Pacific

It was a good 10 point win tonight. Childs got another double double. The freshmen Harding and Baxter did well. The commentaters cited BYU's defense.



Gonzaga beat St. Mary's 94 46!

Gonzaga is good. Crazy good.



We looked slow yesterday, but good defense by our guys. Cannon did a great job defending Pacific's top player.



Clutch scoring off the bench helped a ton. With Baxter chipping in 10 points or so a night now teams can't afford to double Childs as much.



Fingers crossed we can hold onto 2nd place and get tag bi in the tournament.

Rose has slowly being feeling his way to his most talented players. It also helps to that Emery has reduced his offensive load and focused on D. I hope they make one more change.



I think the



Haws

Emery

Harding

Childs

Baxter



line up is our best, most talented lineup. But it would require Harding to be more focused defensively. So it may be a bridge to far.

Qman, (interesting user name.) that is a very good line up but I might put Cannon or Hardnett in Emery's place. However, I wouldn't keep any of them out of the game. In fact the bench is doing very well and I see these wins as team wins. Hardnett does need to get healthy.

Gunk wrote:
Fingers crossed we can hold onto 2nd place and get tag bi in the tournament.

Even if we win out in the regular season. I think we have to win the WCC tourney to get into the NCAA tournament. With as bad as the first half of the season was, I don't think an at-large bid is in the cards, especially in a season where one-loss UNR is ranked in the top-10 but still listed as "Has Work To Do" in Bracketology.

snoscythe wrote:

Fingers crossed we can hold onto 2nd place and get tag bi in the tournament.

Even if we win out in the regular season. I think we have to win the WCC tourney to get into the NCAA tournament. With as bad as the first half of the season was, I don't think an at-large bid is in the cards, especially in a season where one-loss UNR is ranked in the top-10 but still listed as "Has Work To Do" in Bracketology.

Agree. Which means despite how bad the Pac12 and MWC are doing the WCC will be a 1 bid team unless someone other Gonzaga wins the WCC tourney.

Gunk wrote:

Gunk wrote:
Fingers crossed we can hold onto 2nd place and get tag bi in the tournament.

Even if we win out in the regular season. I think we have to win the WCC tourney to get into the NCAA tournament. With as bad as the first half of the season was, I don't think an at-large bid is in the cards, especially in a season where one-loss UNR is ranked in the top-10 but still listed as "Has Work To Do" in Bracketology.

Agree. Which means despite how bad the Pac12 and MWC are doing the WCC will be a 1 bid team unless someone other Gonzaga wins the WCC tourney.

I think USF still has a viable path to an at-large bid even as the #2, but they'd have to lose to the Zags in the WCC finals.

Yes, but they'd have to get to 2nd place. Could happen and if it did they have a good shot at an at-large bid.

Gunk wrote:

Yes, but they'd have to get to 2nd place. Could happen and if it did they have a good shot at an at-large bid.

I think they could still get an at-large bid as the #3 team in the league with a runner-up finish in the WCC--they're still in the "Next Four Out" category in Bracketology as of today sitting at #3.



I also don't have a lot of confidence in BYU holding on to the #2 spot--SF has a much easier tail end on their schedule:



BYU's final five games:

@San Diego

@Loyola Marymount

vs San Francisco

@Gonzaga

vs San Diego



SF's final six games:

vs Pepperdine

@ Portland

@ BYU

@ Santa Clara

vs San Diego

vs Loyola Marymount

snoscythe wrote:

Fingers crossed we can hold onto 2nd place and get tag bi in the tournament.

Even if we win out in the regular season. I think we have to win the WCC tourney to get into the NCAA tournament. With as bad as the first half of the season was, I don't think an at-large bid is in the cards, especially in a season where one-loss UNR is ranked in the top-10 but still listed as "Has Work To Do" in Bracketology.

The selection committee officially announced seeds 1-4 in each region as it stood as of last Saturday and Nevada they have as a 4. They don't fall all the way out at this point. I suppose if they lost every game from here on out they could, but that's not going to happen.

What are the tiebreakers for the WCC tournament? It's still possible that BYU, USF, and SMC finish in a 3-way tie for 2nd place, each with 12-4 or 11-5 conference records.



Could USF still grab an at large bid if they finish 5-1 in their final 6 games (with that 1 loss @BYU)...but finish 4th in the WCC? Then, beat USD or LMU in the WCC quarterfinals and lose to Zags in the WCC semifinals?