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Post by hchoops on Feb 17, 2024 9:20:54 GMT -5
Definitely premature, but The Athletic has us as a #16 in the Play-in First 4 in Palo Alto
Stanford is a beautiful campus
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Post by longsuffering on Feb 17, 2024 12:40:33 GMT -5
More exciting for the kids than a bus ride to Storrs.
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Post by oldschoolhoops on Feb 17, 2024 12:40:36 GMT -5
Definitely premature, but The Athletic has us as a #16 in the Play-in First 4 in Palo Alto Stanford is a beautiful campus Does the committee put any conference champion in the Play-In? I can't recall if it has or not. That would be a blow to the league. |
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Post by longsuffering on Feb 17, 2024 12:56:49 GMT -5
Definitely premature, but The Athletic has us as a #16 in the Play-in First 4 in Palo Alto Stanford is a beautiful campus Does the committee put any conference champion in the Play-In? I can't recall if it has or not. That would be a blow to the league. Last season 18-13 Sacred Heart played 18-14 Southern in the first four (SHU won) and those two teams certainly wouldn't have been at large selections. The First Four weeds out but also give an opportunity for an NCAA win to teams who wouldn't qualify for the tournament if it simply selected the best 64 or 68 teams in the country. It's a glass half full/half empty arrangement. It worked out well for HC MBB in 2016 as it kept the magic going for two games in the NCAA tournament. It must be a let down for the two losing teams. |
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Post by cruskater31 on Feb 17, 2024 15:12:21 GMT -5
I think there should be an auto NIT selection for the team that loses the first four game in both men and women's but that's just me.
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Post by purplehaze on Feb 17, 2024 15:22:55 GMT -5
With the top of the league being so weak I’d say our champ is locked into the play-in game - pretty sad
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Post by timholycross on Feb 18, 2024 8:00:57 GMT -5
Isn't it the same as for the men; four of the First Four are #16s (there are 6 to start with) and the other four are #11s?
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Post by rgs318 on Feb 18, 2024 8:08:12 GMT -5
That is how I remember it.
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Post by jstill on Feb 18, 2024 9:25:34 GMT -5
Number 14 and 15 seeds are a combined 0 wins and 224 losses since 1994. Number 16 seeds are 1-111. Any discussion of where the PL women's champ goes and how it affects their ability to win a game is kind of silly IMHO. At this point I would worry more about avoiding a play in game in pl tournament
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Post by timholycross on Feb 18, 2024 9:48:16 GMT -5
Number 14 and 15 seeds are a combined 0 wins and 224 losses since 1994. Number 16 seeds are 1-111. Any discussion of where the PL women's champ goes and how it affects their ability to win a game is kind of silly IMHO. At this point I would worry more about avoiding a play in game in pl tournament Have to agree. OTOH Colgate broke it's 7 game skid w/2 consecutive wins, so hopefully HC is next to right the ship. Really, really worried about how their attention to detail and aggressiveness both simply vanished the last few games. Shooting has been bad but that can come back (if the right people are taking the right shots). |
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Post by longsuffering on Feb 18, 2024 15:15:35 GMT -5
Number 14 and 15 seeds are a combined 0 wins and 224 losses since 1994. Number 16 seeds are 1-111. Any discussion of where the PL women's champ goes and how it affects their ability to win a game is kind of silly IMHO. At this point I would worry more about avoiding a play in game in pl tournament Have to agree. OTOH Colgate broke it's 7 game skid w/2 consecutive wins, so hopefully HC is next to right the ship. Really, really worried about how their attention to detail and aggressiveness both simply vanished the last few games. Shooting has been bad but that can come back (if the right people are taking the right shots). Other teams might be younger and have more portal newcomers so didn't get up to speed playing team defense as quickly as HC did in the first PL go-around but now are playing better defense in their second PL games against HC? Time for a counter-offensive on both offense and defense from HC. |
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Post by hchoops on Feb 27, 2024 8:12:24 GMT -5
Still at 16 and a play-in
Vs High Point
In Columbus, Ohio
Much rather Palo Alto
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Post by timholycross on Feb 27, 2024 9:43:18 GMT -5
What can happen easily is another league ends up having the equivalent of HCs miracle men's run a few years ago and the result is a lower ranked team than HC. HC, if everything went according to form; has the best NET of the 4 schools that would end up in the First Four. Won't take much to move HC up a rung or two.
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