At this point, if I were on the Selection Committee...

#29
#29
I'm all for both, but Drexel's done more on the season and I don't like the odds of 3 getting in.
 
#30
#30
obviously i'm biased towards ODU, being a grad student here. Drexel has the resume, but ODU beat the crap out of them both times in conference play. I can't put Drexel in without putting ODU. However, I don't think the CAA can get three in. Drexel didn't look great in their semifinal loss and ODU looked dreadful. I just don't know if either will get in.
 
#31
#31
BigPapaVol said:
I'm all for both, but Drexel's done more on the season and I don't like the odds of 3 getting in.
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I have to respectfully disagree: ODU has a better RPI, is 4-3 vs top 50, 6-5 vs. top 100, and beat Drexel twice by an average of 18.5 points, and faced the 92nd toughest schedule.

Drexel is 2-4 vs. Top 50, 7-6 vs. top 100, was trounced by ODU, and played the 97th toughest schedule.

ODU > Drexel

No argument, really.
 
#32
#32
volfanbill said:
obviously i'm biased towards ODU, being a grad student here. Drexel has the resume, but ODU beat the crap out of them both times in conference play. I can't put Drexel in without putting ODU. However, I don't think the CAA can get three in. Drexel didn't look great in their semifinal loss and ODU looked dreadful. I just don't know if either will get in.
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That's the thing, ODU's resume is better.
 
#34
#34
there you have it. I wasn't aware fo those differences. Watching the two, Drexel appears to be the better team.
 
#36
#36
BigPapaVol said:
there you have it. I wasn't aware fo those differences. Watching the two, Drexel appears to be the better team.
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Drexel may be more talented, but the NCAA tournament spots are rewarded on achievement, not performace. I know you know this, but others forget that they aren't the same thing.
 
#37
#37
true. thanks for the thoughts... guess i'll just be waiting til sunday. at least i know the vols are in, just maybe a seven seed or so.
 
#38
#38
hatvol96 said:
Given the way things have gone the last couple of days, I think a legitimate case can be made that Old Dominion and Drexel should both be in the field. Drexel did what the committee always tallks about, they went on the road and won. ODU got G'Town. If at least one of them, probably Drexel, doesn't get in, somethings wrong. In Bubble Suicide Watch, BYU just won. That means Wyoming now has no chance to poach a bid by winning the MWC.
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The safe bet is, anyone with an RPI under 40 is in.

On Monday, Drexel had an RPI of 46 and Old Dominion had a 39. Old Dominion would get in over Drexel most likely.
 
#40
#40
You are underestimating the pop Drexel will get for their win at Creighton in the Bracket Buster.
 
#41
#41
VolinArizona said:
Drexel may be more talented, but the NCAA tournament spots are rewarded on achievement, not performace. I know you know this, but others forget that they aren't the same thing.
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Stats aside, Drexel's got 3 very good looking road wins and they're more recent than ODU's G'town win. Both teams have some horrendous losses. Difficult choice. I think you've convinced me to some degree that the two are about equal.
 
#42
#42
hatvol96 said:
You are underestimating the pop Drexel will get for their win at Creighton in the Bracket Buster.
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that's a worry of mine. ODU beating Toledo isn't nearly as big as beating Creighton. How can you avoid the face to face battles though? 84-57 and 62-52?
 
#44
#44
Speaking of Georgetown, how high a seed do you think they can get and how deep of a run do you think they can make? Jeff Green looks like a stud out there.
 
#45
#45
volfanbill said:
that's a worry of mine. ODU beating Toledo isn't nearly as big as beating Creighton. How can you avoid the face to face battles though? 84-57 and 62-52?
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I think that's VIA's argument for putting ODU in if you put Drexel in. Makes a lot of sense, but, in the end, the brackets rarely do.
 
#46
#46
#47
#47
oklavol said:
The stat that no team with an RPI under 40 has never been left out of an NCAA tournament is pretty compelling.

I found updated RPI ratings

RealTimeRPI.com Men's College Basketball Rating Percentage Index (RPI) Ratings - A leading sports ratings and resources community on the Internet

RPI....Team
34 Oklahoma St
38 Old Dominion
39 Arkansas
40 Bradley
43 Drexel
44 Utah St
45 FSU

Based on that Arkansas should get in and the SEC would get 5 teams. Old Dominion should be in as well before Drexel.
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Fair enough. I'm ambivalent on the Drexel ODU debate.
 
#48
#48
DUKKE V said:
I see Tenn as a sleeper and, I like Pearl's PASSION.They could go far.
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#49
#49
I just now gained Internet access here in the city formerly known as Catlanta. I'm very disappointed that the Vols blew a chance to play close to home, but at least we can play as the underdog rather than as the target.
 
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