OldGoldBeard
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We have 8 games left, not 6
Not to be a downer, but there is no way in the world we would be in the tournament at this point. That is a pipe dream. We are 0-6 against the top 25, which means that we have no good wins. Put another way, we are #29 in RPI, which sounds great, except that according to the RPI metric, we haven't beaten a single team above us all year. Or looked at a different way, out best win is against the #66 RPI team. I think we have no shot unless we go at least 4-2 to finish with at least one of those wins being at ND or at Duke.
First team out in Lunardi's update today: http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/bracketology.
That said, I think we'd get in over Miami -- his last team in -- at this point. I don't think them beating UNC is enough to overcome their terribad non-conf SOS (compared to our excellent one), and that we're better in the metrics, and that we crushed them H2H
Yeah barring a total collapse down the stretch Wake will either make the NCAAT or be a top three or four favorite to win the NIT.
Jerry Palm (CBS) doesn't have us at all:
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/bracketology
Last four in: Seton Hall, Iowa State, Oklahoma State, TCU
First four out: Georgetown, Kansas State, North Carolina State, Rhode Island
BR had us fourth team out on Jan 30.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...-bracket-latest-projection-of-the-field-of-68
But we're not listed as one of their 12 bubble teams in their stock watch.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...-2017-stock-watch-for-bubble-teams-at-week-13
I wasn't acting like they were. I was just providing that we'll likely make postseason play.
I'm going to go find the thread for win predictions this year and bump it so we can see how people's stated expectations now on what Manning has accomplished in year three meshes with comments made prior to the season.
I don't recall many saying that this year was going to be an NCAAT year, so following that (if it turns out that my memory is correct) it would seem having us on the bubble shows we're a little bit ahead of schedule under Manning.
69. Seton Hall | 70. Miami-FL | 71. Wichita State | 72. Georgetown |
73. Wake Forest | 74. Rhode Island | 75. Texas Tech | 76. NC State |
CBS http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/bracketology
Last four in: Miami (FL), Seton Hall, Michigan, Syracuse
First four out: Arkansas, Rhode Island, Georgia Tech, Wake Forest
The Sports Bank http://www.thesportsbank.net/core/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/2017-Bracketology-1.jpg
11 seed vs. West Virginia
Bracketville https://bracketville.wordpress.com/s-curve/
69. Seton Hall
70. Miami-FL
71. Wichita State 72. Georgetown 73. Wake Forest 74. Rhode Island 75. Texas Tech 76. NC State