Lunardi - First Four Out

[Charleston Pony]

I agree that with our non-conference wins and a 3rd place finish in the AAC we should be a lock for the NCAA...but I would not want to risk following up that 3rd place finish with a 1st round upset loss in the AAC Tourney to give the committee an "out"

[SMU_Alum11]

FWIW, Rothstein thinks we are a lock. He’s probably assuming we defend Moody and pick up wins where we are favored.

[RI Stang]

Moved up to first four out in the new Palm/CBS bracket this morning. I'm not sure why he has us below USC as it looks like we have a better resume when comparing the two, not even factoring in our head-to-head win. Also has us behind Boise and while they only have three losses, we are by far the best team they have played and we slaughtered them. Overall though I like where we are on his list and our potential to pass a number of teams above us.

Stating the obvious - just win.

[mustangxc]

Looking back at the 2015-16 season Cincinnati and Tulsa both made the NCAA tournament with 12-6 conference records. Cincinnati was 22-10 on selection Sunday and had lost in the first round of the conference tournament to UCONN. Tulsa was 20-11 on selection Sunday and had lost in the first round of the conference tournament to Memphis. I think our non-conference resume is equal to or better than either Tulsa or Cincinnati that season so if things fall right 12-6 in conference should be enough to get us into the NCAA tournament. Hopefully we manage to close out the season 8-3 or better and then win at least one conference tournament game.

[Charleston Pony]

Looking back at the 2015-16 season Cincinnati and Tulsa both made the NCAA tournament with 12-6 conference records. Cincinnati was 22-10 on selection Sunday and had lost in the first round of the conference tournament to UCONN. Tulsa was 20-11 on selection Sunday and had lost in the first round of the conference tournament to Memphis. I think our non-conference resume is equal to or better than either Tulsa or Cincinnati that season so if things fall right 12-6 in conference should be enough to get us into the NCAA tournament. Hopefully we manage to close out the season 8-3 or better and then win at least one conference tournament game.

8-3/12-6 conference finish would be strong

[PonyLawExpress]

Lunardi will have us in his "Last 4 in" tomorrow. UH is one spot ahead of us and Boise one spot behind as the last team in.

[RI Stang]

Lunardi will have us in his "Last 4 in" tomorrow. UH is one spot ahead of us and Boise one spot behind as the last team in.

Would play Syracuse in a First Four game in that bracket since we would have already played Houston and Boise.

[Pony_Law]

Would love to play any team that is committed to playing zone defense on us. We have too many shooters.

[RI Stang]

Would love to play any team that is committed to playing zone defense on us. We have too many shooters.

Have to love this bracket honestly - Syracuse, then Seton Hall in Dallas and then likely Ohio State. Obviously very unlikely to shake out this way but that would be an ideal scenario in my opinion.