Just saw a CBS Sports Tournament Preview

[greenminer]

29 minutes ago, NT80 said:

I don't know why you're such a FAU-homer?   They last won 20 games in 2011 and none other in the last 30 years!  They will be back to nothing-ness next season.   There is no extra points for being in a conference with them.  

Their top 8-9 guys are all underclassmen.  In fact, several sophs/frosh.

The foundation is there for a good run, beyond 2023.  A lot will depend on May's whereabouts and how the new AAC pans out.

[GMG_Dallas]

14 minutes ago, NT80 said:

I don't feel we need to raise the prominence of CUSA anymore.   We're leaving it!    A one-year-wonder FAU is not Gonzaga and will not elevate the new AAC unless they have a multiple previous NCAA bid history.  They don't.  Let's see where they are in 10 years. 

Gotta start sometime. If they've got a high NET, them getting an at-large and then joining the AAC with us is not a bad thing.

[NT80]

2 hours ago, GMG_Dallas said:

Gotta start sometime. If they've got a high NET, them getting an at-large and then joining the AAC with us is not a bad thing.

UAB could win the CUSA Tourney and into the NCAAs too.  Why not cheer for them?  

[CMJ]

FAU is the only chance the league could get an at-large.

[GMG_Dallas]

35 minutes ago, NT80 said:

UAB could win the CUSA Tourney and into the NCAAs too.  Why not cheer for them?  

What CMJ said. FAU is the only hope of an at-large. I cheered for UAB last year when they made the dance. I'd cheer for them this year if they made it again.

[golfingomez]

1 hour ago, NT80 said:

UAB could win the CUSA Tourney and into the NCAAs too.  Why not cheer for them?  

I'm hoping FAU gets an at-large bid... because if they don't get an at large bid, that means we most likely didn't win the conference tourney.

[GMG_Dallas]

 

 

[GMG_Dallas]

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/insider/story/_/id/35583387

From ESPN's bubble watch:

"North Texas Mean Green

Conference USA hasn't sent two teams to the NCAA tournament since the Memphis days over a decade ago. What the league has lacked in multibid results, however, it has more than made up for in near misses. C-USA has become a steady supplier of at-large hopefuls in recent years, and no program has been steadier than North Texas. The Mean Green knocked off Purdue in the 2021 round of 64 and are 31-6 in conference play since then. Now Grant McCasland's 24-6 team is surfacing once again in the bubbly 50s in the NET rankings and for strength of record. Possibly this is the year for both the Mean Green and C-USA. (updated March 2)"

[Glory to the Green]

This guy gets it…

 

[MeanMag]

The Athletic had an article that said our metrics make us one of the top 5 "giant slayers". That is - if we make it to the court with some of the top teams in the country - the likelihood of the Mean Green coming out on top is higher than other bubble teams. I might have skipped over some parts of the article explaining exactly how that was determined, but good press nonetheless.