OFFICIAL: BATTLE FOR ATLANTIS GAME THREADS

[mustangxc]

You can be an 8 or 9 loss team and make the show when you are in the ACC or the Big East. What is the number for a third or fourth AAC team? Six honest losses? Seven? Eight?

That’s what I’m guessing we’ll be dealing with come March.

Just for grins:
Two “good losses” this week.
USC at home
Three total to Cincy/WSU
THATS six.

Add one unexpected conference loss and one more OOC..... 8.

Not much margin for error here.

I would say 8 losses would get us in comfortably as a 9/10/11 seed if we have 2-3 real quality wins (TCU, One of WSU/UC, Temple, and maybe another surprise)

Cincy got in at 22-9 in 2015 and Tulsa snuck in with 10 losses, because they beat us at home. Teams in the ACC get in with 11 and 12 losses sometimes. If we keep it to 8 losses we should be fine. 9-10 puts us squarely on the bubble.

Let’s see how all of OOC goes before we get to worried about this though.

The 2013/14 team called and said you are full of it.

He said 9-10 losses would put us squarely on the bubble. That team had 9 losses and was the first team out of the NCAA tournament according to the committee so I would say they were on the bubble.

[Rebel10]

We need quality wins.

[DanFreibergerForHeisman]

I did enjoy the WKU player paying tribute to Loverboy.

[One Trick Pony]

It's game day mofos

[DanFreibergerForHeisman]

Pony Up!

Two more hours!

[sadderbudweiser]

It's game day mofos

Tiki bar time.

[SMU_Alum11]

Man I’m nervous about this game... I really hope we can win. I’m glad Vegas is getting more confidence. We moved to 8.5 spread.

[PonyFan32]

[quote="sadderbudweiser"]You can be an 8 or 9 loss team and make the show when you are in the ACC or the Big East. What is the number for a third or fourth AAC team? Six honest losses? Seven? Eight?

That’s what I’m guessing we’ll be dealing with come March.

Just for grins:
Two “good losses” this week.
USC at home
Three total to Cincy/WSU
THATS six.

Add one unexpected conference loss and one more OOC..... 8.

Not much margin for error here.

I would say 8 losses would get us in comfortably as a 9/10/11 seed if we have 2-3 real quality wins (TCU, One of WSU/UC, Temple, and maybe another surprise)

Cincy got in at 22-9 in 2015 and Tulsa snuck in with 10 losses, because they beat us at home. Teams in the ACC get in with 11 and 12 losses sometimes. If we keep it to 8 losses we should be fine. 9-10 puts us squarely on the bubble.

Let’s see how all of OOC goes before we get to worried about this though.

The 2013/14 team called and said you are full of it.

It's funny to me that we even have to discuss this. AAC in 2017-18 is not the AAC of 2013-14, namely because of WSU. Not a fair comparison. Nor is our profile to outside observers the same. And our OOC schedule is tougher. Totally different.

Not saying we make it in with 10+ losses but let's not be triggered by a situation that is not like this one.

[Mustangs35SMU]

Pony Up.

[BUS]

Mustangs up next.

[Charleston Pony]

So much for that Nova vs Zona showdown

[Rebel10]

N.C. State beat Zona.

[edwa]

Can anyone from the arena check in and tell us how many SMU fans there are?

[Arkpony]

8:32 and no game yet on ESPN3

[Grant Carter]

8:32 and no game yet on ESPN3

The game is scheduled to start at 8:43