Rutgers mentioned in “on life support” category
https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...t-bracketology-college-basketball/2719167002/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...t-bracketology-college-basketball/2719167002/
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I seriously doubt a team struggling to have a winning season would be selected for the NCAA Tournament.There simply are too many teams that will have better records.Look what happened to Nebraska last season winning 20 games and received no bid.
Considering where we been - that's good company for us.
Would we be disconnected from life support?
That's a drastic improvement from recent years, when we would have been in the "dead and buried" category in early February.
I find it ridiculous that they even have bracketology so early..and its been going on since January 1. Unfortunately it looks like this year is an extremely weak year for the bubble, the expansion to 68 plays a role but the lack of deserving schools this year is really off the charts
I think the main reason that the bubble is very weak is because all the P5 teams have been plucking off the best players from the mid-majors for the last couple of years and it will probably only get worse as time goes on.
Best of Luck,
Groz
I don’t know if that is required, but it certainly would be a negative if they are below it
I was looking at the current overall record, and I would guess they need to almost win out now
Their big loss to Nebraska will be considered a “bad loss” when all is said and done.
And because the top mid-major level teams got "called up" to better conferences.
Louisville, Marquette, and Memphis used to be in CUSA. Temple and Xavier used to be in the A10. Utah was in the MWC. Butler was in the Horizon. Wichita State and Creighton were in the MVC.
So it's not a giant surprise that those leagues are getting many fewer bids than they used to.
I feel like this is the perception every year about the bubble. Hard to remember a year where the consensus was that the bubble was strong.
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I agree, those wins would be a huge plus...
but they are sitting at 13-9 overall.....the NIT doesn't even like that overall record, how could the NCAA?
they have to get close to 20, a few Big east tourney wins could get them close.....
Not to me.. and since they went to 68..there is less drama
I also am not a fan of NET and not sure if they are using it exclusively or just lip service
Nebraska had very little on the OOC resume...its extremely important . Conference record supposedly is not a factor at all
Agree 68 as a money grab is weak.
Going to dentist isn’t fun. Talking about NCAA on January 1 isn’t going to the dentist
I don't know if people considered it strong or not. Go back to BAC's posts leading up to the selection and it seems likely it was a weak bubble year.
Beat Michigan and watch it be all over the nation. I got a feeling tonight and tomorrow will be special, well I hope about tonight.
It's about about the conference record. A .500 in this league gives you a chance. It's not likely, but we are still a chance.