[NU Sports] Realistic Hopes for Hoops

[Jon Solomon]

First, the bad news:

New Mexico State and Penn State aren't mediocre teams. They're awful teams.

-NMSU is 3-19 with an RPI of 300. Woof.
-PSU is 6-16 with an RPI of 223.

Now, the good news:

Utah State and Ohio State on the other hand are decent teams. Teams 
Northwestern could have and *should* have beaten (especially with the 
way the OSU game ended) but not mediocre.

Utah State is 18-6 with an RPI of 81. They may not be Utah, but they 
did *beat* Utah 71-45.

Two of their six losses came to Pacific, one in double OT, one at the buzzer.

Ohio State is 17-8 with an RPI of 57.

Jon

>We were close.  If we had beaten 4 mediocre teams (New Mex St, Utah St, Penn
>State and Ohio State) we'd be 16-8 with a good chance at 19 wins with a 1st
>round victory in the Big 10 Tournament.  That would probably get us in to
>the NCAAs. 
>
>It still seems more difficult to build a good football program than a good
>basketball program.   
>
>
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Jon Solomon
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