I'm so sick of this narrative. how often do you really think Mid-Majors make the Sweet 16?
Middies in the Sweet 16
2024 - San Diego St., Gonzaga*
2023 - Florida Atlantic, Princeton (15 seed)
2022 - St. Peter's (15 seed)
2021 - Oral Roberts (15 seed), Loyola-Chicago
2019 - Gonzaga*
2018 - Loyola-Chicago, Gonzaga*
2017 - Gonzaga*
2016 - Gonzaga*
2015 - Wichita State, Gonzaga*
2014 - Dayton, San Diego St.
2013 - Wichita State, LaSalle, Florida-Gulf Coast (15 seed)
2012 - Xavier (still in A-10 at the time)
take Gonzaga out of the math and you're basically at 1 per year...with maybe extra qualifiers for Xavier and SDSU...so zero isn't really a statistical anomaly...basically '16, '17, '19 were all zeroes, pre NIL/portal.
one tournament does not make a trend.
Like the pro's contracts need to be put in place. It could be structured in such a fashion were you could have some type of predictability for both the team and player.
Brown was easily one of the most athletic players on last years team, that didn't really translate to a whole lot of on field success but I knew somebody would bet on his potential.
SMU has mountains more money than North Texas, is in a better conference and congrats on making the college football playoff.
BUT WE HAVE A BETTER BASKETBALL PROGRAM THAN YOU so get out of here with that nonsense.
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