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No way that we win out and they place 3 BiG teams ahead of us in the seed lines. Only 1 of them can win the BiG tournament, another can make it to the BiG championship...the third would get a lower or same seed as us.
Hell we run that table we'll have an outside shot at a 1 seed, that would be winning 9 of our last 10 and would take our RPI to a top 5 rating(top 10 now)
I would guess that if we beat ND, Ville and GT (or whomever in the title game), thereby winning both the Big East regular-season and postseason titles, the committee would be able to justify a No. 2 seed for us pretty easily.
How are you going to bump off the 3 locks for #1 right now? Gonzaga, IU, Duke are all locks for #1. Then you have at least 2 others locked at #2, fighting for one of those #1's. Those other teams get to play, too, and get to decide what is going to happen. Sure, if Miami, G'Town, Louisville, Kansas, Florida, Michigan State, Michigan, Ohio State, etc, all lose early in their tournaments....but what's the reality of this?
Chicos, I agree with you that a BET championship does not guarantee a 2 seed, but MU82 says beating ND, Ville, and Gtown makes a 2 seed easily justifiable. Are you disagreeing with that? Big difference between a guarantee vs. easily justifiable.Personally, I think our floor is a 5, and our ceiling is a 2. Make the BE semis and don't get embarrassed there, and the floor moves up to a 4. Win it, and I'd like to think 2 or 3.
Win out and I think we should be national champions.
Who said it's our strength? Didn't see that part.Did we play amazing the last 2 games? No. But we won our last 4 games. And we won the Big East. We've also beaten Georgetown before. You're making it seem like we have no chance to win another game this year. We could go 0-2. But we're not DePaul. There's a reason we went 14-4 for the 2nd straight year in the Big East.
SureIU DukeGonzagaAll #1 seeds regardless of what happens this week.That leaves 5 spots openG'Town or Louisville makes the Big East final...one of them is getting a 2 seed. - Not ahead of us if we win it.Miami makes the ACC final...2 seed - Not ahead of us if we win the BETKansas makes semis or finals of Big 12....2 seed, could still be a one seed - If they make the finals I agree. Semis get in line behind usFlorida wins the SEC tourney...could be a 2 seed - I agree if Florida wins the SEC they will be seeded ahead of usMichigan State, Michigan, Ohio State...any two of these three make the final and win it, you have a potential of at least one if not two of them fighting for a 2 seed. Big Ten will not have more than 2 teams seeded above an MU that wins the BETEtc.
If we win the BE Tournament we will be a 2 seed at worst. I also agree with those who don't think us winning is a likely scenario, but if we do win the BET, no way we are not a 2.
Given that we barely beat Rutgers and St. John's, I do not know why anyone thinks we have a chance of winning out. I do think we have a better than 50-50 chance of beating Notre Dame, but I am not counting my chickens before they are hatched.
We also barely beat UConn, Georgetown, Syracuse, and Pitt on the road. This team plays close games, but they are very good at winning. I'll admit Louisville is a terrifying prospect for this team, but we can beat anyone in this league. We've played closer to teams than we might like all year going back to the cupcakes, but we won. If you don't think this team can win...well, I don't know what to tell ya.
I agree with Bilsu on this one. World--this thread is about winning out and possibly making a #2 seed. Don't see that happening. Because of that, doesn't mean that I think that we are an NIT team. We do have deficiences, I am not going to ignore that.Given that we barely beat Rutgers and St. John's, I do not know why anyone thinks we have a chance of winning out. I do think we have a better than 50-50 chance of beating Notre Dame, but I am not counting my chickens before they are hatched.
Wow, I'm very concerned for Benny. Being able to mimic Myron Medcalf's writing so closely implies an oncoming case of dementia.
This is being way over analyzed. If we won BE we would have a good chance at a 2. I think right now we r a 4 seedLose first game maybe even a 5 seedWin 2 games (likely ND and Lou) 3 seed Win BE possibly 2 seed
If Marquette knocks of Notre Dame, Louisville, and Georgetown this week, will it lock up a #2 seed? Sounds like a decent number of MUScoopers are thinking the ceiling is at a #3, regardless of BE Tourney results. Thoughts?
We should really ask the OP what the thread is about, because now that bilsu in on the "IF" train as of this a.m., you're the only one still waiting to board at the station.
This is totally ridiculous. If we beat Gtown and Louisville this weekend we are ahead of both of them.
I think Lunardi said it best a few years ago. The conference tournaments are overvalued by the fans and undervalued by the committee. Well, the committee gets to make the calls.Last few years the committee has said the conference tournaments are important, but not nearly as important as folks make them out to be.