Jerry Palm
Jerry Palm
air conference earn games improved lower national teams tough won
This year, the conference is just better. They did what they had to do to earn national respect. They scheduled tough games and they won a lot of them. Even teams in the lower part of the conference, teams like Air Force, really improved their RPI.
arkansas bad beaten dominion except good teams western
Vanderbilt's got two Top-25 RPI wins, over Old Dominion and Western Kentucky. That's more than a lot of teams. But Arkansas is a bad loss. All the teams that have beaten Vanderbilt are pretty good except Arkansas.
came east major might opportunity six teams together top weaknesses year
There may not be any top 25 teams - but 26 through 40, six of them might be in that group. There's been an opportunity this year because of weaknesses in the major conferences, other than the Big East and Big Ten. It's just one of those things where all these (factors) came together at once.
kindness remains seen skeptical start teams
I'm kind of skeptical of that. They may not have the restriction, but it remains to be seen how many under-.500 teams start to show up in the tournament.
ahead either help higher however ninth polls teams
They are going to need to get higher in the polls than ninth or 10th, however that happens. Either teams ahead of them need to lose, or the pollsters would need to help them out.
chance conference everybody good league means method records simply teams trust
What it means is that you can't simply trust conference records to be a method of evaluating teams in the same conference. Everybody in that league will get a chance to play some good teams at some point, but not all 8-8's are the same.
behind close committee decisions depends destiny draws fall favorable figuring higher line mexico seeds selection side teams tough trouble views
The trouble with figuring out where New Mexico is going is that the women's selection committee's decisions are really tough to predict, and New Mexico has to fall in line behind BYU and Utah. Those teams have to get higher seeds and favorable draws close to home. New Mexico can't be in the same side of the bracket, so their destiny depends on how the selection committee views BYU and Utah.
bad good pitt south victories work
Pitt still has some work to do. They are doing well in a pretty good league. They are in pretty good shape. They don't have a lot of good wins, but they also don't have any bad losses, either. They have good victories over Villanova and South Florida.
chances good lose
I would say their chances of making the NIT aren't good if they lose their first game.
guy hurt idaho rest ruin takes votes voting whether
Votes like that hurt the credibility. Whether it's carelessness or ignorance, you can't have votes for Idaho. It only takes one guy voting for Idaho to ruin it for the rest of the 114.
george mean plus saint team washington wins
The regular-season championship is going to mean something. Say Temple, Saint Joseph's or Xavier wins it, then that team plus George Washington could get in.
hit lull middle texas usc
USC is in the middle of a lull in the schedule. Texas is about to hit a lull.
closer human likely stay unless usc
More than likely it's just for one week. They are not going to stay there long-term unless they get closer to USC in the human polls.
mediocrity tough year
There's just a lot of mediocrity out there. It's going to be real tough year for the committee.