Baylor

[Just Glad To Be Here]

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Baylor fans. You have a wonderful team. Good Luck on Thursday. But not too much.

Thanks coach...I appreciate the sentiment...you guys as well...really good squad and you have accomplished alot this year...

Good luck to you from this Texas High School Football Coach.

[Madi V:)Mitchell]

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[QUOTE=Southeast;200918]

SDSU can be tough...just look at their pre-game video...

That looks a lot like the highlight video from our blowout win at Washington.

I was watching a Huskies basketball game on ESPN for the men and they were talking about bad losses and the only one up there was of course to us!

[zooropa]

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I was watching a Huskies basketball game on ESPN for the men and they were talking about bad losses and the only one up there was of course to us!

When your RPI is 71 (U-Dub), losing to a team with a top 50 RPI (SDSU) is *not* a bad loss.

But thanks for an example that once again demonstrates just how foolish the 'bad loss'/'good win' concept is.

[UWMandSDSU]

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Madi VMitchell;201049]

I was watching a Huskies basketball game on ESPN for the men and they were talking about bad losses and the only one up there was of course to us!

Let's see SDSU is in the tournament and Washington isn't. Yeah, that is a bad loss.

[filbert]

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Let's see SDSU is in the tournament and Washington isn't. Yeah, that is a bad loss.

Yeah. Playing Washington hurt SDSU's strength-of-schedule. We need to schedule better opponents next year.

[SoDakJack]

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When your RPI is 71 (U-Dub), losing to a team with a top 50 RPI (SDSU) is *not* a bad loss.But thanks for an example that once again demonstrates just how foolish the 'bad loss'/'good win' concept is.

Anytime a team loses are home by almost 20 points it is going to be a bad loss. Then throw in the whole major/mid-major aspect and that it was South Dakota State and there you have it...

[RabbitObsessed]

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Anytime a team loses are home by almost 20 points it is going to be a bad loss. Then throw in the whole major/mid-major aspect and that it was South Dakota State and there you have it...

But RPI!!!1! /zooropa

[zooropa]

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But RPI!!!1! /zooropa

Yes. Because I am *clearly* a fan of RPI, 'signature wins' and 'bad losses'.

[RabbitObsessed]

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Yes. Because I am *clearly* a fan of RPI, 'signature wins' and 'bad losses'.

And that absolutely *couldn't* have been the point of the joke I was attempting to make.

(A hint: The above sentence is sarcasm.)

[zooropa]

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And that absolutely *couldn't* have been the point of the joke I was attempting to make.

(A hint: The above sentence is sarcasm.)

Ah. Well, then my previous post was *also* a joke.

Yeah. That's right. It was a joke. That's what it was. Yeah.

[joeboo22]

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I'd argue all loses are bad, and losses at home by double digits are worse, and losing by a not very close 19 is even worse. Yeah, I don't care if you lose by 19 to Kentucky at home its a bad loss if you are Washington.

[NorCalJack]

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So I think this whole year has been about destiny. So hear me out. I was listening to a radio interview with Nagy and he said he has only been to "The Pit" one time and that was back in 1983 for the Final Four. That year "The Pit" was witness to one of the biggest NCAA tourney upsets of all time. The University of Houston was unworldly athletic, they may have been the most athletic team to play the game. They had a nickname of Phi Slama Jama. I know of no other team that actually had a nickname. And then there was a 10 loss team in North Carolina State that everyone said did not belong in the tourney. They won the ACC tourney to get an auto bid, or else they would not have had an at large bid. The media was making the championship a formality and to just hand the trophy to Houston.

There really was no way for NC State to win that game. They were outmatched at every position. The only thing NC State had going for them is heart. They had the heart of a champion. They were also lead by a man of great character, Jimmy Valvano. Prior to the championship game, nobody really knew who Jim Valvano was, but by the time he left this world, he was known and respected by all.

I remember watching that game in my dorm room at SDSU with a group of students and we were just glued to the TV watching this underdog taking the athletic team to the wire. At the end of the game I was in shock when Lorenzo Charles grabbed that missed shot and dunked it as time was expiring. I am not sure you could have written a better ending. It was really stuff of Hoosiers on a bigger stage.

Now here we are nearly 30 years later and there are some similarities in these teams. Scott Nagy was at that game 30 years ago and I am sure that Jimmy Valvano's brother, Bob Valvano was at that game also. Bob Valvano was the announcer at the Jack's Bracket Buster game and the Summit Championship game. Bob Valvano has been an advocate for SDSU since he saw the Jacks a month ago.

I believe in destiny and I believe that something special is going to happen in "The Pit" on Thursday night. I believe that the planets are aligning and I can't wait for Thusday night.

Go State!!!
Go Jacks!!!

[YanktonJack7]

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So I think this whole year has been about destiny. So hear me out. I was listening to a radio interview with Nagy and he said he has only been to "The Pit" one time and that was back in 1983 for the Final Four. That year "The Pit" was witness to one of the biggest NCAA tourney upsets of all time. The University of Houston was unworldly athletic, they may have been the most athletic team to play the game. They had a nickname of Phi Slama Jama. I know of no other team that actually had a nickname. And then there was a 10 loss team in North Carolina State that everyone said did not belong in the tourney. They won the ACC tourney to get an auto bid, or else they would not have had an at large bid. The media was making the championship a formality and to just hand the trophy to Houston.

There really was no way for NC State to win that game. They were outmatched at every position. The only thing NC State had going for them is heart. They had the heart of a champion. They were also lead by a man of great character, Jimmy Valvano. Prior to the championship game, nobody really knew who Jim Valvano was, but by the time he left this world, he was known and respected by all.

I remember watching that game in my dorm room at SDSU with a group of students and we were just glued to the TV watching this underdog taking the athletic team to the wire. At the end of the game I was in shock when Lorenzo Charles grabbed that missed shot and dunked it as time was expiring. I am not sure you could have written a better ending. It was really stuff of Hoosiers on a bigger stage.

Now here we are nearly 30 years later and there are some similarities in these teams. Scott Nagy was at that game 30 years ago and I am sure that Jimmy Valvano's brother, Bob Valvano was at that game also. Bob Valvano was the announcer at the Jack's Bracket Buster game and the Summit Championship game. Bob Valvano has been an advocate for SDSU since he saw the Jacks a month ago.

I believe in destiny and I believe that something special is going to happen in "The Pit" on Thursday night. I believe that the planets are aligning and I can't wait for Thusday night.

Go State!!!
Go Jacks!!!

This.

Also, Before the USD game, many of their "fans" said to throw records out the window because they don't mean anything. Well, it applies in this game as well. The records do not mean anything. The regular season means nothing now. All that matters is one game. And you never know what will happen until you play that game.

I know Nagy will have the guys up for this game. They have no pressure on them like they did in the Sioux Falls Arena. They aren't supposed to win this game. Baylor has all the pressure. Hopefully the Baylor players are looking ahead and forget about the Jacks. One can hope, right?

Also, for a 3-14 matchup has the line ever been 7.5-8.5 points?

Let's go Jacks. Time to shine

[mitchellrabbit]

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[QUOTE=Madi VMitchell;201049]

I was watching a Huskies basketball game on ESPN for the men and they were talking about bad losses and the only one up there was of course to us!

Doug Gottleib said a week or so ago that Washingtons loss to South Dakota State was a bad loss but not because SDSU isnt a good team, its a bad loss because they lost by 19 at home.

[Texasjeremy]

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This.

Also, Before the USD game, many of their "fans" said to throw records out the window because they don't mean anything. Well, it applies in this game as well. The records do not mean anything. The regular season means nothing now. All that matters is one game. And you never know what will happen until you play that game.

I know Nagy will have the guys up for this game. They have no pressure on them like they did in the Sioux Falls Arena. They aren't supposed to win this game. Baylor has all the pressure. Hopefully the Baylor players are looking ahead and forget about the Jacks. One can hope, right?

Also, for a 3-14 matchup has the line ever been 7.5-8.5 points?

Let's go Jacks. Time to shine

Point spreads for the 3/14 seeds:
Baylor by 7.5 over South Dakota State
Florida State by 6.5 over St. Bonaventure
Georgetown by 3.5 over Belmont

Marquette/BYU no line yet.