Who has legitimate at large chances?

[glm38]

I agree with you getreal. It really gets old when all those mediocre BCS teams get in. Teams that you know the top 3 or 4 Valley teams could beat on a neutral floor. To me having the best record in the MVC regular season ought to count for a lot. It shouldn't be an auto qualifier but it should be close.

Last year which was supposedly a down year for the Valley I think both WSU and MSU could have won a game or 2 in the the big tournament with a favorable draw.

With the Valley's overall better showing and current rating as the 7th best conference it will be interesting to see what the selection committee does.

[shocktheheart]

Latest Bracketology projections. Creighton (6) and WSU (10) in, UNI one of the first four out.

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/bracketology

[BirdmanBB]

I think the assumption at this point is that there could be a 3rd team from the valley getting in via the autobid or potentially quality in conference wins. I wonder if Lunardi's projections take into account an added boost from the bracketbuster. I know realtime doesn't even factor that in yet because they aren't scheduled.

Right now, the reality is that we have 8 teams in the top 150 and almost 7 of those teams are top 100. Having almost 4 teams who are top 50, there is potential for at least a 3rd team to come up with a good looking resume. Right now UNI and MSU are contenders for that, but there is still time for a team like Indiana St. to make a move into the top 50 from conference play and have some decent wins outside of the conference to go with it.

Not that we have a chance at an at-large, but It really sucks for us (ISUr), because outside of the loss to SIU (254), we have wins over Norfolk St. (61), UNI (24), @MSU (57). We thought the loss to UNC-W (103) at home was bad, but they are going on a nice streak now in conference play. Rutgers, who we beat in cancun recently got two big wins over ranked teams (Florida, Uconn). It would take a lot for us to get into the conversation, but not out of the question. This week is probably our biggest challenge of the season (@WSU, vs. CU). Again, not that it would happen, but I would think that a split against WSU and CU this year along with a win over a solid Bracketbuster team at home could get us a look. At the end of the day, I would hope that any team who is 3-4 vs. top 50 would get a look.

That scenario is hypothetically speaking, but it has potential to apply for quite a few teams in the valley. This is why 3 teams could be a reality. Again, it's going to take a 3rd team to step up and get those quality in conference wins from a couple of teams who are figured to be in.