Kentucky made a living on one-and-done teams made up of the best high school recruits in the nation. The college basketball world has changed since then. We can build our brand with the same one-and-done strategy, but with Seniors and grad transfers instead. Once the North Texas brand is firmly established, we will be a destination the best players want to play for which will make recruiting much easier.
I actually like this a lot...it far more values your performance in conference play and helps to prevent some team with a sub .500 record from getting hot for 3-4 games being your sole NCAA representative. don't want to play 6-7 games to reach your final? perform throughout the season.
especially in the case of a mid/low major conference where your best team could be an 11/12 seed, but a deep upset in the conference tourney could have your rep as a 15/16 seed
I like the auto bid as is. Those teams often make the first 2 rounds of the big dance special.
I think after the auto bids, it should just go by NET Rankings. For example, I see #57 Indiana in at-large talks with a 2-11 Quad 1 record yet they're in the bubble and we aren't despite a higher NET ranking. Just solidifies my belief that we need to load up the OOC with as many neutral and road games against high-major opponents. Going something like 3-6 in Quad 1 games and 20 total wins will get us an at-large bid.
We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue. Please review our full Privacy Policy before using our site.