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re: Drexel: IN or OUT of the NCAA tournament
Posted on 3/8/12 at 12:44 pm to Al Bundy Bulldog
Posted on 3/8/12 at 12:44 pm to Al Bundy Bulldog
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16 of their wins are against teams with an RPI of 200+
This should answer the question for the committee. It's like Craig James having Houston ranked #4 in the nation last year before they finally played a Top 25 team and were destroyed.
Drexel feels like a wasted addition who won't be competitive - they grew fat off of scrimmages.
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Posted on 3/8/12 at 3:31 pm to Zamoro10
The only decent teams Drexel played not named VCU they lost to.
Posted on 3/8/12 at 8:07 pm to Al Bundy Bulldog
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Who should I trust more Lunardi or Palm??? LOL
Joey Brackets does have a Ph. D in Bracketology, what does Palm have?
Joe Lunardi has the cushiest sports job in the country. While I agree he is the pioneer of bracketology, he definitely is not the best. Just because ESPN shoves down his selections down our throats night in and night out during the season, it doesn't mean he's right all the time.
All that matters is whom the committee decides to take and which team it decides to leave out. Compare that with the so-called the 'PhD in Bracketology', you'll see how misleading he has been over the season.
90% of hardcore college basketball fans can easily pick 64-65 out of 68 teams. It's basically choosing the down the last 6 or 7 teams from about a group of 9-10 teams
See the below link you'll know what I'm talking about. Click on the individual years, you'll see he's missed about 9 teams in the past 6 years - 1.5/yr, that is not so good. When you are down to choosing only 6 or 7 teams to fill the bracket as at-large teams and you miss 1.5 each year (that's about 20%-25%!!), that's pathetic.
LINK
This post was edited on 3/8/12 at 8:12 pm
Posted on 3/8/12 at 8:19 pm to MSU Dawg
Lunardi's job is the VP of marketing @ St Joe's where he acts as the Hawks color commentator
Posted on 3/8/12 at 8:55 pm to S
Thanks, S, Al Bundy Bulldog, Augustus, angryslugs 
I do not mean any disrespect to Drexel with this post. They are a good team and I think the reason that they are getting more love than Iona is the fact that Drexel plays in the Colonial Athletic Association that is still getting great reviews based on the NCAA play of George Mason in 2006 and VCU last season.
As I post this, Iona’s (25-7) Real Time RPI is 40, right behind USF. I’m not an NDU fan, but I’m pulling like hell for them tonight. The fact is that Iona had some bad losses. Hofstra is just inexplicable. We blew big leads to Siena and Manhattan. So, we made our bed. I am still sick over the semi-final performance.
I think that Iona’s loss in the semis is a death knell. But here are some reasons that Iona deserves a long look by the Committee for an at large:
- 1-1 top 50
- 5-3 top 100
- Our first game of the season was a 1 point loss to Purdue 91-90. Purdue will probably be a tourney team.
- 15 road/neutral wins.
- Tried to have a tougher schedule but no one would schedule us
- we played entire month of December on the road and went 7-1 with a good win at Denver . The loss to Marshall cannot be considered a bad loss.
- We were (still may be) the highest scoring team in the country.
- We have what everyone considers one of the best point guards in the nation in Scott Machado, who leads the nation in assists; who is a finalist for the Bob Cousey Award and one of the 15 finalists for the Wooden Award
- Mike Glover had the highest field goal percentages in the nation. Both he and Machado have been have been named to the USBWA Men’s District II All-District Team.
- Momo Jones, the transfer from Arizona is an exciting player, sometimes out of control, but always exciting.
- Sean Armand can knock down 3s like crazy. He had 10 at Madison Square Garden this season.
- We beat St. Joe’s so I am hoping that they win the A-10.
- We beat Maryland by 26, so I’m hoping for the huge upset of UNC tomorrow.
- We beat Nevada in the Bracket Buster so, I'm hoping they win their tourney
Maybe the stars are aligning. Northwestern was a “last 4 in” team (how they were ahead of Iona is beyond me). But they lost. Unbelievably, Lunardi just put Seton Hall (coached by former Iona coach, Kevin Willard) back in the last 4 in. Joe, remember saying this:
"Pass the Lunardi rule. If you're below .500 in your conference, you don't get in. You can count tournament wins if you want. We just have to make room for the Drexels and the Ionas. That's what the public wants. That's what the tournament's all about."
We’re getting some support from Dick Vitale who tweeted, "Hate to see Iona with 25 W's passed over 4 a bid - most likely will lose out to MEDIOCRITY of a power conference school."
Middling Power Six schools have had their shot at the top teams in their conferences and came up short. Len Elmore said "I would rather see a mid major team like Iona make the tourney rather than a middle of the pack Big East team like Seton Hall or West Virginia".
Iona is still a long shot for an at large, but I’m holding out hope that our name will be called on Sunday evening.
Go Gaels!!!
Nice win by the Tigers today. Keep it going!
I do not mean any disrespect to Drexel with this post. They are a good team and I think the reason that they are getting more love than Iona is the fact that Drexel plays in the Colonial Athletic Association that is still getting great reviews based on the NCAA play of George Mason in 2006 and VCU last season.
As I post this, Iona’s (25-7) Real Time RPI is 40, right behind USF. I’m not an NDU fan, but I’m pulling like hell for them tonight. The fact is that Iona had some bad losses. Hofstra is just inexplicable. We blew big leads to Siena and Manhattan. So, we made our bed. I am still sick over the semi-final performance.
I think that Iona’s loss in the semis is a death knell. But here are some reasons that Iona deserves a long look by the Committee for an at large:
- 1-1 top 50
- 5-3 top 100
- Our first game of the season was a 1 point loss to Purdue 91-90. Purdue will probably be a tourney team.
- 15 road/neutral wins.
- Tried to have a tougher schedule but no one would schedule us
- we played entire month of December on the road and went 7-1 with a good win at Denver . The loss to Marshall cannot be considered a bad loss.
- We were (still may be) the highest scoring team in the country.
- We have what everyone considers one of the best point guards in the nation in Scott Machado, who leads the nation in assists; who is a finalist for the Bob Cousey Award and one of the 15 finalists for the Wooden Award
- Mike Glover had the highest field goal percentages in the nation. Both he and Machado have been have been named to the USBWA Men’s District II All-District Team.
- Momo Jones, the transfer from Arizona is an exciting player, sometimes out of control, but always exciting.
- Sean Armand can knock down 3s like crazy. He had 10 at Madison Square Garden this season.
- We beat St. Joe’s so I am hoping that they win the A-10.
- We beat Maryland by 26, so I’m hoping for the huge upset of UNC tomorrow.
- We beat Nevada in the Bracket Buster so, I'm hoping they win their tourney
Maybe the stars are aligning. Northwestern was a “last 4 in” team (how they were ahead of Iona is beyond me). But they lost. Unbelievably, Lunardi just put Seton Hall (coached by former Iona coach, Kevin Willard) back in the last 4 in. Joe, remember saying this:
"Pass the Lunardi rule. If you're below .500 in your conference, you don't get in. You can count tournament wins if you want. We just have to make room for the Drexels and the Ionas. That's what the public wants. That's what the tournament's all about."
We’re getting some support from Dick Vitale who tweeted, "Hate to see Iona with 25 W's passed over 4 a bid - most likely will lose out to MEDIOCRITY of a power conference school."
Middling Power Six schools have had their shot at the top teams in their conferences and came up short. Len Elmore said "I would rather see a mid major team like Iona make the tourney rather than a middle of the pack Big East team like Seton Hall or West Virginia".
Iona is still a long shot for an at large, but I’m holding out hope that our name will be called on Sunday evening.
Go Gaels!!!
Nice win by the Tigers today. Keep it going!
This post was edited on 3/8/12 at 9:09 pm
Posted on 3/10/12 at 9:21 pm to Al Bundy Bulldog
OOPs, wrong thread
This post was edited on 3/10/12 at 9:23 pm
Posted on 3/11/12 at 5:01 am to Al Bundy Bulldog
Iona and Seton Hall should get in before them.
I laugh that the only Pac 12 team who might get in is a Big 12 team.
I laugh that the only Pac 12 team who might get in is a Big 12 team.
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