Did anyone get an At-Large Tourney Bid with an initial career legacy team?

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  • warnerwlf98
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    • Sep 2003
    • 1807

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    Did anyone get an At-Large Tourney Bid with an initial career legacy team?

    I'm in the third year of my Radford dynasty, my team rating is 70, and scheduled 4 tough non-conference games. I won all but one of them, did a lot of simming, finished 3rd in the conference, and lost the conference tourney, ending up with an 18-7 record.

    I was in the bubble watch in the selection show, along with one 20 win school and many 17 win schools. All of these schools lost more than 10 games.

    It turned out that I didn't get the bid, and Kellogg commented that I was behind the 8-ball because I was in a small conference. Has anyone ever gotten an at-large bid with one of the teams offered initially in carer legacy?
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  • punchy7080
    Rookie
    • Dec 2004
    • 118

    #2
    Re: Did anyone get an At-Large Tourney Bid with an initial career legacy team?

    sure, you can do it... just finished 15 years at high point and won 3 national championships there. my plan was to schedule a non-conference tourney and the toughest 6 non-conference teams i could find at the beginning of every year. if you want an at-large bid... or a higher seed, you need to have a good RPI. i had several seasons where i only lost 2-4 games and still got a 3 or 4 seed. if you lose just 3 games in the big south, it will kill your RPI rating. after 5 or 6 years, i simmed all my conference games and conference tourney as my team was rated about 20 points higher than the next best team in the conference. i would win the tourney most years and get the automatic bid, but i did lose a few years and still got the at large being ranked in the top ten. it did kill my seeding to lose in the conference tourney though. have fun!

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    • bullcats
      Pro
      • Jan 2003
      • 597

      #3
      Re: Did anyone get an At-Large Tourney Bid with an initial career legacy team?

      Originally posted by warnerwlf98
      I'm in the third year of my Radford dynasty, my team rating is 70, and scheduled 4 tough non-conference games. I won all but one of them, did a lot of simming, finished 3rd in the conference, and lost the conference tourney, ending up with an 18-7 record.

      I was in the bubble watch in the selection show, along with one 20 win school and many 17 win schools. All of these schools lost more than 10 games.

      It turned out that I didn't get the bid, and Kellogg commented that I was behind the 8-ball because I was in a small conference. Has anyone ever gotten an at-large bid with one of the teams offered initially in carer legacy?
      I just finished my first year with Radford and got blown out in the first round by Tennesse. I think it would be really hard to get an at large at a school like that because you don't really play but 4-5 marquee(sp?) games a year. Try getting in some of the in season tournaments to help pad your record.
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      • Steelerfan2k1
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        • Aug 2002
        • 1451

        #4
        Re: Did anyone get an At-Large Tourney Bid with an initial career legacy team?

        The formula for getting into the tournament as an at-large team in this game is to win 20+ games and have an RPI ranking under 40. I was able to do both of these in my second season at Colgate, and I got an at-large bid as a 7 seed.

        At Colgate, there were 14 Patriot league games. I went 11-3, which was solid, given that the PL's RPI was 9th overall (with Bucknell, American and Holy Cross all with solid records/schedules). I won my first two PL Tournment games, and then lost to Bucknell in the final (Bucknell also won the regular season PL title) - which means that I went 13-4

        I made sure to schedule 12 nonconference games, replacing games with low RPI teams that the computer gave me, with games against decent mid-major schools. I finished 10-3, with two close losses to Austin Peay and George Mason (both of which made the tournament), and a blowout loss to #1 Villanova.

        This strong record in a conference with a decent RPI, as well as my solid out-of-conference schedule, alowed me to finish with a RPI of 27. With a 23-7 record, and an RPI of 27, I wasn't even near the bubble.

        I am going to follow a similar strategy every season. Each year I am going to schedule only the small/mid-majors who made the tournament the year before, along with 3 or 4 schools from the Power Conferences that I can at least compete with (i.e. no more playing at #1 Villanova with Colgate). I am 6-1 so far, with a close loss at Notre Dame, and two more road games coming up against Purdue and Michigan - before I start the PL regular season.
        Last edited by Steelerfan2k1; 04-24-2006, 10:04 AM.

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