I already had Memphis winning that game. but I feel much more confident nowI'm getting a strong buy signal from FAU.
I will be George to your Jerry.I already had Memphis winning that game. but I feel much more confident now
Nevada frauds.
Made a bigger than normal bet on ASU. Was so tempted to fire the whole roll in fading a fraud MWC team but couldn't take the chance of being wrong. Marathon not a sprint.Betting against the Mountain West is a gift in the tournament we get 4 chances to do it this year (I kinda like Utah State.)
Remember how horrible that San Diego State team we got to play was?
ASU took their 2 best players.
The big dance should be the top 32 teams and the NIT should be 128. No one of the top 32 is going to win the NCAAT. Then the NIT title would be worth something.
As an alum of a mid-major that pulled off one of the greatest upsets in recent years, your idea sucks.You could probably limit it to just the P6. Next year there will be 80 P6 teams. Of the last 40 Final Four teams those 80 teams accounted for 36 of the Final Four participants. The only outsiders were Wichita St (now AAC), Loyola (now A10), and Gonzaga twice (WCC).
With the money gap, NIL, and transfer rules do the little conferences even have a shot?
And if the P6 all went to 16 teams you can add Gonzaga to make it 38 out of 40. With a pool of 96 schools you can still have a 68 team field.
The NIL allows any team to become a power if they have a big money booster behind them. It seems like 68 out of 96 is too high of a percentage to make it to the playoffs.You could probably limit it to just the P6. Next year there will be 80 P6 teams. Of the last 40 Final Four teams those 80 teams accounted for 36 of the Final Four participants. The only outsiders were Wichita St (now AAC), Loyola (now A10), and Gonzaga twice (WCC).
With the money gap, NIL, and transfer rules do the little conferences even have a shot?
And if the P6 all went to 16 teams you can add Gonzaga to make it 38 out of 40. With a pool of 96 schools you can still have a 68 team field.
The NIL allows any team to become a power if they have a big money booster behind them. It seems like 68 out of 96 is too high of a percentage to make it to the playoffs.
Believe me I'm not advocating for the fraud MWC but some of these mid majors have documented attempts to bump up the OOC schedule and they can't get any takers.I think part of the problem is too much emphasis on not having bad losses. That is great but if you play no one and beat no one, what does it matter?
They have things backwards. Look at good Ws then if further separation is needed punish for bad Ls.
If you look at their schedules there is no way Utah St or Nevada get in.
I wish there was an accurate metric that could be used to compare teams across conferences. Until then use common sense. MWC gets 1-2 teams tops. Can’t have 10-6 in conference with No OOC get in.
IMO they should look at…
1. Who did you beat (overall record, conf record, OOC Ws)
2. Who did you play (conf and OOC)
3. Where did you play (need to show road and neutral Ws)
4. Who did you lose to (bad Ls)
Proving that you can actually beat someone IMO is more important than a random bad L. You can excuse that. Instead people dismiss teams Bs use of a bad L.