think what you're talking about is the Dance Card. It only predicts at large teams, and right now it has us on the wrong side of the bubble. However, it doesn't take into account teams ahead of us that will win their conference tournaments. If we are 5 spots below the burst line, but five teams ahead of us win their conference tourneys, we would be in.