NFT: Why is VCU considered a tournament lock?

got absolutely dismantled by Davidson who is a bubble team.

All around. This is why I never really was worried about our Johnnies the last 3 weeks.

How in the world is Davidson considered a bubble team and VCU not?

If Davidson played VCU on a neutral court with the teams they have right now 5 times, they'd win 5 times. VCU now has 3 straight losses and looked absolutely awful tonight.

If you look at their team without Weber, they are really, really bad.

says that they are a tournament team, because they have a very good RPI.

But that was built with Weber. Now they don't have him. And now they suck.

They'll get in, but that will be because of their resume built with their best player, and they won't look at how bad they are without him.

and VCU fans have my sympathy. It sucks to lose a player of that caliber and who means that much to a team-- and to do so only a few games away from breaking the all-time steals record-- just unfair. VCU just can't run that havoc defense as effectively without him and so it's taken them down a notch.

But there's nothing wrong with losing to Davidson, though. I've seen them up close and they have a fantastic offense. They scored 72 points on my Virginia team that allows 50 ppg. It was the most scored against us by any team in regulation (Miami scored 80 in 2OT). They may be inconsistent relying on deep shooting and they lack size, but when they are clicking, they are very hard to stop. KenPom ranks their offense as the 7th most efficient in the country.

to Davidson, they never even competed in the game. From start to finish they got their asses kicked.

Yeah, it sucks to lose your best player, but I want the best teams in the field as they currently stand, with the team they will have in the tournament.

Losing Weber just ruined them, plus Graham is playing with a bum ankle.