BIG EAST vs. FOOTBALL FIVE

[Jet915]

As of now, AAC looks like a 2 bid league minimum, 3 bid league max. Cincy and one of SMU or Temple. UCONN if they win the tournament since it's in Hartford would be the 3rd team.

[stever20]

AAC looks like a 2 bid league minimum, 3 bid league max. Cincy and one of SMU or Temple. UCONN if they win the tournament since it's in Hartford would be the 3rd team.

If the season ended right now, odds are really good all of Cincy, SMU, and Temple get in. And if those 3 finish 1-3 all with 13-14 wins or more- really difficult to seeing any of those 3 out.
Cincy goes 10-3 OOC, 13-5 in conference, they're 31.7 RPI- in easily
SMU goes 10-3 OOC, 13-5 in conference they're 32.6 RPI- in easily
Temple goes 9-4 OOC, 13-5 in conference, they're 31 RPI- in easily
And then the conference tourney is in Hartford.

Have got to remember how down the conferences like the A10, MVC, MWC are this year.

[Bill Marsh]

No, it's Stever, he called the AAC a "multi-bid league"

And the AAC is absolutely a multi-bid league. The AAC is right now in both RPI and Ken Pom an easy #7. They are no where remotely near having only 1 bid.

When you mention Multi-bid, I assume you mean two. Who are the teams right now Cincinnati & ????

The point is I don't know. That's a problem in itself

Cincinnati
Houston
UCF
SMU
Temple (on the bubble)
UConn (if they win the tournament in Hartford)

[Bill Marsh]

http://collegebasketball.nbcsports.com/2016/12/10/no-22-cincinnatis-loss-to-no-16-butler-shines-light-on-aacs-struggles/

The problem with doomsday articles like this is that they analyze the conference in isolation. Every knock on the AAC teams can be made against teams from other conferences competing for at-large tournament spots. After we get past the op 10-20 teams, everyone has blemishes. Heck, #19 Auburn just lost to #319 BC.

[whiteandblue77]

No, it's Stever, he called the AAC a "multi-bid league"

And the AAC is absolutely a multi-bid league. The AAC is right now in both RPI and Ken Pom an easy #7. They are no where remotely near having only 1 bid.

Cincinnati
Houston
UCF
SMU
Temple (on the bubble)
UConn (if they win the tournament in Hartford)

The original message was a joke, and indeed the AAC could get 6 in, but with that list are you saying that as of right now the AAC has four locks and one on the bubble? Then by your standards the Big East has 6 locks as of now... and nobody is saying that. I will question Joe if he still has SMU in and Not Seton Hall in and Providence on the bubble.

BTW Stever, you did it again, you mentioned rpi in this thread being meaningless while in the above post you mention rpi

[redmen9194]

The Hall with an early week victory over a ranked P5 team at the Garden..

12/17: Georgetown vs. Syracuse
Butler vs. Indiana
Wake Forest vs. Xavier
12/18 Penn State vs. St. John's

ACC : 4-2
B1G: 5-9
B XII: 0-2
PAC 12: 6-2
SEC: 6-1

Overall: 21-16

Go Big East!

[stever20]

A big difference between individual team RPI's and conference RPI's at this point.

And why exactly would SMU drop out when they didn't lose, but fellow last 4 Marquette DID lose? That makes no sense at all. Seton Hall will just replace Marquette in the bracket.

[whiteandblue77]

I didn't say he should drop SMU out this week, just that Seton Hall should be in if SMU is in. Their resumes are same same-ish.

[stever20]

I didn't say he should drop SMU out this week, just that Seton Hall should be in if SMU is in. Their resumes are same same-ish.

now maybe...
Seton Hall 3 top 100 wins in KP. no other wins in the top 200
SMU 3 top 100 wins in KP. along with a win over CS Bakersfield who is #105.

SMU gets 1 more good OOC game vs Stanford next week.

right now, I'd take Seton Hall over SMU, but yesterday this time, I would have taken SMU. Both would be easy in's right now for me.

[Bill Marsh]

And the AAC is absolutely a multi-bid league. The AAC is right now in both RPI and Ken Pom an easy #7. They are no where remotely near having only 1 bid.

Cincinnati
Houston
UCF
SMU
Temple (on the bubble)
UConn (if they win the tournament in Hartford)

The original message was a joke, and indeed the AAC could get 6 in, but with that list are you saying that as of right now the AAC has four locks and one on the bubble? Then by your standards the Big East has 6 locks as of now... and nobody is saying that. I will question Joe if he still has SMU in and Not Seton Hall in and Providence on the bubble.

Nothing'A a lock in December.