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Posted: 3/17/2013 8:11 PM
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Ohio has the 12th-best RPI among eligible teams not selected to the NCAA Tournament, so I think the Bobcats are in pretty good shape.

The teams with better RPIs are: Southern Miss (34), Louisiana Tech (54)*, UMass (55), Kentucky (56), New Mexico State (57), Tennessee (58), Alabama (60), Charlotte (61), Detroit (64), BYU (65) and Eastern Kentucky (66).

After Ohio at 67, there is: Baylor (68), Maryland (69), Denver (70), Stephen F. Austin (71)*, Wyoming (72), Indiana State (73), Virginia (74), Stanford (75), North Dakota State (77), Air Force (78), Iowa (79), Northern Iowa (80), St. Joseph's (81), Northwestern State (82), Florida State (83), LSU (84), Stony Brook (85)*, Arkansas (86), Arizona State (87), Washington (88), Providence (89), Xavier (90), Richmond (91), St. John's (92), Weber State (93), Harvard (94), UTEP (95), Florida Gulf Coast (96), Santa Clara (97), Texas A&M (99) and Loyola, Md. (100).

* are automatic qualifiers for the NIT.

Other auto qualifiers are: Long Beach State (118), Robert Morris (121), Niagara (124), Mercer (141), Northeastern (163), Norfolk State (177) and Charleston Southern (191).

Who knows what criteria the NIT really uses to pick teams. I'm sure most of major conference teams will get in. There's 12 of those after Ohio. Throw in the 12 teams ahead of Ohio and the seven auto qualifiers ranked after Ohio and that's 31 teams.

First-round games are Tuesday and Wednesday. Second round is Thursday through Monday and quarterfinal games are next Tuesday and Wednesday, all at campus sites. Semis and finals are Tuesday and Thursday, the 2nd and 4th of April.
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Posted: 3/17/2013 8:38 PM
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Not sure if anyone's posted this, but the selection show is 9 pm tonight on ESPNU.
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Posted: 3/17/2013 8:42 PM
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UpSan Bobcat wrote:expand_more
Ohio has the 12th-best RPI among eligible teams not selected to the NCAA Tournament, so I think the Bobcats are in pretty good shape.

The teams with better RPIs are: Southern Miss (34), Louisiana Tech (54)*, UMass (55), Kentucky (56), New Mexico State (57), Tennessee (58), Alabama (60), Charlotte (61), Detroit (64), BYU (65) and Eastern Kentucky (66).

After Ohio at 67, there is: Baylor (68), Maryland (69), Denver (70), Stephen F. Austin (71)*, Wyoming (72), Indiana State (73), Virginia (74), Stanford (75), North Dakota State (77), Air Force (78), Iowa (79), Northern Iowa (80), St. Joseph's (81), Northwestern State (82), Florida State (83), LSU (84), Stony Brook (85)*, Arkansas (86), Arizona State (87), Washington (88), Providence (89), Xavier (90), Richmond (91), St. John's (92), Weber State (93), Harvard (94), UTEP (95), Florida Gulf Coast (96), Santa Clara (97), Texas A&M (99) and Loyola, Md. (100).

* are automatic qualifiers for the NIT.

Other auto qualifiers are: Long Beach State (118), Robert Morris (121), Niagara (124), Mercer (141), Northeastern (163), Norfolk State (177) and Charleston Southern (191).

Who knows what criteria the NIT really uses to pick teams. I'm sure most of major conference teams will get in. There's 12 of those after Ohio. Throw in the 12 teams ahead of Ohio and the seven auto qualifiers ranked after Ohio and that's 31 teams.

First-round games are Tuesday and Wednesday. Second round is Thursday through Monday and quarterfinal games are next Tuesday and Wednesday, all at campus sites. Semis and finals are Tuesday and Thursday, the 2nd and 4th of April.


New Mexico State won the WAC, they are in the NCAA Tournament.
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Posted: 3/17/2013 9:04 PM
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Kentucky playing at Robert Morris. Wow.
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Posted: 3/17/2013 9:07 PM
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14 spots left
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Posted: 3/17/2013 9:07 PM
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Half the field released. No Bobcats yet. Anyone else nervous?
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Half the field released. No Bobcats yet. Anyone else nervous?


Yes. Hopefully its unjustified and were in the field
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Posted: 3/17/2013 9:13 PM
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we're in!!!!
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Posted: 3/17/2013 9:13 PM
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Off to Denver

ESPN3
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Posted: 3/17/2013 9:13 PM
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Rocky Mountain high.
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Half the field released. No Bobcats yet. Anyone else nervous?


Yes. Hopefully its unjustified and were in the field


On to Denver. Potential matchup with Maryland in the 2nd round. 
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So it's definitely AT Denver, right?
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Posted: 3/17/2013 9:14 PM
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6 seed against Denver.  The March to the Garden is on!
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Rocky Mountain high.


YES!
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Posted: 3/17/2013 9:17 PM
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Surprised Xavier didn't make it
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Posted: 3/17/2013 9:27 PM
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Travel + high altitude makes for difficult trip...
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Posted: 3/17/2013 9:27 PM
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Rocky Mountain high.


Abreau in the house!  Oh wait, wrong thread.  Sorry.  
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Posted: 3/17/2013 9:36 PM
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Travel + high altitude makes for difficult trip...


Travel, maybe.  Altitude shouldn't be a problem, since they'll be in the day before.  We're catching them on the next to last day before finals.
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Travel + high altitude makes for difficult trip...


Travel, maybe.  Altitude shouldn't be a problem, since they'll be in the day before.  We're catching them on the next to last day before finals.
In some people in can take almost a week to get their body completely adjusted to high altitude settings. It's going to be pretty rough for these guys with only 24 hours. 
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Palmer Fest, most of the Abreu jokes have been in poor taste, but your's got a chuckle out me. I can't get this vision of Joe Walsh slurring "Rocky Mountian High" along with "Life's Been Good" out of my head. As for our game maybe the old Bob Seger song "Get Out of Denver" might be appropriate. I do hope Akron does well in the NCAA tournament and defeats VCU and defeats Michigan (two in a row for the MAC.) 

If we could get by Maryland we might make it to NYC. Wouldn't that be a nice consolation to the season, a trip to the Big Apple, which would do a lot for recruiting. First we have to make by Denver's altitude and the black hole of ESPN3 publicity. Am I wrong but in the past didn't the NAIA even get some TV games? Why are we on ESPN3?
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Kentucky playing at Robert Morris. Wow.


gonna be a lot of the wrong color of Blue in that gym. WOuld be a good game to move downtown.

Does anyone but me think being a host in that gym may be a little more than embarrassing and the best way to make money for your program would be to take money out of the Catfans wallets>?
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Posted: 3/17/2013 10:04 PM
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Second-round games are March 21-25, so with a win, the Bobcats could have a weekend game either at Maryland or, with an upset, at The Convo vs. Niagara.
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Posted: 3/17/2013 10:06 PM
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Also, the 7 and 8 seeds were auto qualifiers, so Ohio, Detroit, Indiana State and Washington as the No. 6 seeds were the last teams into the NIT.
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Also, the 7 and 8 seeds were auto qualifiers, so Ohio, Detroit, Indiana State and Washington as the No. 6 seeds were the last teams into the NIT.


So I assume everybody finally realizes we did NOT get an automatic bid.
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