Now that VCU has the win we sit and watch tonight's games. We would like Duquesne to beat Loyola and Bona to beat UMass. Boom! then VCU has a one game cushion ahead of UMass and is tied with Loyola for 2nd place holding the tiebreaker. Loyola has to play at the Palumbo Center and UMass is at the Reilly Center.
Actually, if Bona beats UMass it would be a two game cushion over the Minutemen.
Yep. VCU needs them to trip up because their remaining schedule is pretty weak.
The analytics seem to have some interesting predictions…
Torvik is showing 5-4 for Loyola and 4-4 for us.
I don't think I see four losses in the remaining schedule. I guess it only takes dropping one if we lose out to Dayton and Westhampton spins out a home win, so I get it - but I don't see four losses. I also didn't see losing to Norfolk State, though. It's been an exciting season. Constantly on pins and needles.
Rowdy or @Violet Ram is there a way figure out which opponent on today's slate (OOC or Conference) statistically would bring the greatest impact to our NET if they won?Sure it's super Early... but the Nat'l Champ. is over. Might as well get it started. So if ya'll see any games for next year go ahead & drop em in.
Out of Conference Opponents
McNeese St. (0-0) - November 6th
Samford (0-0)- November 10th
Radford (0-0)- November 15th
Seattle (0-0)- November 18th
Iowa State* (0-0)- ESPN Invitation- November 23
Virginia Tech / Boise State (0-0)- ESPN Invitation- November 24
Penn State / Texas A&M/ Florida Atlantic / Butler (0-0)- ESPN Invitation- November 26
Norfolk State (0-0)- December 1st
Memphis- (0-0)- December 6th
Alcorn State (0-0)- December 10th
Temple (0-0)... December 16th
Maryland-Eastern Shore- December 22
Gardner-Webb (0-0)- December 30
High Point (0-0)- ?
Conference Opponents
La Salle (0-0) (0-0 in A-10)
Duquesne (0-0) (0-0 in A-10)
Davidson (0-0) (0-0 in A-10)
Loyola-Chicago (0-0) (0-0 in A-10)
Dayton x2 (0-0) (0-0 in A-10)
UMass (0-0) (0-0 in A-10)
Richmond x2 (0-0) (0-0 in A-10)
George Mason (0-0) (0-0 in A-10)
St. Bonaventure x2 (0-0) (0-0 in A-10)
Saint Louis x2 (0-0) (0-0 in A-10)
Rhode Island (0-0) (0-0 in A-10)
Fordham (0-0) (0-0 in A-10)
Saint Joseph's (0-0) (0-0 in A-10)
George Washington (0-0) (0-0 in A-10)
Also Just for Future Reference.....
2023-24 Conference Dockets
Projected 2024 rankings from BartTorvik.com . America East Conference American Athletic Conference Atlantic 10 Conference ...d1docket.blogspot.com
I don't think so. NET's formula isn't public. Plus you would need to add scoring margins. For games involving opponents playing each other, it's likely a zero sum game though there may be a minor benefit for someone winning against the better team (note if we play one team twice and the other once, the team that we play twice will have a bigger impact on our NET).
With my rose-colored readers, I think the analytics are way off for us. As noted, last night was just the 8th game (of 23) in which we have been at full strength. I haven't been able to find a cumulative games-lost list, but seem to remember we were one of the most-impacted teams nationally w/r/t man-games lost.
Be wary of the tremendous UMass home crowd…
I think Torvik and KenPom are rating DL’s favorite team differently…
