Comparing the Top 8/16 RPI at this time to 2013 ...

[campo118]

The Sun Belt bumped up a spot to #10 in the conference rankings after last night's games. I still believe this team has a little wiggle room to lose 2 and maybe even 3 games and still be a national seed. But as I said before it would be best to not have more than 1 loss in any particular week. I also think a loss in the conference tournament but still winning the tournament would be the best spot to have a loss. And a sweep against ASU this weekend along with a strong ASU finish to get ASU into the top 50 will help also.

Likely the order of importance of things that need to occur to help the committee award the Cajuns a national seed:
1. Winning the regular season conference championship.
2. Maintaining a respectable RPI. Maybe top #14?
3. Winning the conference tournament.
4. Winning the remaining 3 conference series.
5. Top 5 in all the national polls.
6. 50 wins. Don't believe anyone else will reach this mark before selection time.

So if this occurs another loss or 2 don't freak out, let's continue to look at the big picture and I believe things will shake out our way.

The more of these things that happen the better chance of the Cajuns being awarded a national seed. And a sweep this weekend will go a long way towards helping us achieve some of the above goals. Geaux Cajuns!!!

In order to reach 50 wins, we have to win out. Unless you are counting the conference tournament…

[cajunhawk]

In order to reach 50 wins, we have to win out. Unless you are counting the conference tournament…

How many teams have won 50 regular season games?

[CajunFan3406]

In order to reach 50 wins, we have to win out. Unless you are counting the conference tournament…

He is. 50 wins by selection time.

Re-read his point #6.

[Turbine]

How many teams have won 50 regular season games?

Trivia trigger:

Stefni Lotief "averaged" 50 wins over a 10 year period.

Never been done before or since.

[GoneGolfin]

The Sun Belt bumped up a spot to #10 in the conference rankings after last night's games. I still believe this team has a little wiggle room to lose 2 and maybe even 3 games and still be a national seed. But as I said before it would be best to not have more than 1 loss in any particular week. I also think a loss in the conference tournament but still winning the tournament would be the best spot to have a loss. And a sweep against ASU this weekend along with a strong ASU finish to get ASU into the top 50 will help also.

Likely the order of importance of things that need to occur to help the committee award the Cajuns a national seed:
1. Winning the regular season conference championship.
2. Maintaining a respectable RPI. Maybe top #14?
3. Winning the conference tournament.
4. Winning the remaining 3 conference series.
5. Top 5 in all the national polls.
6. 50 wins. Don't believe anyone else will reach this mark before selection time.

So if this occurs another loss or 2 don't freak out, let's continue to look at the big picture and I believe things will shake out our way.

The more of these things that happen the better chance of the Cajuns being awarded a national seed. And a sweep this weekend will go a long way towards helping us achieve some of the above goals. Geaux Cajuns!!!

A re-link to this post (Important things that will help the Cajuns' quest for a national seed) earlier in this thread is in order. None of this has changed. Most notably the performance of Alabama, record vs. RPI Top25/50, and "the right teams need to be ahead of the Cajuns in the RPI".

Brian