OOC Games to watch Sun 3/9

[stever20]

Syracuse @ Florida St- A FSU win would be a killer for BE Bubble teams
Indiana St vs Wichita St- A ISU win would steal a bid
Wisconsin @ Nebraska- A Nebraska win would likely clinch a bid for Nebraska, who is the 4 seed in the Big Ten tourney- and thus doesn't have to play the 12 seed 1st round.

must win type of games:
La Salle vs St Joseph's
Penn St vs Minnesota
BC vs North Carolina St

[MooseFriar13]

So far so good for BE bubble teams. Syracuse won, and Wichita St won. St. Joes vs LaSalle is close early (16 to 12 St. Joes on top)

[stever20]

yep. so far so good today. 4 big ones left today....

[micgoG'town]

LaSalle beats St. Joseph's.

[stever20]

Nebraska up 8 2:42 to go....

[handdownmandown]

Wisky played like they were paid to throw the game.

[stever20]

Just saw on Warren Nolan's RPI site Nebraska's RPI up to #41 now. Nebraska very likely now tourney bound- would play #23 Ohio St in the QF of the Big Ten. Even a loss there and they should be safe.

[stever20]

Wisky played like they were paid to throw the game.

Probably part of it was that they had their seed clinched and couldn't move up at all with a win. Nebraska the more desperate team.

[billyjack]

Wisky played like they were paid to throw the game.

That is a definite flaw in the system is... not that they'd throw a game, but what incentive did Wisconsin really have to beat Nebraska...? Doesn't Wisconsin benefit financially if an additional Big Ten school gets an NCAA bid...? We're almost better off with a European Champions League type set up... conferences get bids based on the conference's past NCAA perfomance.

[Bill Marsh]

LaSalle beats St. Joseph's.

Bad loss for St. Joe's. A loss to Dayton in the first round of the A10 tournament would leave them teetering on the edge of the bubble.