MrAlien

Does the conference really deserve respect? Outside of FAU, UAB, and UNT the rest of the conference was terrible. Those 3 schools fought it out during the regular season, and the conference tournament, and the best team is going to the dance. FAU as a 9 seed, I am good with that, 8 seed plays 9 seed on a neutral court so there is really no difference. I do think it is interesting that FAU will play Memphis, the only 8/9 match up involving two schools from mid majors.

The AAC might be loosing Houston, however they are gaining 3 schools that have all been in the top 50 in NET. Not to long ago Wichita had one of the better programs in the AAC, heading into next season they could be even further behind, Tulane is on the way up, and SMU will also likely improve.

I dont see it that way... CUSA was a 3 team conference, the rest of the conference was bad, and I think they took the best of the 3 top teams, FAU. I think the losses to Rice and Charlotte probably hurt us more in the NET then it did with the committee. In the end UNT had 1 Q1 win (UAB had 2), and loosing to them in the CUSA tournament pretty much meant that UNT would not be dancing.

Personally I have always preferred UNT Basketball to UNT Football... I think the program is in a good place, recruiting is good, players are developing and constantly improving. Looking ahead to joining the AAC, its going to be a good basketball conference, and I think we will see a lot of close games. I think the AAC could end up being a solid 3 bid conference, maybe 4. I would like to see a better OOC schedule next season.

should FAU not win the tournament, will they really get an at large? who would they bump? Memphis, a Big10 school?

Every college senior is being asked about their future plans this time of year, athletes are no exception. If he is graduating then I sure he probably has some job offers, grad school is an option (though he probably would have applied by now).

We are not going to play Tulane every year... we will play them away in 2023, home in 2025 and away in 2026

no, however a win should move UNT up into serious bubble consideration (though alot of projections have UNT already in the bubble)

I think the final at large could come down to Utah, New Mexico, Memphis and UNT.

MWC is a solid basketball conference, they have 5 schools in the top 50 in NET (PAC12 has 2 in the top 50 in NET). The problem with CUSA is the bottom of the conference is so bad it makes it hard to advance in the rankings. This will change when we get to the AAC, Wichita and Memphis are very capable of being top 50, as well as a few other programs.

at lot of those bubble schools are trending in the wrong direction If NC looses to NC State tomorrow then they are done...USC probably has 2-3 losses left on their schedule and Memphis has to play Houston twice and visit Wichita st. UNT would still need to win out and Utah St would probably need another loss in order to move UNT into contention.

If things fall right... North Carolina continues to fall apart, along with Clemson, Utah, and Oregon loosing at least one more game. Memphis still has 2 games against Houston, and 1 at Whichita, which could pull them out of contention. So there is a path for UNT to earn an at large, they would still need to win out their conference games and have a strong showing in the conference championship.

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They have done it in past years for UNT, I went to the game, they gave out a co-branded UNT/Stars hat. they also played the fight song during a media break.

I dont think FAU is the best team heading into this tournament, I believe UAB is the top team. so I would rather see UNT as the 2 seed, I think that makes the bracket a lot more favorable.

I'd still like to know what the media deal is going to look like. Big part of that tweet was that the Pac was looking for a new media rights partner to rely heavily on streaming. With out a major network deal, can that deal really be that lucrative?

What does the media deal look like for SMU joining the pac12? I have seen a lot of streaming mentioned but no mention of TV networks, whats the point of joining just to play games on ESPN+? The Mountain West will be the better conference going forward, Oregon and Washington are not going to stay. Take UCLA and SC out of the equation and the PAC12 is a 1 bid conference for the tournament.

Memphis and SMU will absolutely bring in a crowd, I also think Wichita should be a good crowd draw. As for OOC games, I would be surprised if they cant get a big 12 or SEC school to visit. UTA will probably be on the schedule, though I would prefer that as an away game (more meaningful in the rankings).

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Why join the Pac12? That conference is on the decline, and once Oregon and Washington leave I doubt anyone would still consider it a power conference. The ACC would be a much better fit for SMU. Looking forward I dont think there will be 5 power conferences, there will be 2 conferences that matter SEC and Big10. Everyone else will be in some kind of D1 2nd tier.

The sell outs havent been happening because they have not been able to get big schools to visit the Super Pit. Fresno was our biggest OOC home opponent this season. In my opinion the bigger schools stay away because they are afraid of how it might effect their rankings. I think that changes once we move to the AAC, its a much more competitive conference, and some of those big name schools will want to get an away game in.

I wouldn't say its impossible... UNT would need to win out, win every game by at least 10 points, and a few other schools would need to completely fall apart, and suffer bad losses in the first round of their tournaments. They have 5 schools in the top 40 in NET, now most bracketologists probably dont take into account any kind of upsets in the conference tournaments. For example in Memphis or UCF were to win the AAC tournament, then the AAC would be a 2 bid conference (Houston would be an at large) and that would likely effect how many MW schools get bids.

Most Bracketologists that I follow have 4-5 teams getting bids from the Mountain West, and 1-2 from the AAC (with Memphis being bubble team). WCC will have 2 teams in, while the Pac12 is looking like 2-3 teams (with Oregon being the bubble team). I can really see the last at large bid coming down to Memphis, Oregon, and FAU.

I think FAU will have to win out to make that scenario possible, they have a fairly weak schedule ( @Middle Tenn probably their toughest), but if they have 1 hick-up they will drop out of the top 25 in NET. Should it play out that way, and should FAU loose in the tournament final to UAB or UNT, will the committee award them an at large bid? I think the committee will look at how other conference tournaments play out, and pick which ever teams finished strongest.

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