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Ah, I really really hope A&M beats Tech.
Kansas and A&M losing to Tech in the same week would just suck.
Venue: United Spirit Arena
Time: 6pm MT
Line: ?
thoughts: tekk coming off a big win over kansas, possibility of a letdown...but i expect Knight to have his boys ready to play. i think its a close game and A&M does a good job of limiting Jackson.
prediction: A&M is superior on offense and defense: A&M 71 tekk 64
Ah, I really really hope A&M beats Tech.
Kansas and A&M losing to Tech in the same week would just suck.
losing to tekk....would be one of the most irritating things that could happen this year. i really really hate those ing bags.
We swept them last year, they are better, we are better, but I see another sweep this year.
Aggies 75
Red Raiders 67
The game is supposedly broadcast on the Tx Tech TV network or something according to aggieathletics, so the real question is: where/how do we get to see this game?
I don't see any local coverage in Houston - you guys think a bar might be the only chance?
Link: http://www.aggieathletics.com/index2...EN&pageID=1475
ttek has always been the skitzo of the conf. Beat KU but lose to BU. Beat uo but lose to CU. You never know what you are going to get from them. I think they are twice as good in their house, tho. You have to say that atm is the better team, but I think you would have to say that KU was the better team as well. KU flusters alot more than atm, tho. ttek does not rebound well at all, nor do they share the ball or ave a good FG% defense. atm leads them in just about every possible relevant statistical category, but you just can never tell with ttek.
I think KU and Tech both play to their compe ion...the problem over the weekend was KU was seen as what they aren't (a Final 4 team) and Tech was not seen as what they are (a threat at home). Tech played up to their compe ion, KU played down to it, and Tech ended up winning.
I'd be surprised if Tech was close at the end of this one. The Aggies are a legitimate Sweet 16 team and a borderline Elite 8 team. Tech will be fortunate to make the field of 64, though they're a strong #25 in the RPI right now. Beating KU got Tech a step closer to making the field; beating A&M would do even more. I just can't see how Tech has the horses to consistently beat teams in the A&M/Kansas/Oklahoma State range, though.
I think Tech will be pumped for this game, I expect a close game.
they have 2 players that can play great....I do not see them winning, but on the road in conference games, any team can win at home...so I give it a tossup
...don't tell Capt. Miserable that, he'll say tekk should be a 6-10 seed. don't you now RPI is all that matters?
The problem for Kansas is they are undisciplined defensively, which plays right into the hands of Knight's offense.You have to say that atm is the better team, but I think you would have to say that KU was the better team as well.
Billy has had a good handle on Knight since he got to A&M, I look for it to continue tomorrow night (though the fans will be sky high for that game, they hate A&M).
This is going into my saved quote file as well.
...love how you cherry pick, btw. if you actually want to know what i think...? i'd say tekk is an 8-9 seed right now, so i don't know what quoting me will accomplish...unless you want to prove i was right. but they are not a 4-6 seed which is what their RPI would suggest, depending on which RPI you follow.
You think too much of yourself. I hope you aren't ignorant enought to think I believe that because ttek is #25 today that they will be #25 at the end of the season, or that the ranking they have today will relate to what seeding they get at the end of the year, because you certainly imply it. Of course, it is how you make your arguements most times, by skewing the truth.
Well, if things stay like they are, Tech will get in, but will be an 11 seed, which isn't too far off of that prediction. Most of the lower-end at large teams are no worse than an 11 seed.
wow, you really are a bag. all you talk about is how much the NCAA looks at the RPI...and if tekk still has #6 A&M twice, t.u. twice, oklahoma, #16 okla state twice, etc...don't you think their RPI will remain relatively high? i am saying their seed won't reflect their RPI, b/c it shouldn't...at least not at this point. but you always say seeds do...do you not?
Wow you completely screwed that up... again. You DO realize that even if they played #1-2-3-4-5 5 weeks in a row and lost all 5 that their RPI is going to fall.... correct? I have a white board in my office, you can stop by and I can draw it out for you in a flow chart if you want.
...just how okla state's RPI fell after getting ass raped by A&M and Kansas?
Capt. No-Go,
...lets see here. kansas lost = RPI went up, okla state lost = RPI went up, Nevada lost = RPI went up, etc, etc.
point being, tekk may lose, but they won't lose them all. obviously, unless they fall apart completely....their RPI should be pretty good by year end.
If we would have lost to UT and uo as well, it would have. Plus, we were #7 before and now we are #14. That's a fall. Do you even read what you flame? Why do you even bring up an agruement that isn't relative and constantly makes you look like a babbling idiot and then get upset because someone rebukes you? Once agin, you have completely trashed another thread by your infantile attempts to make yourself look cool while demeaning someone else. I had nothing but good to say about your precious atm in this thread and you still had to show your ass and look like the ADD 12-year old mentaility you continually project. Good on you. Dio was right about you; you HAVE to be a girl because you act like a man hater.
...look at my previous post bag. btw:
1. did i say tekk would lose them all
2. falling to 13 is not much of a fall, my point is still valid. plus, your previous was 16, not 7, bag
You are 13, not 14...get your facts straight.
A big part of the RPI is strength of schedule (coupled with the results of those games) and a consideration of where the games were played. Tech was going to (likely) go up during this stretch of the season because they're playing good teams who will elevate the SOS and offset the reductions that losses would bring. That they beat KU will keep their RPI pretty high for a good while. If they beat A&M, that will only inflate the RPI. Tech's SOS is #14 right now. That will actually stay pretty consistent from here on out, particularly because Tech has 12 games left and 6 of those are against OSU, A&M, and Texas. If they're respectable in those games and can win 4 of the other 6, the RPI number should stay fairly high.
I don't think anyone could argue that RPI is the end-all/be-all of who makes the field and who doesn't, at season's end. But it is certainly a useful tool for making some comparisons among teams. Tech likely won't be in the Top 25 in the RPI come season's end, but if they're in the Top 40, they'll get a look.
As it is, Tech's losses (other than Baylor) to this point aren't particularly bad, particularly in RPI terms: Air Force (#8) on a neutral court; UNLV (#20) in Lubbock; Marquette (#26) on a neutral court; and Stanford (#39) at Palo Alto. Tech also has 2 wins over top-30 RPI teams (Arkansas (on the road) and Kansas). Their profile is good -- not great -- but good.
Clearly, Tech isn't as good over the long haul as A&M, OSU, Kansas, or Texas. But if they can be the 5th or 6th best team in the Big XII by season's end and they win a game in the tournament, the RPI number will be a good one.
Last edited by FromWayDowntown; 01-23-2007 at 06:26 PM.
ESPN's daily RPI has OSU as #9 today.
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