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Tequilla
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Is incredibly soft this year ... how in the world Gonzaga is even in the discussion for an at-large berth with a RPI/SOS slash line of 67/120 and a 2-7 record against the RPI top 100 is beyond me.
That being said, just another example of how the excuses with Romar never can get in line with reality ... because if he can't take a super talented group of young players and get them in the tournament THIS year, when can it be expected?
Let's get one thing on the table right now in advance of Selection Sunday ... IF you aren't selected as one of the 68 teams this year, you have ZERO right to be able to complain about how deserving you were. This field should probably be capped somewhere in the upper 50s.
That being said, just another example of how the excuses with Romar never can get in line with reality ... because if he can't take a super talented group of young players and get them in the tournament THIS year, when can it be expected?
Let's get one thing on the table right now in advance of Selection Sunday ... IF you aren't selected as one of the 68 teams this year, you have ZERO right to be able to complain about how deserving you were. This field should probably be capped somewhere in the upper 50s.
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I'm not sure if I think Gonzaga is hurt that much by Karnowski's injury ... it's given more minutes to Sabonis. Depth issue though is a fair point though. The thought that they were playing all of their 3 bigs at the same time early in the year was fucktardedly stupid. Their guard play is an absolute joke though ... even if they get into the tournament they will be dispatched quickly because of their lack of guard play.
edit: NWG doesn't really fit that mold either because he can't shoot for shit.
- 95% of the dawgman board
NOPE.
Anyone with half a brain knows he is a soft little bitch.
Butler's in the Big East because they have a strong program and is a basketball only school that fits what the Big East is doing.
As for their resume this year:
6-8 vs RPI 100
2 Top 50 wins: Purdue (neutral) and Seton Hall (away)
Only 1 loss outside RPI 100: Marquette (Road, 112)
Remaining schedule @ Georgetown and home to Seton Hall and Marquette.
There's a lot going on with Butler this year as it's been obviously a hard year for them off the court. When they are playing well, they definitely look like a tournament team. Finish the conference year at 2-1 gets them to .500 in conference and 20-10 on the season heading into the Big East Tournament. .500 conference record probably will put them somewhere between a 4 and 6 seed. That means an opening round game against some mix of Seton Hall, Providence, Creighton, Providence, and Georgetown). Win the 1st game and you're in an all upside game against Villanova/Xavier.
If their profile gets them to 21-11, I'm thinking they are probably in. In their last 6, they've lost only to Villanova and Xavier. If they can get to 10-8 in conference and finish at 22-10, they're definitely in. If Marquette can somehow pull off a home win this weekend against Villanova (not out of the question as they've got 7 top 100 wins this year and probably a better team than their profile has them at) and get themselves ahead of the RPI 100 level, that takes the only "bad" loss out of Butler's resume. That'd be huge.
In a year with some really questionable profiles, if you have one that doesn't really have a bad loss ... that's probably going to be a tournament team.