Clearly our best game of the year. Now we just need more consistency. We might not win them all but we need to give ourselves better chances keeping it close and hope a few fall our way.
Quad 1 is: "home games vs. teams RPI ranked 1-30, neutral games vs. 1-50, and away games vs. 1–75." But is it at the time you play, or at season end?
Because the season is like an EKG, still a looong way to go before we get enough data in to make more informed predictions…but I do get your point
Wow that’s a lot lower ranked than I thought….good thing is we have a lot of Quad 1 opportunities left
the TAMMY luster is not quite as bright as it was not long ago, very winnable. Win that one, Aubrin at home, split with bammer, maybe at Cocks and looking pretty. Then we can begin talking better seeding, not just in or out.
Season's end. A given Quad 1 today may not be a Quad 1 on Selection Sunday. But it would take a complete collapse by Kentucky for this win to not still be a Quad 1 at the end. Likewise, a Quad 2 win could become a Quad 1 in time. Richmond, by the way, is one that could conceivably sneak into a Quad 1 win for us if they go on a win streak. That's proven to be a pretty good ball club, and they beat a quality Dayton team the other day.
Cool. You make a lot intelligent posts and I was thinking “was his account hacked?!”. All good. After such a huge win and being tournament starved, kinda fun speculating how it will play out.
Actually, our wins over Richmond, Pitt, and MSU could all conceivably reach Quad 1 status. MSU is currently at #37 in NET; if they reach #30, our home win over them becomes a Quad 1.
I meant more about other games. I also thought of a weird scenario where a bubble team needs a Q1 at end of season. Plays RPI 74 on the road. Wins, but the loss pushes the RPI to 76 and the team causes the loss of its Q1.
Also something to keep an eye, that Mississippi State win could become a Q1 win if they can finish inside the top 30 and that trip to Georgia may turn into a Q1 opportunity if they can get into the top 75.
I think we end up there. This team doesn't feel like a bubble team. Maybe they have the resume of one now, but they have the look and feel of a really solid tourney team. Feel good it is going to all shake out as we'd like, although I know recent seasons put us on edge.
Ahh. Thanks. Didn't know that. I remember the MSU game - they put up our near identical NET ratings then said it was a quad 1 opportunity for MSU. That confused me. Makes sense now.
Don’t know how accurate this is historically but this site has us at around 84 percent to make the tournament. Florida Gators
Why I think last night was so crucial. UF HAD to get off the snide with Q-1 wins. We could easily get left out without some of those.
Me as well. When I get bored with simple tasks, for example, deciphering The Indus Valley Script, Proto - Elamite, or Linear A and B, I turn to more challenging tasks like: US Tax Code, NCAA tournament qualifying, NCAA regulations regarding the current NIL rules and of course Medicare. Now THOSE will get the best "MIT" out of ya!
