We would beat them every day of the week and twice on Sunday.
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We are 15 point underdogs to Wisco. Not saying we arenāt better than that, but that would be the line versus a team that won @ Illinois and @ Michigan. Not that weāre even likely to play Wisconsin, but letās not pretend weāre clamoring for that match up.
Rooting for a lower seed is a negative EV game of chess that drastically reduces our chances of getting out of round 1 for the sake of looking to the second weekend. 50% of the field doesnāt get out of the first 48 hours and 75% doesnāt get out of the next 48. The name of the game is to get the best seed possible and, by virtue of that, first round match up possible. After that, let the chips fall where they may.
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Big win for Marshall tonight on road against Appalachian State. This will move Marshall up with their Net rating.
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Iāve been overthinking the seeding potentials.
F it, letās win our next 8 games by 25 and play our way onto the 6 line.
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Thereās been a lot of discussion on how Miami just needs to schedule tougher games. I found this list compiled by FieldOf68ās Sean Paul interesting. Its the toughest buy game each top 20 team scheduled this year. Notice you donāt see much at all in the 80-90s where Miami was projected. We were right in the donut hole.
Michigan played one top-100 mid major team in McNeese (62)
Dukeās best was Lipscomb (173)
Arizonaās was Utah Tech (175)
Illinoisās was UTRGV (136)
Houstonās was Oakland (152)
Floridaās was Merrimack (161)
Iowa Stateās was Long Beach (244)
Purdue was Akron (67)
Gonzagaās was Southern Utah (266)
Michigan Stās was Cornel (151)
Nebraskaās was Winthrop (134)
Vandy was Central Arkansas (160)
UConn was Columbia (193)
Kansas was Davidson (108)
Louisville was Montana (167)
Tennessee was Mercer (163)
Arkansas was Fresno State (125, not sure if that was a buy game, if not Winthrop at 134)
Texas Tech was Sam Houston at (107)
Virginia was Marshall at (180)
Alabama was South Florida (58) and Yale (76).
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For Miami MBB: Just win, baby.
For Miami fans: Just enjoy the ride and let things fall into place as they may. This season has been bigger for Miami U than the ones with Travis Prentice, Ben, Frozen Four heartbreaker, and is up there with Wally and the Sweet 16 nearly 3 decades ago. Miamiās reputation across the US has skyrocketed that was completely unpredictable when Miami was torching the Trinity Trolls. Just amazing.
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It was totally predicted. You see, all the pundits say our schedule is soft, but they donāt understand magic. Travis does. He knew what the ancient prophesy foretold: if you burn the troll, you retain its power. After we beat the trolls, it was inevitable we would run the table and win the MAC title as well as dominate in the tourney.
Common sense, people. Common sense.
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In all seriousness, you can look at analytics, SOS, āeye testā, etc. all you want. Once in a long while you get ālightning in a bottleā where the intangibles combine with talent and add up to something terrific that just isnāt entirely quantifiable. I think thatās what we have. It is amazing and wonderful. Enjoy itāit might not come again.
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I am being serious. Troll magic is very real and very powerful. All the pundits who donāt use it in their metrics make a huge and critical analysis error.
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Maybe misplaced hope, but I take a lot of comfort knowing that there is a pretty substantial mid major representation on the selection committee. And the committeeās chair is the Commissioner of the Sun Belt, whose first place team got run over at home by Miami.
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Probably once in a lifetime event! Enjoying the ride!
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The trolls put the magic in the bottle!
What interesting is how the biggie big teams avoided teams like Miami at all cost. Talk about being in the dead nuts center of the holeā¦thatās us.
@thechuck_2112 Youāll never guess what name pops up on this list.
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Vandy taken out at home by Tennessee
You missed the Delta Devils one win this year over the Mississippi University for Women
Anybody else watching Michigan play Duke to see whoās the best threat to Miami in the national championship game.?
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Iāve been a bad fan and havenāt watched a ton of Duke basketball this year. Part of it is that my kids have both been graduated for a while now, and part of it is that they are prone to stretches where four guys stand around waiting for Cam Boozer to save them and it frustrates the hell out of me to watch. I didnāt go downtown to see the game live because Iām supposed to avoid large crowds. (Long, dumb story.)