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Group 20
Week 10
Creighton- 78, Albany- 66
Purdue- 73, Portland St.- 48
High Point- 71, Hampton- 51
Final Group 20 standings:
#1- Purdue 7-3 (+42)
#2- Creighton 6-4 (+57)
#3- High Point 5-5 (+8)
#4- Hampton 5-5 (-6)
#5- Albany 4-6 (-4)
#6- Portland St. 3-7 (-97)
So Purdue wins the group, but will most likely be a seed between 50 and 56, as they are only the third team to go 7-3, which is the worst record so far of the group winners. Creighton (unfortunately, as I am a diehard Wichita St. fan and can't stand Creighton, lol) does advance and should be a middle of the pack seed as far as group runner up goes. Their point differential is one of the best for 6-4 teams, but there are a few 7-3 and 8-2 group runner ups that will be ahead of them. Also there are a lot of groups left to play. High Point, by virtue of their 20 point win over Hampton in the last game, gets the third place tiebreaker. High Point and Hampton split their meetings, and the 20 point High Point win gave them a better point differential. For now they are in the hunt, but just barely, as there are only 2 teams ahead of them on the chopping block. Well, there is only 1 now, as Western Michigan is officially eliminated. Buffalo is next on the chopping block, followed by High Point. Here are those wildcard standings after group 20: (I'm over a third of the way done with group play now, woo-hoo!)
N.C. Central 7-3 (+63)
E. Michigan 7-3 (+50)
Texas 7-3 (+27)
Iona 6-4 (+116)
Vermont 6-4 (+43)
#15 St. Louis 6-4 (+15)
N. Florida 6-4 (+9)
Vanderbilt 6-4 (+2)
Georgia Tech 5-5 (+19)
Pacific 5-5 (+14)
High Point 5-5 (+8)
Buffalo 5-5 (+4)
W. Michigan 5-5 (+1) ELIMINATED
Delaware 5-5 (-7) ELIMINATED
St. Francis (NY) 5-5 (-8) ELIMINATED
Nebraska 5-5 (-9) ELIMINATED
TX Arlington 5-5 (-11) ELIMINATED
McNeese St. 5-5 (-11) ELIMINATED
Wagner 5-5 (-20) ELIMINATED
Howard 5-5 (-26) ELIMINATED
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