Agreed, 03.
The NET is not the BE ALL END ALL that many of us think, but it is still important. Many schools ahead of us like North Texas, Belmont, Chattanooga and UAB won't make the tourney unless they win their conference tourney.
While we are 6-6 in Q1/2 games, we in all honesty need some help because some of those games are close to falling off their current mark
Q1- Boise is 11 spots from falling to a Q2
- SLU is 14 spots from falling to a Q2
- Marquette is pretty safe at the moment. 19 spots from a Q2
Q2 - VCU is only nine spots from falling to a Q3
- Clemson is 10 spots from falling to a Q3
- SLU at home is 14 spots from falling to a Q3
I really think we need to win out by any margin to get an at large PLUS a trip to the A10 finals.
Right now, this is how our schedule shakes out:
-UMass is a firm Q4,
-Duquesne is an even deeper Q4,
-Rhode Island is a firm q3 and dangerous one at that
-@Joes is a Q3
-@ VCU is a Q1 and Q2 at the absolute worst
-Richmond is a Q3
Our biggest competition right now for an at large would be the teams below:
Oregon - 59 NET, 2-3 vs. q1, 4-2 vs. q2, 3 Q3 losses.
Florida 49 NET- 1-6 vs. q1, 3-2 vs. q3, one q4 loss.
SMU 45 NET - 2-2 vs. q1, 2-1 v q2, 1 q3 loss and 1 q4 loss.
BYU 54 NET - 3-3 vs. q1, 4-4 vs. q2, 1 q4 loss.
Creighton 70 NET - 3-5 vs. q1, 1-2 vs. q2, 1 q3 loss.
SDSU - 48 NET - 2-5 vs. q1, 1-1 vs. q2, no q3/4 losses.
Michigan - 36 NET - 2-6 vs. q1, 3-3 vs. q2, 1 q3 loss.
UNC - 38 NET - 0-7 vs. q1, 4-0 vs. q2, no q3/4 losses.
Memphis- 44 NET, 4-2 vs. q1, 1-4 vs. q2, 2 q3 losses.
So basically we have one game the rest of the regular season to enhance our resume. The A10s don't get much better as we would likely have only Q2 games at best or q3 games if an underdog wins an early quarterfinal matchup.
I honestly don't see how we can afford another regular season loss. We can't drop a Q1 game for resume purposes, but can't add another Q3 or Q4 loss to the resume. Maybe you could drop URI if Northern Iowa goes on a tear, but still would be a tough loss to take.
I know we are still four weeks away from Selection Sunday, but things are pretty clear on our end what we need to do to get back on the right side of the bubble.