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Originally Posted by SniperSB23
Florida-Kentucky and Minnesota-Michigan loom as a couple elimination games this week. Penn St can stamp their ticket with a win tonight against Illinois. Lose and they could be in big trouble. USC must sweep the Oregon schools at home to have a shot. Maryland needs to take care of business at Virginia and they'll probably get in. Texas A&M and Providence are both on the right side of the bubble right now but could assure themselves a spot with a big time win in their finales against Missou and at Villanova. Ohio St needs to get by Northwestern to feel good about their chances. I know everyone has UNLV in for some reason but if they can't win a tough game at San Diego State to get to 10-6 in conference they shouldn't even be in consideration. Assuming they lose how could you put them in at 9-7 in a conference that New Mexico is 12-4 and San Diego St 11-5 in? Should be an interesting couple days, especially after all the bubble wackiness the past two nights.
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I totally disagree that Michigan/Minnesota is an elimination game. I think it's absolute lunacy if Minnesota gets left out, especially if Penn State gets in. What the hell else does Minnesota have to do? RPI of 32, SOS of 43, 21-8 and 9-8 in the league, no bad losses, a neutral court win over Louisville, a sweep of Wisconsin, wins over Ohio State and Illinois. Penn State has done OK in conference, but their nonconference resume is embarrassing. The only two decent teams they played (Rhode Island and Temple), they lost to. They split with Minnesota, winning by five and losing by 20. What am I missing?
I also disagree that Maryland just has to beat Virginia. They really blew a chance to cement a bid against Wake, and now they're only 3-8 against the RPI 1-50. I think they need to beat Virginia and win two games in the ACC Tournament to be seriously considered.