As much as I hate them, Houston seems way underseeded at 5. They will make some noise.
NCAA Tourney Thread
- Thread starter Henry Kendall
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The AAC was treated poorly, especially compared to the Mountain West. Our loss to Air Force didn’t help. SMU should have easily been in over Rutgers or Wyoming.
I agree about Houston. I can’t remember the 5th best team in the country on Sagarin being a 5 seed.
Memphis has a stud big man, but it’s usually guard play that carries teams in the tournament. Is Memphis guard play good enough to win? Will Larry Brown override Penny enough to make their coaching not horrible?
I agree about Houston. I can’t remember the 5th best team in the country on Sagarin being a 5 seed.
Memphis has a stud big man, but it’s usually guard play that carries teams in the tournament. Is Memphis guard play good enough to win? Will Larry Brown override Penny enough to make their coaching not horrible?
Wyoming has 7 quad 1 wins. Rutgers has 6. SMU had 2. Pretty safe to say they deserved the bid more than the SMU
Based on the criteria they probably deserved 4. Wyoming could go either way, but their conference had a great year
I thought so too. Still laughed that SMU got snubbed while Memphis got a 9 seed after going 1-2 against SMU this year.
Comparing teams just from a NET point of view:
Quad 1:
SMU 2-2
Memphis 5-4
Quad 2:
SMU 4-4
Memphis 3-4
Quad 3:
SMU 10-1
Memphis 8-2
Quad 4:
SMU 7-1
Memphis 5-0
SMU had an easier schedule that probably hurt them, but beat Memphis twice! I think they are probably pretty equitable teams, but I guess increased quantity of Quad 1-2 games really helps for the committee. Also, they do seem to weight the late season performance more heavily.
If SMU had beaten Memphis in the tournament then then the American would have had 3 teams in. Those Quad 1 wins out of conference pushed Memphis over. Plus they played great down the stretch
Yep, we would have got two teams in no matter what. It was just an issue of whether it was Memphis or SMU.
Penny had to let Coach Brown slither in and take advantage of all Penny's recruiting.
That's a really profitable way for Penny to take an assistant coaches position.
Apparently there was a big meeting between Penny and Brown after Brown refused to make the Tulsa trip the day after the press blow up in Memphis. After that meeting miraculously the team came together , there was some change in the x and o's, Bates was benched with an undisclosed injury
and Memphis won nearly every game???????????????I look at Sagarin ratings. That closely reflects Vegas lines. On Sagarin, SMU was #40, Wyoming was #83. That may be the lowest Sagarin rating ever for an at large pick. The Mountain West did have a good season. That gave their teams more opportunities for “good wins”.
It will be interesting to see how they do. I will be rooting for their teams, because I almost always root for the non-power conference teams. Also I’m never shedding a tear for SMU. I’m just glad that wasn’t us!
Rutgers had a NET of 77 which was the new metric they were supposed to be using. How does a team with 7 quad 1 wins have an overall NET of 77? They played on of the weakest OOC schedules. No way they should have been in
How a school performs against quad 1 and 2 in NET is more important than what their own NET is
First four games tonight: Texas A&M CC currently up a couple on Texas Southern. Is Mike Davis still the coach at Tx Southern?
So, I am of the opinion that these 1st four games should be all at large teams playing for the right to be in the main draw. The 15/16 seeds all earned their way into the tournament. Teams like Indiana were gifted a spot after a mediocre at best season. And then make all the play in games to be the 16th seeds. Make Indiana play the #1 seed in the region in the 2nd round.
So, I am of the opinion that these 1st four games should be all at large teams playing for the right to be in the main draw. The 15/16 seeds all earned their way into the tournament. Teams like Indiana were gifted a spot after a mediocre at best season. And then make all the play in games to be the 16th seeds. Make Indiana play the #1 seed in the region in the 2nd round.
Again the bias towards P5s is ridiculous. You'll never convince me a team who didn't even go .500 in their own conference is one of the best 64 teams in the country and deserving of an at large.
I still say it’s garbage for a conference champion to have to play in the first four
The first 3 games today I have predicted upsets.
Michigan over Colorado State
South Dakota State over Providence
Memphis over Boise
we bout to have 3 mountain west teams out the tournament early
Michigan over Colorado State
South Dakota State over Providence
Memphis over Boise
we bout to have 3 mountain west teams out the tournament early
Michigan has turned the ball over too much. They have the height and ability to keep them shooting from the perimeter. If Michigan can stop the turnovers then they will catch them if CSU can’t hit a lot from deep
First two games not looking good. See how the second half goes. Either I am going to look smart or a clown smh
I almost gave a Frank Haith stance a couple of times. Lol
what has happened to South Dakota state man. Geez
Watching games today and last night, I’m amazed how players get away with walking. Changing pivot feet, taking a pass and a couple of steps before they dribble, not to mention constant palming of the ball. Ridiculous!! I want my youth back. Lol
I don’t think they call that palming of the ball anymore. As long as it goes up and down they don’t care. Also with the “euro step” being allowed now, it changed how traveling is viewed. Basketball is now a subjective sport
SDSU has let me down. This was a toss up because providence is pretty decent
