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Post by 1611Luginbill on Jan 7, 2013 9:28:28 GMT -8
www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/blog/eye-on-college-basketball/21511398/conference-reset-why-the-mountain-west-is-so-darn-good-this-seasonPretty accurate analysis, especially with his view on Nevada and Wyoming. I really feel bad for Wyoming too. They go 13-0 and will probably still not be ranked today. If any other team from any other big 6 conference started the season 13-0, which included a road win at a top 20 team, they would easily be in the rankings. This begs the question, "Just what does Wyoming have to do, to get some respect and more importantly, a spot in the NCAA tourney"? I used to think that they only had to go 1-5 versus the top 3 but I'm thinking that they probably have to get at least two wins against NM/LV/SDSU and go no worse than 10-6. And just what will a loss to Wyoming do to the seeding prospects of a team like UNLV, UNM, or SDSU? After seeing teams like West Virginia and UVA get into the dance last year, it would suck for Wyoming to put together a similar effort in conference play, only to get shut out.
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Post by PQ Aztec on Jan 7, 2013 9:54:53 GMT -8
Great write up!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2013 9:59:40 GMT -8
We're going to win this league.
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Post by k5james on Jan 7, 2013 10:00:22 GMT -8
We're going to win this league. Our domination starts Saturday right? |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2013 10:00:53 GMT -8
We're going to win this league. Our domination starts Saturday right? I hope it starts Wednesday  |
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Post by myk13 on Jan 7, 2013 10:01:05 GMT -8
Wednesday
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Post by k5james on Jan 7, 2013 10:02:52 GMT -8
Our domination starts Saturday right? I hope it starts Wednesday My bad, I was looking at my tix. Even better. |
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Post by AztecBill on Jan 7, 2013 10:22:08 GMT -8
www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/blog/eye-on-college-basketball/21511398/conference-reset-why-the-mountain-west-is-so-darn-good-this-seasonPretty accurate analysis, especially with his view on Nevada and Wyoming. I really feel bad for Wyoming too. They go 13-0 and will probably still not be ranked today. If any other team from any other big 6 conference started the season 13-0, which included a road win at a top 20 team, they would easily be in the rankings. This begs the question, "Just what does Wyoming have to do, to get some respect and more importantly, a spot in the NCAA tourney"? I used to think that they only had to go 1-5 versus the top 3 but I'm thinking that they probably have to get at least two wins against NM/LV/SDSU and go no worse than 10-6. And just what will a loss to Wyoming do to the seeding prospects of a team like UNLV, UNM, or SDSU? After seeing teams like West Virginia and UVA get into the dance last year, it would suck for Wyoming to put together a similar effort in conference play, only to get shut out. Wyoming will be very very tough a home. I expect them to go 4-1 at home against UNLV, SDSU, CSU, BSU, and UNM. Hell, TCU went 6-1 at home last year and CSU went 7-0. I predict Wyoming at 10-6 in conference. 23-6 overall with a top 20 RPI. They will get an at large berth. |
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Post by sleepy on Jan 7, 2013 10:24:03 GMT -8
Nice article. I think his date for the game at UNM is wrong, though.
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Post by keepersdsu on Jan 7, 2013 10:39:43 GMT -8
The question that I have is how long can Wyoming, Colorado State and Boise be as good as they have been this year. Everyone talks about how strong the conference is this year, and I agree that it is. But 2-3 years ago we were lucky if we got 2 teams in the tournament. Do we go back to that after this year?
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Post by standiego on Jan 7, 2013 10:42:39 GMT -8
think it shows no matter what happens in the MW ,it will still be considered a mid major league. The conference record during March Madness has not been stellar. Now that conference play starts , let's see how some of the teams perform. CSU, Wyoming ,UNM are probably good teams and do have a little advantage playing at altitude or in places that are very difficult places to travel to during the winter part of the school year. Did not see the WYO team listed as one of his must see games. Many "experts" look how a team performs on the road or maybe neutral court, home courts and location , can give teams a decided advantage . The regular season starts now ,with teams having to play home and away games, a much better opinion of how teams stack up.
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Post by SD Johnny on Jan 7, 2013 11:54:59 GMT -8
Lets hope they are writing the same types of articles in late March.
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Post by longtimebooster on Jan 7, 2013 12:03:08 GMT -8
Decent article. Fun read.
My biggest gripe is that there's no way Chase Tapley should be left off the all-conference team. IMO, he's the best player on the Aztecs and should certainly be among the five best players in the league.
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