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Week 4
Baylor- 72, Charlotte- 63
Oakland- 73, UAB- 68
Oakland pulls the upset of the group so far, sending UAB into a shellshock, while Baylor gets back on track with their second 9 point victory over Charlotte.
Week 5
Baylor- 70, UAB- 50
Charlotte- 79, Oakland- 63
Poor UAB had it all set after a 2-0 start but have now lost 3 straight, this time getting hammered. Charlotte gets another big win over Oakland, who probably shouldn't have even beat UAB. Here are the standings with 1 week left:
Baylor 4-1 (+33)
Charlotte 3-2 (+6)
UAB 2-3 (-1)
Oakland 1-4 (-38)
So Oakland is eliminated and Baylor has clinched the group. Even if Oakland somehow upsets Baylore and UAB gets revenge on Charlotte, it wouldn't matter. Both teams would be 4-2, and both of Charlotte's losses would be against Baylor, giving them the group. The game that North Carolina is most interested in is the UAB-Charlotte game. A UAB win puts them at 3-3 which would give them bare minimum third place finish. If UAB wins by more than 2, then UAB would take second in the group due to tiebreakers, and Charlotte would be third. If UAB wins by 2, then it gets crazy. If UAB wins by 1, they take third. Either of these scenarios would eliminate North Carolina from wildcard contention. If UAB loses, however, they would be eliminated because their 2-4 record with a negative point differential wouldn't be good enough. Let's see what happens.
Week 6
Baylor- 76, Oakland- 54
UAB- 82, Charlotte- 71
So Baylor crushes Oakland, no big surprise as the Bears really turned it up their last 2 games. And UAB crashes the party, beating Charlotte in a win they had to have. Here are the final group standings:
Baylor 5-1 (+55)
UAB 3-3 (+10)
Charlotte 3-3 (-5)
Oakland 1-5 (-60)
So Baylor wins the group, as we already knew before the final week of the season. UAB takes second by virtue of a tiebreaker. They split with Charlotte, but UAB won by 11 while Charlotte only won by 2. That does give Charlotte third place, and their 3-3 record is good enough to get them in the wildcard hunt, eliminating North Carolina. Their point differential of the 3-3 third place teams is far and beyond better than any of the others, so right now Charlotte is looking at the top wildcard spot and seed #61. Oakland got a lucky win against UAB, but didn't do much else, giving up the worst point differential of the 1-5 last place teams thus far.
Here are the wildcard standings after 8 groups:
Charlotte 3-3 (-5)
Morgan St. 3-3 (-31)
Vanderbilt 3-3 (-32)
Louisiana Tech 3-3 (-36)
North Carolina 2-4 (0) ELIMINATED
Iowa St. 2-4 (-6) ELIMINATED
Kent St. 2-4 (-8) ELIMINATED
San Diego St. 2-4 (-23) ELIMINATED
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