Standing On The Side of the Road: Post-Billikens Loss

The St. Louis loss was another setback to the Dayton Flyers fight to make the NCAA tournament. Despite the loss, Dayton is still in the discussion and can probably be described as a firm bubble team moving forward. With the win, UD would have continued on an upward trajectory towards a bid, but now has to get work done. Here is UD's profile:Overall: 17-7Conference: 6-4RPI: 32SOS: 34Average RPI Win: 148Average RPI Loss: 49Top 50 Record: 4-5Top 100 Record: 0-1Remaining Games: La Salle (112), at Duquesne (118), at Temple (at 12), Massachusetts (179), at Richmond (27), Saint Louis (91). In my opinion, UD needs win all of the 'should win' games versus La Salle, Duquesne, UMass, and St. Louis and at least one game versus Temple and Richmond. The Atlantic 10 tournament offers possibilities as well - 1) more total wins 2) more wins against good games 3) an automatic bid. Nothing is guaranteed in the conference tournament, so UD needs to take care of its resume during the re...