MBB Final: Louisiana 100, UT Arlington 79

[VObserver]

I was not going to comment in this thread, but if you want to know why you are not hearing our name from the folks speculating about at large bids here it is:

1. We only played one Group 1 game and we got blown out.
2. We only played two Group 2 games and lost both of them.
3. Eleven of our 18 conference games will be Group 4, the remaining 7 are group 3.
4. Our best win is Nicholls, a Group 3 game.
5. The rest of our OOC schedule is 3 Group 3 and 4 Group 4 games, plus 2 non Division 1 games.

That is a regular season total of 11 Group 3 and 15 Group 4 games; so 26 of our 29 D1 games. Nothing we can do about the Conference games except win them, but we need to schedule at least 2 or 3 more games against non conference teams we anticipate to be Group 1 or 2. A same season home and home with NMSU, had we scheduled one this year instead of McNeese and UNO would have helped greatly. We should be able to do that every year, given the leverage keeping them for football long term gives us.

[VObserver]

they have some good wins, im just surprised their RPI is that low

Their conference sucks almost as bad as ours, except the top three teams.

[VObserver]

A decent win or two? USC, Wichita State, TCU (twice), Texas Tech, Kansas.

The committee is much more likely to look at who you beat as opposed to where you finish in your league.

And, that is why mid-majors need not apply.
And, that is why ANY talk of an at large bid for us is silly. And, was silly before our loss to GA St.

Any talk of an at large bid for us was silly after our first loss, or at best after the Wyoming loss. We scheduled so few teams that were anticipated to be good that we needed to beat all of them to have a shot.

[SlappyCajun]

I was not going to comment in this thread, but if you want to know why you are not hearing our name from the folks speculating about at large bids here it is:

1. We only played one Group 1 game and we got blown out.
2. We only played two Group 2 games and lost both of them.
3. Eleven of our 18 conference games will be Group 4, the remaining 7 are group 3.
4. Our best win is Nicholls, a Group 3 game.
5. The rest of our OOC schedule is 3 Group 3 and 4 Group 4 games, plus 2 non Division 1 games.

That is a regular season total of 11 Group 3 and 15 Group 4 games; so 26 of our 29 D1 games. Nothing we can do about the Conference games except win them, but we need to schedule at least 2 or 3 more games against non conference teams we anticipate to be Group 1 or 2. A same season home and home with NMSU, had we scheduled one this year instead of McNeese and UNO would have helped greatly. We should be able to do that every year, given the leverage keeping them for football long term gives us.

If you consider this seasons opponent's RPI's from last year, I think we tried to do it.

Iowa ended last season with an 83 RPI, so the neutral court game against them would have been Group2.

Tech ended last season with an 116 RPI, so the road game against them would have been a Group 2 game.

Richmond ended last season with a 72 RPI, so the neutral court game against them would have been a Group 2 game.

Ole Miss ended last season with a 68 RPI, so the road game against them would have been a Group 1 Game.

Clemson ended last season with a 75 RPI, so the road game against them would have been a Group 1 Game. (which it was this year as well)

This was less about our scheduling per se and more normally strong programs underperforming (e.g., Iowa, Richmond, Tech, and Ole Miss).

[VObserver]

If you consider this seasons opponent's RPI's from last year, I think we tried to do it.

Iowa ended last season with an 83 RPI, so the neutral court game against them would have been Group2.

Tech ended last season with an 116 RPI, so the road game against them would have been a Group 2 game.

Richmond ended last season with a 72 RPI, so the neutral court game against them would have been a Group 2 game.

Ole Miss ended last season with a 68 RPI, so the road game against them would have been a Group 1 Game.

Clemson ended last season with a 75 RPI, so the road game against them would have been a Group 1 Game. (which it was this year as well)

This was less about our scheduling per se and more normally strong programs underperforming (e.g., Iowa, Richmond, Tech, and Ole Miss).

I agree, but we still should never schedule people we know will be group 3 or 4; precisely because we know some of the expected 1 and 2 teams will underperform.

[zephyr]

A decent win or two? USC, Wichita State, TCU (twice), Texas Tech, Kansas.

The committee is much more likely to look at who you beat as opposed to where you finish in your league.

And, that is why mid-majors need not apply.
And, that is why ANY talk of an at large bid for us is silly. And, was silly before our loss to GA St.

No anger pills this morning?

[ManAboutTown]

I don’t know who runs the social media sites for basketball, but for the love of all things holy, PLEASE STOP ACKNOWLEDGING THIS STUPID MID MAJOR POLE.

Our official Cajuns twitter and MBB is tweeting out that we’re #2 in this poll. So small time man.. 🤦_♂️

[Esqueleto]

I don’t know who runs the social media sites for basketball, but for the love of all things holy, PLEASE STOP ACKNOWLEDGING THIS STUPID MID MAJOR POLE.

Our official Cajuns twitter and MBB is tweeting out that we’re #2 in this poll. So small time man.. 🤦_♂️

I like the company that's sitting at #1

[talktomewillis]

Actually, I don't think it's a big deal that it's getting publicized. It's national recognition.

[Cajunsmike]

Actually, I don't think it's a big deal that it's getting publicized. It's national recognition.

Someone once asked me to suggest to basketball folks they stop recognizing the mid major poll. If I do question something it will be something like why not have Marcus Stroman shoot when he is wide open 4 feet from the basket and all of his passing targets are covered. As Willis said, they will take any type recognition they can get.

[Cajunfanatico]

Oklahoma lost again last night. They should be a lock now for an at-large.

[Million$Mullet]

Why isn’t CUSA considered a mid major basketball conference?