Saturday has become a play in game

[PGsHeroes32]

I highly doubt they take 7 BE teams.

We ain't getting the nod over Providence if we lost both to them.

Hall is looking great barring completely unraveling.

Really gotta play our best game Saturday.

[MomofMUltiples]

You couldn't post this in one of the other gazillion threads where folks are discussing the importance of winning on Saturday?

Get a grip, people.

[jaygall31]

Agreed with you 100 percent.

[BM1090]

I highly doubt they take 7 BE teams.

We ain't getting the nod over Providence if we lost both to them.

Hall is looking great barring completely unraveling.

Really gotta play our best game Saturday.

No it hasn't. And X could still play their way out, honestly.

Win 2 of 3 and we're safe. That hasn't changed.

PC could easily lose at SJU, as well.

[PGsHeroes32]

You couldn't post this in one of the other gazillion threads where folks are discussing the importance of winning on Saturday?

Get a grip, people.

You gonna survive?

This is a completely different thread.

Talking about this 1 game. Between two teams in basically identical position now.

But that's for commenting

[JamilJaeJamailJrJuan]

No it hasn't. And X could still play their way out, honestly.

Win 2 of 3 and we're safe. That hasn't changed.

PC could easily lose at SJU, as well.

Hall still has to beat Gtown too because I doubt they win @ Butler. I'll concede Depaul.

Would be interesting to see what happens if we all finish 9-9. Wonder if PCs potential sweep of us outweighs their losses to Depaul and BC.

[BM1090]

And if you wanna get really optimistic, we now are in 4th place and control our destiny for 3rd.

[PGsHeroes32]

Hall still has to beat Gtown too because I doubt they win @ Butler. I'll concede Butler.

Would be interesting to see what happens if we all finish 9-9. Wonder if PCs potential sweep of us outweighs their losses to Depaul and BC.

Hall appears to be ok at 8-10.

Many had them in at 6-8. Now they have a top 50 win.

[BM1090]

Hall appears to be ok at 8-10.

Many had them in at 6-8. Now they have a top 50 win.

Everyone had us in at 7-7 so 9-9 we should be safe then...

[JamilJaeJamailJrJuan]

Everyone had us in at 7-7 so 9-9 we should be safe then...

Logic doesn't work that way!!

[bilsu]

Hall still has to beat Gtown too because I doubt they win @ Butler. I'll concede Depaul.

Would be interesting to see what happens if we all finish 9-9. Wonder if PCs potential sweep of us outweighs their losses to Depaul and BC.

Losses to St. John's and Georgetown by MU is not good either.

[BossplayaOtto]

It is Not a play-in game as if we lose to Providence but beat X and Creighton we are very likely in and there is still a decent chance to dance with 9-9 finish + wins in BET, which has been frequently discussed.

Of course, everyone would prefer a Win Saturday to enhance our chances give us some margin for error in last 2 games.

It is a big game and My prediction (hope) is that we get it done Saturday!!

If (when) we do, that doesn't mean the Friars are out either.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

No it is not a play in game. The committee will absolutely take 7 teams from the BEast if they deserve it. The B12 got 8/10 not too long ago. A lot of bubble teams from other conferences lost tonight. Good for the conference. If we lose to Providence, which is a big if, we still get in if we win @Xavier and home vs. Creighton.

[79Warrior]

No it is not a play in game. The committee will absolutely take 7 teams from the BEast if they deserve it. The B12 got 8/10 not too long ago. A lot of bubble teams from other conferences lost tonight. Good for the conference. If we lose to Providence, which is a big if, we still get in if we win @Xavier and home vs. Creighton.

Highly unlikely 7 from BE get in.

[forgetful]

Losses to St. John's and Georgetown by MU is not good either.

Georgetown RPI=77
St. Johns=123

Depaul RPI=223
BC RPI=204

Yeah, our losses look fine in comparison.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

I think people give Creighton too much credit since Mo Watson went down. They are 4-5 with home losses to Marquette, Providence, and a Sumner-less Xavier. Road losses to Georgetown and Hall. 2 of their 4 wins were gimmes against Depaul. One was a home win to Georgetown. Really their only win of significance was at Butler which is just one of those WTF games. I don't think Providence beating them was as big of an upset as some might think. I think we can beat them handily in Milwaukee.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Highly unlikely 7 from BE get in.

Why?

Nova, Butler, Creighton are locks.

X just needs to win @DPL and they are a lock.

Providence wins out and they are a lock.

Hall wins @DPL and vs. GTWN and they are a lock.

Marquette loses at Providence but wins @X and Creighton and they are a lock.

Very easy path to 7 bids for the Big East.

[MUfan12]

1.5 weeks left for the major conferences, plus the league tourneys. There's way too much time left to declare anything a play-in game. A lot can change.

I like MU's chances to get two out of the last three.

[GoldenZebra]

Providence looked dang good. They have won 3 straight...

[wadesworld]

The problem for the Big East is there's Nova and Butler, and then there's a whole lot of mediocre. Xavier would've been solid if healthy and Creighton very good if healthy. Unfortunately they aren't healthy and as a result the BE as a whole takes a hit.

MU getting separation from the middle of the pack would've been more important than keeping 7 teams alive for a bid in the BE. Let's pretend the BE gets 7 in. Sure that looks really good. But when the BE record in the NCAA Tournament is 5-7 that's not great. I would've been perfectly happy with 4 BE teams in as long as MU was one of them and 2 of them did well.

Good news is if we respect the process and go 1-0 on Saturday that gives us some of that separation that would help.

Work wins.

[Herman Cain]

We need to win all 3 of our remaining plus 1 BET game to get in. That would give us 21 wins.

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

We need to win all 3 of our remaining plus 1 BET game to get in. That would give us 21 wins.

Number of wins doesn't matter in the slightest. If we win our next 3 we're talking about seeding rather than if we're in or not.

[brewcity77]

Number of wins doesn't matter in the slightest. If we win our next 3 we're talking about seeding rather than if we're in or not.

Pretty sure he's just auditioning for Scoop Takes...

The Big East can and at this point probably should get 7 teams in.

[muguru]

Just realized that if MU wins Saturday there is a VERY likely chance, it will(at least for now) move into the 3 spot in the BE(Creighton @ Nova). That is EXACTLY where we want them to be or at least i do.

[GoldenDieners32]

Play some hard defense and we'll win