25/26 Other NCAA Basketball

Way too many Ohio counties being claimed by Michigan and Buffalo.

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No undefeated teams lose yesterday or today. Tomorrow we will have one lose as CBU play Colorado

I guess Belmont could still lose but they are up 14

https://x.com/jonrothstein/status/1995087662152118726?s=46&t=ZH1fFGwu8Q0191V3SgsUtQ

Only analytic that matters: 0 losses.

Lets have a gentlemen’s agreement not to look at the NET this year.

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Only reason I am somewhat interested is I believe we should be higher in it than in KenPom

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Initial NET Release. As Dan predicted, the NET likes Miami’s tough schedule this year

42 Akron

87 Buffalo

108 Miami

111 BG

150 Toledo

157 Kent St

170 EMU

208 UMass

257 NIU

285 CMU

287 Ohio

292 WMU

340 Ball St

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MAC as whole

0-11 Quad 1, 0-4 Quad 2, 13-13 Quad 3, 37-9 Quad 4

MAC Top 6 (Akron, UB, Miami, BG, Toledo, Kent):

0-3 Quad 1, 0-2 Quad 2, 9-3 Quad 3, 23-0 Quad 4

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:eyes:
This is both terrifying and encouraging. The MAC is actually looking halfway decent this year.

Also, every unbeaten team is in the top 70 except Buffalo and Miami.

UC at 154 is amazing.

Wright St 169
UNC Ash 210
Old Dominion 241
Mercyhurst 268
Air Force 286
UNC Green 306
EKU 314
Maine 322
Pine Bluff 335

I think it’s theoretically possible that the Wright State game could become a quad 2 opportunity? Is it still 75-150 for road games?

Q2 is up to 135 on the road, so not happening. Wright is gonna drop though once they get into league play, so I’d expect them to land somewhere closer to 200. Will end up a Q3 game.

Very interesting MAC stats:

Avg NET of entire conference: 191.8 (16th, sitting between WAC and CUSA)

Avg NET of each conference’s best 6 teams: 109.2 (11th, sitting between MVC and CAA)

As I’ve always said, half our league is a top quality mid-major league. The other half is a total anchor on the league.

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16 is bad but better than last year

Buffalo receives a single vote in the AP poll for the second week in a row

Unsurprising Miamis record so far consists of:

Q1: 0-0

Q2: 0-0

Q3: 0-0

Q4: 5-0

At least next year, we shed NIU (257).

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Are they joining the Horizon in hoops?

All sports other than football

Izzo retiring after the season.

Just saw a stat on Yahoo that is chilling as their writers like to say.

There were 378 matchups this November between high-majors and non-Gonzaga teams from other conferences. The little guy won only 22 of them. That’s a winning percentage of 5.82%. That does not bode well for the future.