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    • 01/31/2017 at 9:21 PM #24768
      rbmw263
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      Beat Oregon State by 8. While that in and of itself may be true, the committee will definitely care about statistical rankigs such as Kenpom and Sagarin. These rankings are both going to be our strongest argument for inclusion, so the higher we can finish in them the better. We dropped from 31 to 43 in Kenpom after the OSU game. 

       

      Style points matter in these statistical rankings, and we are going to rely on them heavily for inclusion in the tournament. Larry HAS to see this.

    • 01/31/2017 at 9:45 PM #24770
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      UtahUteGuy
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      I’m not going to spend my time worrying about whether we beat an opponent by 27 rather than 10.  If that’s going to be the difference between us making the tourney or not, I’d just as soon accept a bid to the NIT.  RUTS is bulls**t.

      • 01/31/2017 at 9:49 PM #24773
        rbmw263
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        Look, everyone sends in the end of the bench in a blowout, so over the season it works itself out. Not many of your big wins will accurately reflect the difference in the two teams. But putting in a full bench/walk on unit with 12 minutes left is something WE cant afford, and it hurt us. The standard anti RUTS stuff is fine. This was over the line and had tangible consequence, imo.

    • 01/31/2017 at 9:45 PM #24771
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      The OSU game is irrelevant. We have to beat somebody this year. If not, we aren’t in. Oh, and we need to win the games we should win. 

      Finally, and here is the P5 snobbery coming out, if we finish fourth in the PAC-12 we are in. Why? Because of the P5 bias. 

       

      • 02/01/2017 at 5:23 AM #24780
        Minnesota Ute
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        ^^^^This^^^^^

        Cal is at least a must split, we’ve already beaten USC.  We take care of all the games we should win, and at least split with Cal, which means just two more losses, Oregon & Cal, then I think we finish 4th and get in.  However if we get 2 of those 3 (Cal home/away, and Oregon away) AND take care of the bottom of the PAC, we will definitely be in.  The path forward is clear, no bad losses, and just one more decent win, then we are home free.

    • 02/01/2017 at 5:48 AM #24783
      Minnesota Ute
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      Cal is 57 and USC is 59… I think we’ll be fine.

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