A lot of the teams were are battling for position in the Big East have some tough schedules coming up.
West Virginia
@ Providence
Seton Hall
@ UConn
Cincinnati
Georgetown
@ Vilanova
Pittsburgh
@ Marquette
Villanova
@ Notre Dame
@ Saint Johns
Providence
Rutgers
Georgetown
Syracuse
@ Louisville
Notre Dame
@ West Virginia
Cincinnati
Louisville
Notre Dame
@ DePaul
Georgetown
@ UConn
@ Marquette
Syracuse
Notre Dame
@ Louisville
Pittsburgh
@ Georgetown
UConn
@ Marquette
Cincinnati
Marquette
DePaul
@ West Virginia
Villanova
@ Georgetown
South Florida
Saint Johns
@ Villanova
Providence
@ DePaul
UConn
Seton Hall
@ Saint Johns
@ West Virginia
Rutgers
Marquette
@ Rutgers
@ Providence
UConn
@ Rutgers
West Vriginia
Louisville
@ Notre Dame
@ South Florida
ND is screwed. WVU and Gtown dont have easy ones but they are locks already. PITT doesnt have a bad one after us and NOVA. We clearly have a favorable one. Cincy is also in trouble. In my opinion Seton Hall has a very favorable scedule and UCONN isnt bad either.
Quote from: HaywardsHeroes32 on February 16, 2010, 10:43:15 PM
ND is screwed. WVU and Gtown dont have easy ones but they are locks already.
In terms of standings we are only one game behind them for 3rd. No way the 3rd place team in the Big East gets left out.
Yeah im very well aware of that im just saying that those teams are locks into the tourney so if we remain on the bubble(meaning we lose a couple games) there difficult scedules are irrelevant to the grand scheme of us beating them out to make the tourney. But yes its absolutly crazy that we are basically 1 game from being potentially tied for third with a win and out of the tourney if we lose. Nuts.
Seton Hall has some traps: @ SJU, @ Rutgers (where Gtown lost), @ Prov
Feels like Louisville is the big obstacle/main threat.
FWIW, I think MU and Pitt both end up at 12-6 tied for third in the BEast.
That would be a lock for the tourney.
SERocks
The remaining schedules show that Pitt's game is just huge. A win would give us the tie breaker against Georgetown and Pitt. And from the remaining schedule, teams that I would bet winning 4 or 5 of the last 5 would be MU and Pitt.
And ND is screwed. I think they are still without Goudy and if they win more games in the last 5 than we do, then they deserve to go or we don't deserve to go.
don't lose sight of the fact that MU is not just playing against BEAST teams for an NCAA bid.
MU MUST win at least 4 of the next 6 to have any hope. MU's RPI is not good which is why MU must win irrespective of what other BEAST teams do.
Quote from: Marquette65 on February 17, 2010, 10:13:40 AM
don't lose sight of the fact that MU is not just playing against BEAST teams for an NCAA bid.
MU MUST win at least 4 of the next 6 to have any hope. MU's RPI is not good which is why MU must win irrespective of what other BEAST teams do.
So are you saying that if MU is 5th in the BE, we will be skipped? If we win 3 of the next 6 (Pitt, Louisville, and ND), we are in. But, if we lose to Pitt, then we will have to win 4 (probably 5) of the last 5.
RPI makes us a bubble team but the Pitt win would give us another "quality" win and would give us a solid resume. Call me a homer but I think BE will get 6/7 teams in and MU's resume is better than the other BE bubble teams.