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Originally Posted by SniperSB23
Hey Joey, what are your thoughts on Rhode Island? I think they are in if they win out to their conference tourney final but most of the major bubble watches are completely ignoring them. On the surface the resume looks weak but the closer you look at them the better they look. They beat Penn State on a neutral court and only lost by 4 to Oklahoma St. They played a very tough non-conference road schedule going to Duke, Providence, and Villanova and lost by 3 at Duke and 1 at Providence. The committee will also recognize that beating VCU and winning at Northeastern are both quality non-conference wins. They didn't get the luxury of top teams coming to their building like many of the other bubble teams got. I think they'll have a stronger resume than many of the teams they'll be competing with for the final spot.
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They have been really unlucky, seven of their eight losses have come by six points or less, but they still lost to Richmond and St. Joe's and don't really have a quality win to balance that out. If they beat UMass on Saturday, they'll be 12-4 in conference with a seven-game winning streak to close the season, but like you said, I think they have to get to the A-10 Tourney Final to be seriously considered. Not sure whether they'll be on the same side of the bracket as Xavier, but they really need a win over the Musketeers to point to. When your best wins are @ Duquesne, @ Northeastern and vs. Penn State, you've got work to do.