Ranked Teams That Lost During Week 15

[jontaejones]

Comeback by MSU.

Yea, I opened my big mouth too soon.

Jesus, Northwestern is horrible.

How exactly does that happen except for one team just not putting in any effort in the 1st half.

 

[Hitman Hart]

South Carolina is doing dirty things to Auburn right now.

 

[The Derski]

Yea, I opened my big mouth too soon.

Jesus, Northwestern is horrible.

How exactly does that happen except for one team just not putting in any effort in the 1st half.

Please take down Xavier. I hate that JP Macura kid.

 

[Hitman Hart]

Cincy/WSU game today is why I'm excited about the potential of AAC as a basketball league. WSU was a great addition.

If UConn, Temple, and Memphis got their shit together then it'd be a heck of a basketball league.

 

[bksballer89]

Cincy/WSU game today is why I'm excited about the potential of AAC as a basketball league. WSU was a great addition.

If UConn, Temple, and Memphis got their shit together then it'd be a heck of a basketball league.

Yep that was a really good game. The tournament should be fun

 

[Yo Tee]

Final list:

#3 Villanova (to unranked Providence)
#4 Xavier (to #3 Villanova)
#5 Cincinnati (twice; to unranked Houston and #19 Wichita State)
#6 Purdue (to unranked Wisconsin)
#7 Texas Tech (to unranked Baylor)
#8 Ohio State (twice; to unranked Penn State and #22 Michigan)
#10 Auburn (to unranked South Carolina)
#11 Clemson (to #12 Duke)
#15 St. Mary's (to unranked San Francisco)
#18 Tennessee (to unranked Georgia)
#20 West Virginia (to unranked Kansas)
#21 Texas A&M (twice; to unranked Missouri and unranked Arkansas)
#23 Oklahoma (twice and 4 in a row; to #7 Texas Tech and unranked Texas)
#25 Arizona State (to #17 Arizona)

I think it's safe to say the top 10 will look a lot different today.

 

[Yo Tee]

Final list:

#3 Villanova (to unranked Providence)
#4 Xavier (to #3 Villanova)
#5 Cincinnati (twice; to unranked Houston and #19 Wichita State)
#6 Purdue (to unranked Wisconsin)
#7 Texas Tech (to unranked Baylor)
#8 Ohio State (twice; to unranked Penn State and #22 Michigan)
#10 Auburn (to unranked South Carolina)
#11 Clemson (to #12 Duke)
#15 St. Mary's (to unranked San Francisco)
#18 Tennessee (to unranked Georgia)
#20 West Virginia (to unranked Kansas)
#21 Texas A&M (twice; to unranked Missouri and unranked Arkansas)
#23 Oklahoma (twice and 4 in a row; to #7 Texas Tech and unranked Texas)
#25 Arizona State (to #17 Arizona)

I think it's safe to say the top 10 will look a lot different today.

I don't know why, but I put Kansas was unranked. Should be #13 Kansas.

 

[Ickey Shuffle]

Cincy/WSU game today is why I'm excited about the potential of AAC as a basketball league. WSU was a great addition.

Wichita State is our new Louisville. Excited for the future battles.

 

[Ickey Shuffle]

If UConn, Temple, and Memphis got their shit together then it'd be a heck of a basketball league.

AAC might have 4 bids this year. UC, WSU, Houston, and Temple.

Temple is considered a last 4 in. IMO.

Strength of Schedule : 9
RPI : 44

Wins over Clemson, Auburn, and Wichita State. Their only bad losses were against GW and LaSalle.

 

[bksballer89]

AAC might have 4 bids this year. UC, WSU, Houston, and Temple.

Temple is considered a last 4 in. IMO.

Strength of Schedule : 9
RPI : 44

Wins over Clemson, Auburn, and Wichita State. Their only bad losses were against GW and LaSalle.

Based on the brackets I've seen from experts, they're not even on the radar as a bubble team. Pretty much need to win the conference tournament it seems

 

[Yo Tee]

AAC might have 4 bids this year. UC, WSU, Houston, and Temple.

Temple is considered a last 4 in. IMO.

Strength of Schedule : 9
RPI : 44

Wins over Clemson, Auburn, and Wichita State. Their only bad losses were against GW and LaSalle.

Temple is a 12 loss team. No way they get in unless they win their conference tourney. Will say though that the AAC is a great division for basketball and football lately. Gonna be a very exciting tourney. Unless someone aside from Houston, Wichita State and Cincinnati win the tourney, I only see them getting 3 bids. Which sucks because I thought my Knights would challenge for a spot this year.

 

[ericd7633]

Based on the brackets I've seen from experts, they're not even on the radar as a bubble team. Pretty much need to win the conference tournament it seems

If they win out and get to the final of the AAC Tournament, there's a great chance they're getting in.

This would be their resume(assuming wins against East Carolina, Wichita State, and Houston in AACT)

Record: 21-13
Projected RPI: 23
Projected SOS: 5
Projected OOC SOS: 12
Q1 wins: 5

Only one time has a team with a top 25 RPI been left out of the tournament. And that was an MVC team.

 

[Ickey Shuffle]

Based on the brackets I've seen from experts, they're not even on the radar as a bubble team. Pretty much need to win the conference tournament it seems

If they win out and get to the final of the AAC Tournament, there's a great chance they're getting in.

This would be their resume(assuming wins against East Carolina, Wichita State, and Houston in AACT)

Record: 21-13
Projected RPI: 23
Projected SOS: 5
Projected OOC SOS: 12
Q1 wins: 5

Only one time has a team with a top 25 RPI been left out of the tournament. And that was an MVC team.

Temple will be biting their nails in a few weeks.

 

[bksballer89]

If they win out and get to the final of the AAC Tournament, there's a great chance they're getting in.

This would be their resume(assuming wins against East Carolina, Wichita State, and Houston in AACT)

Record: 21-13
Projected RPI: 23
Projected SOS: 5
Projected OOC SOS: 12
Q1 wins: 5

Only one time has a team with a top 25 RPI been left out of the tournament. And that was an MVC team.

What if they lose their final regular season game to Wichita and get to the final of AAC tourney?

 

[ericd7633]

Temple is a 12 loss team. No way they get in unless they win their conference tourney. Will say though that the AAC is a great division for basketball and football lately. Gonna be a very exciting tourney. Unless someone aside from Houston, Wichita State and Cincinnati win the tourney, I only see them getting 3 bids. Which sucks because I thought my Knights would challenge for a spot this year.

See above post. They can definitely make it if the scenario above plays out. There's going to be a bunch of 4 and 5 seeds with double digit losses this year, so Temple even with winning out and losing the Final of the AACT, to get them a 13 loss won't eliminate them when their other numbers are going to be very, very good. If this scenario plays out, I actually think they'd be comfortably in(say 9/10 seed)

 

[Ickey Shuffle]

Temple is a 12 loss team. No way they get in unless they win their conference tourney. Will say though that the AAC is a great division for basketball and football lately. Gonna be a very exciting tourney. Unless someone aside from Houston, Wichita State and Cincinnati win the tourney, I only see them getting 3 bids. Which sucks because I thought my Knights would challenge for a spot this year.

UCF is a top 10 defensive team and could've easily been in the field. That injury to Takco Fall sucked.

 

[ericd7633]

What if they lose their final regular season game to Wichita and get to the final of AAC tourney?

They've already played Wichita State twice(split). They have remaining games against UCF(home) and Uconn and Tulsa(road) so not inconceivable for them to win out, if the good Temple team shows up.

I do think they'll need to get to the final on top of winning out in the regular season.

 

[bksballer89]

They've already played Wichita State twice(split). They have remaining games against UCF(home) and Uconn and Tulsa(road) so not inconceivable for them to win out, if the good Temple team shows up.

I do think they'll need to get to the final on top of winning out in the regular season.

Yeah you're right. I was looking at Cincy schedule for some reason lol but yeah they have a decent shot to win out

 

[Yo Tee]

UCF is a top 10 defensive team and could've easily been in the field. That injury to Takco Fall sucked.

Yes it did. If we had Tacko, we actually might be up there with Cincy and Wichita State, in my opinion. I just don't see them making it far in the AAC tourney. Maybe through the 2nd round but once they get to either Cincy or Houston or Wichita State, that's where trouble starts. They really haven't beaten any top teams. They annihilated Temple and also beat Alabama which I suppose is a decent win but they lost to teams like UConn and SMU. There's a good chance we could finish 20-10 being a 4 or 5 seed in the AAC tourney. Maybe finishing 22-11 or 21-11 after the tourney. Still not a good resume for the NCAA tourney though.

 

[Yo Tee]

See above post. They can definitely make it if the scenario above plays out. There's going to be a bunch of 4 and 5 seeds with double digit losses this year, so Temple even with winning out and losing the Final of the AACT, to get them a 13 loss won't eliminate them when their other numbers are going to be very, very good. If this scenario plays out, I actually think they'd be comfortably in(say 9/10 seed)

They have 4 losses against sub-100 RPI teams, but 3 wins against top 20 RPI teams. I think they would need to win out in order to make it. And by win out, I mean win every game they play from here on out, including the AAC title game.