[Temple Defeated UTSA]

4 hours ago, ZacSr said:

One day the row will be broken 🙂 Sometimes after 5 defeats, sometimes after 10. It's in your hands.

https://www.sportskeeda.com/tennis/on-day-1980-vitas-gerulaitis-said-nobody-beats-vitas-gerulaitis-17-times-row-defeating-jimmy-connors

[Aaron/Rubin Stat]

[Tulane (3/14/24)]

[Tulane (3/14/24)]

Biggest game in the History of Western Civilization.

[Rice (3/9/24)]

Just now, Shark84 said:

Only gave up 19 2nd half points.

Yeah, that was the most impressive part of tonight's 'W'

[Rice (3/9/24)]

 

 

NT 71 -------- Rice 55

 

Final

[Rice (3/9/24)]

NT 59 -------- Rice 49

 

2:24 to go

 

Looking really good now.

[Rice (3/9/24)]

NT 56 -------- Rice 49

 

4:51 to go

 

Great defensive stands.

[Rice (3/9/24)]

NT 53 -------- Rice 47

 

7:56 to go

 

Getting into crunch time.  Our defense has really stepped up this half.

[Rice (3/9/24)]

NT 53 -------- Rice 45

 

10:09 to go

 

Feels like we are starting to take over.

[Rice (3/9/24)]

NT 47 -------- Rice 45

 

11:23 to go

 

Scott hit a huge trey to put us back up.

[Rice (3/9/24)]

Rice 42 -------- NT 42

 

14:42 to go

 

Good guys hitting some big buckets.

 

 

[Rice (3/9/24)]

Able to get the Rice audio.  Better than nothing.

[Rice (3/9/24)]

No, we haven't won all season while trailing at the break.

[Rice (3/9/24)]

Can't get the varsity audio to work.  Guess I'll have to follow on the gamecast.

[AAC Tourney]

32 minutes ago, greenminer said:

So, last 10 games are taken into account to hold it against USF, but the now-hypothetical winning streak and ranking would have been a non-factor.

Unfortunate and dumb.

It's just another bad loss for a team with few good wins.  Their NET ranking isn't close to being good enough to getting in off of that.

[AAC Tourney]

South Florida going down today to Tulsa probably does guarantee they need to win the AAC tournament to get in.

[NIT Bracketology (3/6/24)]

12 minutes ago, greenminer said:

USF became ranked during the last 10 games of the season.  Does that get ignored, too?

Does the committee freeze the rankings at WK16 and ignore anything that moves up/down after that?

No, but they don't take the voted on rankings into consideration.  I remember the year a top 20 Gonzaga team got a 9 seed in the tournament. 

[AAC Tourney]

Other than FAU, I think it's gonna be win and in for all of us.  And even for the Owls they may need to win a game to solidify it.

[Rice (3/9/24)]

I'll probably have to join the game in broadcast.  Have something going on here in a bit and may not be back for tipoff.

[NIT Bracketology (3/6/24)]

3 minutes ago, greenminer said:

Body of work vs. current quality of performance.

If the committee says they want to use the AL bids to invite the next best teams based on quality of play RIGHT NOW, USF - currently ranked by coaches USF -  should be considered and the impact of those Q4 losses takes a back seat to how well they are playing RIGHT NOW.  IMO, USF clearly figured something out and is not the same team that lost those early games.

But that's not what is going to happen.  The committee will look at all those middle major teams that carry good brand, with little to celebrate or hold against them, and find ways to put them in.  The easiest way to do that is to find mid majors with Q4 losses, even early ones like USF's that clearly are not indicative of how they are playing right now - and leave them out of the convo by holding those losses against them.

Just my idiot 0.02, but when it comes to selecting teams, the committee is not consistent about basing their selections on body of work vs. current quality of performance.  And it can be super frustrating how it seems to (usually) work against the mid-majors.
 

About a decade ago the committee dropped record in the last ten games as a criteria.  How you're playing right now doesn't play into how they select teams...at least not consciously.

[Rice (3/9/24)]

5 hours ago, HoosMeanGreen said:

What is your definition of a run? 1-1?

My guess is at least the semis.  I think it's possible we could make a run, but since we're probably gonna be facing FAU in the quarters, I wouldn't expect it.

[Will we have anymore HOF players]

1 hour ago, greenminer said:

Hanging jerseys in the Super Pit when they are not retired.  Are we the only ones that do this, or are there other programs?  @CMJ?

I think UNC does it too.  I remember reading Duke fans giving them a hard time about it once.

[2024 March Madness Thread]

Usually 8/9 games are competitive.

[Attendance Tracker]

Thanks for tracking that all season for us.