I'm gonna give the selection committee more credit and say they don't just blindly look at this supposed "RPI top 50" thing like most of you are saying they will. I want every single bubble team to lose and lose as quickly as possible. If we are the only bubble team playing on Saturday, then all the better.

3/9/2012 10:43:28 AM

Amen

3/9/2012 10:44:18 AM

Marshall is more on the bubble than Southern Miss. I don't see how USM isn't a lock. Marshall is right next to State in RPI as well.


We want Cal to win because they are probably in no matter what and someone has to win the tourney. Similar reasoning for USM. Other games:

Cincinnati vs Syracuse 7:00 PM
Wisconsin vs Indiana 2:00 PM

[Edited on March 9, 2012 at 10:58 AM. Reason : infoz]

3/9/2012 10:47:18 AM

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/basketball/ncaa/03/09/Verdell.Jones.Indiana.ap/index.html?sct=cb_t2_a3

indiana's pg tore acl, out for season

3/9/2012 11:16:24 AM

Do Indiana and Syracuse results really matter at this point? Everyone knows those are really good teams.

3/9/2012 11:49:53 AM

Helps State's RPI a bit the more they win.

3/9/2012 11:53:46 AM

just for the record, we want cal to win so that there's no at larges out of the pac-12.

3/9/2012 12:32:27 PM

Quote :

"Do Indiana and Syracuse results really matter at this point? Everyone knows those are really good teams."

I mean...if they can move our RPI up a spot or two, it can only help.

3/9/2012 12:39:21 PM

no doubt, might as well hope Syracuse wins the Big East tourney and Indiana wins the Big Ten tourney

3/9/2012 12:41:26 PM

really we want every team that we've played that's not on the bubble to win, and every team that is on the bubble to lose regardless of whether or not we've played them, in my opinion.

3/9/2012 1:00:42 PM

Quote :

"really we want every team that we've played that's not on the bubble to win, and every team that is on the bubble to lose regardless of whether or not we've played them, in my opinion."

3/9/2012 1:28:50 PM

Temple just lost, another at-large taken

3/9/2012 2:07:28 PM

Holy Shit Snacks Temple.

3/9/2012 2:21:33 PM

not quite yet, saint louis is pretty much a lock, we need them to win the a 10 now

3/9/2012 2:27:50 PM

Good point, forgot about them. Can't let Xavier win though, they are still a bubble team

3/9/2012 2:33:12 PM

man, put UVA's resume up there blind against some of these "bubble teams" and it's not really that much better. It's irritating me how much of a lock they are. I mean, I think they should be in the tournament but what puts them above every single bubble team? The Michigan win is that incredible?

3/9/2012 4:46:09 PM

Yeah I don't understand how UVA has been considered a lock for this long, they're definitely a strong bubble but bubble still.

3/9/2012 4:47:28 PM

NC State is now trending on twitter.

And of course, this is the first tweet up:

Quote :

"Dexter Strickland ? @DStrick01 Why was NC State band playing Old McDonald?? Lol horrible!"

[Edited on March 9, 2012 at 4:48 PM. Reason : ]

3/9/2012 4:48:18 PM

http://twitter.com/pgberg

3/9/2012 4:49:28 PM

Quote :

"other bubble games today, bubble team listed first St Joes vs St Bonaventure 2:30 Southern Miss vs Marshall 4:00 Tennessee vs Ole Miss 7:30 Miami vs FSU 9:00 Arizona vs Oregon St 9:00 Colorado St vs SDSU 9:00 Xavier vs Dayton 9:00 (both A-10 bubble teams) Texas vs Mizzou 10:00 Cal vs Colorado 11:30"

[Edited on March 9, 2012 at 4:52 PM. Reason : also indiana lost]

3/9/2012 4:50:43 PM

marshall DISMISSED southern miss

3/9/2012 6:36:48 PM

And since Marshall won, their rpi moved up to 41 and f'd up states top 50 RPI resume

great.

3/9/2012 7:06:21 PM

virginia at 50 miami at 51, should probably pull for miami tonight

3/9/2012 7:10:52 PM

Cincinnati is shooting like GT shot against us

3/9/2012 7:30:54 PM

Baylor's jerseys just gave my eyes cancer

3/9/2012 7:48:20 PM

'Cuse down by like 10 or so at the half.

3/9/2012 7:49:01 PM

Arkansas beat Michigan, they're a lock.

3/9/2012 7:51:54 PM

Dear adidas,

Thank you for not selecting use to sport your new infrared jerseys.

Sincerely,
NC State

3/9/2012 8:05:39 PM

Quote :

"I know, I gotta go, I gotta go, and I got one last thing and I said it before, and I'm gonna say it again: Cancer can take away all my physical ability. It cannot touch my mind; it cannot touch my heart; and it cannot touch my soul. And those three things are going to carry on forever. I thank you and God bless you all."

3/9/2012 8:09:11 PM

uh, we got the blackouts

3/9/2012 8:09:49 PM

^^ they should have let him talk all night.

3/9/2012 8:11:30 PM

So much brighter on the TV.

3/9/2012 8:13:28 PM

I'm a csu fan and hate pulling against them but it must be done


also whats the deal with all the white stripes "one nation army" chants?

[Edited on March 9, 2012 at 9:30 PM. Reason : .]

3/9/2012 9:20:14 PM

Tennessee losing would be good for us, right?

3/9/2012 9:38:30 PM

yes

3/9/2012 9:39:23 PM

DAMMIT Tenn tied it up on a last-second banked-in three to force OT

3/9/2012 9:44:23 PM

Crazy adidas jerseys win. They may be on to something.

3/9/2012 9:46:33 PM

Thanks to a blown call at the end Ole Miss hangs on in OT

3/9/2012 10:04:56 PM

nice

3/9/2012 10:06:15 PM

Go to hell Tennessee

3/9/2012 10:06:40 PM

I'll feel a lot better about our chances if Arizona and Miami lose tonight. Ole Miss needs to not win any more games too.

3/9/2012 10:09:21 PM

Shit Zona is winning.

3/9/2012 11:14:13 PM

Xavier just won too

3/9/2012 11:14:47 PM

Quote :

" other bubble games today, bubble team listed first St Joes vs St Bonaventure 2:30 Southern Miss vs Marshall 4:00 Tennessee vs Ole Miss 7:30 Miami vs FSU 9:00 Arizona vs Oregon St 9:00 Colorado St vs SDSU 9:00 Xavier vs Dayton 9:00 (both A-10 bubble teams) Texas vs Mizzou 10:00 Cal vs Colorado 11:30"

3/9/2012 11:17:52 PM

We actually needed Southern Miss to win.

Marshall won and jumped us, Texas, Miami, and UVA to f us over

3/9/2012 11:20:17 PM

I still can't see why we go for Miami. it looks like they could just as easily steal our spot as help our RPI

3/9/2012 11:22:00 PM

You know, it doesn't really matter who you pull for (although it does make this bubble watch more exciting), it won't affect the outcome of these games.

3/9/2012 11:27:27 PM

you dont say????? shocking

3/9/2012 11:28:36 PM

^^ that's the kind of analysis tww has been missing.

3/9/2012 11:29:39 PM

Need St Bonnies to win that tourney now. Stoopid Marshall

btw Texas's best player just got knocked out by a camera dude. he don't look to be coming back.

well he's moving now.



[Edited on March 9, 2012 at 11:32 PM. Reason : s]

3/9/2012 11:31:09 PM