could Villanova miss the ncaa tournament?

**stogies** · 03-01-11, 06:52 AM

any 9-9 team in big east reg season that loses 1st game of tournament could be left off. only one that would still make it is uconn because of school name and kemba walker.

**stevenash** · 03-01-11, 07:00 AM

Originally posted by stogies

any 9-9 team in big east reg season that loses 1st game of tournament could be left off. only one that would still make it is uconn because of school name and kemba walker.

....and 5 wins over top 25 opponents, and the seventh toughest schedule in the nation, and the 21 wins, and the ever so important 20 rank RPI.

Kemba and the UCONN brand name is secondary.

**stevenash** · 03-01-11, 07:02 AM

Nova is in.
Sorry haters.
21 wins overall, Big East 9-7 record with 32 RPI ranking gets you in.
Not even a bubble debate.

**sicky123** · 03-01-11, 07:07 AM

Originally posted by IAMWINNER

they have no interior offense and you can't rely on one guy (fisher) to carry the team during the tournament.

Why the Fisher plug ? He is not even their most reliable player right now, Stokes is.

**sicky123** · 03-01-11, 07:08 AM

Originally posted by stevenash

....and 5 wins over top 25 opponents, and the seventh toughest schedule in the nation, and the 21 wins, and the ever so important 20 rank RPI.

Kemba and the UCONN brand name is secondary.

and... they just won on the road @ cincy (seals any question right there)

We could play the "and" game all day

**BiffTFinancial** · 03-01-11, 07:31 AM

silly questions like this are the reason that sports talk radio thrives. Nova is in 100% even if they get blown out in their final regular season game and first Big East tourney game.

**slatter** · 03-01-11, 07:59 AM

Not a chance. They could lose to Pitt and lose in the first round of the Big East Tournament and still get a 10 seed. Just too many solid wins to keep them out: UCLA, Cincy, Maryland, Syracuse, Marquette and WVU.

**stevenash** · 03-01-11, 08:10 AM

Originally posted by sicky123

and... they just won on the road @ cincy (seals any question right there)

We could play the "and" game all day

Check this out.
$ = quality win
$$ = super quality win
? = bad loss

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**sicky123** · 03-01-11, 08:13 AM

Originally posted by stevenash

Check this out.
$ = quality win
$$ = super quality win
? = bad loss

http://realtimerpi.com/rpi_155_Men.html

Cool

Will check that out. Thanks

**BIGDAY** · 03-01-11, 08:19 AM

Dang! I thought ND was going to cover easily... Just not that easy... Nova looked terrible. How do they make the tourney? No chance imo.

**stevenash** · 03-01-11, 08:24 AM

This is Nova.
These are the numbers the committee look at.
They are in, even with the two ? losses

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**ex50warrior** · 03-01-11, 08:33 AM

I think they're in but my God, they've gone from a 2 seed down to a 8-9 seed!

**milwaukee mike** · 03-01-11, 09:13 AM

of course i think they're in too, but not a complete and total lock.
yes their rpi is 32 NOW but what will it be if they lose the next 2 in blowout fashion?

everyone that says they're in 100%, i will give you a nice offer - i will gladly pay you 1 point now, if nova doesn't make it then you pay me 2 pts/day for 3 months

if it's 100% then it's a free point for you!

**milwaukee mike** · 03-01-11, 09:16 AM

i should've started the thread with "should villanova make the ncaa tournament"
i don't think playing your last 9 games as badly as nova has (and let's say it turns into 11 games) should let you get into the tournament when you're .500 in your conference

imho how you're playing at the end of the year should count more than how you were playing at the beginning

**stevenash** · 03-01-11, 09:18 AM

'Nova's RPI isn't taking much of a hit if they lose to Pitt and ND on the road.
No, I'm not giving you 180:1 odds either.

**milwaukee mike** · 03-01-11, 09:29 AM

Originally posted by stevenash

'Nova's RPI isn't taking much of a hit if they lose to Pitt and ND on the road.
No, I'm not giving you 180:1 odds either.

if there's not even a debate and they're in 100% then what does it matter what the odds are?

**flocko76** · 03-01-11, 09:48 AM

i think last year there could have been debate but with the extra teams making the tourney, and the fact they are still ranked and they are losing to ranked teams won't hurt them from making it this year. You can put them on the bubble, but who knocks them out? I've looked at ESPN's 1st four out and none of them are better than nova. (memphis, clemson, colorado, boston college)

**stevenash** · 03-01-11, 03:48 PM

Originally posted by milwaukee mike

if there's not even a debate and they're in 100% then what does it matter what the odds are?

Because I don't lay 180:1 on anything, stone cold lock or not.

**BettingWizard** · 03-01-11, 06:54 PM

they are 100% in

**stevenash** · 03-01-11, 07:21 PM

Of course they are.

**tdog152** · 03-01-11, 07:24 PM

i think they still get in

**jonmic** · 03-01-11, 08:22 PM

small chance of that happening, I think they will be in as a 9 seed

**AMBlai01** · 03-01-11, 08:39 PM

They will be in probably a 6 or 7 seed....

**Stallion** · 03-01-11, 08:44 PM

They will be in it for sure. I will bet points they will be in.

**biggamerife21** · 03-02-11, 04:51 AM

Yorou is rated the number 7 center and going 3rd in 2012 mock drafts.

Fisher and Wayns nbadraft.net top 10 point guards.

Cheeks-Armwood-Stokes top 100 recruits

Pena- 40 year old veteran who was sabastian telfair go to man in high school.

On paper this team looks good but they make me want to vomit everytime i watch them this year- they have shit the bed game after game. There worth a future bet at 20-1 or better to win there region if they wake up. They prolly wont but its worth a shot at those odds. I agree tho there trash right now and have been for a while.

**Rollins08** · 03-02-11, 06:54 AM

You can't tell me Nova isn't one of the best 68 teams in the country and by far the best bubble team. The big east beats each other up, thats just the way it is.

**biggamerife21** · 03-02-11, 07:11 AM

they havent played this bad since ricky wright-bryan lynch-gary buccannon days. the talent is there we just got to put it together for 40 minutes 6 times in a row

**stevenash** · 03-02-11, 07:12 AM

Tourney is not bypassing a Big East team that has a 32 RPI for a Bumfuck University bubble team with a 76 RPI with a 25-6 record (or something like that)

**Chandler** · 03-08-11, 07:28 PM

uh oh

**MartinBlank** · 03-08-11, 07:55 PM

Villanova is in the tournament.

Not even open for debate.

**Chandler** · 03-08-11, 09:15 PM

uh oh

**GoldRush7** · 03-08-11, 09:15 PM

villanova is so bad

**Powderguy** · 03-08-11, 09:21 PM

What a choke job

**D3 Mighty Ducks** · 03-08-11, 09:38 PM

I hope the committee keeps this crappy team out.

All I know if that if they do make it into the tournament I'm throwing some $$ on them as a future to make it to the Final Four cause they'll be motivated and have good value.

**Cuse0323** · 03-08-11, 10:00 PM

I really hope they get snubbed, I'll laugh my ass off.