Here is the one way — and Herd fans really don’t want this to happen — how Marshall “avoids” an MU-Tulsa quarterfinal.

First Tulsa loses to SMU tonight at home on senior night. The Golden Hurricane will be favored but SMU is 7-7 in conference and has competed in every game, it seems.

If that happens, and Tulsa loses at Memphis, Marshall is secure in the 4 seed.  Then… if SMU beats Marshall, the Mustangs tie Tulsa. SMU and Tulsa would have a split, and the Mustangs would end up getting the tiebreaker with their stunning win against Memphis!

Frankly, you might not want to see Marshall lose to SMU, watch the Mustangs keep their edge by beating Rice and then have to play them again. But the bigger thing is to gut out another road win Saturday, improve the NIT position, get a 3-game tournament instead of a 4-gamer and get to work on beating Tulsa… don’t you think?

If you didn’t know, somebody out there actually looks at the NIT picture, and had the Herd in really good position (for a home game, no less) in that tournament. More and more, this team should play past March 13.

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