Bubble Watch

[Vander Blue Man Group]

I'm pretty confident we win at providence.

I do think we lose the Gtown game tho.

So need 2 of Butler, Creighton and X(2).

I know we certainly can win. It's just hard for me to be confident about any remaining road games.

[wadesworld]

Just beat Butler Tuesday.

[jsglow]

Here's something to continue to pay attention to.  Look at the standings on the left.  Note the clear break between Marquette in 5th and everyone below them from 6th down. Closest competition at the moment is a game and a half back.  Let's keep it that way.  The committee likes gaps.  Makes their job easier.

[SaveOD238]

I was curious to see how the women's team is doing when it comes to their tournament chances, and it looks like they are in a similar position to the men.  ESPN's bracketologist has them in the last four in as a 10 seed.

Currently they are 17-6 (8-4) and in 3rd place in the Big East (the new women's Big East is not as competitive as the new men's league).  They have three top 25 wins (Arizona St, @Oregon St, and @DePaul) and what looks like an easy-ish last 6 games (DePaul is the only team ahead of them still to play).  Win the home games and easy roadies and they'll be in for sure.  Lose a stinker and things could get dicey.

It would be awesome to end the men's three year NCAA drought and the women's 5 year drought in the same season.

[fjm]

Womens BET is at the Al this year. Hopefully they get some decent butts in the seats.

[fjm]

Per joe lunardi: as of yesterday at 1045 am before the DePaul game:

...30-VaTech, 31-Day, 32-IowaSt, 33-VCU, 34-Ark, 35-Marq, 36-OklaSt, 37-Clem, 38-Ind, 39-Minn, 40-Tcu, 41-Mich, 42-GaTech, 43-KanSt...

[jsglow]

Per joe lunardi: as of yesterday at 1045 am before the DePaul game:

...30-VaTech, 31-Day, 32-IowaSt, 33-VCU, 34-Ark, 35-Marq, 36-OklaSt, 37-Clem, 38-Ind, 39-Minn, 40-Tcu, 41-Mich, 42-GaTech, 43-KanSt...

And while I normally 'hate' the Rodents, it was important that they take care of business today against Tanned Tommy's bunch.  That helped.

[MuMark]

I was curious to see how the women's team is doing when it comes to their tournament chances, and it looks like they are in a similar position to the men.  ESPN's bracketologist has them in the last four in as a 10 seed.

Currently they are 17-6 (8-4) and in 3rd place in the Big East (the new women's Big East is not as competitive as the new men's league).  They have three top 25 wins (Arizona St, @Oregon St, and @DePaul) and what looks like an easy-ish last 6 games (DePaul is the only team ahead of them still to play).  Win the home games and easy roadies and they'll be in for sure.  Lose a stinker and things could get dicey.
Ladies about to lose at home to St John's today.
It would be awesome to end the men's three year NCAA drought and the women's 5 year drought in the same season.

Ladies lost today to St John's

[4everwarriors]

Womens BET is at the Al this year. Hopefully they get some decent butts in the seats.

In yoga pants too, hey?

[LloydsLegs]

Here's something to continue to pay attention to.  Look at the standings on the left.  Note the clear break between Marquette in 5th and everyone below them from 6th down. Closest competition at the moment is a game and a half back.  Let's keep it that way.  The committee likes gaps.  Makes their job easier.

With the Creighton and Nova wins, MU has the potential to go 1-1 against each of the current conf top 4.  To get ahead of myself, that would be huge for the resume.  Beat Butler.

[SaveOD238]

With the Creighton and Nova wins, MU has the potential to go 1-1 against each of the current conf top 4.  To get ahead of myself, that would be huge for the resume.  Beat Butler.

Hell, with a win against all 4, we might be dancing at 8-10 (though 2 losses to SJU would be tough to overcome)

[Windyplayer]

Up to a #9 seed per Lunardi. Six Big East teams in--granted SHU is last team in.

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/bracketology

[JamilJaeJamailJrJuan]

Up to a #9 seed per Lunardi. Six Big East teams in--granted SHU is last team in.

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/bracketology

For those that don't follow that closely, Clemson and Illinois State both took 40-50 points beatings on Saturday and are still in the field.  Clemson is 3-7 in the ACC.  Illinois State's best wins are New Mexico and Wichita State (who beat them by 41 in the return trip on Saturday) and losses to San Francisco, Tulsa, Murray State, TCU and Wichita...

[muguru]

As Jekyll and Hyde as this season has been for MU, oddly enough, they still pretty much control their own destiny for 2nd in the BE with games remaining against Butler, Creighton and Xavier x2.

[fjm]

For those that don't follow that closely, Clemson and Illinois State both took 40-50 points beatings on Saturday and are still in the field.  Clemson is 3-7 in the ACC.  Illinois State's best wins are New Mexico and Wichita State (who beat them by 41 in the return trip on Saturday) and losses to San Francisco, Tulsa, Murray State, TCU and Wichita...

The bubble this season is weird.
Not a lot of top midmajors making a push.

[Herman Cain]

I believe we only have 30 games this year, chose to schedule 1 less than allowed. Dumb, the potential fifference between 20 n 19 in tge commitees eyes is big imo

I agree with this analysis.

[MuMark]

I doubt 1 extra buy game would make a difference.

Bubble is very weak......

http://www.unf.edu/~jcoleman/dance.htm

[forgetful]

Anyone know why we didn't schedule an extra buy game?  Was it because of a home and home  falling through or something else?

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

Latest bracket matrix has Marquette a 10 seed, with 7 teams between us and the cut line.

[Galway Eagle]

Anyone know why we didn't schedule an extra buy game?  Was it because of a home and home  falling through or something else?

my understanding is that the way RPI works and who was left. So if we scheduled a game against the terrible teams that were left it would actually drag down the overall RPI rather than help it. I wish we had at least nabbed a D2 game or something but whatever.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Anyone know why we didn't schedule an extra buy game?  Was it because of a home and home  falling through or something else?

I believe it was supposed to be a home and home with Utah but it fell through. Only option was to get a grambling level opponent. Hurts more than it helps

[brewcity77]

I believe we only have 30 games this year, chose to schedule 1 less than allowed. Dumb, the potential fifference between 20 n 19 in tge commitees eyes is big imo

No, dumb is your response to it. If we got a 20th win against Grambling, it would hurt our RPI, SOS, computer numbers, and overall resume. The only way it would have been worth adding another game was if it was a top-225 team.

It was a smart move by Marquette's athletic department to NOT make a money grab by adding another crapcake, especially when you consider that so many of our opponents (Howard, Pitt, Michigan, IUPUI, SIUE, Western Carolina) have crapped the bed in conference play.

Believe it or not, St. Francis is proving to be one of our better non-con opponents from the RPI perspective, at least recently. 8-4 in conference and a legit contender in the NEC.

[GoldenDieners32]

Lunardi's new bracket has us as a 9 seed playing USC and Gonzaga the 1 seed. Keep in mind USC is KR old school. Also i think we could take the Zags

[Bocephys]

Lunardi's new bracket has us as a 9 seed playing USC and Gonzaga the 1 seed. Keep in mind USC is KR old school. Also i think we could take the Zags

and he once again noted on twitter that the bubble is historically bad this year.

[Newsdreams]

I believe it was supposed to be a home and home with Utah but it fell through. Only option was to get a grambling level opponent. Hurts more than it helps

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