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JoeKidd wrote:If we thump Temple tomorrow and USF this weekend at home do we get any top 25 love.....or does this only happen after we beat Cinci on the road?

My guess would be that we would get votes after beating Temple and USF. I don't think we actually get into the top 25 unless we beat Cincy.

1983 Cotton Bowl wrote:

JoeKidd wrote:If we thump Temple tomorrow and USF this weekend at home do we get any top 25 love.....or does this only happen after we beat Cinci on the road?

My guess would be that we would get votes after beating Temple and USF. I don't think we actually get into the top 25 unless we beat Cincy.

That sounds fair.

1/4/2017

SMU 13-3 (3-0)

Daily:
Kenpom: 25 (+1) http://kenpom.com/index.php
Live RPI: 20 (+5) http://www.rpiforecast.com/live-rpi.html
RPI Forecast: 26 (+1) http://www.rpiforecast.com/index2.html
Sagarin: 31 (-1) http://www.usatoday.com/sports/ncaab/sagarin/
SonnyMoore: 26 (-1) http://sonnymoorepowerratings.com/m-basket.htm

Good for us that Pitt, TCU, CIncy, and USC are all top 30 rpi

pitt beat UVA if I read the espn scroll correctly

Sagarin's got us at #28 today. Interestingly, Baylor is #8.

1/9/2017

SMU 14-3 (4-0)

Daily:
Kenpom: 26 (-1) http://kenpom.com/index.php
Live RPI: 29 (-9) http://www.rpiforecast.com/live-rpi.html
RPI Forecast: 28 (-2) http://www.rpiforecast.com/index2.html
Sagarin: 29 (+2) http://www.usatoday.com/sports/ncaab/sagarin/
SonnyMoore: 26 (-) http://sonnymoorepowerratings.com/m-basket.htm

1/11/2017

SMU 14-3 (4-0)

Daily:
Kenpom: 26 (-) http://kenpom.com/index.php
Live RPI: 28 (+1) http://www.rpiforecast.com/live-rpi.html
RPI Forecast: 28 (-) http://www.rpiforecast.com/index2.html
Sagarin: 29 (-) http://www.usatoday.com/sports/ncaab/sagarin/
SonnyMoore: 26 (-) http://sonnymoorepowerratings.com/m-basket.htm

1/13/2017

SMU 14-4 (4-1)

Daily:
Kenpom: 26 (-) http://kenpom.com/index.php
Live RPI: 33 (-5) http://www.rpiforecast.com/live-rpi.html
RPI Forecast: 27 (+1) http://www.rpiforecast.com/index2.html
Sagarin: 29 (-) http://www.usatoday.com/sports/ncaab/sagarin/
SonnyMoore: 26 (-) http://sonnymoorepowerratings.com/m-basket.htm

the cincy loss didn't seem to hurt us in the rankings.

It did in RPI. And it hurt because we could have made a big jump and all but solidified tourny. What a gut punch

Lack of a marquee road win is going to be the narrative if they try to keep us out, assuming we win the vast majority of what's left on the schedule but don't end up winning the auto bid. Pitt neutral site win is what we have to hang our hat on there - of all the non-conference opponents, that's the one that we should be the biggest fans of.

I think if we win all our road games against decent teams like UCF and Houston and come in nonworse than 2nd in the conference, I think we will be fine getting into the tourney. We also need to make sure we do well in the conference and play Cincy in the finals. If that all happen, and we snubbed, then the NCAA needs to be taken down.

I have been an SMU fan too long to take anything for granted. There is nothing quite like winning your conference tournament. That's how we make sure we are in.

yeah the starting lineup has to remain healthy too for the rest of the schedule-that in itself is not easy to do for an entire season