NIT March

[JACKGUYII]

Jacks have a good chance to win out and maybe get an NIT bid:

Texas Pan American-A 4-17 record
Texas A&M Corpus Christi Jacks beat them by 23 at home
NDSU-Jacks just beat them by 29. Our toughest remaining game as Bison will want to avenge tonights game
IFPW-Jacks beat them by 21 at home.
UC Riverside-8-14 record
Central State-DII team and 8-9 record.

[JH81]

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Didn't this get discussed to death once before. I will come across as negative sounding, but even when the Jacks win out I don't think they have a shot at the NIT. Just no quality wins to really speak of. And of the remaining games only TAMCC has a winning record, so beating those teams is expected and doesn't do much other than add W's to the stat book. I'd love to see the Women in the NIT, but realistically I don't see it happening. 20 wins against our schedule is great, but there are other teams out there from more established conferences that will have less than 20 wins and get in way before SDSU. If one looks at last year's brackets that were posted previously there are many "name" schools who are in with near .500 records. We'd need about 25 wins and some quality wins to get a post season look this early in the transition. Just my opinion though.

[Jacks02]

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You may end up being right, but a team with a 19-8 record that would be on a 9 game winning streak with wins over Nebraska, Colorado St., Wisc-Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Alabama, and a few other established programs should at least make them consider the Jacks.

[JackTwice]

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It has also been said that attendance can play a big part in a team getting a bid. I'd love to see how we stack up in that area.

[fezzador]

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I think we're already about 5 losses too high to realistically be considered for the NIT. I know, 24-3 sounds ridiculous just to get the berth, but lets face it. It's not based on merit as much as it is on name recognition. They want the Michigans, Oklahoma States, and the Stanfords first. We're bottom of the barrel as far as the NIT is concerned and we're probably among the very last schools they'd consider for a bid... and since there's approximately 100 teams that get into the Dance and NIT combined, and over 300 D-I schools (about half of which have winning records) that means we're probably waiting behind some 50 other schools in the same boat as us. We don't have the tradition, the "giant killer" status, nor the fan support yet (emphasis on yet). It might be 5-6 seasons before we finally get recognized and rewarded for our accomplishments.

But that's not to say we're not worthy as it is right now. We just gotta be patient, we will be a player one day. And hopefully that applies to the men's team as well.

[89rabbit]

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If we plug SDSU's attendance so far, into the NCAA '03-'04's attendance figures (the most recent I could find) this is how it looks .  .  .

http://www.ncaa.org/stats/w_basketba...attendance.pdf

SDSU would rank #63 just ahead of Auburn.  (SDSU has played 9 home games including tonight and is avg. 1,889 per game).

Go State!  ;D

[GoJacks]

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WNIT links:

http://www.triplecrownsports.com/college/

http://www.womensnit.com/

[JBNJBQ]

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http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/weeklyrpi/Wrpi1.html

Women slip one spot to 133 in the latest RPI rating? How does that happen?

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[OK_Jackrabbit]

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If we plug SDSU's attendance so far, into the NCAA '03-'04's attendance figures (the most recent I could find) this is how it looks .  .  .

http://www.ncaa.org/stats/w_basketba...attendance.pdf

SDSU would rank #63 just ahead of Auburn.  (SDSU has played 9 home games including tonight and is avg. 1,889 per game).

Go State!  ;D

As AJ mentioned on the Argus Sports Web, attendance doesn't come into play until after you get a bid, when you're campaigning for a home game.

[89rabbit]

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I was just responding to JackTwice's post.

It has also been said that attendance can play a big part in a team getting a bid.  I'd love to see how we stack up in that area.

Go State!  ;D

[JH81]

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OK, may quick math done via an attempted excel sheet using the most recent RPI data linked above gave me this.

SDSU Opponent Ave RPI - 184, 9W - 12L Average.

If someone else looks at the info and I'm wrong, great. But if I'm even somewhat accurate it doesn't prove to be a very good resume for any post season play.

I hope AJ has a good feel for his chances (as OK referenced from his class). I'm not counting on any post season this year, but then again I'm somewhat of a pessimist.

[OK_Jackrabbit]

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OK, may quick math done via an attempted excel sheet using the most recent RPI data linked above gave me this.

SDSU Opponent Ave RPI - 184, 9W - 12L Average.

If someone else looks at the info and I'm wrong, great. But if I'm even somewhat accurate it doesn't prove to be a very good resume for any post season play.

I hope AJ has a good feel for his chances (as OK referenced from his class). I'm not counting on any post season this year, but then again I'm somewhat of a pessimist.

AJ said that if they're in the low 90s when you put all the RPI measures together, they have a chance. He also mentioned that a few weeks ago, they weren't even close after the Brown game. After winning 5 of 6, they're closer. So I'm thinking if they keep winning, they have a decent shot at being in the 90s in all of the RPI measures.

[JACKGUYII]

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OK, may quick math done via an attempted excel sheet using the most recent RPI data linked above gave me this.

SDSU Opponent Ave RPI - 184, 9W - 12L Average.

If someone else looks at the info and I'm wrong, great. But if I'm even somewhat accurate it doesn't prove to be a very good resume for any post season play.

I hope AJ has a good feel for his chances (as OK referenced from his class). I'm not counting on any post season this year, but then again I'm somewhat of a pessimist.

No not you!

[JH81]

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No not you!

Maybe I should change that to say "realist"!!