Volleyball: NCAA Tournament Selection Show

[DanFreibergerForHeisman]

The NCAA volleyball selection show is tonight at 7:30 on ESPNU.

The Mustangs are hoping for their first bid in program history. The "experts" have us on the bubble.

The committee has the RPI ratings that will be released tomorrow. SMU should move up to the 39-41 range based on the projections, but we were 43 last week.

SMU's case for the tournament:

Pros
RPI (43)
Record (26-6)
Win over Oklahoma (RPI 22)
Strong finish (10-1 in last 11 with only loss in five sets at RPI 33 UCF)

Cons
2-3 vs. RPI Top 50
7-5 vs. RPI Top 100
Loss at RPI 148 San Francisco

For reference, these teams are generally considered to be the bubble (with their RPI). Twelve of these teams would make the tournament.

28 Miami (FL)
30 Hawaii
31 Lipscomb
35 Oregon State
38 LSU
39 Loyola Marymount
40 Cal State-Northridge
41 Arizona State
42 San Diego
43 SMU
44 Ohio
45 Santa Clara
46 Utah
47 Virginia Tech
48 Pacific
49 Minnesota
50 Michigan State
51 Pittsburgh
52 Tulsa
54 Purdue
55 Seton Hall

Let's all hope the selection committee makes the right choice on SMU today!

[pwnyxpress]

Hopefully they will announce the good news at the basketball game tonight

[DanFreibergerForHeisman]

Hopefully they will announce the good news at the basketball game tonight

The is potential for a lot of good news to be announced at the basketball game tonight...

[pwnyxpress]

True! Maybe Ponyboy can reallocate the statue fund to throw a big PFer party!

[Terry Webster]

#50 Michigan state was selected. Said it was one of the last chosen.

[fifty]

Ncaa must have a position dedicated to screwing smu forever.

[Terry Webster]

Disappointing.

[DanFreibergerForHeisman]

Just ridiculous.

[DanFreibergerForHeisman]

Second time in five seasons SMU is the highest RPI left out of the tournament. That is BS no matter how you slice it.

[smusic 00]

Wow. That's horrible.

[fifty]

We need to either join the Southland conference for volleyball or have a top-10 RPI to make it.

[EastStang]

Not good at all. We've had a great body of work the last 10 years, at some point that should be recognized. We just have to win it all next year. We need to go in knowing that unless we win the conference we have no hope.

[lwjr]

#50 Michigan state was selected. Said it was one of the last chosen.

What was SMU's ranking?

[DanFreibergerForHeisman]

#50 Michigan state was selected. Said it was one of the last chosen.

What was SMU's ranking?

43 last week. Likely 40 or 41 in the RPI used by the committee yesterday.

[Terry Webster]

The p5's get preferential treatment in pretty much every sport now.