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The a10 could get three bids if dayton wins the a10 tourney
xavier: lock
umass: 1 win and there a lock
dayton: needs to get to the finals for serious consideration
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I think UMass needs to reach the finals now. With all these smaller conference tournaments upsets. The field is tightning down to BCS teams vs "Mid Majors" for the final bids.
UMass should have the nod over Syracuse but then again you know how biased this committee can be.
Unlike last year I hope this UMass team can win 2 games to reserve a bid to the dance.
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Unfortunately, two wins may not gaurantee a bid either.....Xavier is dancing no matter what happens (now they are just working on their seeding). UMass and Dayton should be in as well, but if St. Joes, Temple, URI, or Charlotte, goes deep and/or wins UMass and Dayton are in serious trouble.
As for the A-10/UMass hater who doubts the A-10 can get more than two bids, I gaurantee you that they get three....X is a lock and the other two will come from a pool of (UMass, URI, Dayton, Temple, St. Joe's, or Charlotte....the pool expands if Duquesne or Richmond go on a serious run). The A10 is the number seven confernece in the country and the best non-BCS conference, which usually means 3+ bids. Learn your college basketball my friend.....I see that you are a BU fan....I'm sorry but the A10 is a much stronger confernece than America East....Also, why do you feel such anger and hatred towards UMass and the A10 WollieMan?
Go UMass!!!!
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Monday night definitely put a little more pressure on a team that is notorious for choking late in the season. If Butler gets upset tonight, then it's going to be an absolute struggle for us to get an at-large bid if we don't make it to the A10 finals.
We all know Xavier is a lock, so no need to discuss them any more. The only possible way the A10 gets 3 in the dance is if UMass and either Dayton or St. Joe's gets to the finals and beats us. UMass should dance if we get to the finals and lose, no matter the opponent. What we really need is for the powerhouses in all the BCS conferences to do their job and win their tourneys.
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One win was going to be our ticket to the dance. No doubt.
Now one just gets us in the discussion. Two punches our ticket.
Go Umass!
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Hands down, three teams from the A-10 will get in. Why do you all fear the BCS schools regarding at large bids (besides the obvious bias)? The only way that BCS supremacy becomes an issue for the A-10 is if a team like Providence wins the Big-East tournament or something similar happens in another one of the BCS tournaments. Many of the BCS teams have had their tickets to the dance punched for a while, plus many BCS bubble teams like Syracuse, Florida, Maryland, VT, Minnesota, et-cetera are near pop-point. I agree that the 2 or 3 upsets in the small conferences make things a little tight, but that happens every year not to mention that it may throw some of those teams onto the bubble. Barring a catastrophe UMASS and Dayotn will be at the NCAAs with St. Joe's and Temple in the mix as well (waitng for UMass and/or Dayton to slip up).....Am I saying the A10 will get more than three bis? No, but I'm saying they will(SHOULD) get at least three bids and they will be well deserved.
This isn't the A-10 of the past few years folks, this confernce is strong almost like it was in it's prime (1990s).....Give it some respect!!!!
GO UMASS!!!!!
GO A10!!!
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Your coach sucks! He won't call a timeout till his team blows their 18 point lead. He should've called a timeout minutes ago but lets him team fall apart first.
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UMass just blew an 18 point lead. They lose they deserve to be out!
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They deserved to lose. If I was the athletic director i'd be wondering why the hell the coach refused to call a timeout for so long...
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I'm still baffled how they blew an 18 point lead to Charlotte. They still have a chance to dance with all the other teams losing. This would have proven why they deserve to dance. This was a statement game couldn't seize the opportunity!
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I don't understand what happened in that second half last night...It went from a first of raining three's, blocking tons of shots, and forcing turnovers like crazy to a completely different team out there...There is one thing thats for sure and its that you can not win a game when you shoot 7-17 from the free throw stripe...I mean 41% for the freebees is just horrible...One thing that stuck out with me in the final minutes that proved to be very costly was when Forbes missed the easy two that would have put UMass back up by 6, but he missed the lay-up and then the rest was history..Being up 6 compared to 4 with less than 2 minutes to go is huge, but hey it didn't work out and to be honest I think we have a slim chance of making the dance now!!!
I think the best chance UMass has for a tournament bid is if Xavier beats Charlotte in the Finals...I don't want Temple winning tonight because they have a stronger resume then Charlotte!! Time will tell come selection Sunday...Devastating Loss tho!!
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someone posted on this thread that Umass does not play defense! Sure they are not the best defensive team, but there are tons of teams out there who play worse defense then Umass!
I can't believe and I am still shocked that Umass lost to Charlotte last night, but this just proves that anything is possible!
Almost like the Women's team that was what 0-16 in the conference and beat a 16-0 team, so Umass still has a chance to get to the big dance!
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Look at these bubble teams. Maryland lost. Florida lost. Villanova lost in the second round when they needed to go further. Just to name a few. these are all bubble teams that had a worse argument than umass. The only team in the entire nation that I see actually getting a better case is st. joeseph's. Personally, I think Umass has a great shot. This is gonna be a better year for bubble teams.
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tford4uk....you're right, UMass is definately lucky that a plethora of other bubble teams also lost...they still have a chance...although it is slight. However, that only upsets me more b/c if they would have held on to that 17-point lead and beaten Charlotte, they would have been a shoe-in for the big dance...plus they would have had a great A-10 qf match-up against Temple (almost like to good old days)...but they blew it...I am WICKED disapointed about the outcome of last night's game!!!!! UMass4eva I feel your pain!!!!!
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i still think the a10 will get two teams in
that having been said, we still could get in if
*xavier beats stjoes
*charlotte beats temple
*a10 finals xavier beats charlotte
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Well I would be rooting for Michigan State regardless, but now I am really rooting for a blow out. And now we have to root for Xavier to run the gambit. AAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!! Who else here last night either punched the wall, hit the table, threw the cushion, or in my case... walk out of the bar to around the corner and punt the traffic cone a good 20 yards. How pathetic.... I can't believe it only went 20 yards!! I mean I was pissed and I ran up to it too. The 2 guys and girls that walked by me as I booted it, already knew too and asked me which team did I watch lose. At least they bought me a shot and of one of them was a big Syracuse fan. Aww... March Madness.... where strangers can feel each other's pain. The good news is every friggin bubble team lost yesterday. And I actually saw and read that some experts still have us in, but who knows. Maybe we'll luck out and have someone from the committe from the New England area and is still disappointed about the Patriots and wants another MA team to represent. If only.....
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