Good article summarizing slow start and Alabama loss and bad luck in past years, ie Garland injury. Says we have work to do but I like this blurb:
This discussion of a potential bid for Vanderbilt has rapidly progressed from the theoretical to the practical. That's what happens when you put together a 10-1 run capped by a seven-point win over Kentucky in the SEC quarterfinals. The game marked the Commodores' second victory over the Wildcats in 10 days, and the first one occurred at Rupp Arena. In any discussion of Vanderbilt's tournament prospects it will be said this team's NET ranking is very low. It is indeed, though no lower, one might add, than what Rutgers used to get an at-large a year ago. The question all along in this discussion has been whether the committee will view that NET ranking as a disqualifier. If not, the Commodores' results-based metrics are on par with those of bubble teams seen as safely in the field.
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This discussion of a potential bid for Vanderbilt has rapidly progressed from the theoretical to the practical. That's what happens when you put together a 10-1 run capped by a seven-point win over Kentucky in the SEC quarterfinals. The game marked the Commodores' second victory over the Wildcats in 10 days, and the first one occurred at Rupp Arena. In any discussion of Vanderbilt's tournament prospects it will be said this team's NET ranking is very low. It is indeed, though no lower, one might add, than what Rutgers used to get an at-large a year ago. The question all along in this discussion has been whether the committee will view that NET ranking as a disqualifier. If not, the Commodores' results-based metrics are on par with those of bubble teams seen as safely in the field.
Bubble Watch: Meet the bubbly -- yet possibly mighty -- ACC
Pitt and NC State can't be sure what will happen on Selection Sunday. Neither can two other ACC bubble teams.
