re: If we finish 4-2 can we make the NCAA tourney?

The fact that we are even talking about postseason confirms that Will motherfrickin Wade is gonna be our savior and lord of the PMAC

LSU will have to win the SEC Tournament to make the NCAA Tourney. The NIT is a more realistic goal. Getting a home game would be icing.

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A 4-2 finish would put our RPI in the low 70s.

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I'm not trying to be contrary BB03 as I honestly don't know...how do you know we finish in the low 70's RPI at best if we go 4-2? Is there some sort of template or formula you are using? Is this absolute? Does what other teams do in that time make no difference? If what you say is absolutewhat is the range of ranking we can achieve depending on who we win or lose to if we go 4-2? What happens if we win two games in the tourney? Certainly who we beat could move those numbers up more depending on who that is?

I've said before that we WANT to finish 8th or 9th in the SEC, because we want a shot at Auburn in the SEC Tournament.

If we go 10-8 in conference, and then win two games in the SEC Tournament, including a win against RPI top 5 Auburn, then we're in a great position to make the field.

Yes, our ending RPI would depend on who we win and lose to. Losing on the road to Alabama wouldn't hurt us very much. And yes, there are RPI calculators online that you can use to project RPI based on W/L results. RPIs won't change too, too much at this point in the season, though, simply because the vast majority of games have already been played.

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RPIs won't change too, too much at this point in the season, though, simply because the vast majority of games have already been played.

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So let's say we finish 4-2 with the best case scenario of that record for us occurring and teams we've beaten like A$M, Arky, Houston and Michigan all finish strong, stronger than projected. So going into the SEC tournament and given those factors, is low 70's still the absolute best we can do going into SEC Tournament play in the formula you are putting your data in?

Can you link to one of these calculators? I can't get one to show up on Google and need something to do to kill some time

any postseason is good this year....

Every year is different in terms of who gets in and who doesn't. There's really not a set standard outside of winning your conference tournament. I mean, realistically, those are the only teams that get an automatic bid. I mean, yea, certain major conference's will put several teams in based on their regular season record and conference standings, but unless you win your conference tournament, by design nothing is absolute. Problem for teams like LSU that are on this proverbial bubble is there are only so many teams that will get in and what goes on in these tournaments and who wins them will have an impact on which bubble teams get in. when a 3 win team goes on a tear and win's their conference tournament then the committee must chose between the 27 and 4 regular season champion and the 19 and 11 team that won a game or two in their conference tournament. This is just a brood example, but the way this stuff goes. The only way to be sure to get into the NCAA, win the conference. But, LSU does have a lot of victories against teams in the rpi top 50, and that will say something at selection time if they finish strong and win a couple in the sec tourney. They def are not out of it at this point.

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There is literally a 1% chance we make the tourney.

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This has us with a 12% chance of making the tournament. So it isn't "literally" a 1% chance.

I don’t understand the people that say they would rather make the nit, the prestige of making the ncaa tourney in so much greater. It’s something to put on the resume and flaunt, ww made the big dance in his first year with a depleted roster. That would be huge. Nobody will care if we win 2 games in the nit.