I know it is still very early, but when you know going into the season that you have a fringe bubble team, and you start the season losing to all 3 ranked teams you play... You get the feeling that you will have needed to steal at least one of those wins to get in.
With a schedule that doesn't have a whole lot of marquee games left, we will likely have to have a win against 2 ranked in-conference opponents (possibly Cincy and Uconn). I don't see a win against a ranked Nova. The result of the Wisconsin game, in my opinion, may decide a lot due to their conference affiliation and "perennial quality team" perception.
Again, I know it's extremely early, but looking at last season where we would have had to beat SMU just once to get it, you can't help but look at our schedule and think a Utah and Butler win was imperative to get into the tournament.
With a schedule that doesn't have a whole lot of marquee games left, we will likely have to have a win against 2 ranked in-conference opponents (possibly Cincy and Uconn). I don't see a win against a ranked Nova. The result of the Wisconsin game, in my opinion, may decide a lot due to their conference affiliation and "perennial quality team" perception.
Again, I know it's extremely early, but looking at last season where we would have had to beat SMU just once to get it, you can't help but look at our schedule and think a Utah and Butler win was imperative to get into the tournament.
