Bracketology and Selection Sunday Discussion

[henry_muto]

I think if they win 2 more games they‘ll be in, if they lose 3 straight they’ll be out, and if they only win 1 more (including the conference tourney) they’ll be on the bubble and need breaks to get in.

I think 1 win and they will be out. I think they need at least 2 wins total from here on out counting conf tournament.

Do not lose to Penn State for the love of God and that won't be an easy win but you just can't do it.

 

[BigWoof31]

I know it's popular to crap on Miami Ohio for playing absolutely nobody. But I'd MUCH rather see them get a crack than some completely mediocre power conference teams like Auburn, Va Tech and Cal.

Can someone with some knowledge on basketball scheduling educate me on their schedule in general?
Its wildly different than football scheduling (obviously). The main problem seems to be that there was a weird part of the year where other programs were playing big "invitationals" Thanksgiving tournaments, Christmas Tournaments, New Years Tournaments.

Is it Miami's fault they weren't invited to those tournaments? XU dropped them. UD dropped them, UC hasn't played them since 2022.

 

[buckeyemania11]

Can someone with some knowledge on basketball scheduling educate me on their schedule in general?
Its wildly different than football scheduling (obviously). The main problem seems to be that there was a weird part of the year where other programs were playing big "invitationals" Thanksgiving tournaments, Christmas Tournaments, New Years Tournaments.

Is it Miami's fault they weren't invited to those tournaments? XU dropped them. UD dropped them, UC hasn't played them since 2022.

It's probably a combo of a little bit of both.

Playing 3 non D1 teams OOC is certainly a choice though.

 

[DZ83CK]

Can someone with some knowledge on basketball scheduling educate me on their schedule in general?
Its wildly different than football scheduling (obviously). The main problem seems to be that there was a weird part of the year where other programs were playing big "invitationals" Thanksgiving tournaments, Christmas Tournaments, New Years Tournaments.

Is it Miami's fault they weren't invited to those tournaments? XU dropped them. UD dropped them, UC hasn't played them since 2022.

A school like Miami will not be able to participate in top nonconference tournaments along the same lines as a high major program; however, some of the tournaments that aren't as prominent do have mid- and low-major schools playing. Now, that's not necessarily going to change their strength of schedule a lot, but they could pick and choose one that has a little bit stronger mid-majors.

I don't fault Miami for nonconference tournaments as much as the fact that they didn't play any guarantee games. You're a MAC school, you play guarantee games. That's how it is. The MAC is rated the 17th-best conference per KenPom. MAC programs aren't even mid-majors, they're low-majors. You play high majors on the road when you're a low-major. Mid-majors can get away with not playing the big boys on the road, but even they sometimes choose to do it.

 

[DZ83CK]

Akron played a road game at Purdue this season. They also got in a mid-major nonconference tournament, the Paradise Jam, which used to be a place a lot of high majors played. So clearly they challenged themselves more in nonconference play. If I were Miami, I would be really scared of missing the tournament, because it should just take one loss to Akron in the MAC tourney & they're out.

 

[buckeyemania11]

A school like Miami will not be able to participate in top nonconference tournaments along the same lines as a high major program; however, some of the tournaments that aren't as prominent do have mid- and low-major schools playing. Now, that's not necessarily going to change their strength of schedule a lot, but they could pick and choose one that has a little bit stronger mid-majors.

I don't fault Miami for nonconference tournaments as much as the fact that they didn't play any guarantee games. You're a MAC school, you play guarantee games. That's how it is. The MAC is rated the 17th-best conference per KenPom. MAC programs aren't even mid-majors, they're low-majors. You play high majors on the road when you're a low-major. Mid-majors can get away with not playing the big boys on the road, but even they sometimes choose to do it.

Yep. Miami and Akron are respectable this year but after that it falls off a cliff big time.

 

[DZ83CK]

Going back and comparing Auburn to Miami, I don't think either one should be in as an at-large, unless Auburn makes a run to the SEC title game. Auburn has already lost 14 games and they need to win a lot more to make up for that. Obviously Joe Lunardi feels Miami is the better choice.

Men's Bracketology: Miami (Ohio) or Auburn? Sorry, Bruce Pearl -- it's the RedHawks

The RedHawks are two wins away from an undefeated regular season while the Tigers are barely above .500.

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