06-07 Schedule Set

[Kroener3535]

I honestly think overall the league doesnt have a marquee team this year ...obviously we are not going to be nearly as good, and I think Butler wont be as good this year..they lost alot of sr leadership...also I think that Loyola will not just roll over the league... in my estimate the league is deeper but lacks a powerhouse that the last two years possessed with us at the top and even when UIC went to the tourney three years ago that was a damn good team, and the year before that us and BU went to the dance...I think if Loyola gets the bid they are a 14 seed at best and if someone else makes it from the league I would say a 15 seed...however, if we overachieve and have 20 wins and get the bid look for a 13 or 12 based on past reputation alone...there is no way we get an 11 last year without beating two teams in the dance the year before...

[jhart05]

nil said:

ok loyola....

is the game against Michigan guaranteed, is that if you make it further into the tornament?

Yes it is.

Also the John Thompson Classic is not really a tournament. All four teams here are playing each other.

[uwmfutbol]

UWM's never gotten lower than a 12 seed. 12 would be my guess. Of course that would require that they win the HL tourney. And there's no way in hell that happens this year.

[dutchpthr]

uwmfutbol said:

UWM's never gotten lower than a 12 seed. 12 would be my guess. Of course that would require that they win the HL tourney. And there's no way in hell that happens this year.

i believe that we were an 11 seed last year........

[Pantherholic]

dutchpthr said:

i believe that we were an 11 seed last year........

i believe futbol was referring to being seeded 13+

[uwmfutbol]

You got it, Holic

[SRT4driver]

kroener3535 said:

I honestly think overall the league doesnt have a marquee team this year ...obviously we are not going to be nearly as good, and I think Butler wont be as good this year..they lost alot of sr leadership...also I think that Loyola will not just roll over the league... in my estimate the league is deeper but lacks a powerhouse that the last two years possessed with us at the top and even when UIC went to the tourney three years ago that was a damn good team, and the year before that us and BU went to the dance...I think if Loyola gets the bid they are a 14 seed at best and if someone else makes it from the league I would say a 15 seed...however, if we overachieve and have 20 wins and get the bid look for a 13 or 12 based on past reputation alone...there is no way we get an 11 last year without beating two teams in the dance the year before...

I wouldn't be terribly shocked if 2 HL teams go dancing this year. I could see at least one team maintaining a Top 30 RPI, and if they lost in the HL tourney, they'd likely be in. Before last year they'd have been considered a lock with an RPI that high, but with the Missouri St and Hofstra snubs last year, even Top 30 isn't a lock anymore. Unless you play in a Bc$ conference, of course.

It will all come down to, IMO, the top teams in the league knocking of some of their Top 25 & Top 50 RPI opponents during the non-conf schedule. Otherwise they'll have nothing to hang their hats on (in the eyes of the committee) if they lose in the HL tourney as the #1 seed.

And if the #1 HL team is the only bid, there's no way they're any lower than a 13 seed. Same for any possible HL at-large team. The 14-16 seeds are never at-large teams, they are generally the auto qualifiers from the 19 to 31 rated conferences... www.kenpom.com/confrank.php?y=2006

The only way the HL gets worse than that is if something happens similar to 2002. That year UIC got a 15 seed when they won the HL tourney as the league's 6th place team.
For comparisons sake, when they won the HL tourney again in 2004 over UWM, they got a 13 seed as the 2nd place team.

[dutchpthr]

uwmfutbol said:

You got it, Holic

my bad i misread ur post......ooooppsss