greenminer

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We shouldn't take bowls lightly. Period. Our history, minus 2014 and 2002, is awful.

We are OSU's first away game. It has to be pretty rare nowadays to get this far into a MBB season, with all these Classics/Tournaments/etc, and not play at least one neutral or away. All five of their games at Gill Coliseum.

Never heard of Longwood until now. They've been to the NCAAT twice (0-2)

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NEither team had minutes. Balances out, ya know?

An uninspiring win, but it seems every year you’ll see 1 or 2 of these and you can still have a good team.

Standings, before today's results:

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How much of this is actually on UMASS? I don't get the impression she was pinning the blame specifically on the school, just pointing out the disparity.

This T3 account is obsessed with CBB, watches a ton of it, and knows that this was not a bad loss. MNS will likely repeat what they did last year: win 30 games and get a 12 seed. If we are talking about our NCAAT chances, as long as MNS holds serve, I am not sure how bad this loss will look. When do we start hearing about Quad rankings? https://x.com/T3Bracketology/status/1858743202850738293

+1. Or when we actually start winning bowl games. Some of y'all would be loving the Frisco bowl if we were winning big and attendance was filling it up. There's a bit of a chicken-egg argument here when it comes to winning and attendance. Just f'n go. I'm giving you 'til the count of 10 to get y'r ugly, yellow, no-good keester to the games.

They are entering their biggest test, @ #2 OSU this week. I don't know the backstory on Cignetti, but I love the idea of seeing Indiana compete in the CFP semis. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/42487935/curt-cignetti-google-indiana-hoosiers-college-football-playoff

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Would love to visit this again with some retrospect. Maybe halfway into the AAC schedule, let's look back and see how these OOC teams are doing. And how it stacks up against other OOC schedules.

Some have their entire college sports view shaped by the convos they get at the watercooler at work, or a small circle of bros that have been beer talkin' over the same 5 conferences (anchored in football) for 20 years. The NET, committees, and them thar advanced metrics be damned.

Most of what I read is, "we cannot afford it".

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by Will Wade and, just my 0.02, but this would probably be a 0.500 series if it were multiple games.

I want whatever puts the program in the best position to win moving forward. I remember 20 years ago you would hear the argument about the extra practices. Not sure that holds much water anymore. And the whippings on national TV are awful!

McNeese was a 12 seed at the 2024 NCAAT , and kept it within ten @ #2 Alabama last Monday. Prior to McNeese, WilL Wade coached 7 seasons between LSU (5) and VCU. Take out the COVID year, so 6 eligible seasons, and that run includes 1 S16, 2 other R32s, and 2 more NCAATs. The one non-NCAAT year was NIT S16. I haven't really thought much about it, but I imagine Wade is in conversations about best coaches currently at MMs. Like, Top 5.

I miss pre-MAGA/black uni ADLER.

whelp. sucks to lose but maybe MS is a R32 level team.