Is The Missouri Valley A 2-Bid League?

[bigdawg]

Creighton not playing well against Providence. Bubble teams would really like to the Bluejays win.

And the Bluejays lose. After the game, FS1 bracket guy said he has Providence in the field playing Indiana State.

[MissouriValleyUnite]

Some really bad results with Providence beating Creighton, Texas A&M (and their 2-4 Q3 record) winning, & Dayton losing.

Indiana State is commonly the last team in across brackets right now. Really need FAU to come through in the AAC.

[TylerDurden]

More bad news: Dayton lost to Duquesne

[MissouriValleyUnite]

Nearly every outcome that could go wrong went wrong today.

The Mountain West is going to be a 6-bid league. Like Schertz said in that interview, Bradley beat their #1 team and Drake shredded their #2 team by 20 in their home state.

[Birdfan2018]

Anyone have a breakdown of who we want to lose today?

Today:
Wake Forest - Beat Notre Dame 72-59
New Mexico - Beat Air Force 82-56
Villanova - Beat DePaul 58-57
Utah - Beat Arizona 90-57
Virginia Tech - Lost to Florida State 86-76
Providence - Beat Georgetown 74-56
Syracuse - Lost to North Carolina State 83-65
Kansas State - Beat Texas 78-74

Thursday:
Mississippi State - Beat LSU 70-60
Virginia - Beat Boston College 66-60
Colorado - Beat Utah 72-58
St John’s - Beat Seton Hall 91-72
Texas A&M - Beat Ole Miss 80-71
Wake Forest - Lost to Pittsburgh 81-69
New Mexico - Beat Boise State 76-66
Villanova - Lost to Marquette 71-65
Pittsburgh - Beat Wake Forest 81-69
Kansas State -Lost to Iowa State 76-57
Providence - Beat Creighton 78-73
Iowa -Lost to Ohio State 90-78
Memphis - Lost to Wichita State 71-65
Oregon -Beat UCLA 68-66
UNLV - Lost to San Diego State 74-71
Ohio State - Beat Iowa 90-78

Only 8 of these lost.
Richmond losing to St Joseph’s appeared to reduce the A-10 to getting only one bid (assuming Dayton won the A-10 tournament). Well then Dayton proceeded to lose to Duquesne! So now the A-10 will receive two bids.
Not looking good for Indiana State.

[tribecalledquest]

The Sycs didn’t really schedule like they were trying to compile an at large resume. Two road buy games at P5’s, a decent win vs Toledo and then a bunch of garbage.

[PretzelDawg]

Lunardi has the Sycamores out now. NET 28 and 5-5 against Q1 and Q2 teams. On CBS Sports, you can see the Q1 and Q2 records of 8-10 seeds. Many are despicable.

[rally]

It's the #318 NC SOS that is going to keep them out.

[MissouriValleyUnite]

14-loss Texas A&M is in most brackets with a 2-5 Q3 record and a NET (46) behind the cutline.

I understand a 14-loss team getting in if they have a high NET and 12-13 of those losses against Q1/Q2. That’s Michigan St this year.

But a 14-loss team getting in with a subpar NET and 28% winning percentage against Q3 (which are considered bad losses) is absolutely insane. It’s straight-up saying 5 bad losses are irrelevant.

[Kyle_Saluki_17]

14-loss Texas A&M is in most brackets with a 2-5 Q3 record and a NET (46) behind the cutline.

I understand a 14-loss team getting in if they have a high NET and 12-13 of those losses against Q1/Q2. That’s Michigan St this year.

But a 14-loss team getting in with a subpar NET and 28% winning percentage against Q3 (which are considered bad losses) is absolutely insane. It’s straight-up saying 5 bad losses are irrelevant.

I think the real selection committee will leave out Texas A&M. I think the bracketologists are wrong on this.