Bubble Watch Article Mentions UNI
Posted: February 8th, 2011, 1:54 pmhttp://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/bubblewatch
Same article said:
"Wichita State [20-4 (11-2), RPI: 44, SOS: 106] The preseason favorite in the Missouri Valley, the Shockers missed a golden opportunity in Hawaii when they narrowly lost 83-79 to Connecticut in the Maui/Kemba Invitational. It was considered a heartbreaking loss back then because it relegated WSU to a consolation bracket that didn't help its power rating one bit, but UConn's continued national success has made that near-miss even more excruciating. Wichita will have a chance to impress in a BracketBusters home game against VCU, but will anything less than at least a Valley regular-season title be enough for a team that got its highest-rated win against Tulsa? Victories over major-conference teams like Virginia and LSU are fun and all, but no one is mistaking either of those teams for quality opponents this season."
"Missouri State [18-6 (10-3), RPI: 49, SOS: 122] Things don't look good for MSU. The three Valley road wins the Bears piled up in a 12-day span at Northern Iowa, at Creighton and at Wichita State were extremely impressive. But there's just not a whole lot of meat on that nonconference schedule. Missouri State played well at Tennessee but also posted double-digit losses to mediocre teams like Oklahoma State and Tulsa. Then there was last week's loss at Evansville. (The Purple Aces have turned into real dream-killers, eh, Butler?) With an expanded field and a weak bubble, the MVC regular-season champ has a pretty solid chance of getting in, and the Bears should still be favored in the rest of their league games before a season-ending showdown against Wichita State. But this team is another loss from falling out of at-large contention."
(Above quotes by Eamonn Brennan of ESPN.com)
Same article said:
"Wichita State [20-4 (11-2), RPI: 44, SOS: 106] The preseason favorite in the Missouri Valley, the Shockers missed a golden opportunity in Hawaii when they narrowly lost 83-79 to Connecticut in the Maui/Kemba Invitational. It was considered a heartbreaking loss back then because it relegated WSU to a consolation bracket that didn't help its power rating one bit, but UConn's continued national success has made that near-miss even more excruciating. Wichita will have a chance to impress in a BracketBusters home game against VCU, but will anything less than at least a Valley regular-season title be enough for a team that got its highest-rated win against Tulsa? Victories over major-conference teams like Virginia and LSU are fun and all, but no one is mistaking either of those teams for quality opponents this season."
"Missouri State [18-6 (10-3), RPI: 49, SOS: 122] Things don't look good for MSU. The three Valley road wins the Bears piled up in a 12-day span at Northern Iowa, at Creighton and at Wichita State were extremely impressive. But there's just not a whole lot of meat on that nonconference schedule. Missouri State played well at Tennessee but also posted double-digit losses to mediocre teams like Oklahoma State and Tulsa. Then there was last week's loss at Evansville. (The Purple Aces have turned into real dream-killers, eh, Butler?) With an expanded field and a weak bubble, the MVC regular-season champ has a pretty solid chance of getting in, and the Bears should still be favored in the rest of their league games before a season-ending showdown against Wichita State. But this team is another loss from falling out of at-large contention."
(Above quotes by Eamonn Brennan of ESPN.com)