Conference Play
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Conference Play
I think that BYU needs to go 2-2 against Gonzaga and Saint Mary's. At the very least 1-3. If we can't do that with all of our seniors then we have not progressed this season and I will be very disappointed. Below is how the WCC looks with NET rankings going into conference play. SF and SC might give us some trouble away from home but we HAVE TO win ALL of the other games.
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Re: Conference Play
BYU gets an at large bid by putting together runs. Agree, only losses to SMC and Gonzaga would be forgiveable.
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Re: Conference Play
Oh and look at who has played the least road games...
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Re: Conference Play
Here is one site's predicted conference standings. What do you think? I'll take 2nd place with 2 games up on The Mary's!
http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2020/ ... West-Coast
http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2020/ ... West-Coast
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Re: Conference Play
I mentioned this in another thread, but we've got a great opportunity in that we only have to play the surprising two WCC Cinderella teams this year (Santa Clara and Pacific) one time each. SC at home and Pacific on the road.
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I have no idea who Warren Nolan is and how reputable their predictions are, but it seems a bit strange to me to see that Gonzaga is listed as currently having an RPI of 41, while they are the #1 ranked team in the country.byufan4ever wrote: ↑Mon Jan 06, 2020 12:55 pm Here is one site's predicted conference standings. What do you think? I'll take 2nd place with 2 games up on The Mary's!
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http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2020/ ... West-Coast
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Uh, RPI is RPI. CBS Sports is showing the same rankings for RPI. Gonzaga is #41 and BYU is #21. Gonzaga being #1 is in the AP Poll which is based off of the very biased media voting. RPI is a straight calculation based off of your win percentage and SOS. Also, if you go by the NET rankings, which is what will be used by the tournament committee, Gonzaga is "only" #7.EM_Puma wrote: ↑Mon Jan 06, 2020 2:43 pmI have no idea who Warren Nolan is and how reputable their predictions are, but it seems a bit strange to me to see that Gonzaga is listed as currently having an RPI of 41, while they are the #1 ranked team in the country.byufan4ever wrote: ↑Mon Jan 06, 2020 12:55 pm Here is one site's predicted conference standings. What do you think? I'll take 2nd place with 2 games up on The Mary's!
WCC Prediciton 2020-01-06.PNG
http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2020/ ... West-Coast
Also interesting that CBS Sports bracketology expert Jerry Palm currently has BYU as First Four Out along with Utah and The Mary's. I think there is still a lot of bias against the WCC and some people just have it in their heads that the WCC is a one conference team even if the WCC Is up while other conferences are down.
Also, for the at large selections why not just simply go with the remaining best teams by NET ranking?
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Re: Conference Play
IMHO...Nope! If it was a P5 team with the name recognition as well, okay, but whereas NET rankings supposedly looks past that, I want to stay away from pesky wanttabe WCC teams that have no name recognition.