Doubtful but hopefully in Championship Game

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This will become known later today but the chances of Houston being in the Championship are small.

Not because we won but comparatively and mathematically we won by too little.

The championship game is determined mainly by being 2-0 and that you have largest point differential average in your two games (total points scored and total points given up).

We won by 4.

Michigan won by 40
Tennessee won by 25
Auburn won by 11
Gonzaga won by 10
Kansas won by 10
Baylor won by 7
Iowa State won by 1

If we beat Tennessee by 15-20 points we will be in the running.

Prediction: Michigan vs Gonzaga in the championship simply due to their points and probability of winning

I simply don’t see Gonzaga losing to Maryland. I hope Auburn beats Michigan by 1 point and then we play Gonzaga.

I just wanted to get this out there in the open just in case anyone is potentially upset or confused to why we may not make the championship even if beat Tennessee by 10 or so.

Let’s crush Tennessee!!

Go Coogs!

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Auburn could beat Michigan today… remember Michigan was lucky to eek out 2 Ws a week ago…

And if we beat Tennessee then the 2 largest point differentials are null & void…

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There are two different “sides” of the tournament, so you don’t need to worry about some of those scores. The only ones who matter are winner of Gonzaga/Maryland and Kansas

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At the end of the day it doesn’t matter. The only championship that does is in Indy in April

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It is worth 1 million dollars, so it does matter more than normal

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there is 1 overall champion for 1 mill and its decided by point differential

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All the Coogs can do is win their games… hopefully, our defense starts to round into form because our rotations in the monster are terrible right now…

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I understand that, but only one team from each side of the bracket can make the championship. So it truly doesn’t matter what Michigan or any team on that side does. Only the teams in our group matter.

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I have a hard time caring terribly much about the tournament champion given that the way they’re crowned is so remarkably stupid.

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Teams with a chance to get to 2-0
Zags play Maryland
We play Tennessee
Kansas plays Syracuse

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Also point differential taps out at 20pts

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Is that an additional 1mil for the champ? I understood we were guaranteed 1mil for playing in the tournament.

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Doesn’t seem to be understood by many.

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We are. There’s a bonus for winning.

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Especially Tennessee, which was jacking up 3 pointers up 35 late in their win over Rutgers

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For this tournament, the Coogs should not be shutting down the offense at all near the end.

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I may be in the minority here but I couldn’t care less about point differential and “winning” the tournament. Point differential is not a thing when it really matters. Win the games, get better, learn, let the chips fall where they may

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Winning this tournament means legitimate money. So not a bad thing.

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For sure. Winning definitely isn’t bad haha, ideally you win both games by 20. But in reality, winning the game is enough. They’ll walk away with a cool mill either way

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This point differential is nonsense. Play a one half if you have to.