01-13-2014, 11:20 AM
So what will it take for Johnny Dawkins to keep his job (per Jon Wilner)? In looking at the rest of the schedule and the CBS RPI rankings, here's the scenario for men's basketball (57):
WSU (134)--win
UW (80)--win
@ UCLA (37)--loss
@ USC (96)--win
UA (6)--loss
ASU (61)--win
@ Cal (33)--loss
@ UW (80)--win
@ WSU (134)--win
USC (96)--win
UCLA (37)--loss
@ ASU (61)--win
@ UA (6)--loss
CU (11)--loss
Utah (182)--win
By my calculation, the above results would put the team at 10-8 and a 6 seed in the Pac-12 tourney. So add one more W and one more L for a final record of 20-12. This seems overly optimistic given the team's track record, but would 20-12 with road wins over UConn (26) and UO (24) be enough to make the NCAA tournament? I'm guessing Stanford's RPI would end up in the 40s or 50s because of strength of schedule.
WSU (134)--win
UW (80)--win
@ UCLA (37)--loss
@ USC (96)--win
UA (6)--loss
ASU (61)--win
@ Cal (33)--loss
@ UW (80)--win
@ WSU (134)--win
USC (96)--win
UCLA (37)--loss
@ ASU (61)--win
@ UA (6)--loss
CU (11)--loss
Utah (182)--win
By my calculation, the above results would put the team at 10-8 and a 6 seed in the Pac-12 tourney. So add one more W and one more L for a final record of 20-12. This seems overly optimistic given the team's track record, but would 20-12 with road wins over UConn (26) and UO (24) be enough to make the NCAA tournament? I'm guessing Stanford's RPI would end up in the 40s or 50s because of strength of schedule.
If there's one thing people have learned in Berkeley, it's that you can't put "Cal football" and "Rose Bowl" in the same sentence. The words just don't fit. You'd be better off linking "covered wagons" with "Mars travel." (Bruce Jenkins, Cal '70, SF Chronicle, Nov. 11, 2017)