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(01-16-2016 09:06 AM)ATTALLABLAZE Wrote:  I see us anywhere from 9 to 12 depending on what losses we have if we win conference USA If someone comes out of nowhere to win the conference tournament then yeah I could see them at 14

Yeah that's not gonna happen. UAB's SOS alone will prevent us from being anything higher than a 12-seed. The committee says the Conference's RPI doesn't factor into seeding but we all know that's a lieand thus another strike against UAB. If UAB had beaten Auburn and VA Tech I would be somewhat willing to side with you. But UAB has no signature wins and will probably have no top 50 RPI wins. That type of resume from a one bid conference does not get you a 9 to 12 seeding. It just doesn't.

(01-16-2016 09:36 AM)BamaScorpio69 Wrote:  

(01-16-2016 09:06 AM)ATTALLABLAZE Wrote:  I see us anywhere from 9 to 12 depending on what losses we have if we win conference USA If someone comes out of nowhere to win the conference tournament then yeah I could see them at 14

Yeah that's not gonna happen. UAB's SOS alone will prevent us from being anything higher than a 12-seed. The committee says the Conference's RPI doesn't factor into seeding but we all know that's a lieand thus another strike against UAB. If UAB had beaten Auburn and VA Tech I would be somewhat willing to side with you. But UAB has no signature wins and will probably have no top 50 RPI wins. That type of resume from a one bid conference does not get you a 9 to 12 seeding. It just doesn't.

I agree. Depending on the bubble we could maybe get an 11. But that would take a crazy run by us, and a soft bubble. I'm with you in that a 12 seed is probably best case scenario.

We will see. I just giggle after I keep reading we won't be higher than a 15. Then a 14 then a 12. In a couple weeks people we'll say we won't be higher than an 11.

(01-16-2016 02:10 PM)ATTALLABLAZE Wrote:  We will see. I just giggle after I keep reading we won't be higher than a 15. Then a 14 then a 12. In a couple weeks people we'll say we won't be higher than an 11.

Our rpi can't get much better than around 50 as far as I've seen. Based off of that, and that alone, I see no way we can get a single digit seed. Deserved or not, the selection committee has been very consistent in punishing teams that play crap schedules.

Like I said we will see. If we win out I can see a nine. If not I can see see double digits most likely. As I keep say there is a lot of basketball left and an finite number of combinations that can factor into our final rpi. All I really care about is beating Charlotte tonight. All this speculation is worth a roll of wet toilet paper. I felt all along if we had a string year we would be an 11. Great year who knows? Everyone harps on the 14 last year but forgets how bad an early tear we had. If LT had won it they would have been an 11 or 13. 12s are generally the last ones in with an at large. A lot of ball left. Beat Charlotte.

(01-16-2016 03:49 PM)ATTALLABLAZE Wrote:  Like I said we will see. If we win out I can see a nine. If not I can see see double digits most likely. As I keep say there is a lot of basketball left and an finite number of combinations that can factor into our final rpi. All I really care about is beating Charlotte tonight. All this speculation is worth a roll of wet toilet paper. I felt all along if we had a string year we would be an 11. Great year who knows? Everyone harps on the 14 last year but forgets how bad an early tear we had. If LT had won it they would have been an 11 or 13. 12s are generally the last ones in with an at large. A lot of ball left. Beat Charlotte.

We shall see because I have never seen a 9-seed conference champ with an RPI over 60 and a SOS in the 200's.

I'll take your word for it because I'm not wasting my time to look it up like I said before there's a lot of basketball to be played and a lot of scenarios to work itself out and I also stated if we ran the table. Any speculation at this point is pretty much worthless. Do I think we'll have a nine seed no I just said it was a possibility if we ran the table but you seemed fixated on it. Arguing about where we're going to be seated at this point is about like arguing which cat has more fleas.

If we ran the table our RPI is projected to be 53. Our projected SOS would still be over 250. Not gonna be a 9 -seed with that, maybe an 11 or 12 seed but not a single digit seed. But we'll see or probably not since UAB chances of running the table in CUSA is less than 1%.

(01-16-2016 04:39 PM)ATTALLABLAZE Wrote:  I'll take your word for it because I'm not wasting my time to look it up like I said before there's a lot of basketball to be played and a lot of scenarios to work itself out and I also stated if we ran the table. Any speculation at this point is pretty much worthless. Do I think we'll have a nine seed no I just said it was a possibility if we ran the table but you seemed fixated on it. Arguing about where we're going to be seated at this point is about like arguing which cat has more fleas.

It's not taking anybody's word for it, it's factual. I get there is a lot of ball to be played, but even assuming we run the table, which we all agree is highly unlikely, we won't be better than a double digit seed. The rpi and sos just aren't there.

Based on how we are trending now, I say 11 or 12 seed, unless we collapse at the end of the year and still win the CUSA tourney.

CBS has us at a 12 NOW!
Win the next game!

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/bracketology

Lunardi has us as a 14 playing Arizona in Denver.

Only way we are a 14 is if we have double digit losses. Lunardi is a power conference shrill.

Yeah, Lunardi doesn't put any thought into the non power conferences. He has CUSA as a one bid league and he has that bid slotted as a 14 seed no matter the team. If FAU was to win the conference, he would have them as a 14 seed.

That's my issue with him. Problem is people hang on what he says and sometimes he is as full of **** as a Christmas Turkey.

(01-18-2016 02:39 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  Yeah, Lunardi doesn't put any thought into the non power conferences. He has CUSA as a one bid league and he has that bid slotted as a 14 seed no matter the team. If FAU was to win the conference, he would have them as a 14 seed.

i think this is exactly what he does

UAB is listed as the CUSA rep on 51 of 58 listed brackets.

None of the 58 have 2 teams from CUSA in.

UAB on 67 brackets. They are listed as a 12-seed on only two brackets.

our average seed has dipped under 14 (13.99) for the first time in a very long time