Oh Snap… UNM loses to SJSU!!

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Re: Oh Snap… UNM loses to SJSU!!

Post by NAggsty Butler » January 15th, 2025, 1:26 pm

ineptimusprime wrote:
January 15th, 2025, 10:36 am
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January 15th, 2025, 10:33 am
Roy McAvoy wrote:
January 15th, 2025, 7:56 am
Guys this isn’t a good thing. In fact it’s quite bad. It lowers the chances UNM is a Quad 1 game and increases the chances the MWC is a 2 bid league.
I agree with your points but anytime their are Lobos tears I will take it even if it not good for the conference.
I'd normally agree with Roy on this, but this barely dented UNM's NET ranking (a 1-point road loss) and put us a game up in the conference title race. The UNM loss is probably neutral to us so long as UNM doesn't suffer more of these. NCAA Tourney wins are really cool, but so are outright conference titles.

Also, just don't really care how many MW teams make the dance this year. Whether UNM is a First Four team or an NIT team likely will not impact our seeding much as long as we take care of our business.
From a national respect perspective, nobody cares who won the conference tournament, while everyone notices a team winning a tournament game. We've won tons of conference titles over the past 20 years and nobody cares because they always knew we would drop in the first game of the tournament.


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Re: Oh Snap… UNM loses to SJSU!!

Post by Dkdavis » January 15th, 2025, 1:53 pm

ToastedFlakes52 wrote:
January 15th, 2025, 12:48 pm
I wish New Mexico had won, I’m a fan of more quality teams and more big games. Atmosphere at the Spectrum on Feb 1st would’ve been off the charts if both teams were undefeated in conf play (and if unm had gotten ranked somehow). It will still be electric of course, but maybe not quite as great.

Wouldn’t mind seeing the lobos make the big dance either.
I honestly think the environment will be the same regardless. Maybe the hype would have been a bit better, but we really brought the crowd against Bosie and I wouldn't expect any less for UNM.
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Re: Oh Snap… UNM loses to SJSU!!

Post by StanfordAggie » January 15th, 2025, 4:05 pm

AggiePT wrote:
January 15th, 2025, 10:41 am
I was happy to see the Lobos lose. I want to raise a trophy at the end of the season. I want the 1 seed in the the MWC tourney. New Mexico will be tough to beat twice this season, so them getting a loss gives us the edge. Yes, wins in the Big Dance are huge and might matter more. But conference championships are also huge!
This is basically where I am at. I don't really care how many NCAA bids the MWC gets any more because USU will get $0 of that money anyway. And New Mexico's chances of getting an at large bid are slim, especially after last night's loss. I want USU to get another conference championship. Right now, Bart Torvik's algorithm says that USU and UNM are the two heavy favorites for the MWC regular season title. Therefore I want UNM to lose because it helps USU.
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Re: Oh Snap… UNM loses to SJSU!!

Post by GameFAQSAggie » January 17th, 2025, 2:51 pm

Even after the latest loss, UNM is still projected as one of the last four in.



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