Games worthy of note 2013-2014

[Bill Marsh]

Some interesting games today...
Rhode Island blew out bubble team Richmond.
Miami (Fla) blew out bubble team NC State.
Northern Iowa beat bubble team Indiana State.
Michigan beat bubble team Minnesota.
Gonzaga blew out bubble team St Mary's.
AAC 6-seed Houston beat Temple.
SMU with another impressive win, over #208 Central Florida.
The San Francisco Dons (SJU beat em by 25) have climbed 30 RPI pts in 2 weeks (to 65) by beating no one. How?

Virginia became the first team* to ever lose an OOC game by 35+ points, and then go on to win the ACC regular season title. Best Conference Ever tm.

* Note that while Marquette led ACC-champ Miami (Fla) in the NCAAs last year by 30+ points, the final score was around 10 points.

I would add Cal's 18 point loss to Arizona State which weakens their position on the bubble and puts them right in the mix with PC, Minnesota, Baylor, K State, Missouri, Tennessee, and Arkansas.

[Bill Marsh]

Pitt lost tonight . . . at home . . . to NC State . . . with an RPI in the 62-76 range

Drops their RPI to somewhere between 46-52 depending on which site you use. Their only top 50 win is over Stanford (RPI 40/41) back in November.

Should make for some interesting discussion at the committee.

[Bill Marsh]

Losing to Georgia Tech tonight at the Dome, Syracuse has completely fallen apart down the stretch, dropping 4 of their last 5 while dodging a bullet in several other close games.

[stever20]

Baylor over iowa St likely get them in the tourney- Big 12 will almost for sure get 7 teams in the tourney now. Not good for our bubble teams.