Bubble watch

[NittanyPirate]

A few years ago a poster used to update a thread almost daily with games of interest for those, like me, that follow NCAA bubble teams. More often than not, Seton Hall is among them and it’s nice having one location to go for daily updates. I’ll try to add to this as much as time allows but please feel free to post schedules, results, thoughts, etc.
Most of the teams that appear come from ESPN’s “Bubble Watch”

2/13
Marquette 78 Butler 72
Iowa St 68 Cincinnati 59
Dayton 75 Duquesne 59
Pitt 74 Virginia 63
Kentucky 75 Ole Miss 63
Providence 75 St John’s 72
Vanderbilt 74 Texas A&M 73
Drake 78 Evansville 75
Florida 82 LSU 80
SDSU 71 Colorado State 55
New Mexico 83 Nevada 82

 

[NittanyPirate]

2/14
Michigan State @ Penn State
Xavier @ Seton Hall!
Miami @ Clemson
Tulsa @ So Florida
UMass @ Richmond
Utah State @ Wyoming

 

[Piratz]

For The Hall at 15-9, 8-5 NET #75, desperately need a 3-game winning streak.

Tonight vs. Xavier (Q2)
Sunday at St. John’s (Q1)
Saturday vs. Butler (Q2)

 

[JTSHU]

don't bother predicting anything. I can see 3-0 to 0-3

 

[NYC Pirate]

Hall had a good night with several of Lunardi's Bubble Teams losing Right now he has SHU third of First 4 Out.

Butler. Last 4 Byes

Ole Miss
Nevada. Last 4 In

Cincv. First 4 Out

SJU. Next 4 Out

 

[NittanyPirate]

2/14 results
Michigan State 80 PSU 72
Seton Hall 88 Xavier 70!
Clemson 77 Miami 60
So Florida 69 Tulsa 50
Umass 69 Richmond 59
Utah State 84 Wyoming 76

2/15 Bubble Games
Northwestern @ Rutgers
Temple @ Florida Atlantic
SMU @ Tulane
Memphis @ No Texas
Georgia State @ James Madison
Minnesota @ Purdue
Colorado @ UCLA
Gonzaga @ Loyola Marymount
Utah Tech @ Grand Canyon
California @ Washington State
Pepperdine @ St Mary’s
Utah @ USC

 

[Gohall129]

Win @ SJU
Win vs Butler, Nova, and DePaul… we won’t be on the bubble. We’ll be safely in

 

[NittanyPirate]

2/15 results
Purdue 84 Minnesota 76
St Mary’s 103 Pepperdine 59
Florida Atlantic 80 Temple 68
Rutgers 63 Northwestern 60
SMU 87 Tulane 79
No Texas 76 Memphis 66
James Madison 83 Georgia State 63
UCLA 64 Colorado 60
Gonzaga 91 Loyola Marymount 74
Grand Canyon 73 Utah Tech 61
Washington State 84 California 65
USC 64 Utah 61

2/16 bubble games
Villanova @ Georgetown
VCU @ St Louis
Brown @ Princeton
New Mexico @ SDSU

 

[TrueBlue1989]

Win @ SJU
Win vs Butler, Nova, and DePaul… we won’t be on the bubble. We’ll be safely in

At SJU will not be easy

 

[HALL85]

At SJU will not be easy

Agree. They were embarrassed at the Rock and Massiello is not coaching the team this time around.

 

[Ferreri22]

You guys are hilarious. Johnnies will be a 5 point favorite, and that doesnt even factor in Davis not playing, which I find very hard to believe that he will. Throw in that Johnnies are on life support, this can easily be a 20 point blowout… win your Home games (still think Nova beats us yet again) and must win Thurs at BET. At that point, I’d say 50/50

 

[statenman]

I have a feeling Davis will be playing. If it was that bad he would have had it in a boot and wouldn't be walking around on it like he was.

 

[tpbtpb17]

That Villanova blowout really hurt us in the polls. Even after crushing Xavier, we are only in 20 of the 103 polls on bracketmatrix as of this morning. Meanwhile Butler is in 99 of 103.

And dont get me started on St. John's. At the bottom of the league, still in 9 of 103... I really want to beat them on Sunday...

 

[SHUSource]

And dont get me started on St. John's. At the bottom of the league, still in 9 of 103... I really want to beat them on Sunday...

Yes, I'd love to beat them and table any conversation of Pitino making the NCAAs.

 

[hbkmyr]

 

[shu09]

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It's not a marketing problem (LOL). It's the fact that the league has two great teams, one good team, and a bunch of mediocre bubble teams. UConn is a huge boon for the Big East's overall strength on paper.

Teams are evaluated on an individual basis, not by conference. If Seton Hall and Butler were 19-6, for example, the Big East would still be the #2 rated conference but SH and BU would be solidly within the field of 68.

 

[NYC Pirate]

That Lunardi Bubble watch I believe is a few days old. Several of those teams have lost. He loves Providence.

 

[NYC Pirate]

2/15 results
Purdue 84 Minnesota 76
St Mary’s 103 Pepperdine 59
Florida Atlantic 80 Temple 68
Rutgers 63 Northwestern 60
SMU 87 Tulane 79
No Texas 76 Memphis 66
James Madison 83 Georgia State 63
UCLA 64 Colorado 60
Gonzaga 91 Loyola Marymount 74
Grand Canyon 73 Utah Tech 61
Washington State 84 California 65
USC 64 Utah 61

2/16 bubble games
Villanova @ Georgetown
VCU @ St Louis
Brown @ Princeton
New Mexico @ SDSU

Thanks for doing this. Would it be possible to put the Bubble Team in parenthesis that we are concerned about as SHU fans? The Hall has had a lot of help from a Bubble standpoint in the last few days. Thanks again NittanyPirate.

 

[ivyhillparkk1963]

There is 1 good team in the big 10 Purdue and think they don't make it out of the first weekend

 

[Burnsly]

That Lunardi Bubble watch I believe is a few days old. Several of those teams have lost. He loves Providence.

What's not to love. They are scrappy as hell.

 

[Ferreri22]

I have a feeling Davis will be playing. If it was that bad he would have had it in a boot and wouldn't be walking around on it like he was.

So he’s going to go from not playing an entire Half, to playing starter’s minutes in 4 days? No way he plays unless he’s close to 100%, especially with their next game isnt until Sat

 

[donnie_baseball]

You guys are hilarious. Johnnies will be a 5 point favorite, and that doesnt even factor in Davis not playing, which I find very hard to believe that he will. Throw in that Johnnies are on life support, this can easily be a 20 point blowout… win your Home games (still think Nova beats us yet again) and must win Thurs at BET. At that point, I’d say 50/50

Terrible takes, all around.

 

[Seton75]

That Villanova blowout really hurt us in the polls. Even after crushing Xavier, we are only in 20 of the 103 polls on bracket matrix as of this morning. Meanwhile Butler is in 99 of 103.

And don't get me started on St. John's. At the bottom of the league, still in 9 of 103... I really want to beat them on Sunday...

Which proves the NET is given way more sway by pollsters than it should. It is an easy cheat sheet for them to use.

 

[NYShoreGuy]

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Kenpom doesnt equate to conf at large selections.

Marketing problem...ah fox has the chief rights but does little to promote the league they hace rights to in any cross platform sense.

I will be curious as to audience consumption of uconn marquette...i would hope it is a bigger side number for weekend college hoops events it is the best game of weekend imho.

 

[NittanyPirate]

2/16 results
(Villanova) 70 Georgetown 54
(VCU) 95 St Louis 85
(Princeton) 72 Brown 63
SDSU 81 New Mexico* 70

(Bubble). * near lock

2/17 bubble games
PSU @ (Nebraska)
*Texas Tech @ Iowa State
(Texas A&M) @ Alabama
(Wake Forest) @ *Virginia
*TCU @ (Kansas State)
Creighton @ (Butler)
*Texas @ Houston
*Florida @ Georgia
Arkansas @ (Miss State)
Kansas @ *Oklahoma
(Cincinnati) @ UCF
*Utah State @ *Colorado State
*Kentucky @ Auburn
Stanford @ *Washington State
Georgia Southern @ (James Madison)
Louisville @ (Pittsburgh)
(Indiana State) @ So Illinois
Fresno State @ (Boise state)
DePaul @ (Providence)
NC State @ *Clemson
*Michigan State @ Michigan
Take @ (Princeton)
California Baptist @ (Grand Canyon)
Missouri @ (Ole Miss)
Pacific @ (Gonzaga)
(Colorado) @ USC
(Oregon) @ Oregon State
(Nevada) @ UNLV

 

[NYC Pirate]

Some help so far today. Wake Forest, Butler, Texas Tech, Kansas St. and Texas A&M have lost. TCU and Nebraska have won.

 

[Gohall129]

Are we one RU win vs Purdue on Thursday away from including them in the bubble watch?

 

[Ferreri22]

No, bc they will lose tomrw at The Barn

 

[hbkmyr]

 

[NYC Pirate]

Syracuse and Maryland lose.

Virginia was 0-10 from the free throw line before making one of two in the last minute. Their defense is solid, but the offense was so inefficient. Helped Hall by beating Wake Forest.

 

[P615007]

Nevada @UNLV 1130 tip off.
Need Nevada to go down would help the Pirate cause..

 

[TheHall87]

Nevada wins on the road to go to 19-6 against D-I opponents. That's eight road or neutral wins on the year.

 

[NittanyPirate]

2/17 results
(Bubble) *nearing lock

(Nebraska) 68 PSU 49
Houston 82 Texas 61 (ouch)
Kansas 67 *Oklahoma 57
*Kentucky 70 Auburn 59 (Wildcats locked?)
Alabama 100 (A&M) 75 (ouch)
Creighton 79 (Butler) 57 (ouch)
(Iowa) 88 Wisconsin 86 (Hawkeyes on the bubble?)
* Virginia 49 (Wake) 47
So Illinois 74 (Indiana St) 69
*TCU 75 (K St) 72 (TCU locked?)
*Florida 88 Georgia 86
(Miss St) 71 Arkansas 67
(Cincinnati) 76 UCF 74
*McNeese 74 Nicholls 47
*Colorado St 75 *Utah St 55
*Washington St 72 Stanford 59
(JMU) 87 Georgia So 80
(Pitt) 86 Louisville 59
(Boise st) 90 Fresno St 66
(Providence) 81 DePaul 70
NC St 78 *Clemson 77 (ouch)
*Michigan St 73 Michigan 63
(Princeton) 73 Yale 62
(Grand Canyon) 79 Cal Baptist 76
(Ole Miss) 79 Missouri 76
(Gonzaga) 102 Pacific 76
(Colorado) 92 USC 89 (boo)
(Oregon) 60 Oregon State 58
(Nevada) 69 UNLV 66

2/18 bubble games
(Seton Hall) @ (St John’s)
*Florida Atlantic @ (So Florida)
(Northwestern) @ Indiana
(Memphis) @ (SMU)
(Utah) @ UCLA

 

[NittanyPirate]

2/18 results
(Bubble) * nearing lock

(Seton Hall) 68 (SJU) 62
So Florida 90 * FAU 86
*Northwestern 76 Indiana 72
SMU 106 Memphis 79 (both have been removed from bubble watch)
(Utah) 70 UCLA 69

2/19 Bubble games
*Virginia @ Virginia Tech
Kansas St @ (Texas)

 

[hallstorm]

You guys are hilarious. Johnnies will be a 5 point favorite, and that doesnt even factor in Davis not playing, which I find very hard to believe that he will. Throw in that Johnnies are on life support, this can easily be a 20 point blowout… win your Home games (still think Nova beats us yet again) and must win Thurs at BET. At that point, I’d say 50/50

How’s that 20 point blowout looking?

If it were a one - half game, you might have been right.

But the Johnnies have done this before. They struggle in the second half all the time.

 

[Burnsly]

Thank you for doing this Nittany. This thread has become my daily "go to".

 

[tpbtpb17]

2/18 results
(Bubble) * nearing lock

(Seton Hall) 68 (SJU) 62
So Florida 90 * FAU 86
*Northwestern 76 Indiana 72
SMU 106 Memphis 79 (both have been removed from bubble watch)
(Utah) 70 UCLA 69

2/19 Bubble games
*Virginia @ Virginia Tech
Kansas St @ (Texas)

Virginia getting ripped apart by VA Tech, 36-16 at haftime. Now 51-28 with a 11:20 left.

Currently projected as a 9 seed in a weak ACC.

EDIT: Sitting at 20-6, they may only have to go 1-3 the rest of the way. They still have Duke and UNC to play.

 

[NYC Pirate]

Virginia getting ripped apart by VA Tech, 36-16 at haftime. Now 51-28 with a 11:20 left.

Currently projected as a 9 seed in a weak ACC.

EDIT: Sitting at 20-6, they may only have to go 1-3 the rest of the way. They still have Duke and UNC to play.

The announcer said it is a "Great" conference, obviously some Power teams. Virginia has scored 47 and 41 points the last two games. A solid defensive team, but really? Lunardi just said they will still remain an 8 seed after losing by 34. Can't wait to see their NET decline. They had 37 points with a couple of minutes to go. That's third place in the ACC.

 

[NittanyPirate]

2/19 results
(Bubble) *nearing lock
Va Tech 75 *Virginia 41
(Texas) 62 Kansas State 56

2/20 bubble games
(Butler) @ (Villanova)
Iowa @ *Michigan State
Arkansas @ (Texas A&M)
SDSU @ *Utah State
*TCU @ *Texas Tech
(Pitt) @ (Wake)
San Jose State @(Boise State)
Wyoming @ (Nevada)
San Francisco @ *St Mary’s

 

[P615007]

List of who to root for that impacts seton hall. Would add UConn over Creighton to the list.