Wyoming is leading under 5 minutes left in the game

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Wyoming is leading under 5 minutes left in the game

Post by SLB » March 5th, 2020, 11:43 pm

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Re: Wyoming is leading under 5 minutes to play

Post by Roy McAvoy » March 5th, 2020, 11:44 pm

IMO we want Nevada to win. We need our net ranking to be as high as possible and Nevada really helps that.
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Re: Wyoming is leading under 5 minutes left in the game

Post by TheBigSilk » March 5th, 2020, 11:45 pm

It's hard to root against the 11th seed.
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Re: Wyoming is leading under 5 minutes to play

Post by SLB » March 5th, 2020, 11:45 pm

Roy McAvoy wrote:
March 5th, 2020, 11:44 pm
IMO we want Nevada to win. We need our net ranking to be as high as possible and Nevada really helps that.
Same here, Wyoming deserve praise at this MWC tournament run.



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Re: Wyoming is leading under 5 minutes left in the game

Post by SLB » March 5th, 2020, 11:48 pm

Wyoming is right now in the driver's seat for the win.



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Re: Wyoming is leading under 5 minutes left in the game

Post by SLB » March 5th, 2020, 11:52 pm

It looks like we are playing Wyoming in the next round.
Wyoming as a #11 seed :golfclap: :golfclap: :golfclap:



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Re: Wyoming is leading under 5 minutes left in the game

Post by USU78 » March 5th, 2020, 11:59 pm

And ... it's official. Cowboys tomorrow.


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Re: Wyoming is leading under 5 minutes left in the game

Post by SaintAggie » March 6th, 2020, 12:00 am

Wait, should we be afraid of Wyoming!?



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Re: Wyoming is leading under 5 minutes left in the game

Post by Aggie84025 » March 6th, 2020, 12:00 am

WYO just won. There record is not good, but they are playing well. That being said i would rather play WYO then NEV.



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Re: Wyoming is leading under 5 minutes left in the game

Post by Roy McAvoy » March 6th, 2020, 12:01 am

This sucks. Hurts our net ranking by probably 3-4 spots if we were to win tomorrow. Which we would’ve had to do regardless to have a chance.



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Re: Wyoming is leading under 5 minutes left in the game

Post by hipsterdoofus21 » March 6th, 2020, 12:01 am

Yes! Would be huge to put them away early and rest guys if possible.



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Re: Wyoming is leading under 5 minutes left in the game

Post by Aggie84025 » March 6th, 2020, 12:02 am

SaintAggie wrote:
March 6th, 2020, 12:00 am
Wait, should we be afraid of Wyoming!?
They have nothing to lose and will come out firing. They obviously can beat better teams like they have done. That being said we should win this game. This will be their 3rd game. We better come ready to play.



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Re: Wyoming is leading under 5 minutes left in the game

Post by ineptimusprime » March 6th, 2020, 12:03 am

Yep. Wyoming is playing with a ton of confidence. Hate that we even have to play a team like Wyoming at this point. Won’t help much to win. Would be earth-shatteringly devastating to lose.



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Re: Wyoming is leading under 5 minutes left in the game

Post by Aggiesbleedblue » March 6th, 2020, 12:04 am

Roy McAvoy wrote:
March 6th, 2020, 12:01 am
This sucks. Hurts our net ranking by probably 3-4 spots if we were to win tomorrow. Which we would’ve had to do regardless to have a chance.
Or, with the glass half full, it gets us one game closer to just getting in so none of those numbers would matter



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Re: Wyoming is leading under 5 minutes left in the game

Post by bluegrouse » March 6th, 2020, 12:05 am

Crazy night just got crazier.......wow.



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Re: Wyoming is leading under 5 minutes left in the game

Post by ineptimusprime » March 6th, 2020, 12:05 am

hipsterdoofus21 wrote:
March 6th, 2020, 12:01 am
Yes! Would be huge to put them away early and rest guys if possible.
Would be nice, but not banking on it. Wyoming has played really well the last two games.



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Re: Wyoming is leading under 5 minutes left in the game

Post by Real Life Aggie » March 6th, 2020, 12:06 am

ineptimusprime wrote:
March 6th, 2020, 12:05 am
hipsterdoofus21 wrote:
March 6th, 2020, 12:01 am
Yes! Would be huge to put them away early and rest guys if possible.
Would be nice, but not banking on it. Wyoming has played really well the last two games.
They chose the right time to come out firing.



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Re: Wyoming is leading under 5 minutes left in the game

Post by Dkdavis » March 6th, 2020, 12:23 am

I’ve accepted that the only way to get into the NCAA is to win the tournament. All I care about now is getting 3 games out of this tournament, and I really think we can beat wyoming. It relieves a lot of doubt in my mind that we can win tomorrow!



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Re: Wyoming is leading under 5 minutes left in the game

Post by Aggie formerly in Hawaii » March 6th, 2020, 5:10 am

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March 6th, 2020, 12:01 am
This sucks. Hurts our net ranking by probably 3-4 spots if we were to win tomorrow. Which we would’ve had to do regardless to have a chance.
After we lost to New Mexico last week it meant we had to win this tournament to get in. A win against an average Nevada team wouldn't do it. I actually like we have a 99.9% winnable game today before the Super Bowl against a potential 1 seed. If Merrill plays awesome like he did yesterday and carries us to this tournament win. He will be better than Jaycee Carroll to me.
I won't debate it with others. I'll respect all opinions, but he'll have done something incredible 2 years in a row that even Carroll couldn't do.



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Re: Wyoming is leading under 5 minutes left in the game

Post by AggieFBObsession » March 6th, 2020, 6:40 am

Why do fans point at Net Ratings like it really matters? 4-5 points? Really?

The selection committee is like a bunch of politicians. They'll use the numbers as it suits them.

The Aggies must win this MWC tournament otherwise there's no NCAA bid!
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Re: Wyoming is leading under 5 minutes left in the game

Post by MrBiggle » March 6th, 2020, 7:17 am

Wyoming had played nevada close in both regular season games, as well as staying within 7 and 9 points of colorado. So it stands to reason that they could pull off the upset on a neutral court. We beat them by 23/20 points. I think we match up well against them. Nemi is gonna come out strong in this one!


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Re: Wyoming is leading under 5 minutes left in the game

Post by ThunderAggie » March 6th, 2020, 7:22 am

Yes I thought everybody would be excited! We have a much greater chance of making the championship game because Nevada lost. I know Wyo beat them, but they have a really bad record for a reason. If we win I think we are in the tourney, but we need SDSU to win.



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Re: Wyoming is leading under 5 minutes left in the game

Post by BiocatAg » March 6th, 2020, 7:24 am

Roy McAvoy wrote:
March 6th, 2020, 12:01 am
This sucks. Hurts our net ranking by probably 3-4 spots if we were to win tomorrow. Which we would’ve had to do regardless to have a chance.
I'm not a NET expert (I don't think anybody is since they won't release their algorithm), but I doubt we'll drop much, if at all. In fact, when we beat them a couple of weeks ago, we actually went up two spots. At this point in the season, single games don't really affect the NET ranking much. We've been stuck on 38 since before the NM loss.



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Re: Wyoming is leading under 5 minutes left in the game

Post by ineptimusprime » March 6th, 2020, 7:27 am

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March 6th, 2020, 5:10 am
Roy McAvoy wrote:
March 6th, 2020, 12:01 am
This sucks. Hurts our net ranking by probably 3-4 spots if we were to win tomorrow. Which we would’ve had to do regardless to have a chance.
After we lost to New Mexico last week it meant we had to win this tournament to get in. A win against an average Nevada team wouldn't do it. I actually like we have a 99.9% winnable game today before the Super Bowl against a potential 1 seed. If Merrill plays awesome like he did yesterday and carries us to this tournament win. He will be better than Jaycee Carroll to me.
I won't debate it with others. I'll respect all opinions, but he'll have done something incredible 2 years in a row that even Carroll couldn't do.
You might be right, but I still like our chances if we advance to the title game. I think a 25-9 team with wins over two SEC tournament teams is not getting left out.

Those two wins hide a multitude of sins (which we have). You can’t compare to the Stew years. We have much better wins this year than any of his teams and now play in a better conference. We are also now in the NET ranking era, which is much more favorable to mid-majors.
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Re: Wyoming is leading under 5 minutes left in the game

Post by Aggie84025 » March 6th, 2020, 8:08 am

I just want to play the team that gives us the best chance to win and that is Wyoming. Sure if we lose to San Diego State in the championship I still think we have a pretty good shot and an at-large bid. But at this point let's just win the tournament and then remove all doubt. The boys better come ready to play and not give Wyoming confidence to start with.
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Re: Wyoming is leading under 5 minutes left in the game

Post by bigblue » March 6th, 2020, 8:16 am

Aggie84025 wrote:I just want to play the team that gives us the best chance to win and that is Wyoming. Sure if we lose to San Diego State in the championship I still think we have a pretty good shot and an at-large bid. But at this point let's just win the tournament and then remove all doubt. The boys better come ready to play and not give Wyoming confidence to start with.
Much the reason I'm cheering hard for Boise State today.

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Re: Wyoming is leading under 5 minutes left in the game

Post by nswaggie » March 6th, 2020, 8:27 am

bigblue wrote:
March 6th, 2020, 8:16 am
Aggie84025 wrote:I just want to play the team that gives us the best chance to win and that is Wyoming. Sure if we lose to San Diego State in the championship I still think we have a pretty good shot and an at-large bid. But at this point let's just win the tournament and then remove all doubt. The boys better come ready to play and not give Wyoming confidence to start with.
Much the reason I'm cheering hard for Boise State today.

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Want us to coast to a win and Boise and SDSU to play 4 overtimes or maybe 6. Is that asking too much?
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Re: Wyoming is leading under 5 minutes left in the game

Post by SLB » March 6th, 2020, 8:28 am

nswaggie wrote:
March 6th, 2020, 8:27 am
bigblue wrote:
March 6th, 2020, 8:16 am
Aggie84025 wrote:I just want to play the team that gives us the best chance to win and that is Wyoming. Sure if we lose to San Diego State in the championship I still think we have a pretty good shot and an at-large bid. But at this point let's just win the tournament and then remove all doubt. The boys better come ready to play and not give Wyoming confidence to start with.
Much the reason I'm cheering hard for Boise State today.

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Want us to coast to a win and Boise and SDSU to play 4 overtimes or maybe 6. Is that asking too much?
That would be bad for us since we play after them on the same court.
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Re: Wyoming is leading under 5 minutes left in the game

Post by Roy McAvoy » March 6th, 2020, 8:59 am

BiocatAg wrote:
March 6th, 2020, 7:24 am
Roy McAvoy wrote:
March 6th, 2020, 12:01 am
This sucks. Hurts our net ranking by probably 3-4 spots if we were to win tomorrow. Which we would’ve had to do regardless to have a chance.
I'm not a NET expert (I don't think anybody is since they won't release their algorithm), but I doubt we'll drop much, if at all. In fact, when we beat them a couple of weeks ago, we actually went up two spots. At this point in the season, single games don't really affect the NET ranking much. We've been stuck on 38 since before the NM loss.
I agree we'll move up, but I'm saying beating a #85 ranked Nevada on a neutral court would probably help our NET ranking be about 3 spot higher than beating Wyoming.



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Post by Real Life Aggie » March 6th, 2020, 9:07 am

nswaggie wrote:
March 6th, 2020, 8:27 am
bigblue wrote:
March 6th, 2020, 8:16 am
Aggie84025 wrote:I just want to play the team that gives us the best chance to win and that is Wyoming. Sure if we lose to San Diego State in the championship I still think we have a pretty good shot and an at-large bid. But at this point let's just win the tournament and then remove all doubt. The boys better come ready to play and not give Wyoming confidence to start with.
Much the reason I'm cheering hard for Boise State today.

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Want us to coast to a win and Boise and SDSU to play 4 overtimes or maybe 6. Is that asking too much?
They have Malachi Flynn, not Jonny Flynn.
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Re: Wyoming is leading under 5 minutes left in the game

Post by FeartheFro » March 6th, 2020, 9:16 am

Whether we beat Wyoming or Nevada is not going to determine whether or not we get an at large. Having 9 losses in a non major conference will determine that.


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Wyoming is leading under 5 minutes left in the game

Post by AGGIEinIOWA » March 6th, 2020, 9:25 am

SDSU is vulnerable. They have not looked like world beaters the last few weeks. Squeaking by the Zoomies last night is just one example. Wouldn’t surprise me if they lose to the Donks. We have a good path to the championship and whiny Dutcher and his band of transfers are sure beatable so bring’em on. We can win this thing outright.



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Re: Wyoming is leading under 5 minutes left in the game

Post by Al-O-Meter » March 7th, 2020, 8:10 am

Roy McAvoy wrote:
March 6th, 2020, 12:01 am
This sucks. Hurts our net ranking by probably 3-4 spots if we were to win tomorrow. Which we would’ve had to do regardless to have a chance.
When this post was made I almost chimed it to say "no way". This late in the season I didn't think there was any way a team could move that much in NET rankings simply by USU winning over Nevada versus USU winning over Wyoming. No way. Not possible I thought.

I bow down to you Roy McAvoy. I know this isn't one where you wanted to be right, but your NET ranking predictive powers are superior while mine are weak and puny.



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Re: Wyoming is leading under 5 minutes left in the game

Post by BiocatAg » March 7th, 2020, 8:14 am

Roy McAvoy wrote:
March 6th, 2020, 8:59 am
BiocatAg wrote:
March 6th, 2020, 7:24 am
Roy McAvoy wrote:
March 6th, 2020, 12:01 am
This sucks. Hurts our net ranking by probably 3-4 spots if we were to win tomorrow. Which we would’ve had to do regardless to have a chance.
I'm not a NET expert (I don't think anybody is since they won't release their algorithm), but I doubt we'll drop much, if at all. In fact, when we beat them a couple of weeks ago, we actually went up two spots. At this point in the season, single games don't really affect the NET ranking much. We've been stuck on 38 since before the NM loss.
I agree we'll move up, but I'm saying beating a #85 ranked Nevada on a neutral court would probably help our NET ranking be about 3 spot higher than beating Wyoming.
Well, I was definitely wrong. :noidea:



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