2025-26 College Hoops Thread

[Tarragona]

Miami (OH) is a lock to make the NCAA Tourney. And I think they have a good chance to not have to play in Dayton either.

What I don't want to see are sub .500 conference record teams receive at large bids. 7-11 in your league is disqualifying for me.

[BM1090]

I'm good with them getting in. They're going to get killed though

[The Sultan]

Miami (OH) is a lock to make the NCAA Tourney. And I think they have a good chance to not have to play in Dayton either.

What I don't want to see are sub .500 conference record teams receive at large bids. 7-11 in your league is disqualifying for me.

Conference records are irrelevent.

[Pakuni]

It's been a rough week for the "expand the tournament" crowd.

[wadesworld]

I'm not saying they won't be in the Tournament.  I'm saying they're awful and I don't need to see a 6 seed smoke them when I could get a competitive 6 vs. 11 game with a team that played more than 1 team in the top 125 in NET this year.  They're not a good basketball team.

[Tarragona]

Conference records are irrelevent.

To you maybe, but not for me.

[The Sultan]

To you maybe, but not for me.

Your opinion is a poor one.

[Tarragona]

Your opinion is a poor one.

Lol

[Hards Alumni]

I'm good with them getting in. They're going to get killed though

Yes.

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

Miami OH

Played 0 Q1 games
2-0 in Q2
11-0 Q3
15-1 Q4
(3-0 D2 which doesn't count)

9-0 in games decided by one possession or in OT

93rd in Kenpom
87th in T rank

33rd in WAB (before today's loss)
21st SOR (also before today's loss)

340 SOS
364 Non-con SOS

Qualitative metrics are poor.  SOS is poor.  Quad wins are poorly distributed.

WAB and SOR are good.

Quite an unusual resumé. No idea what the committee will do with them.  But they are weak in criteria the committee historically favors, unless WAB and SOR carry the day.

[CountryRoads]

Miami OH should be out. If they truly tried to play a tougher schedule, then that sucks for them and wonder what can be done about it in the future. They're not a tournament team this year despite the record.

[BM1090]

Miami OH should be out. If they truly tried to play a tougher schedule, then that sucks for them and wonder what can be done about it in the future. They're not a tournament team this year despite the record.

I do get this argument and I think if they'd lost even one game in the regular season I'd say leave them out. But 31-0 has to count for something, imo.

[Oldgym]

Miami OH should be out. If they truly tried to play a tougher schedule, then that sucks for them and wonder what can be done about it in the future. They're not a tournament team this year despite the record.

Travis Steele was quoted somewhere as saying he had trouble this year getting high majors to take his calls this year for scheduling purposes.

Miami is my wife's alma mater so I have been following and it's good having a probable tournament team to get behind. But they have been squeaking out wins against bad teams for the last few weeks. I hope they go but they look like an easy out for somebody.

[MU82]

Lol... Marquette has 19 more losses than Miami

Florida has 6 times as many losses as Miami of Ohio. Ipso fatso, the RedHawks are 6x better than the Gators.

That's just logic.

[GoldenEagles03]

A brutal year to be bad. This thing is just so wide open.

Duke looks vulnerable as a 1 with their injuries. UConn looks vulnerable as a 2 with how they've looked of late.

Arizona probably still my pick as it was a few weeks ago but even they have had struggles under Lloyd in March. Maybe the Big Tens year?

Should be a fun tourney, but also a frustrating one to not be included in.

[PointWarrior]

Not when you play 31 crapty teams.

I do get this argument and I think if they'd lost even one game in the regular season I'd say leave them out. But 31-0 has to count for something, imo.

[MuggsyB]

It will be interesting with Miami O.  By the numbers they don't really have a argument if they're left out. 

[MuggsyB]

Miami OH should be out. If they truly tried to play a tougher schedule, then that sucks for them and wonder what can be done about it in the future. They're not a tournament team this year despite the record.

By the computer numbers I think you're right.  That said, I'd much rather see them than the teams from power conferences that ate extremely mediocre. 

[MuggsyB]

Not exactly an impressive performance by Duke. 

[wisblue]

Not exactly an impressive performance by Duke. 

You do have to take their injuries and lack of major motivation into account. They have a number one seed and an opening weekend close to home win or lose in the conference tournament.

[Billy Hoyle]

Braden Smith moves to second all-time for career assists and will likely pass Bobby Hurley. Our own Tony Miller is 9th wirh 956, but tied for fifth alll time for assists per game with 7.77 apg.

[MU82]

In addition to being quite ugly, there's something wrong with the surface of the court in KC for the Big 12 tournament.

Players keep slipping and sliding all over the place.

[rocky_warrior]

In addition to being quite ugly, there's something wrong with the surface of the court in KC for the Big 12 tournament.

Players keep slipping and sliding all over the place.

It's actually very cool.  But perhaps not yet ready for prime time.  Good enough for the B12!

[MU82]

It's actually very cool.  But perhaps not yet ready for prime time.  Good enough for the B12!

It's cool that players keep slipping and falling?

[rocky_warrior]

It's cool that players keep slipping and falling?

No, the digital court is cool.  Slipping and falling has been a common occurrence through the years as the conferences & NCAA have played with ways to put customizations and advertisement on the court.

Edit: and in some cases because of condensation on the court. (Cough... Bradley center, dunk, aircraft carriers)