RE: Cats are going to the NCAA

[Keith Wedinger]

I don't think Randy was trying to put down our team.  He was simply stating
some facts with regards to what might keep UC out.  Immediately after the
USM loss, I was resigned to the fact that UC was going to the NIT.  The
radio announcers, Dan Hoard and Chuck Machuck, also believed that the NCAA
bid was gone.  Now, after thinking about for a couple of days, I think UC's
chances aren't that bad.  UC is certainly not a lock but their resume looks
better than a lot of teams considered to be on the bubble.

J. Keith Wedinger
Bearcatnews.com
Sciotofootball.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Brad Holdheide [mailto:address@hidden 
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 11:25 AM
To: 'address@hidden'

This NEGATIVE attitude is killing me.  We should be supporting our team and
pushing for them to get in no matter how bad they played and how much they
don't deserve it.

Let's support our team, not give people reasons to leave them out.



-----Original Message-----
From: Shinkle, Randy [mailto:address@hidden
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 11:19 AM
To: address@hidden
Subject: RE: [UC Basketball] Cats are going to the NCAA


Joe Lunardi (ESPN's "bracketologist") said recently that the whole selection
process can best be summed up as:

    "Who did you beat, when did you beat them, and where?"

If this is in fact the overriding philosophy, UC is in trouble (IMO).
Here's why ....

UC has 3 road wins:  TCU, Saint Louis and East Carolina.  Two of those are
the very bottom of C-USA this year.  The third has since beaten UC at the
Shoe.  The most recent of these wins was January 22nd.

UC has one neutral court win:  Oregon, on December 17th.  If Oregon were
still considered as good as they were then, I wouldn't be writing this
message.

UC has one neutral court loss:  Southern Miss, on Wednesday.

UC's 2 "marquis" wins, over Oklahoma State and Louisville, were both in the
Shoe, and both teams have been less than stellar since.

If we could take away any one of 1) the fall of Oregon, 2) the home loss to
Saint Louis, or 3) the loss to Southern Miss, UC would be in, with room to
spare.  Together, those 3 things will quite possibly keep them out.

Randy '78


> -----Original Message-----
> From: dfairchild [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 10:03 AM
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: RE: [UC Basketball] Cats are going to the NCAA
>
>
> I made a mistake in my previous post - it looks like there will be 18 
> conferences with only one bid - which leaves 47 bids to be claimed.  
> UC is currently 31 in the RPI.  If you go strictly be the rpi the 
> cutoff as of this morning would be including Oregon at 48 (Weber St 
> has an automatic bid, from a 1 bid conference at 39).  The last four 
> out would be Texas Tech (50), St. Louis (51), Tennessee (52), and 
> North Carolina (54).  The last four in would be Oregon (48), Indiana 
> (47), LSU (44), and Gonzaga (43).
>
> The most suspect of those in, IMHO, are UC (31), ASU (32), Alabama 
> (37) and Auburn (38).
>
> UC, Alabama, Auburn, and Texas Tech are all 4-6 in their last 10.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brad Holdheide [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 9:28 AM
> To: 'address@hidden'
> Subject: [UC Basketball] Cats are going to the NCAA
>
>
> Amazing to see what the Cats fans think about our chances of going to 
> the NCAA tournament.  The Bearcatnews poll is tied at exactly 132 
> votes each way.