ESPN Bubble Watch

[tompopsicle]

Marquette not even listed as on the bubble here, and they're included as a "bad loss" to the rodents along with Milwaukee and Western Illinois.

http://espn.go.com/ncb/bubblewatch

[Aughnanure]

Happens when your RPI is above 100.

[jsheim]

Marquette not even listed as on the bubble here, and they're included as a "bad loss" to the rodents along with Milwaukee and Western Illinois.

http://espn.go.com/ncb/bubblewatch

only time and wins will cure this.

[Windyplayer]

Happens when your RPI is above 100.

Ludicrous.

[MerrittsMustache]

Marquette not even listed as on the bubble here, and they're included as a "bad loss" to the rodents along with Milwaukee and Western Illinois.

http://espn.go.com/ncb/bubblewatch

Actually, they referred to the loss as a "lowlight," which is entirely accurate when a team with tourney aspirations loses at home to a team with a worse RPI than Grand Canyon.

MU is not listed because they're not a bubble team. 15-7, RPI: 106, 1 top 50 win, 2 losses to RPI 100+ teams. That's not bubble territory.

[RushmoreAcademy]

Actually, they referred to the loss as a "lowlight," which is entirely accurate when a team with tourney aspirations loses at home to a team with a worse RPI than Grand Canyon.

MU is not listed because they're not a bubble team. 15-7, RPI: 106, 1 top 50 win, 2 losses to RPI 100+ teams. That's not bubble territory.

I am hoping the NIT will accept lowlights.

[Tugg Speedman]

only time and wins will cure this.

Win both games this week and we're on next week's list and stop being a low light for Bucky.

[Tugg Speedman]

Actually, they referred to the loss as a "lowlight," which is entirely accurate when a team with tourney aspirations loses at home to a team with a worse RPI than Grand Canyon.

MU is not listed because they're not a bubble team. 15-7, RPI: 106, 1 top 50 win, 2 losses to RPI 100+ teams. That's not bubble territory.

Any idea what our RPI would be if Billy Garret (Depaul) missed that shot?  We would be 16-6 and 5-4 on the BE

(I'm trying to gauge how much that loss hurt)

[WarriorPride68]

RPI:

#52 Stony Brook / 17-4
#58 Davidson / 12-7
#60 St Bonaventure / 13-6
#63 Tulsa / 14-7
#64 Princenton / 12-5
#65 Akron / 17-4
#68 Hofstra / 16-6
#72 UC Irvine / 17-6
#77 Evansville / 18-5
#78 IPFW / 18-6
#79 Middle Tennessee State / 15-6
#80 Wake Forest / 10-11
#84 Kent State / 15-6
#85 Yale / 13-5
#87 Boise State / 15-7
#89 Long Beach State / 11-12
#90 Siena / 15-8
#91 Duquense / 15-7
#92 UNCW / 16-5
#93 Ohio / 13-7
#95 College of Charleston / 13-8
#96 Peperdine / 14-8
#97 UC Santa Barbara / 9-11
#98 James Madison / 16-7
#99 Grand Canyon / 19-3
#100 Buffalo / 12-9
#108 Auburn / 9-11

#110 Marquette / 15-7

[MerrittsMustache]

Any idea what our RPI would be if Billy Garret (Depaul) missed that shot?  We would be 16-6 and 5-4 on the BE

(I'm trying to gauge how much that loss hurt)

MU would move up to 101.

[Windyplayer]

RPI:

#52 Stony Brook / 17-4
#58 Davidson / 12-7
#60 St Bonaventure / 13-6
#63 Tulsa / 14-7
#64 Princenton / 12-5
#65 Akron / 17-4
#68 Hofstra / 16-6
#72 UC Irvine / 17-6
#77 Evansville / 18-5
#78 IPFW / 18-6
#79 Middle Tennessee State / 15-6
#80 Wake Forest / 10-11
#84 Kent State / 15-6
#85 Yale / 13-5
#87 Boise State / 15-7
#89 Long Beach State / 11-12
#90 Siena / 15-8
#91 Duquense / 15-7
#92 UNCW / 16-5
#93 Ohio / 13-7
#95 College of Charleston / 13-8
#96 Peperdine / 14-8
#97 UC Santa Barbara / 9-11
#98 James Madison / 16-7
#99 Grand Canyon / 19-3
#100 Buffalo / 12-9
#108 Auburn / 9-11

#110 Marquette / 15-7

Thank you for the illustration. RPI is stupid. A team with a losing record is ahead of us.

[Herman Cain]

I think too much attention is paid to RPI. It is a factor but not the only factor.  That said we have 9 more league games plus the tournament. So lets see where we stand after all of that. Compare our body of work to the rest of the teams at the end of the season. Doing it now is comparing apples to oranges.

[Cooby Snacks]

RPI:

#52 Stony Brook / 17-4
#58 Davidson / 12-7
#60 St Bonaventure / 13-6
#63 Tulsa / 14-7
#64 Princenton / 12-5
#65 Akron / 17-4
#68 Hofstra / 16-6
#72 UC Irvine / 17-6
#77 Evansville / 18-5
#78 IPFW / 18-6
#79 Middle Tennessee State / 15-6
#80 Wake Forest / 10-11
#84 Kent State / 15-6
#85 Yale / 13-5
#87 Boise State / 15-7
#89 Long Beach State / 11-12
#90 Siena / 15-8
#91 Duquense / 15-7
#92 UNCW / 16-5
#93 Ohio / 13-7
#95 College of Charleston / 13-8
#96 Peperdine / 14-8
#97 UC Santa Barbara / 9-11
#98 James Madison / 16-7
#99 Grand Canyon / 19-3
#100 Buffalo / 12-9
#108 Auburn / 9-11

#110 Marquette / 15-7

That's what happens when you schedule a bunch of 300+ teams. RPI might to be around 75 to get in the NIT, so even that's looking like a stretch.

[TVDirector]

Love the fact that Princeton is spelled wrong...

RPI:

#52 Stony Brook / 17-4
#58 Davidson / 12-7
#60 St Bonaventure / 13-6
#63 Tulsa / 14-7
#64 Princenton / 12-5
#65 Akron / 17-4
#68 Hofstra / 16-6
#72 UC Irvine / 17-6
#77 Evansville / 18-5
#78 IPFW / 18-6
#79 Middle Tennessee State / 15-6
#80 Wake Forest / 10-11
#84 Kent State / 15-6
#85 Yale / 13-5
#87 Boise State / 15-7
#89 Long Beach State / 11-12
#90 Siena / 15-8
#91 Duquense / 15-7
#92 UNCW / 16-5
#93 Ohio / 13-7
#95 College of Charleston / 13-8
#96 Peperdine / 14-8
#97 UC Santa Barbara / 9-11
#98 James Madison / 16-7
#99 Grand Canyon / 19-3
#100 Buffalo / 12-9
#108 Auburn / 9-11

#110 Marquette / 15-7

[WarriorPride68]

Love the fact that Princeton is spelled wrong...

I typed this on mobile at break. My apologies sir, was in a rush

[GooooMarquette]

At this point, we're probably on the NIT bubble.

As others have said, we can change this with some big wins.

[MerrittsMustache]

Thank you for the illustration. RPI is stupid. A team with a losing record is ahead of us.

Auburn's SOS is 16 and Non-conf SOS 14. Marquette's is 149 and Non-conf 287.

[WarriorPride68]

I think too much attention is paid to RPI. It is a factor but not the only factor.

For those curious, here are all of the factors considered:

http://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/media-center/mens-basketball-selections-101-selections

[ChicosBailBonds]

Thank you for the illustration. RPI is stupid. A team with a losing record is ahead of us.

The RPI is basically saying if MU played that same schedule Auburn did, we would have done worse.  That is one reason why they have stronger RPI then we do.

Long Beach State, Tennessee have losing records, both are ranked higher than us in Ken Pom

[1SE]

Auburn's SOS is 16 and Non-conf SOS 14. Marquette's is 149 and Non-conf 287.

I don't think the point was Auburn as much as Long Beach st.

[Lennys Tap]

At this point, we're probably on the NIT bubble.

As others have said, we can change this with some big wins.

Yep. We can move from the NIT bubble to the NIT "likely in".

[MerrittsMustache]

I don't think the point was Auburn as much as Long Beach st.

Long Beach State
SOS: 30
Non-Conf: 1
Only 5 games against RPI 150+

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Grand Canyon!!!

[Windyplayer]

The RPI is basically saying if MU played that same schedule Auburn did, we would have done worse.  That is one reason why they have stronger RPI then we do.

Which we know is BS.

Look at their RPI breakdown compared to ours:

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/rpi/AUBURN/auburn-tigers

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/rpi/MARQET/marquette-golden-eagles

[4everwarriors]

So we shoulda hired Pearl, ai na?