All in their heads

[Uncle Rico]

When I said MU could end up on the wrong side of the bubble come Selection Sunday, I simply meant that they have to finish at least 4th in the BE. Every "expert" seems to agree the conference will only get four bids. The team that finishes fifth is out, no matter how many wins they have. Teams with 20 wins get left out every year. I don't think it will happen, but, if the team does not turn around, it is not inconceivable they could drop to fifth in the conference. At the rate they are going, additional losses to UConn and StJ look likely, and a loss to 'Nova is possible. 13 conference wins should be enough, but who Knows?

Standings don't matter to the section committee

[cheebs09]

When I said MU could end up on the wrong side of the bubble come Selection Sunday, I simply meant that they have to finish at least 4th in the BE. Every "expert" seems to agree the conference will only get four bids. The team that finishes fifth is out, no matter how many wins they have. Teams with 20 wins get left out every year. I don't think it will happen, but, if the team does not turn around, it is not inconceivable they could drop to fifth in the conference. At the rate they are going, additional losses to UConn and StJ look likely, and a loss to 'Nova is possible. 13 conference wins should be enough, but who Knows?

The Selection Committee doesn't really use standings to determine who is in and out.

[The Sultan]

When I said MU could end up on the wrong side of the bubble come Selection Sunday, I simply meant that they have to finish at least 4th in the BE. Every "expert" seems to agree the conference will only get four bids. The team that finishes fifth is out, no matter how many wins they have. Teams with 20 wins get left out every year. I don't think it will happen, but, if the team does not turn around, it is not inconceivable they could drop to fifth in the conference. At the rate they are going, additional losses to UConn and StJ look likely, and a loss to 'Nova is possible. 13 conference wins should be enough, but who Knows?

That's not how it works. At all. The committee doesn't assign four bids to the BE and then looks at conference standings. Each team's record stands on its own independent of conference standings.

[tower912]

Team bubble watch thinking.  MU'S OOC victories are more than enough to protect against being left out, in the extremely unlikely event MU takes a complete dump.

'Yeah, they beat Maryland, Wisconsin, Purdue, and Georgia out of conference, but we didn't take that into account.'  No tournament committee member ever.

[Jay Bee]

Team bubble watch thinking.  MU'S OOC victories are more than enough to protect against being left out, in the extremely unlikely event MU takes a complete dump.

'Yeah, they beat Maryland, Wisconsin, Purdue, and Georgia out of conference, but we didn't take that into account.'  No tournament committee member ever.

"...and they had the amazing courage to face Dayton on the road!"

[tower912]

OOC road losses to decent teams no matta.

[MU82]

Yeah you can tell this stretch is getting to him a bit. The terse answer he gave what I assume was a student who asked about timeouts was out of character for him.

https://youtu.be/EFF16Fx5KmI?si=KEEwolCX_JnvD0a9

Finally got a chance to watch this. Shaka's answer wasn't "terse" at all. He ended up giving a very good response, and he even offered that he had made a time-out mistake in the Creighton game.

[DoctorV]

Finally got a chance to watch this. Shaka's answer wasn't "terse" at all. He ended up giving a very good response, and he even offered that he had made a time-out mistake in the Creighton game.

He's so good in thinking about and formulating he's responses perfectly.
The immediate "my brain" response was perfect because it shows he's human and at the end of the day realizes that all decisions begin and end with him and his feel for the action and his team, but he also realized immediately that it likely came off a bit snarky and brash and he immediately followed it up with a well thought out response that was extremely respectful.

When he gets quick or seems even the slightest uncomfortable he seems to gather himself quickly and respond with poise. He takes his time with the response and thinks his way thru it well, and gives a candid yet appropriate answer.

It's part of what makes him an impressive CEO quality leader

[Scoop Snoop]

He's so good in thinking about and formulating he's responses perfectly.
The immediate "my brain" response was perfect because it shows he's human and at the end of the day realizes that all decisions begin and end with him and his feel for the action and his team, but he also realized immediately that it likely came off a bit snarky and brash and he immediately followed it up with a well thought out response that was extremely respectful.

When he gets quick or seems even the slightest uncomfortable he seems to gather himself quickly and respond with poise. He takes his time with the response and thinks his way thru it well, and gives a candid yet appropriate answer.

It's part of what makes him an impressive CEO quality leader

I guess what you are really saying is that he is like a typical scooper.