Matt Norlander's Top 353

[BCPanther]

UNI has put together a schedule that could get them an at-large as usual. Way more road games than anybody would like but that is going to continue to be life for all of us going forward, especially if the P6 get to screw with MTEs.

[BEARZ77]

UNI has put together a schedule that could get them an at-large as usual. Way more road games than anybody would like but that is going to continue to be life for all of us going forward, especially if the P6 get to screw with MTEs.

I don't know; looks like you're really dependent on beating Penn to get two more quality games or you end up with South Dakota St and O Dominion as your headliners and hoping Iowa is better than last year.There's a chance for it to be solid, but more risk than you would like.

[BCPanther]

UNI has put together a schedule that could get them an at-large as usual. Way more road games than anybody would like but that is going to continue to be life for all of us going forward, especially if the P6 get to screw with MTEs.

I don't know; looks like you're really dependent on beating Penn to get two more quality games or you end up with South Dakota St and O Dominion as your headliners and hoping Iowa is better than last year.There's a chance for it to be solid, but more risk than you would like.

We'll probably get screwed like we did at Atlantis last year (not that it mattered in the end) when we beat SMU to get Arizona except Arizona s*** the bed against NC State and we got them instead. Though I can't imagine K-State losing to Eastern Kentucky.

[Snaggletooth]

How many teams in the MVc will have a chance to build an at-large resume?

I'll let other team posters speak for themselves, but in looking at the Shox noncon vs MSU's we compare pretty favorably.

Mizzou St. non-conference (using Kenpom) with WSU in [ ]

Tier 1 -1 [2]
Tier 2 - 2 [ 3]
Tier 3 - 3 [2]
Tier 4 - 5 [3]

MoST adds additional Tier 1 or 2 depending on who they draw (USC/TT)
WSU has the possibility to add 2 Tier 1 or 2 depending on the draw (Purdue/Va Tech/Alabama/NE)

So overall it is not a bad non-conference schedule, the only negative is the 5 Tier 4 games. But if MoSt does well in their top end, it could put them in position for at-large.

[Snaggletooth]

I think ISU and SIU for sure have schedules that could help them. Loyola did a crappy job for a team that might need it. Those are the only three that have realistic at large chances anyway. The Valley is going to be pretty good this season.

ISUR (has the opportunity to pick up Tier 1/2 additional depending on how their tournament shakes out).
T1 - 1
T2 - 3
T3 - 3
T4 - 3

SIU (Either will ad T1 (Nevada) or T3 (Tulsa)
T1 - 2
T2 - 2
T3 - 3
T4 - 4

LUC (will either add T2 or T3)
T1 - 2
T2 - 1
T3 - 4
T4 - 4

ISUR has the best chance for at-large resume but depends on how everything shakes out in their tournament. SIU and LUC will have to be perfect in non-conference and hope there is enough quality wins in conference play.

[Snaggletooth]

UNI has put together a schedule that could get them an at-large as usual. Way more road games than anybody would like but that is going to continue to be life for all of us going forward, especially if the P6 get to screw with MTEs.

I see UNI schedule more like LUC, but could look better depending on how the Paradise Jam shakes out especially if they got victories over KSU and Mizzou. But Paradice jam could turn out terrible also if there are upsets with 2 Tier 4 teams lurking.

UNI Non-Conference [Not included but Paradise Jam contains T1x2, T2x2, T4x2]

T1 - 1
T2 - 2
T3 - 4
T4 - 2