March Madness ....

ode · 2026-03-13T23:57:20+00:00

Let's start a thread. What's on your mind so far. Does Miami (OH) ger in. Committee seemingly has a choice to make. The resume is wins.....and nothing...

ode

garyt1957 indeed that is how the committe.voted and suspect they would any year a team has this resume. The issue is have is its incomplete, not worthy and here is why. They play a tough non conf schedule and lose those game/s......they blow through the regular season record (many close and OT wins) and lose in the conf tournament. They don't get in they don't even get considered. They should not be rewarded for beating a bunch of cream puffs.

garyt1957

ode I don't care one way or the other, but if it comes down to a smaller school getting with an incredible record getting a bid or an mediocre record SEC or Big ten team getting it I side with the small school. Sure Auburn would likely beat Miami, but neither of them is winning the national championship. I'd rather see the kids who are likely not getting NIL money and staying 4 years get the chance, jmo.

azgreg

rsvman2
I'm trying to be a bit cautious since we have a track record of underperforming in the tournament. With that being said I really like this team. Might just be the toughest team ever at Arizona.

rsvman2

One-bid leagues make the committee's job difficult when the team that is clearly best during the season fails to win the conference tournament (like Miami (OH)) this year.

If you are clearly a one-bid league, the conference itself should decide who goes to the NCAA tournament. They could omit the conference tournament or they could play it but remove the 'automatic bid' idea from it. Or, in the event that the team that clearly dominated the regular season fails to win the conference tournament, they could have one more game (between the regular season champ and the conference tournament champ) to decide who gets the bid.

I'm not an Auburn fan by any stretch of the imagination, but I would bet on Auburn to beat Miami (OH) all day every day. When the A10 suddenly becomes a two-bid league because of the automatic bid, better teams that battled a gauntlet of tough games in good conferences have to get left out of the NCAA tournament, which is a shame.

Bravopilot

rsvman2 Auburn nearly lost the same number of games as they one, they may lose a best 2/3 with Miami, Ohio. Not this was the case here, but Miami, Ohio must not be a cupcake or a Q1 team would have scheduled them to beef up the win numbers. Must have Q1 wins but if no Q1 will play them, can't win. Round and Round we go. Same with adding teams to NCAA, what is the correct field size? There are 365 schools playing D1 basketball, 68 make the tourney.

garyt1957

Bravopilot Somebody always will be unhappy. Auburn's wins include these powerhouses, Bethune, Merrimack, Wofford, Jackson St., and Queens,

ode

Bravopilot I would be fine with adding teams but that would likely mean more play-in games. I would have all 15 and 16 seeds as play ins and expand the at large spots, by my calculation this would be 8......or just ezpand that at large play in games. I dunno if then15,s and 16,s want there shot at glory or if that play in game.to them means more. Any way you slice it if i.were the commish Miami (OH)would be showcasing the NIT! No shame in that.

garyt1957

So what's some good upset picks. I've been paying zero attention to NCAA ball this year and need to fill out a bracket or two.

azgreg

garyt1957
My double digit pick of the week is Santa Clara over Kentucky. With that said I can see this tournament going chalk far more than most tournaments.

rsvman2

garyt1957 Utah State over Villanova, maybe?

Bravopilot

ode First round games (assume play in count as first round) pay $2M/team. No shame in that, small league can't afford to give that up to NIT

Bravopilot

ode Interesting 7 teams and already said no to NIT. Has to be cost

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/7-men-s-college-basketball-teams-that-declined-bids-to-the-2026-nit/ar-AA1YKTLq?ocid=winp2fptaskbar&cvid=69b876269e4546cf91b6f1922ebbc7d8&ei=13

professor

I don't understand nor do I like 10-11 seeds having play-in games. All the lowest seeds should play those games. Just my two cents.

azgreg

professor
I don't like the play-in games at all. I think the tournament needs to contract back to 64. However, since we must have them, none of them should have conference champs in them. All play-in games should be among at-large teams.

azgreg

johnnydoom

One of the Bama players was arrested this morning with over a pound of Mary Jane, which is apparently a felony quantity.

ode

johnnydoom "its for personal use"....🤣says the cop.....have fun in jail!....edit to say released 10:45 a.m. same morning as arrest. Alabama either has a very quick turn around time on bail hearing or his status got him an expedited hearing.

sdandrea1

Ahhh, the annual endless unresolvable debate about the NCAA Basketball championship tournament. It means Spring is here, The Masters is coming soon, and somebody is unhappy with who gets in and who doesn't.

LBlack14

However many they let in now, are plenty, I've lost track. Lower seeds should "play in", the 10 & 11 thang is bullshit.

azgreg

LBlack14
So you think a team that finished 8th, 9th, or 10th in their conference should play in the first round but a team that won it's conference should play an extra game?

Typhoon

ode

azgreg why not....if they are ranked higher. The committee split the difference with the 4 worst ranked 16s and 4 worst ranked 11,s, essentially the last 4 autos and last 4 at large.....that could be extended to last 8......but that might be pushing it.

LBlack14

azgreg I'm good with 64 teams. 1 vs 16 and so on.

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