Deacsfan27
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Currently we would be a Q1 win for Clemson since we are 75th, but if they beat us we will not be 75th any longer, so it's Q2. SAD !
Agreed, but no two years are the same. The bar should be a little lower for ACC teams record wise this year because the league is improved and other leagues (A10, Big East, B10) are trending towards less bids than usual. It also really depends on what we do in in the ACC Tournament. Grab 2 wins there including a Q1 and all of the sudden 12-8 regular season ACC record should be more than enough. Go 12-8 and get bounced by BC or FSU and we'll really be sweating on Selection Sunday.This is NOT scientific at all, but there are 13 games left in the season.
I know there are metrics and quads and all sorts of things that I pay a lot of attention to.
HOWEVER
I am looking at it as simple as this:
6-7 or worse = No NCAA Tourney
7-6 = Sweating on Selection Sunday; Work to do in ACC Tourney
8-5 or better = NCAAs
6-7 gets us to 19-12 (11-9) - That just doesn't feel like enough, regardless of who the Ws and Ls are against.
7-6 is 20-11 (12-8) - Depends on a lot of things, including who we beat and what the ACC standings look like.
8-5 is 21-10 (13-7) - Feels like enough with this schedule. 8 wins from here would mean there were some impressive victories in there. You can't get to that number without piling up some Q1s and moving up significantly in NET.
So, while I'll continue to look at the metrics almost daily, it feels to me like 8 wins over the next 13 is enough to get the job done.
Wake can alleviate that concern by making it a Q1 L for Clemson.Currently we would be a Q1 win for Clemson since we are 75th, but if they beat us we will not be 75th any longer, so it's Q2. SAD !
Agreed, but no two years are the same. The bar should be a little lower for ACC teams record wise this year because the league is improved and other leagues (A10, Big East, B10) are trending towards less bids than usual. It also really depends on what we do in in the ACC Tournament. Grab 2 wins there including a Q1 and all of the sudden 12-8 regular season ACC record should be more than enough. Go 12-8 and get bounced by BC or FSU and we'll really be sweating on Selection Sunday.
This year it would be extremely unlikely for 13-7 to not get us in. It would take Wisconsin and Duke stinking the rest of the year and multiple bid stealers in conference tournaments. Last year we didn't have a single quad 1 win. If we get to 13-7 this year, we will have had at least 4 or 5. Totally different scenarios. Our minimum of 4 games left against State, UNC, and Duke are going to be huge for everyone involved, which is really fun.Wake barely missed the top 4 at 13-7. And even though we thought Wake was on the bubble after losing to BC, Wake wasn't even one of the first four out and was a #2 seed in the NIT.
I know the OOC is stronger this year and the ACC schedule may be stronger too. But I'd feel a whole lot better at 14-6 or in the top 4.
Hear you, but part of that is the ACC moved to 20 game schedule last year.I will never get used to an ACC team needing 14 conference wins to be considered a safe NCAA bid.
Almost said ~70% win percentage, because of this. You get the point, regardless.Hear you, but part of that is the ACC moved to 20 game schedule last year.
That's not the case. Last year was a huge anomaly because of Notre Dame having a ridiculously unbalanced ACC schedule playing the bottom 6 all twice and top 8 all once, and us playing absolutely nobody in non-conference and crapping the bed in Brooklyn. There will most likely be 7 ACC teams in the tournament this year including at least one at 12-8. Would be shocked to see a 13-7 team left out this year, whereas we all saw it as a possibility last year even this early on.I will never get used to an ACC team needing 14 conference wins to be considered a safe NCAA bid.
It's still jarring for those of us used to 7-9 being good enough to get in most years.Almost said ~70% win percentage, because of this. You get the point, regardless.
The Richmond coach gave a really good press conference statement on this. He basically explained that schools like Richmond are desperately trying to schedule series with power conference teams, but they're having no success. By going to 20 league games, the major conferences have made it nearly impossible for good mid majors to rack up Q1 wins. The Mountain West and WCC might be the only two multi-bid mid majors if there aren't upsets in conference tournaments such as CofC losing in the CAA tourney.If it still matters I am sure I will waste way too much time looking at the bubble, but I have not done so yet. I did read this in the Athletic this week.
“It’s shaping up as a rough year for mid-major at-large bids.”
and
“Most every team outside the power conferences is going to have to win its league tournament.”
Interesting to look back at this for sure. Sub .500 teams in ACC play to get an at-large bid to the tournament since 1990:It's still jarring for those of us used to 7-9 being good enough to get in most years.
Mid-major at large bids have been the big shift making it tough for major conferences.If it still matters I am sure I will waste way too much time looking at the bubble, but I have not done so yet. I did read this in the Athletic this week.
“It’s shaping up as a rough year for mid-major at-large bids.”
and
“Most every team outside the power conferences is going to have to win its league tournament.”
I think this dovetails nicely with the discussion about ACC teams being able to get into the tournament more in the past with a losing conference record. I think for a while there was a pretty heavy bias towards major conference teams when it came to at-large spots and some of the recent changes in focus on stats/metrics/committee stuff has shaken that up. I'm sure some of the one off Final Four runs also helped that shift too.Mid-major at large bids have been the big shift making it tough for major conferences.