We'll at least jump OSU & GT.... 7? Higher?
GT yes, will only pass tOSU if they lose v UW tomorrow, or could pass UNC if they lose at UVa.
Not a lot of movement up top... when you get closer to the top. Any higher than we are now is for posterity. It doesn't offer much more marginal benefit.
8 or 9, and our chances for at least a 3 seed in The Dance improve every day.
3 seed would match our 2003 position. And that turned out pretty good.
I'll go with 9, but a OSU or UNC loss this weekend could move us up a spot.
WE'RE NUMBER 1!!!
The rest of the world just doesn't know it yet!
Going to say 8. Georgetown is a given. Then I think the Mizzou and Kansas loser. Mizzou would lose two games in a week, including a 10 point home loss. Kansas would lose a home game to Mizzou and have a worse record than MU. If they keep the Mizzou/KU loser ahead of us I'll use the potential of UVA beating UNC or UW pulling the upset on OSU as insurance to get us to 8.
Quote from: sixstrings03 on February 24, 2012, 10:15:49 PM
We'll at least jump OSU & GT.... 7? Higher?
Don't care. Lets see where we end up in April
Quote from: 79Warrior on February 24, 2012, 10:57:40 PM
Don't care. Lets see where we end up in April
Coooooool story bro!!!! Try not reading the thread if you don't care.
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Win out the regular season and don't screw up in the tourney and you got to be thinking we would be a 2-seed.
Ohio st could lose to UW.
NC could lose @UVA.
If Kansas loses i don't think we jump them but we have a shot to move past Mizz.
So we have a real shot at 8th.
Quote from: dgies9156 on February 24, 2012, 10:55:00 PM
WE'RE NUMBER 1!!!
The rest of the world just doesn't know it yet!
I like your thought process
Winning in Morgantown, where we've never won before, with a desperate WVU team, and 60% of the starters on the bench for the entire first half. I'd say that qualifies. Continued from... http://www.muscoop.com/index.php?topic=29564.0
Season checklist
(x) Non-conference near-miss against inferior opponent (sky falls on Scoop)
(x) Non-conference stinker to inferior opponent (more sky-falling)
(x) Non-conference loss on big stage convinces board MU not ready for Big East
(x) Unmentionable conference loss
(x) Road Game we weren't supposed to win
( ) Late surge
(x) Top-half Big East Finish
For those new to this, I put this list together after MU narrowly escaped defeat to Norfolk State in the Paradise Jam Final, as that game seemed to parallel other early-season near-misses (Valpo in 2006, Bucknell, UWM last year come to mind). The other points in the season that have already hit on this checklist were LSU, Vanderbilt, and Georgetown.
Quote from: Buzz Williams' Spillproof Chiclets Cup on February 25, 2012, 03:32:23 PM
Winning in Morgantown, where we've never won before, with a desperate WVU team, and 60% of the starters on the bench for the entire first half. I'd say that qualifies. Continued from... http://www.muscoop.com/index.php?topic=29564.0
Season checklist
(x) Non-conference near-miss against inferior opponent (sky falls on Scoop)
(x) Non-conference stinker to inferior opponent (more sky-falling)
(x) Non-conference loss on big stage convinces board MU not ready for Big East
(x) Unmentionable conference loss
(x) Road Game we weren't supposed to win
( ) Late surge
(x) Top-half Big East Finish
For those new to this, I put this list together after MU narrowly escaped defeat to Norfolk State in the Paradise Jam Final, as that game seemed to parallel other early-season near-misses (Valpo in 2006, Bucknell, UWM last year come to mind). The other points in the season that have already hit on this checklist were LSU, Vanderbilt, and Georgetown.
Man, imagine what a late surge can do for a team already in the top 10! Good thing that box isn't checked yet! Does this mean I can buy my flight to New Orleans yet?
Quote from: Jamailman on February 25, 2012, 03:38:04 PMMan, imagine what a late surge can do for a team already in the top 10! Good thing that box isn't checked yet! Does this mean I can buy my flight to New Orleans yet?
After dropping 4/6 to go to 12-4 (1-2), doesn't winning 12/13 (and counting) to go to 24-5 (13-3) moving into the first week of March count as a late surge?
Quote from: Buzz Williams' Spillproof Chiclets Cup on February 25, 2012, 03:32:23 PM
Winning in Morgantown, where we've never won before, with a desperate WVU team, and 60% of the starters on the bench for the entire first half. I'd say that qualifies. Continued from... http://www.muscoop.com/index.php?topic=29564.0
Season checklist
(x) Non-conference near-miss against inferior opponent (sky falls on Scoop)
(x) Non-conference stinker to inferior opponent (more sky-falling)
(x) Non-conference loss on big stage convinces board MU not ready for Big East
(x) Unmentionable conference loss
(x) Road Game we weren't supposed to win
( ) Late surge
(x) Top-half Big East Finish
For those new to this, I put this list together after MU narrowly escaped defeat to Norfolk State in the Paradise Jam Final, as that game seemed to parallel other early-season near-misses (Valpo in 2006, Bucknell, UWM last year come to mind). The other points in the season that have already hit on this checklist were LSU, Vanderbilt, and Georgetown.
Georgetown is the unmentionable conference loss? Why, because of the meltdown? I'd rather not mention the loss to the prick$ in ND.
A lot of near upsets but close calls won't be dropping anyone. We'll be stuck at 9.
Quote from: chapman on February 24, 2012, 10:56:23 PM
Going to say 8. Georgetown is a given. Then I think the Mizzou and Kansas loser. Mizzou would lose two games in a week, including a 10 point home loss. Kansas would lose a home game to Mizzou and have a worse record than MU. If they keep the Mizzou/KU loser ahead of us I'll use the potential of UVA beating UNC or UW pulling the upset on OSU as insurance to get us to 8.
KU and Mizzou just swap places. Mizzou shouldn't be penalized for losing by one in OT to Kansas in Lawrence.
Quote from: Avenue Commons on February 26, 2012, 10:48:19 AM
KU and Mizzou just swap places. Mizzou shouldn't be penalized for losing by one in OT to Kansas in Lawrence.
They lost at home vs Kstate as well this week.
8 if voters punish Mizzou severely for 2 losses in a week (which many will).
9 if voters punish Mizzou but not quite so severely.
Either is nice. Meaningless in the grand scheme, but nice.
I still think it's #9, right behind Mizzou. #8 if Bucky can shock tOSU.
Quote from: jsglow on February 26, 2012, 02:46:47 PM
I still think it's #9, right behind Mizzou. #8 if Bucky can shock tOSU.
Bucky pulled through. I guess it wouldn't be a shock to see Mizz fall to from 3 to 8 after a two loss week. Can we hit 7 for the first time in 30+ years?
I'm sticking with #8 now that Bucky won.
I know I'm sometimes optimistic, but I believe Mizzou's double digit loss AT HOME to k-state is enough to sneak us ahead of them. When I ran the numbers a few times this year, only four Top 25 teams (in Pomeroy) had lost by double digits at home, so that is one of those "re-evaluation" losses. Not to cast stones, since we have the worse double digit home loss of any team (by 17 to VAndy, which is funny since Vandy is the only top 25 team to lose by double digits TWICE at home this year), but that loss right down the stretch is just enough I believe.
I also just think people are starting to think MU might be separating themselves. One of the commentators on ESPN radio today said a handful of teams were starting to separate themselves from everyone else, and then named the top 6 and added something like, "and now do you have to include Marquette on that list, and maybe even Georgetown?"
Since Missouri and MU both lost tough road games on January 7, we are 12-1 and they are 11-3, granted with a couple of tough games.
Now I'm going to pinch myself to see if I am dreaming that we are talking about whether or not MU is 7th or 8th in the country and not in the Big East.
Just remember, this still all ends badly. According to Vegas there is a 97.5% chance that our season ends with a loss - and that will be either an excruciating heartbreaker or getting beaten badly one day and making our fans wonder if we were really that good. Just remember, 344 teams will go through the same thing one day - either not getting invited or losing. As much as I love the 2.5% chance Vegas now gives us at winning it all, let's really continue to enjoy this performance and not throw it all out the window assuming we don't win it all.