Consigliere
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We’re 16-9 (6-6) and we’ve been playing terrible basketball. In case you forgot, before today, we were 2-4 in our last 6 and 3 of those losses were to the bottom 5 in the conference.
Before BC, our RPI was 62, BPI was 54 and our SOS was 55.
As repeated 1000 times during the game, an unbiased party (Joe Lunardi) has us in the “first 4 out”. He also has 2 teams that we beat (Illinois and NC State) as the “last four in”. Now we all know that Lunardi is just giving an opinion and that opinion is worth ___________. I think the general consensus is we’re on the outside right now probably around where Lunardi has us.
I think everyone on the site could agree that we’ve lost our edge and we can’t get any momentum. The truth is we’re in “contention” yet we’re playing terrible.
There are two positive things out there:
1. We have 6 games left (+ ACC Tourney) and plenty of time to get into the tourney.
2. We’re capable of playing much better. If this terrible team is just on the outside, a decent or better team is probably in the tourney.
Who is left on the schedule?
VT
FSU
UNC
@UL
@VT
@PITT
4 of those teams have sub .500 records in the ACC. If we can get some rhythm and momentum we could win 4 of 6. Maybe it starts with a spark (like Burnett) and some consistent play. Perhaps Angel will shoot better.
I continue believe that the teams sitting around 20-35 (overall) are weak and interchangeable. Those teams are constantly moving around. If we could hit 10 ACC games, I like our chances of making the tourney without needing a lot of help in the ACC Tourney.
With all that said, I put our chances of winning 4 of 6 at 30%. It starts with VT on Wednesday. We haven't won two in a row since Sept 22 and 24.
Before BC, our RPI was 62, BPI was 54 and our SOS was 55.
As repeated 1000 times during the game, an unbiased party (Joe Lunardi) has us in the “first 4 out”. He also has 2 teams that we beat (Illinois and NC State) as the “last four in”. Now we all know that Lunardi is just giving an opinion and that opinion is worth ___________. I think the general consensus is we’re on the outside right now probably around where Lunardi has us.
I think everyone on the site could agree that we’ve lost our edge and we can’t get any momentum. The truth is we’re in “contention” yet we’re playing terrible.
There are two positive things out there:
1. We have 6 games left (+ ACC Tourney) and plenty of time to get into the tourney.
2. We’re capable of playing much better. If this terrible team is just on the outside, a decent or better team is probably in the tourney.
Who is left on the schedule?
VT
FSU
UNC
@UL
@VT
@PITT
4 of those teams have sub .500 records in the ACC. If we can get some rhythm and momentum we could win 4 of 6. Maybe it starts with a spark (like Burnett) and some consistent play. Perhaps Angel will shoot better.
I continue believe that the teams sitting around 20-35 (overall) are weak and interchangeable. Those teams are constantly moving around. If we could hit 10 ACC games, I like our chances of making the tourney without needing a lot of help in the ACC Tourney.
With all that said, I put our chances of winning 4 of 6 at 30%. It starts with VT on Wednesday. We haven't won two in a row since Sept 22 and 24.