Monday, January 14, 2013

Weekly Postseason Tracker

It's hard to put Colorado in the NIT because they have a great RPI and impressive SOS. But they have two things against them at this point: First, it seems they let the monitor fiasco in Tucson beat them three times. Second, the Pac-12 is a solid four-bid conference this week, and Colorado is frankly the first team out of the top four. You'd be hard-pressed to say otherwise since three of the top four teams have already beat the Buffs.

As for Utah: we've also lost to three of the top four teams. No shame there. But that loss to USC was huge.  Now, instead of looking to pick up steam with winnable games in Washington, we're still looking for our first conference win. And so is our opponent on Wednesday. The difference is we're the visitor and have yet to ever claim a Pac-12 road win. So another tall task awaits our boys.

Note, however, how Boise State keeps climbing the RPI. That win keeps looking better and better for the Utes. Having now lost five of our last six games, we must remember that we still have the capacity to beat really good teams. We just have to find our offense. It's there somewhere.

Finally, Washington got a good bump by beating the NorCal schools. I think the entire conference will be looking forward to the Cal/Stanford stretch. It's a good thing Utah will see it twice; and soon too. On that same note, it's a good thing we're done with UCLA and USC.

Conference RPI: #6

NCAAs:
Arizona (15-1, 3-1) | RPI: #3 | SOS: #6
Top-100 Wins: vs. Miami (Fla.) (5); vs. Florida (10); Colorado (17); San Diego State (35); vs. Southern Miss (52); UTEP (62); Oral Roberts (88)
Sub-100 Losses: None.
Arizona State (14-3, 3-1) | RPI: #59 | SOS: #132
Top-100 Wins: vs. Colorado (17); Arkansas (72)
Sub-100 Losses: vs. DePaul (173)  
Oregon (14-2, 3-0) | RPI: #26 | SOS: #87
Top-100 Wins: vs. Arizona (3); at UNLV (24); vs. Arizona State (59); vs. Nebraska (61)
Sub-100 Losses: None.
UCLA (14-3, 4-0) | RPI: #32 | SOS: #50
Top-100 Wins: at Colorado (17); vs. Missouri (23); vs. Indiana St. (42); vs. California (69); vs. Stanford (75)
Sub-100 Losses: vs. Cal Poly (214)

NIT:

Colorado (11-5, 1-3) | RPI: #17 | SOS: #4
Top-100 Wins: vs. Colorado St. (25); Baylor (45); Murray St. (70); Dayton (89)
Sub-100 Losses: None.

Washington (11-5, 3-0) | RPI: #58 | SOS: #43
Top-100 Wins: vs. St. Louis (50); at California (69); at Stanford (75); Seton Hall (79)
Sub-100 Losses: vs. Albany (124); vs. Nevada (176)

CBI:
California (10-6, 2-2) | RPI: #69 | SOS: #39
Top-100 Wins: None.
Sub-100 Losses: None.

Stanford (10-7, 1-3) | RPI: #75 | SOS: #37
Top-100 Wins: Northern Iowa (99)
Sub-100 Losses: at USC (138)

OUT:
Oregon State (10-6, 0-3) | RPI: #154 | SOS: #134
Top-100 Wins: None.
Sub-100 Losses: vs. Towson (174)  
USC (7-10, 2-2) | RPI: #138 | SOS: #23
Top-100 Wins: vs. Stanford (75); vs. Dayton (89)
Sub-100 Losses: vs. UC Irvine (168); at Georgia (213) 
Utah (8-8, 0-4) | RPI: #144 | SOS: #31
Top-100 Wins: vs. Boise State (28)
Sub-100 Losses: vs. USC (138); at SMU (166); vs. CS Northridge (178); vs. Sacramento State (256)

Washington State (9-7, 0-3) | RPI: #204 | SOS: #185
Top-100 Wins: None.
Sub-100 Losses: at Pepperdine (193)

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