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Post by birdman on Feb 18, 2017 23:56:43 GMT -5
We are who we are. We really haven't beaten a top team this year.....I still believe we will win a round at least in the Atlantic 10 tournament. I think we are ready for the Atlantic 10 playoff. St Bona gave a helluva effort on the road vs Dayton....we just came up a little short ...as we have vs other notable teams this year. Personally I am very surprised we didn't upset a team or two.....
i think the NIT would be a great goal for this team to have this year......and don't get me wrong, they will have to run the table to make it.....but I would love to see st Bona in the NIT TOURNAMENT this year........
st Bona will be a better team next year......fact is this years team hasn't played well enough defensively.....a little surprised by that.....but I can see next year team being deeper and of course more experienced......
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Feb 19, 2017 8:32:21 GMT -5
Post by rf1 on Feb 19, 2017 8:32:21 GMT -5
Unless Bona closes out the season very strong, the NIT is probably not happening. The current RPI is #97 and it is forecast to be #95 at the end of the season. This is not generally NIT worthy. You typically need to be in the top 75 range since the tournament was revamped (reduced field to 32 and award regular season conference champs not going to the NCAA bids). It is actually looking pretty grim for the A-10 as far as the NCAA and NIT are looking. It is looking like just two NCAA teams (Dayton and VCU) and one NIT team (URI) for the league. This would be the worst showing in many years and continues a multi year downward trend for the A-10.
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Feb 19, 2017 9:14:10 GMT -5
Post by kcSBU03 on Feb 19, 2017 9:14:10 GMT -5
Downward trend? We had 6 teams in the ncaa/nit last year
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Post by Jive36 on Feb 19, 2017 9:30:48 GMT -5
There is still a lot of basketball left to be played. If I were able to bet VCU/Dayton or the field for the A10 tournament I would take the field. URI and Mason both looked really good for stretches yesterday. Richmond can get hot hell even Davidson could start playing up to expectations not to mention the Bonnies.
The NIT will be highly dependent on how many regular season conference champs make the big dance. We should be pulling for every 1seed in the conference tournaments especially for mid majors and low majors.
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Feb 19, 2017 10:29:52 GMT -5
Post by rf1 on Feb 19, 2017 10:29:52 GMT -5
Downward trend? We had 6 teams in the ncaa/nit last year The conference has been in a bit of a downward trajectory for a few years. It is more evident on the NCAA side and the Bona snub last year is a prime example. Projection as of right now 2016/17 NCAA-2 NIT-1 Past 2015/16 NCAA-3 NIT-3 2014-15 NCAA-3 NIT-3 2013-14 NCAA-6 NIT-0 2012/13 NCAA-5 NIT-3 2011/12 NCAA-4 NIT-4
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Feb 19, 2017 11:15:24 GMT -5
Post by class70 on Feb 19, 2017 11:15:24 GMT -5
In 6 of the past 10 A10 tourneys the champ has not been either the #1 or #2 team in the regular season. The odds are pretty good on that basis that the A10 gets 2 NCAA at-large for Dayton and VCU plus a bid stealer winning the tourney. I heard there's a team from Olean that's got everyone scared. Let's play for that.
Edit: Maybe I should have said "pray for that."
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Feb 19, 2017 11:43:12 GMT -5
Post by marylandbonnie1 on Feb 19, 2017 11:43:12 GMT -5
All of this is moot unless SBU wins the next 5 straight games. If they finish 21-11, we got a chance
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Post by Jive36 on Feb 19, 2017 13:03:01 GMT -5
There has been so much turnover in the A10 especially amongst the top teams it's hard to look back at the last few years on the surface. I believe on another thread someone went through the past seasons and adjusted the number of tournament teams to reflect the teams still in the conference and there was not a significant downward trend
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Post by birdman on Feb 19, 2017 14:33:21 GMT -5
21-11 is a possibility. 22-12 might get us in.......I still think we will be tough in A10 tournament. I think if st Bona can play better defense that we can beat anyone......I like this team......we might be improved in a couple of weeks. Get to the finals!
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Post by bonawolf02 on Feb 19, 2017 18:06:47 GMT -5
In the same mind set as most here...regardless if the A-10 is up or down, if the Bonnies can win out and get to 12-6 in the regular season and then get to the weekend (semi-finals Saturday) of the A-10 tourney whether that's winning one game or two games, I think there's a good shot of getting in. 21 or 22 win A-10 team that at least gets to the conference tourney semi's would be tough to turn away for the NIT. Buuuuuut....we know how that can all go......
If the Bonnies play as they have over the past 2 games, that's probably going to happen. Got to be locked in for these next four and see where the seeds shake out for Pittsburgh.
Go Bonas!
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Feb 19, 2017 21:08:50 GMT -5
Post by CoachSBU on Feb 19, 2017 21:08:50 GMT -5
If we are on the "bubble" for the NIT, you gotta think we can get in since it is run by the NCAA, if we finish anywhere close to above average. This might just be based on "hope" by me but history seems to be when a team is "slighted" by the Committee for the tournament one year, the next season, they seem to get the benefit of the doubt when it comes to tournament invites.
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Post by wgt on Feb 20, 2017 11:31:43 GMT -5
birdman……… I like your optimism going forward. I think you can apply some of it toward our DEFENSE also.
Early in the season our offense was scoring lots but allowing lots of points as well. Our D struggled mightily in all regards but especially stopping the trey. We were #13 in Trey defense & similarly near the bottom in points put up against us.
Throughout the season our D has been getting better. It should be noted that our changing zones have presented some problems and a factor in our improved D.
The #s verify our better D.
We have improved from #13 defending the TREY to # 6 in conference games.
We have improved from #11 allowing points to # 4 in Conference games.
Improved from #8 in FG% defense to # 4.
Improved from #5 steals to #2 in the conference.
These are significant shifts from what was a very porous defense.
On the other hand it is our offense that has been inconsistent. Had Matt or Denzel or Idris had an average game scoring we MAY have ended Dayton’s 12 game unbeaten streak at home.
Denzel is #5 in the conference in blocks & Jay #2 in steals. If the D continues to improve at this rate we will be a tough out.
Much of the inconsistency with the offense can be attributed to Jay’s very poor shooting (for him) after his ankle injury. The last few games he has moved better & his shooting has improved to what we expect to see.
Lets hope that putting the two sides of the ball together more consistently results in a strong showing.
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Feb 20, 2017 11:38:53 GMT -5
Post by agoo on Feb 20, 2017 11:38:53 GMT -5
I can't find where I posted this before, but we played a number of top 100 scoring offenses in the non-conference schedule. It wasn't entirely that our defense was bad (it wasn't good) but we had a ridiculous schedule at the time. Four from the non-con schedule are still top 100, but I believe it was 7 or 8 at the time that I looked.
The A-10 only has two top 100 scoring offenses, us and La Salle.
The numbers seem to be reflecting the change in schedule.
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Post by 123Rob on Feb 20, 2017 11:54:40 GMT -5
NYC Buckets currently has us IN but on the bubble for the NIT. This mornings bracket has us an 8 seed playing at the Evil Empire of Onondaga.
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Post by class70 on Feb 20, 2017 13:31:41 GMT -5
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