Looks like it's going to be whoever is playing their best ball and hits the key shots down the stretch for the Arch Madness title
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Looks like it's going to be whoever is playing their best ball and hits the key shots down the stretch for the Arch Madness title
What am I missing? I was stating how crazy basketball is that you can play a certain way one night and that style can just go away. It’s not an argument…basketball is a crazy game was the point.You are missing all the games in between those 2. They barely won against ILST and got throttled by UIC.
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It wasn’t an argument. I was just pointing out the games you missed between those games that supports your point even more.What am I missing? I was stating how crazy basketball is that you can play a certain way one night and that style can just go away. It’s not an argument…basketball is a crazy game was the point.
When you learn from a guy who secretly ask its admins access to a Facebook group with 4,000 members talking about you and then act like you don't even know the group exists in press conferences and also state "im not very good with social media thing." But has a social media history of being one of the best coaches connecting on social media. You create a SP burner
1. Drake: 20-2 (10-2) - Has blew every expectation out of the water. 1st D1 to 20 wins with a "D2" roster is wild. After the Sycamore snub last season and now a 20-2 Drake team (with multiple P5 victories) is hardly on the bubble is pretty disheartening though going forward with college basketball.
Brian Wardle would blow a head gasketBradley @ Evansville is intriguing. Bradley isn't playing good and Eville has looked better. If you are BU a date with the purple pimps sounds like a great way to get out of a slump. But man if they lose this one....
Yeah that's the root of their issue. I think Drake deserves to make the tourney, but the NET and advanced metrics really don't like this Drake team. Kenpom for example has them at 61. 2 of their wins are non-D1 like you said, and they have another 3-4 wins that actually caused them to slide back a few spots. They're winning games, but they're also BARELY winning quite a few games that they should win comfortably (needing OT to beat 210 ranked Indiana State at home for example). They've also only won 4 games against teams in the top 100 of Kenpom, And their 2 losses are pretty ugly.Not to mention that Drake has also been to the tournament 3 of the past 4 seasons and they still aren't being talked about as an at-large contender (yet). With a NET of 56 currently they probably need to finish the regular season at 27-3 (currently 21-2) to be in serious consideration. I kind of doubt a hypothetical 28-5 MVC team with a sub-50 NET would make it. Also two of their wins are against non-D1 teams.
The fact that we were "in" until some last minute bid steelers last year was, in my opinion, based on the potential storyline, not any metrics. Same with Drake this year. Unless they absolutely crash and burn down the stretch of 6-7 bid steelers enter the picture again, "scrappy DII underdogs who had real jobs lined up taking DI by storm" is a pretty much impossible to resist story.Yeah that's the root of their issue. I think Drake deserves to make the tourney, but the NET and advanced metrics really don't like this Drake team. Kenpom for example has them at 61. 2 of their wins are non-D1 like you said, and they have another 3-4 wins that actually caused them to slide back a few spots. They're winning games, but they're also BARELY winning quite a few games that they should win comfortably (needing OT to beat 210 ranked Indiana State at home for example). They've also only won 4 games against teams in the top 100 of Kenpom, And their 2 losses are pretty ugly.
ISU last year, when they were winning, they were winning comfortably. The advanced metrics love that, especially when looking at home/road splits. Also until the Illinois State/SIU back to back disaster, all of ISU's losses were on the road to 14, 16, and 53 in Kenpom.
You are underestimating that "mediocre P4 team that barely went .500 in conference and coach is on the hot seat" storyline that the committee is suckers forThe fact that we were "in" until some last minute bid steelers last year was, in my opinion, based on the potential storyline, not any metrics. Same with Drake this year. Unless they absolutely crash and burn down the stretch of 6-7 bid steelers enter the picture again, "scrappy DII underdogs who had real jobs lined up taking DI by storm" is a pretty much impossible to resist story.
There wasn't 1 storyline better than ours so I don't I don't buy the storyline angle.You are underestimating that "mediocre P4 team that barely went .500 in conference and coach is on the hot seat" storyline that the committee is suckers for
Nah, last year's ISU team was legitimately deserving. Top 25 NET, 43 in Kenpom after Arch Madness, spent pretty much the entire conference season in the top 50, ranked at one point. Out of 6 losses only 1 was at home, 1 was neutral, and 4 were true road games. Only 3 of the 6 losses were games we were supposed to win. The games they won, they won by a lot.The fact that we were "in" until some last minute bid steelers last year was, in my opinion, based on the potential storyline, not any metrics. Same with Drake this year. Unless they absolutely crash and burn down the stretch of 6-7 bid steelers enter the picture again, "scrappy DII underdogs who had real jobs lined up taking DI by storm" is a pretty much impossible to resist story.
Drake is "31st" in the AP Poll. I haven't looked at a poll this season, but I had no idea at how dominant the SEC has been. They have 4 of the top 5 spots in the poll, and 10 teams total in the Top 25. And since when did Alabama become a basketball state?
1 Auburn
2 Alabama
T3 Florida
T3 Duke
5 Tennessee
One thing that stuck out to me is that Memphis is 14th, so if they don't win the American Tournament then that league will steal a bid.
When they hired two recruiters with big ass budgets. Both coaches also happen to be good at coaching hoops, too.