What is a “Quad 1” game is going to fluctuate until the end of the year, but as it stands now Dayton, Richmond, VCU, and St Bonnie’s are all Quad 1 road games. George Mason and UMASS (and maybe St Joe’s) are within shouting distance of that category. If we keep winning, we’ll approach that as well given our schedule down the stretch. Davidson, with a NET of 120, is 10th best in the conference. By comparison, the 10th best NET in the MVC is UIC at 184…that’s a difference between an ok Quad 2 road game, and a bad Quad 3/4 road game.
What that all means is there are better odds for more “good wins” and fewer “bad losses”, which will put one or two more conference teams in a position to be in position to make an at-large argument if they are able to sneak up into the top 50 or so in NET. That’s still possible, depending on how the rest of the season plays out. It’s also still possible everyone has an absolute horrible loss to Lasalle or SLU and ends any discussion.
Dayton is in solid at large position with still a NET in the top 20, and some good out of conference wins.
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