NCAA Tournament

[MOTO]

The way I see it, Boston College may have earned an NCAA tournament bid or may be watching on television during halftime of their NIT appearances.

On the one hand, the wins over Viriginia Polytechnical Institute were big factors and we have a good opportunity to finish the season with a winning ACC record. On the other hand, we are all aware of some bad losses by the Boston College Eagles.

The Boston College Eagles now have to face Wake Forest. It goes without saying that this is a big game for the Eagles. If they lose, I think fans can be assured they will not make the tournament. Unless of course, the Boston College Eagles win the ACC tournament. It begins to get very complicated at this point.

After that game, it is possible Boston College faces a bye or plays a first round game. On the one hand, it may be beneficial to roll up additional wins before facing the selection committee. On the other hand, it may be beneficial to have some rest in order to prepare for a run in the ACC tournament.

I am going to go out on a limb and stake my position very clearly here; Boston College's best opportunity will be to win the ACC tournament and should prepare in a manner best designed to accomplish that goal. You may believe it is best to "roll up" wins, but I believe it is very clear that if we win the ACC tournament we will be playing in the NCAA and may even have a reasonably good seed. I also strongly believe, despite what many here seem to think, that we should prepare each season to win every game we play in and win the ACC tournament. That is the best position that the Eagles can be in to have a strong NCAA tournament seed and a guaranteed bid.

That's the way I see it.

[cvilleagle]

I strongly disagree.

[Logitano]

I strongly disagree.

You do not think we get in the tournie if BC wins the ACC tournie or you do not want BC to win every game? I agree with MOTO and want BC to win every game.

[claver2010]

but I believe it is very clear that if we win the ACC tournament we will be playing in the NCAA

Has anyone CONFIRMED this?

[branchinator]

but I believe it is very clear that if we win the ACC tournament we will be playing in the NCAA

Has anyone CONFIRMED this?

You're not going to find that kind of in-depth analysis on this site. There's no CONTENT here!

[BCEagles25]

The way I see it, Virginia Tech royally fucked themselves over tonight.

[Onyx Blackman]

MOTO is no Edward Aronson.

[AdamBC]

According to the latest statjunkie.com update, we're 27.65% and on the 'in' side of the bubble. A nice jump from the last update.

[cvilleagle]

According to the latest statjunkie.com update, we're 27.65% and on the 'in' side of the bubble. A nice jump from the last update.

Lunardi has us at the #12 in the East playing Michigan in a play-in.

[eepstein0]

According to the latest statjunkie.com update, we're 27.65% and on the 'in' side of the bubble. A nice jump from the last update.

Lunardi has us at the #12 in the East playing Michigan in a play-in.

We'd do just fine against Michigan. Playing in DC would be ideal also (if only because I live here). Give me an over-rated 'Zona team in the next round traveling about 3,000 miles coast-to-coast then a so-so St. John's team. Sweet 16 before our beating from Ohio State In Newark would be a serious possibility.

As someone who's planning on going in DC, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD DON'T PUT SYRACUSE IN THIS REGIONAL! Their fans are insufferable and would travel in the thousands down here which sucks to try and get tickets. Unfortunately, I'm about 100% sure they end up in DC.

[cvilleagle]

According to the latest statjunkie.com update, we're 27.65% and on the 'in' side of the bubble. A nice jump from the last update.

Lunardi has us at the #12 in the East playing Michigan in a play-in.

We'd do just fine against Michigan. Playing in DC would be ideal also (if only because I live here). Give me an over-rated 'Zona team in the next round traveling about 3,000 miles coast-to-coast then a so-so St. John's team. Sweet 16 before our beating from Ohio State In Newark would be a serious possibility.

As someone who's planning on going in DC, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD DON'T PUT SYRACUSE IN THIS REGIONAL! Their fans are insufferable and would travel in the thousands down here which sucks to try and get tickets. Unfortunately, I'm about 100% sure they end up in DC.

If we end up in DC I will definitely be at the opening-round game as well.

[bcmurph]

CBS Sportsline (Palm) has us as a 10 v. Missouri in Chicago...Sets up a potential 2nd round game with the Golden Domers...

[shockdoct]

I applaud MOTO for really sticking his neck out there in his predictions.

[eepstein0]

I applaud MOTO for really sticking his neck out there in his predictions.

I fail to understand why everyone continues to find him amusing. It was incredibly the first attempt. It's now

[SiValEagle]

MOTO is no Edward Aronson.

I had exactly the same thought.

[branchinator]

CBS Sportsline (Palm) has us as a 10 v. Missouri in Chicago...Sets up a potential 2nd round game with the Golden Domers...

If we played Missouri, there would be no 2nd round matchup. They're a rich man's Clemson, a super athletic team that we really struggle against.

[eepstein0]

CBS Sportsline (Palm) has us as a 10 v. Missouri in Chicago...Sets up a potential 2nd round game with the Golden Domers...

If we played Missouri, there would be no 2nd round matchup. They're a rich man's Clemson, a super athletic team that we really struggle against.

Missouri = in Round 1.

[bcmurph]

According to Statsheet.com our fine performance today took our RPI from 36 to 43...

http://statsheet.com/mcb/rankings/RPI?id=2011-03-06

Of course, that's still better than Clemson or VT, but I'm thinking we're going to need 2 wins in Greensboro to get in...

[auggiebc]

According to Statsheet.com our fine performance today took our RPI from 36 to 43...

http://statsheet.com/mcb/rankings/RPI?id=2011-03-06

Of course, that's still better than Clemson or VT, but I'm thinking we're going to need 2 wins in Greensboro to get in...

unfortunately I agree with you about the 2 win thing in the ACCT. For some reason, we are getting lumped in with Clemson and VT even though our RPI, SoS and non-conference wins are much more impressive than either of those 2 teams.

[BCEagle74]

Wake 264. Ouchie.

[BCEagle74]

This should be the monster thread for ACC and NCAA.

CBS Palm has BC in --on the bubble and Clemson and Vt in the playin games.

Interesting.

Notre Dame a 1 seed before the BE Tourney and St John's a 4.

[Logitano]

We win our next 4 games and we are not only in the ncaa tournie we are a 6 or 7 seed. Suck on that knowledge!

[branchinator]

We win our next 4 games and we are not only in the ncaa tournie we are a 6 or 7 seed. Suck on that knowledge!

says, "why win and create undue pressure on yourself when you can beat Wake, lose to Clemson in a close game, and make one of the play-in games?"

[GodofBeasts94]

According to Statsheet.com our fine performance today took our RPI from 36 to 43...

And our SOS dropped from 18 to 28. It's hard to imagine a team could be so bad that it has that kind of an impact on another team's standing. And we have to play them again! Despite winning our RPI will end up in the 50's and our SOS in the 30's.

My assumption is that two of the three teams are in -- and it all comes down to the tourney.

Clemson is 2-0 against us and VT; they're holding the 4 seed; despite their RPI of 59 and SOS of 87 -- and despite the low probability given them by statjunkie.org -- I think they have the upper hand.

But VT is in a world of hurt. They're a woeful 0-3 against Clemson and BC. Their RPI currently is 63 and their SOS is 87. They're the only team to play 6 games against Wake, GT and Virginia and they still only mustered 9 wins. Yes they beat Duke but they didn't finish the season out. I won't be surprised if they lose to GT Thursday; and then I wouldn't want to be Seth G.........

Bottom line, again, as we've been saying for weeks: win one and we're in. 20-12 with a 9-7 conference record and a strong enough RPI and SOS to wipe the shit stain that is Yale off our resume.

[innocentbystander]

We win our next 4 games and we are not only in the ncaa tournie we are a 6 or 7 seed. Suck on that knowledge!

says, "why win and create undue pressure on yourself when you can beat Wake, lose to Clemson in a close game, and make one of the play-in games?"

plus, you gotta save the kids legs for st. patty's day... then it's JUST WIN 6 time

i wonder if butler is going to fuck up everyone's company pools THIS YEAR the way it did last year? we had some latina CSR pick schools at random and she crushed us all last year, very humbling....

[innocentbystander]

According to Statsheet.com our fine performance today took our RPI from 36 to 43...

And our SOS dropped from 18 to 28. It's hard to imagine a team could be so bad that it has that kind of an impact on another team's standing. And we have to play them again! Despite winning our RPI will end up in the 50's and our SOS in the 30's.

My assumption is that two of the three teams are in -- and it all comes down to the tourney.

Clemson is 2-0 against us and VT; they're holding the 4 seed; despite their RPI of 59 and SOS of 87 -- and despite the low probability given them by statjunkie.org -- I think they have the upper hand.

But VT is in a world of hurt. They're a woeful 0-3 against Clemson and BC. Their RPI currently is 63 and their SOS is 87. They're the only team to play 6 games against Wake, GT and Virginia and they still only mustered 9 wins. Yes they beat Duke but they didn't finish the season out. I won't be surprised if they lose to GT Thursday; and then I wouldn't want to be Seth G.........

Bottom line, again, as we've been saying for weeks: win one and we're in. 20-12 with a 9-7 conference record

...and baring a miracle, you pretty much guarantee BC has to play a #3 or maybe even a #2 seed in the first game. If we don't draw BYU at 9am Thursday morning, I don't like our chances.