VCU's RPI leaves less room for error

morrisar said:
http://www2.timesdispatch.com/sports/college-sports/2011/jan/03/TDSPORT06-vcus-rpi-leaves-less-room-for-error-ar-748938/

"With how well our league has done," — five teams are 9-4 or better, four more are at least .500 — "there's probably about four or five teams who have an opportunity to have an at-large bid," VCU coach Shaka Smart said.
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WOW! More spin...

If it's an attempt to make every one of our losses seem like they all came at the hand of Duke and each of our wins look Big East coliber, then it falls severely short.

Sometimes I wonder if "basketball coach" is just Smart's part-time job and the rest of his days are devoted to another profession. How can you be a head coach, and have even minimal awareness, and believe that Wofford is a 20 win team that provided a big, big win for our program and also think that our league has as many as 5 teams with potential for at large berths? With all due respect, what is he watching? Did 3 or 4 Big East teams join the CAA overnight?

I can think of perhaps a maximum of 2 programs, and more than likely only Old Dominion (unfortunately) at this juncture that would even be in the at large conversation.
 
They all still 'have the opportunity.'

Any one of the top 100 RPI teams have the opportunity to run the table from here on out, and lose in the CAA championship.

Did he say that any of 5 teams would "likely be at large contenders?" No, his quote was: "there's probably about four or five teams who have an opportunity to have an at-large bid. . ."

I see three qualifiers in there, the word probably, the "four or five" and the word opportunity.

The only person doing any spinning here is you.
 
Pavarotti said:
They all still 'have the opportunity.'

Any one of the top 100 RPI teams have the opportunity to run the table from here on out, and lose in the CAA championship.

Did he say that any of 5 teams would "likely be at large contenders?" No, his quote was: "there's probably about four or five teams who have an opportunity to have an at-large bid. . ."

I see three qualifiers in there, the word probably, the "four or five" and the word opportunity.

The only person doing any spinning here is you.
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Really?
What teams do you see getting an at-large bid if they don't win the CAA tourney? If ODU gets upset, they could get one. That's about it.
 
Every CAA team has 17 games left. 16 CAA + 1 bracket buster. Then 3 games in the CAA tournament.

Any team could finish that stretch on a 19+ game win streak, and go into the CAA final. Let's say Delaware doesn't lose again until the CAA championship. They would finish 26-7, winning 19 of their last 20, and probably have an RPI in the 40's. That's a bubble team.

Do I think that will happen? Absolutely not, however it could.
 
Realistically, I think ODU needs a 15-3 performance, a bracket buster win on national TV, and a loss in the CAA championship. I think Drexel would have to do better than that.

I'm just pointing out that a number of things are possible, but I agree that none of them are probable. I don't think ODU or Drexel will have 3 losses or less in the CAA by the time the dust settles. I think the CAA will be won by a team with 4 or more losses, and a team with 7 losses could manage the 4th seed.
 
Pavarotti said:
Every CAA team has 17 games left. 16 CAA + 1 bracket buster. Then 3 games in the CAA tournament.

Any team could finish that stretch on a 19+ game win streak, and go into the CAA final. Let's say Delaware doesn't lose again until the CAA championship. They would finish 26-7, winning 19 of their last 20, and probably have an RPI in the 40's. That's a bubble team.

Do I think that will happen? Absolutely not, however it could.
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I see what you're saying, but even if that does happen, I don't think there's an at-large for the CAA this year. There have been past seasons when 2-3 teams from our league deserved to make the NCAA, but only 1 got in. And I feel as a whole, the CAA isn't as good as it has been in recent years.

Honestly, I don't see anyone besides the CAA champ getting in.
 
Pavarotti said:
They all still 'have the opportunity.'

Any one of the top 100 RPI teams have the opportunity to run the table from here on out, and lose in the CAA championship.

Did he say that any of 5 teams would "likely be at large contenders?" No, his quote was: "there's probably about four or five teams who have an opportunity to have an at-large bid. . ."

I see three qualifiers in there, the word probably, the "four or five" and the word opportunity.

The only person doing any spinning here is you.
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Ok, well I also still have the opportunity to out earn Bill Gates, purchase a house on the moon, and marry Jessica Alba. Though I also operate in reality and not theory. There arent 5 CAA teams worthy of at lrage consideration, and there certainly wont be come selection time.

It feels more and more like we're supposed to believe that we're playing in the ACC and our losses really arent that bad and our wins are of monumental proportions.
 
Give it a darn rest already! We are struggling, yes. We can all see that and figure it out. What friggin' point are you trying to prove by rubbing it in everyone's faces at every darn opportunity????????????
 
VCU4LIFE said:
Give it a darn rest already! We are struggling, yes. We can all see that and figure it out. What friggin' point are you trying to prove by rubbing it in everyone's faces at every darn opportunity????????????
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"If we had hired Josh Pastner, we'd be ranked right now!"

:?
 
Only thing worse than VCU losing is having douchebags rub crap in everyone's face. Its not helping. How about you spend your time doing something else like maybe suing someone?
 
VCU4LIFE said:
Give it a darn rest already! We are struggling, yes. We can all see that and figure it out. What friggin' point are you trying to prove by rubbing it in everyone's faces at every darn opportunity????????????
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So you are now able to admit we are struggling? That is a HUGE step for you. You've overcome Confusion/Agitation then Denial then Anger/Depression. Congrats! Welcome to the "Uneasy Acceptance" phase!

:D
 
While Old Dominion appears to be the favorite, it'd appear that the rest of the league will be wide open. Some leagues are top heavy; others have one dominant team and others far, far removed. It appears that the CAA would qualify as a "middle heavy" league this year. Programs that had been down slowly on the rise (JMU for example) and programs that had been dominant regressing to the field (VCU for example). Should be one entertaining tournament with much on the line. That is, of course, unless 5 teams have locked up at large berths by that time.

And with this post, I've accomplished something that two of the three previous posters were unable to accomplish; completing sentence without "friggin", "crap", "darn", or "d-bag". Stay classy, boys.
 
4RunningRam said:
That is, of course, unless 5 teams have locked up at large berths by that time.
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The CAA "could" get 12 teams into the NCAA tournament... Georgia State is one of them, making last night a "good" loss!

- Coach Speak
 
morrisar said:
4RunningRam said:
That is, of course, unless 5 teams have locked up at large berths by that time.
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The CAA "could" get 12 teams into the NCAA tournament... Georgia State is one of them, making last night a "good" loss!

- Coach Speak
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You guys are spinning this. He was saying that 4 or 5 teams in CAA have the potential to grab the CAA's potential for an at-large berth... Shaka's not dumb. Turning this thread into Fox News IS dumb :)
 
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