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Oral Roberts, Butler and Western Kentucky earned three more automatic bids tonight. Butler and Western Kentucky removed from at-large consideration.
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12% chance there are 2 sets of English matchups, 12% chance that they are all matched up against the other 4 squads, 75% chance that there's one matchup of Brits, and two other matchups involving Brits. Is it really that large? I would have thought it would be smaller than that. Yeah, there's about a 1/8 chance of both 2 sets of 2 or 4 separate matchups. Mostly because it doesn't matter what order the matchups occur, just that the 4 english squads are paired up with the 4 other squads.
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12% chance there are 2 sets of English matchups, 12% chance that they are all matched up against the other 4 squads, 75% chance that there's one matchup of Brits, and two other matchups involving Brits.
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CUBS ANNOUNCE SECOND ROUND OF ROSTER CUTS
bukie replied to Tim's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Shame about Fox. Would be nice to have his bat available on the bench. -
Yeah, he can go. If for nothing else but for the loss of incentive to ever play him over Mark Bradley again. If he does go though, the Bears special teams will look a lot different. Have lost a lot with Ricky Manning and Archuleta still possibly to go. I don't see Archuleta gone. His salary is super cheap and considering the depth we need at safety, I'm almost sure he stays. An empty jersey laid down on the field would be cheaper still, and would be better than Archuleta. He'd be more expensive to cut than to keep, though, salary cap-wise. I guess it comes down to whether the roster spot or the cap room is more important.
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Previews today on the multi-bid conference tournaments starting Wednesday: Conference USA, Mountain West, Atlantic 10, Big East, Pac 10.
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Auto bids tonight to Siena (MAAC), George Mason (Colonial), San Diego (WCC) and Davidson (Southern). Davidson has been removed from at-large consideration.
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Conference tournament previews on the rest of the one bid conferences: MEAC, MAC, WAC, Big West, SWAC and Southland. Although, I do think Kent State gets an at-large bid as long as they don't lose again in the quarters.
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So, there are bad conferences, and there is the SWAC. The entire conference is 0-64 against the RPI top 200. Their best team has an RPI of 233, but the second best team (Miss Valley State) is at 320. Yes, 9 of their 10 members are 320 and lower on the RPI (there are 341 teams overall). Somehow they keep avoiding the play-in game, though. Play in game should most likely be between the winner of this conference and the winner of the MEAC, another pathetic overall conference.
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I think Arizona is still on the top of the heap, with Oregon and Arizona State slightly behind. The Pac-10 tourney will hopefully clarify things a bit more. Arizona gets Oregon State on Wednesday. On Thursday, Arizona State gets USC, Oregon gets Washington and if Arizona wins on Wednesday, they'll get Stanford. Oregon gets WSU, but yeah. If any of the 3 can beat Stanford/USC/WSU, I think they jump to the top of the respective bubble pile. Still hard to keep Arizona out with a high RPI and high SOS, but they're like the opposite of Kentucky. At some point, the strong non-con is going to give way to the weak finish.
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Possible bid stealing tonight as San Diego upset St. Mary's last night and plays Gonzaga tonight for the WCC title (at home, since the tournament is in San Diego). Also, Davidson would likely steal an at-large bid should they lose tonight to Elon. Other bids decided tonight in the MAAC and Colonial.
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UK is a weird case this year. Almost like two different teams before and after conference season. It'll be interesting to see how the committee treats their non-con slate, whether they're penalized from selection/seeding because of the awful play prior to conference season.
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I think Arizona is still on the top of the heap, with Oregon and Arizona State slightly behind. The Pac-10 tourney will hopefully clarify things a bit more. On an unrelated note, VCU's loss really killed their chances despite a decent RPI. Their conference is only 14th by RPI, and their statistical efficiency puts them 71st, below all 3 of those Pac 10 bubble teams.
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Drake wins today, taking them out of at-large discussion and allowing all bubble teams to breath one sigh of rellief. VCU managed to take the breath back. Still think they deserve a spot, but they made it hard for themselves.
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Winthrop, Austin Peay and Belmont qualified today out of the Big South, Ohio Valley and Atlantic Sun conferences.
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What the Reds Have to Look Forward to With Baker
bukie replied to vance_the_cubs_fan's topic in General Baseball Talk
The circle of life. Now, several years will go by, and the best Reds prospects will either blow out their arms if pitchers, or disappoint as overaggressive hitters, so nobody can blame Dusty that the young guys didn't pan out because he didn't really have much to work with. Bad luck and bad players, dude. -
Hmm...interesting. A former Turner college product. Maybe they think he's just as useful as Berrian.
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Drake rolled Indiana State today, so bubble teams everywhere are breathing a sigh of relief.
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Another day, another set of conference tournaments starting in the MAAC, West Coast, America East, Summit League, and Big Sky conferences.
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Illinois trailing by 6 with 2 minutes to play. Shooting 41% from the free throw line, with 10 misses.
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Today's previews for the Missouri Valley, Northeast, Colonial, and Southern conference tournaments.
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Quite an ending to the Navy-Bucknell Patriot League tournament game last night. Bucknell player banked in a 40-footer as time expired in triple OT to give Bucknell the 87-86 win.
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But, for the most part, the positional need for the Bears is varied enough that any position could be significantly upgraded with the #14 pick. Even in the second round. Essentially, the only positions where the Bears are set for the reasonable future is LB and special teams.
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I'd like to see something along the lines of 1 - BPA 2 - BPA 3a/3b - OL/RB/DL/LB depending on what was addressed in earlier rounds 4 - WR 5-7 - BPA
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Are matchups determined yet for the final 8, or is a separate draw held after the round of 16?
