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I'm gonna need like an hour or two to calm down from that.

Can't really fault him too much, but that's only the first FT Griffey has missed all year.

Indeed, Clark, OSU was successful during their 20-0 run, and yet the game is in overtime.

Also, Morgan State leads South Carolina State 29-24 at the half of the MEAC championship.

Rhode Island has fought back to make it somewhat respectable, down 11 with a minute left. Duke has stretched the lead to 14 midway through the second half. Illinois leads Ohio State by 9 with 11 to play.

Vermont wins the America East. I have no problem just sliding them into the spot occupied by BU.

Illini doing a much better job staying with Diebler this game as opposed to the last 2. He's only gotten 2 shots so far.

Temple leads URI by 17 at the half, Duke leads Miami by 5 with Singler on the bench with an injury, and Kentucky leads Tennessee by 13 at the half. Illinois leads OSU 16-15 early.

What is Vermont's resume looking like? Is it different enough that they'd be in a different spot on our curve? Nah, it's pretty similar, they even swept BU during the regular season. They just don't have a top 100 win and didn't schedule as difficult.

It might be a good idea to at least try to guard Diebler at the 3 point line this game. Although maybe we could just start with hanging onto the ball and not allowing layups.

Another championship winding down: Vermont leads BU by 5 with 4 and a half minutes to play.

Houston put between Sam Houston State and Ohio on the S-Curve. Now only 27 teams to place today, as Minnesota is bumped back to consideration for now. S-Curve: Rank Team W L top25 26-50 51-100 101-200 200+ SOS NCSOS R+N ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Kansas 29 2 8-0 2-2 10-0 5-0 4-0 32 138 11-2 2 Syracuse 28 3 6-0 3-3 9-0 5-0 5-0 27 258 8-6 3 Kentucky 29 2 0-0 7-1 10-1 9-0 3-0 62 199 11-2 4 Duke 26 5 4-3 4-1 12-1 3-0 4-0 4 73 9-5 5 West Virginia 24 6 5-3 3-2 8-1 6-0 2-0 1 39 12-4 6 Ohio State 24 7 5-4 1-1 6-2 7-0 5-0 48 231 7-6 7 Kansas State 24 6 5-3 2-2 8-1 4-0 4-0 6 96 11-3 8 Purdue 26 4 4-3 4-0 6-1 8-0 4-0 31 177 12-2 9 Villanova 24 6 5-3 4-2 5-1 6-0 4-0 8 163 12-4 10 Wisconsin 23 7 6-3 0-1 8-2 5-1 4-0 22 120 7-6 11 New Mexico 28 3 4-0 3-2 1-0 11-1 9-0 98 129 11-2 12 Baylor 24 6 5-3 2-1 8-2 3-0 5-0 37 228 9-5 13 Michigan State 24 7 2-4 2-1 9-2 7-0 4-0 34 170 9-5 14 Pittsburgh 24 7 4-3 1-1 8-2 7-1 3-0 33 221 7-6 15 Butler (HOR) 28 4 2-2 0-1 5-1 13-0 8-0 91 4 13-4 16 Tennessee 23 7 2-2 3-3 7-2 6-0 5-0 45 130 8-6 17 Georgetown 20 9 3-5 4-2 5-1 4-1 3-0 2 63 8-5 18 Temple 26 5 2-2 2-1 6-1 10-1 6-0 27 258 8-6 19 Maryland 23 7 4-4 2-1 7-1 3-1 6-0 27 258 8-6 20 Vanderbilt 23 7 1-2 6-0 8-4 5-1 2-0 29 94 9-5 21 Texas A&M 22 8 4-5 2-3 7-0 4-0 4-0 11 140 7-7 22 BYU 28 4 0-1 5-3 3-0 10-0 9-0 125 188 13-3 23 Clemson 21 9 4-4 1-3 6-2 3-0 7-0 15 245 7-7 24 Texas 23 8 2-6 3-0 9-2 4-0 5-0 39 204 8-6 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 Oakland (SUM) 26 8 0-4 0-1 0-0 6-3 18-0 191 13 13-7 53 Montana (BSky) 22 9 0-0 0-1 0-0 11-4 9-4 310 131 8-7 54 SL (Sam Hou St) 24 7 0-1 0-0 1-1 5-2 14-3 235 92 11-6 55 Houston (CUSA) 19 16 0-0 2-2 5-5 6-4 5-3 102 124 9-10 56 MAC (Ohio) 19 14 0-0 0-1 2-4 7-6 8-3 164 159 6-10 57 BW (Long Beach) 17 15 1-5 0-1 0-0 5-4 8-5 210 131 9-12 58 AE (Boston U) 19 12 0-1 0-2 1-1 3-7 15-1 245 80 10-8 59 North Texas (SB) 24 8 0-1 0-1 0-0 5-2 16-4 155 128 12-6 60 MEAC (Morgan St) 25 9 0-1 0-2 0-1 3-3 22-2 304 171 14-8 61 E Tenn St (ASun) 20 14 0-0 0-2 0-3 8-5 11-4 206 30 11-9 62 Rob. Morris (NEC) 23 11 0-1 0-1 0-3 6-5 17-2 310 131 11-8 63 Winthrop (BSth) 19 13 0-1 0-1 0-3 2-4 15-5 306 88 7-11 64 Lehigh (Pat) 21 10 0-0 0-2 0-0 1-3 20-5 328 346 7-8 65 SWAC (Ark PB) 15 15 0-2 0-4 0-2 0-3 15-4 301 1 7-14 In: Team W L top25 26-50 51-100 101-200 200+ SOS NCSOS R+N ------------------------------------------------------------------------- UTEP 26 6 0-1 1-1 10-3 5-1 10-0 139 263 11-4 Cornell (Ivy) 27 4 0-2 0-0 2-1 10-0 13-1 218 78 14-3 Florida 20 11 2-4 2-4 7-2 4-0 5-1 58 215 7-7 Florida State 22 8 1-6 4-1 8-1 3-0 6-0 24 222 9-5 Georgia Tech 19 11 2-5 1-3 6-3 3-0 6-0 12 161 5-9 Gonzaga 26 6 1-2 1-1 9-1 4-1 11-1 111 40 12-5 Illinois 18 13 3-7 1-1 5-3 6-2 3-0 13 119 6-9 Louisville 20 11 2-5 1-2 6-2 7-2 3-0 23 176 5-7 Marquette 20 10 2-6 1-2 8-1 3-1 6-0 51 294 7-6 Missouri 22 9 2-5 2-2 9-1 1-1 8-0 56 300 6-7 Murray St (OVC) 30 4 0-1 0-0 2-1 4-2 22-0 297 307 15-4 MWC (UNLV) 23 7 1-2 3-2 2-1 7-2 9-0 97 137 9-4 Northern IA (MVC) 28 4 0-0 1-0 8-1 13-2 5-1 114 162 14-4 Notre Dame 21 10 3-2 1-1 6-5 5-2 6-0 70 342 4-7 Oklahoma State 21 9 4-5 0-0 5-4 8-0 4-0 49 298 6-8 Old Dominion (CAA)26 8 1-1 0-2 4-3 8-1 13-0 112 33 11-8 Pac-10 (Cal) 21 9 0-3 3-2 4-2 13-2 1-0 20 10 6-8 Richmond 24 7 1-1 4-1 3-3 9-2 7-0 85 92 10-6 San Diego State 22 8 0-2 2-3 1-0 9-1 8-1 83 107 8-7 Siena (MAAC) 27 6 0-1 0-3 1-1 18-1 7-0 167 104 10-6 St. Mary's (WCC) 26 5 0-0 3-3 3-2 7-0 12-0 155 128 12-3 Virginia Tech 23 7 1-3 2-1 10-3 2-0 8-0 66 330 8-6 WAC (Utah St) 25 6 1-0 0-1 4-1 12-4 7-0 154 171 8-5 Wake Forest 19 9 3-3 2-2 7-3 1-1 6-0 9 162 6-7 Washington 21 9 2-2 1-1 3-4 14-2 1-0 57 125 4-7 Wofford (SC) 26 8 0-1 0-1 2-2 8-4 15-0 207 86 15-7 Xavier 23 7 0-4 3-3 4-0 11-0 5-0 61 19 8-7 Consideration: Team W L top25 26-50 51-100 101-200 200+ SOS NCSOS R+N ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arizona State 22 9 0-5 2-1 2-2 12-1 6-0 64 161 6-6 Dayton 20 11 1-3 2-3 0-3 13-2 4-0 74 78 5-9 Minnesota 18 12 3-6 0-0 4-5 6-1 5-0 47 246 4-9 Mississippi 21 9 1-3 1-3 8-3 4-0 6-0 69 196 9-5 Mississippi State 21 10 0-1 3-4 7-5 5-2 6-0 86 256 9-7 Rhode Island 22 8 0-1 2-3 3-2 13-2 4-0 89 82 9-6 Seton Hall 19 11 0-6 3-3 5-2 5-0 6-0 52 323 6-7

UTEP is in. UTEP did squat in non conference play. I'm not so sure they're safely in.

Houston's profile: Team W L top25 26-50 51-100 101-200 200+ SOS NCSOS R+N ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Houston (CUSA) 19 16 0-0 2-2 5-5 6-4 5-3 102 124 9-10

Who starts games at 10:30 AM Central? If you're a conference that wants to play a championship game on the last Saturday and don't want to get buried behind Big East/Big 12/Pac 10 championship coverage, you play early. They've started this game at this time for years. And mostly for the reason I stated.

If Houston makes it, are they above the lower teams we already placed? I'd probably put them just above Oakland, myself. So we wouldn't have to redo that part.

Houston up 6 now with 40 seconds to go, UTEP just falling apart.

Who starts games at 10:30 AM Central? If you're a conference that wants to play a championship game on the last Saturday and don't want to get buried behind Big East/Big 12/Pac 10 championship coverage, you play early.

Yeah, like that. Bid theft watch: Houston leads UTEP by 4 with 2 mins to play.

BYU can also only go in the East or West region. The simplest solution would be to send Wisconsin to the Jacksonville pod and Baylor to New Orleans pod, and match up BYU-Baylor and Clemson-Wisconsin.

LOL, Seth Greenberg just invoked the transitive property to argue Virginia Tech's case: "People talk about the unbalanced schedule, but we beat the two teams in the league that beat Duke this year, Georgia Tech and NC State."

Bubble teams everywhere rooting hard for UTEP right now. I think that includes Illinois and Minnesota.

When there's 2.2 seconds left and Turner catches the ball around the 3 point line in the backcourt, you can probably do better than forcing a shot from the volleyball line. If you don't have anyone on the floor that can stop Turner's dribble, then you need to double him and leave the inbound passer alone. The thing was they did leave the inbound passer alone. And Turner. Michigan had 4 guys behind the defensive FT line when the play began.

Here's the updated lists: Current S-Curve (1-24 and 53-65, 37 teams placed overall): Rank Team W L top25 26-50 51-100 101-200 200+ SOS NCSOS R+N ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Kansas 29 2 8-0 2-2 10-0 5-0 4-0 32 138 11-2 2 Syracuse 28 3 6-0 3-3 9-0 5-0 5-0 27 258 8-6 3 Kentucky 29 2 0-0 7-1 10-1 9-0 3-0 62 199 11-2 4 Duke 26 5 4-3 4-1 12-1 3-0 4-0 4 73 9-5 5 West Virginia 24 6 5-3 3-2 8-1 6-0 2-0 1 39 12-4 6 Ohio State 24 7 5-4 1-1 6-2 7-0 5-0 48 231 7-6 7 Kansas State 24 6 5-3 2-2 8-1 4-0 4-0 6 96 11-3 8 Purdue 26 4 4-3 4-0 6-1 8-0 4-0 31 177 12-2 9 Villanova 24 6 5-3 4-2 5-1 6-0 4-0 8 163 12-4 10 Wisconsin 23 7 6-3 0-1 8-2 5-1 4-0 22 120 7-6 11 New Mexico 28 3 4-0 3-2 1-0 11-1 9-0 98 129 11-2 12 Baylor 24 6 5-3 2-1 8-2 3-0 5-0 37 228 9-5 13 Michigan State 24 7 2-4 2-1 9-2 7-0 4-0 34 170 9-5 14 Pittsburgh 24 7 4-3 1-1 8-2 7-1 3-0 33 221 7-6 15 Butler (HOR) 28 4 2-2 0-1 5-1 13-0 8-0 91 4 13-4 16 Tennessee 23 7 2-2 3-3 7-2 6-0 5-0 45 130 8-6 17 Georgetown 20 9 3-5 4-2 5-1 4-1 3-0 2 63 8-5 18 Temple 26 5 2-2 2-1 6-1 10-1 6-0 27 258 8-6 19 Maryland 23 7 4-4 2-1 7-1 3-1 6-0 27 258 8-6 20 Vanderbilt 23 7 1-2 6-0 8-4 5-1 2-0 29 94 9-5 21 Texas A&M 22 8 4-5 2-3 7-0 4-0 4-0 11 140 7-7 22 BYU 28 4 0-1 5-3 3-0 10-0 9-0 125 188 13-3 23 Clemson 21 9 4-4 1-3 6-2 3-0 7-0 15 245 7-7 24 Texas 23 8 2-6 3-0 9-2 4-0 5-0 39 204 8-6 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 Oakland (SUM) 26 8 0-4 0-1 0-0 6-3 18-0 191 13 13-7 54 Montana (BSky) 22 9 0-0 0-1 0-0 11-4 9-4 310 131 8-7 55 SL (Sam Hou St) 24 7 0-1 0-0 1-1 5-2 14-3 235 92 11-6 56 MAC (Ohio) 19 14 0-0 0-1 2-4 7-6 8-3 164 159 6-10 57 BW (Long Beach) 17 15 1-5 0-1 0-0 5-4 8-5 210 131 9-12 58 AE (Boston U) 19 12 0-1 0-2 1-1 3-7 15-1 245 80 10-8 59 North Texas (SB) 24 8 0-1 0-1 0-0 5-2 16-4 155 128 12-6 60 MEAC (Morgan St) 25 9 0-1 0-2 0-1 3-3 22-2 304 171 14-8 61 E Tenn St (ASun) 20 14 0-0 0-2 0-3 8-5 11-4 206 30 11-9 62 Rob. Morris (NEC) 23 11 0-1 0-1 0-3 6-5 17-2 310 131 11-8 63 Winthrop (BSth) 19 13 0-1 0-1 0-3 2-4 15-5 306 88 7-11 64 Lehigh (Pat) 21 10 0-0 0-2 0-0 1-3 20-5 328 346 7-8 65 SWAC (Ark PB) 15 15 0-2 0-4 0-2 0-3 15-4 301 1 7-14 Current unplaced teams board (28): Team W L top25 26-50 51-100 101-200 200+ SOS NCSOS R+N ------------------------------------------------------------------------- C-USA (UTEP) 24 5 0-1 1-1 9-2 4-1 10-0 145 299 9-3 Cornell (Ivy) 27 4 0-2 0-0 2-1 10-0 13-1 218 78 14-3 Florida 20 11 2-4 2-4 7-2 4-0 5-1 58 215 7-7 Florida State 22 8 1-6 4-1 8-1 3-0 6-0 24 222 9-5 Georgia Tech 19 11 2-5 1-3 6-3 3-0 6-0 12 161 5-9 Gonzaga 26 6 1-2 1-1 9-1 4-1 11-1 111 40 12-5 Illinois 18 13 3-7 1-1 5-3 6-2 3-0 13 119 6-9 Louisville 20 11 2-5 1-2 6-2 7-2 3-0 23 176 5-7 Marquette 20 10 2-6 1-2 8-1 3-1 6-0 51 294 7-6 Minnesota 18 12 3-6 0-0 4-5 6-1 5-0 47 246 4-9 Missouri 22 9 2-5 2-2 9-1 1-1 8-0 56 300 6-7 Murray St (OVC) 30 4 0-1 0-0 2-1 4-2 22-0 297 307 15-4 MWC (UNLV) 23 7 1-2 3-2 2-1 7-2 9-0 97 137 9-4 Northern IA (MVC) 28 4 0-0 1-0 8-1 13-2 5-1 114 162 14-4 Notre Dame 21 10 3-2 1-1 6-5 5-2 6-0 70 342 4-7 Oklahoma State 21 9 4-5 0-0 5-4 8-0 4-0 49 298 6-8 Old Dominion (CAA)26 8 1-1 0-2 4-3 8-1 13-0 112 33 11-8 Pac-10 (Cal) 21 9 0-3 3-2 4-2 13-2 1-0 20 10 6-8 Richmond 24 7 1-1 4-1 3-3 9-2 7-0 85 92 10-6 San Diego State 22 8 0-2 2-3 1-0 9-1 8-1 83 107 8-7 Siena (MAAC) 27 6 0-1 0-3 1-1 18-1 7-0 167 104 10-6 St. Mary's (WCC) 26 5 0-0 3-3 3-2 7-0 12-0 155 128 12-3 Virginia Tech 23 7 1-3 2-1 10-3 2-0 8-0 66 330 8-6 WAC (Utah St) 25 6 1-0 0-1 4-1 12-4 7-0 154 171 8-5 Wake Forest 19 9 3-3 2-2 7-3 1-1 6-0 9 162 6-7 Washington 21 9 2-2 1-1 3-4 14-2 1-0 57 125 4-7 Wofford (SC) 26 8 0-1 0-1 2-2 8-4 15-0 207 86 15-7 Xavier 23 7 0-4 3-3 4-0 11-0 5-0 61 19 8-7 Teams still in discussion, but currently not on the board (6): Team W L top25 26-50 51-100 101-200 200+ SOS NCSOS R+N ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arizona State 22 9 0-5 2-1 2-2 12-1 6-0 64 161 6-6 Dayton 20 11 1-3 2-3 0-3 13-2 4-0 74 78 5-9 Mississippi 21 9 1-3 1-3 8-3 4-0 6-0 69 196 9-5 Mississippi State 21 10 0-1 3-4 7-5 5-2 6-0 86 256 9-7 Rhode Island 22 8 0-1 2-3 3-2 13-2 4-0 89 82 9-6 Seton Hall 19 11 0-6 3-3 5-2 5-0 6-0 52 323 6-7

No biggie. Do you have many issues with how things worked out?