(12-11-2014 12:10 AM)ljmhurons Wrote:  

(12-10-2014 11:51 PM)rayEMU Wrote:  EMU sagarine rating is 86 and rpi rating is 55. It is still a little early for these numbers.
But good start so far .

Thinking ahead, to get an at large bid to the NCAA a team generally needs to be at least in the top 40. And that's no guarantee. Sometimes you'll see one past 40, but it's pretty rare.

Teams with RPI's in the 50's and 60's get in here and there. It's all about quality wins and minimizing bad losses. For us to be in the at-large conversation, we would need to win the rest of our OOC games and probably only lose 1 or 2 conference games, and then lose in our conference final. Plus we'd have to hope like hell that Michigan, Michigan State, and Dayton all kick some ass in their conferences to make those wins/loss look better.

Highly, highly unlikely, but not completely out of the realm of possibility. Personally.

(12-11-2014 01:35 AM)toddjnsn Wrote:  Line from a classic Walmart Wolverine, in that forum:

Quote:We're about to lose to the piece of sh!t university that I attend.

Wow. I hate UM.

Another:

Quote:We're a football school again. This is all a smoke screen. #Harbaugh

No, you're not a football school again. You lost that a season or so ago, UM.

Quote:Fvck me. If this coaching hire goes bad I don't know how much more of this I can take.

Ummm, maybe you'll think twice about shopping at Walmart for once?

At 1:00AM...

Quote:This is fvcking bullsh!t on the planet of this sucks camel dick! JB will get us back, just remembered he is our coach. Whew!

Hey, be conservative on the camel dicks. Plenty of UM fans sucking on them right now. I'm sure you guys will be OK and get your Awesome Arrogance (AA) back.

i'm ashamed to say how much time i spent reading the UM message boards yesterday.

Sam,

I am looking at the rankings not for at-large considerations. But just to see where EMU stands among the rest of teams. Their current rankings are at the high end for mid-majors. Which is good start, and I am not saying they will stay there.

If we did talk at-large considerations, here are 68 teams in NCAA tournament. 15-20 seeds go to conference champions with rankings below that. So I think to get an at-large bid you probably need to be in 40s. Not saying there are not exceptions. EMU would not be in with these rankings.

(12-11-2014 08:40 AM)EMUAARON Wrote:  

(12-11-2014 01:35 AM)toddjnsn Wrote:  Line from a classic Walmart Wolverine, in that forum:

Quote:We're about to lose to the piece of sh!t university that I attend.

Wow. I hate UM.

Another:

Quote:We're a football school again. This is all a smoke screen. #Harbaugh

No, you're not a football school again. You lost that a season or so ago, UM.

Quote:Fvck me. If this coaching hire goes bad I don't know how much more of this I can take.

Ummm, maybe you'll think twice about shopping at Walmart for once?

At 1:00AM...

Quote:This is fvcking bullsh!t on the planet of this sucks camel dick! JB will get us back, just remembered he is our coach. Whew!

Hey, be conservative on the camel dicks. Plenty of UM fans sucking on them right now. I'm sure you guys will be OK and get your Awesome Arrogance (AA) back.

i'm ashamed to say how much time i spent reading the UM message boards yesterday.

Are these B1G (e.g., UofM and other schools) grads?

(12-11-2014 10:43 AM)rayEMU Wrote:  Sam,

I am looking at the rankings not for at-large considerations. But just to see where EMU stands among the rest of teams. Their current rankings are at the high end for mid-majors. Which is good start, and I am not saying they will stay there.

If we did talk at-large considerations, here are 68 teams in NCAA tournament. 15-20 seeds go to conference champions with rankings below that. So I think to get an at-large bid you probably need to be in 40s. Not saying there are not exceptions. EMU would not be in with these rankings.

Definitely not. But assuming we win out in the OOC, as I mentioned in the hypothetical (again, highly unlikely), our RPI would go up, because it would include the MSU and Missouri State road wins.

Nc State, Xavier, and Nebraska all got in last year with RPIs in the 50s. Iowa did too with an RPI of 60. The number doesn't mean as much as quality wins and minimal bad losses does.

(12-11-2014 10:48 AM)emu steve Wrote:  

(12-11-2014 08:40 AM)EMUAARON Wrote:  

(12-11-2014 01:35 AM)toddjnsn Wrote:  We're about to lose to the piece of sh!t university that I attend.

i'm ashamed to say how much time i spent reading the UM message boards yesterday.

Are these B1G (e.g., UofM and other schools) grads?

the quotes are from mgoblog. i assume it's a mixed bag of UM grads and UM slappies that went to EMU ( (see the first quote for an example) and other schools.

and please note that i'm not trying to frame Todd here, i just suck at formatting quotes.

(12-11-2014 10:53 AM)EMUAARON Wrote:  

(12-11-2014 10:48 AM)emu steve Wrote:  

(12-11-2014 08:40 AM)EMUAARON Wrote:  

(12-11-2014 01:35 AM)toddjnsn Wrote:  We're about to lose to the piece of sh!t university that I attend.

i'm ashamed to say how much time i spent reading the UM message boards yesterday.

Are these B1G (e.g., UofM and other schools) grads?

the quotes are from mgoblog. i assume it's a mixed bag of UM grads and UM slappies that went to EMU ( (see the first quote for an example) and other schools.

and please note that i'm not trying to frame Todd here, i just suck at formatting quotes.

I did see that first quote. Oh....

That poster must be a psychiatrist's dream. Lol.

http://emueagles.com/custompages/mbball/...120914.mp3

BTW, in case anyone needs a quick verbal refresh. :)

(12-11-2014 01:28 PM)emu steve Wrote:  http://emueagles.com/custompages/mbball/...120914.mp3

BTW, in case anyone needs a quick verbal refresh. :)

oh hell yeah! this is great. the only bummer about being at the game was that i didn't get to hear Chad call the game.

(12-11-2014 01:42 PM)EMUAARON Wrote:  

(12-11-2014 01:28 PM)emu steve Wrote:  http://emueagles.com/custompages/mbball/...120914.mp3

BTW, in case anyone needs a quick verbal refresh. :)

oh hell yeah! this is great. the only bummer about being at the game was that i didn't get to hear Chad call the game.

Yeah, Chad is very easy on the ears. He does a very nice job on PxP and his voice is very good for audio (believe me, there are some on ESPN whose voices are $%@^^$%^). Sean is really good on color.

(we've had some excellent folks over the years going back to my favorite, John Fountain).

The problem I had Tuesday night is that WEMU was about 15 seconds ahead of ESPNU.

BTW, FWIW, I have met Cory Alexander (color) before. Had a chance to talk with him this past summer. Mentioned my EMU roots. Little did I know that he would be doing one of our games. I'll see him next summer. He is involved in AAU ball in the D.C. area.

I kind of thought, out of 350 D-I teams does he know anything about us?

HELL YES!!!

(12-11-2014 01:54 PM)emu steve Wrote:  

(12-11-2014 01:42 PM)EMUAARON Wrote:  

(12-11-2014 01:28 PM)emu steve Wrote:  http://emueagles.com/custompages/mbball/...120914.mp3

BTW, in case anyone needs a quick verbal refresh. :)

oh hell yeah! this is great. the only bummer about being at the game was that i didn't get to hear Chad call the game.

Yeah, Chad is very easy on the ears. He does a very nice job on PxP and his voice is very good for audio (believe me, there are some on ESPN whose voices are $%@^^$%^). Sean is really good on color.

(we've had some excellent folks over the years going back to my favorite, John Fountain).

The problem I had Tuesday night is that WEMU was about 15 seconds ahead of ESPNU.

BTW, FWIW, I have met Cory Alexander (color) before. Had a chance to talk with him this past summer. Mentioned my EMU roots. Little did I know that he would be doing one of our games. I'll see him next summer. He is involved in AAU ball in the D.C. area.

I kind of thought, out of 350 D-I teams does he know anything about us?

HELL YES!!!

I thought Cory did an excellent job on the U of M game, first time I've seen and heard him.

Stopping by to say huge props for beating Michigan. Victory of the year for the MAC, in my opinion. Looks like EMU has a possible tourney team this year. Happy for you guys.

(12-11-2014 05:12 PM)ChuckNorris Wrote:  Stopping by to say huge props for beating Michigan. Victory of the year for the MAC, in my opinion. Looks like EMU has a possible tourney team this year. Happy for you guys.

It is a good time to be a fan of the MI-based MAC teams.

WMU and CMU in football.

WMU in hoops last season (and EMU too).

EMU, as you indicate, is a possible tourney team.

I'm enjoying MAC sports a lot these days...

this win went a long in getting us a good tournament bid that is id uofm can turn it around if they keep losing then this win loses a lot of it's luster.

(12-11-2014 10:43 AM)rayEMU Wrote:  Sam,

I am looking at the rankings not for at-large considerations. But just to see where EMU stands among the rest of teams. Their current rankings are at the high end for mid-majors. Which is good start, and I am not saying they will stay there.

If we did talk at-large considerations, here are 68 teams in NCAA tournament. 15-20 seeds go to conference champions with rankings below that. So I think to get an at-large bid you probably need to be in 40s. Not saying there are not exceptions. EMU would not be in with these rankings.

Wikipedia: The tournament teams include champions from 32 Division I conferences (which receive automatic bids), and 36 teams which are awarded at-large berths.

LJM, good point that I am not being very precise- you are a good EMU man.

I was assuming 15-20 conference champrions would be ranked low and take away bids from higher ranked at large teams. (other conference champs are highly ranked and therefore not taking spots away from anyone since they would be at-large as well). Now that you point out the are 32 conferences, than I would say the number15-20 is higher.

But my point is you need to shoot for being in the 40s to get at large bid. ie, 68-20=48. The selection committee goes by this almost to a T. Check it out in March, it is uncanny how it effects bids and seeding.

As Sam points out there are few exceptions towards the lower ranked at large teams every year. A team in the low 40s might be slumping towards the end of the year, and a team in the 50s is on a hot streak. So selection committee will bid the 50s team.

(my kid wants to put some of the characters in. so the following has nothing to do with the post.)

(12-11-2014 01:35 AM)toddjnsn Wrote:  Line from a classic Walmart Wolverine, in that forum:

Quote:We're about to lose to the piece of sh!t university that I attend.

Wow. I hate UM.

Seriously, if you think your university is such a piece of **** then attend Community College and transfer to scUM or go to another ******* UofM school. Eastern is not a bad school, I don't understand how people around here don't understand that.

(12-11-2014 08:17 PM)DexterDevil Wrote:  

(12-11-2014 01:35 AM)toddjnsn Wrote:  Line from a classic Walmart Wolverine, in that forum:

Quote:We're about to lose to the piece of sh!t university that I attend.

Wow. I hate UM.

Seriously, if you think your university is such a piece of **** then attend Community College and transfer to scUM or go to another ******* UofM school. Eastern is not a bad school, I don't understand how people around here don't understand that.

One thing about that quote as Toddjnsn is trying to make clear:

I believe he is quoting someone who said something.

Not sure we know who the person was who originally posted it on a forum.

I don't believe the person is a poster on our or the MAC forum. I got the impression it was from a UofM forum.

I don't go to UofM forums for sports enlightenment.

That Quote is indeed from the m forum. Could anyone doubt that?

Just now looking around the photo gallery on EMUEagles.com. Found these two pics, which I love, and wanted to share.