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February: Other NCAA D1 games

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1. Bama
2. Florida
3. Auburn
4. Tenn
5. Houston
6. Duke

SEC could have the top 4 seeds
 
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Are you all really expending this much energy defending rankings????

Lolololol
 
Vowelguy said:
They are 20 slots lower than Florida.

No sane person considers a H loss to 6 worse than a road loss to 26.
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By Torvik's WAB, they are almost identical difficulty (-0.28 and -0.26), but that is with Florida 4 and Clemson 32. The top 35 road game is sliightly more difficult.

Either way, Auburn had a big lead on Duke in the rankings I do for Reddit. I will likely keep Auburn ahead of Alabama, due to still having more wins, less losses, better predictive ranking, and better resume.
 
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Haven't watched Texas Tech this year but unless they're just playing a lousy opening 10 minutes like StJ did, their defense doesn't look up to its reputation.
 
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Two of Sacred Heart's best players -- Mekhi Conner (New Haven) and Tanner Thomas (Stamford) -- are CT guys.

NIL has destroyed mid-majors from retaining talent, but that focus has helped teams like Sacred Heart attract incredible freshmen like Conner. Such a talented and poised point guard.
 
Hey Adrien! said:


Two of Sacred Heart's best players -- Mekhi Conner (New Haven) and Tanner Thomas (Stamford) -- are CT guys.

NIL has destroyed mid-majors from retaining talent, but that focus has helped teams like Sacred Heart attract incredible freshmen like Conner. Such a talented and poised point guard.
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Mid majors are basically the minor leagues for high majors. Only way to make runs is to sneak a group of up and comers by the highs in one season, like an FAU with Davis and Goldin a few years ago.
 
RuffRuff said:
Mid majors are basically the minor leagues for high majors. Only way to make runs is to sneak a group of up and comers by the highs in one season, like an FAU with Davis and Goldin a few years ago.
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I kinda think the role that mid majors can play going forward is being sort of like a AAA team for baseball. If you aren’t getting the time in the show you need, drop down and kill it for a while - then play your way back into the big leagues and some NIL money. A kid like Estrada who we saw in the Final Four last year was at Oregon, dropped down to Hofstra, and then played his fifth year at Alabama.
 
Gurleyman said:
I kinda think the role that mid majors can play going forward is being sort of like a AAA team for baseball. If you aren’t getting the time in the show you need, drop down and kill it for a while - then play your way back into the big leagues and some NIL money. A kid like Estrada who we saw in the Final Four last year was at Oregon, dropped down to Hofstra, and then played his fifth year at Alabama.
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I even heard some rumors that there could be collabs where a high major teams with a mid to give a young kid playing time, then come up when ready. And to support it financially by giving the mid major NIL. Not out of realm.
 
RuffRuff said:
I even heard some rumors that there could be collabs where a high major teams with a mid to give a young kid playing time, then come up when ready. And to support it financially by giving the mid major NIL. Not out of realm.
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This is why Luke and kimani haven’t left for a HC gig yet. Those midmajor jobs aren’t attractive anymore
 
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bendm said:
This is why Luke and kimani haven’t left for a HC gig yet. Those midmajor jobs aren’t attractive anymore
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There are guys doing it - Drake coach as one.

All you have to do at that level is to be better than your peers, prove yourself. I will be curious where they land and if a high major is willing to roll the dice, given the scarcity.
 
RuffRuff said:
There are guys doing it - Drake coach as one.

All you have to do at that level is to be better than your peers, prove yourself. I will be curious where they land and if a high major is willing to roll the dice, given the scarcity.
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McCollum will certainly be invited to interview at Indiana.
 
Letsgohuskies11 said:
Hubert Davis has to be gone after this season, no?
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UNC strikes me as a loyal place so I could see them giving him 1 more year.

Plus 5 of their 7th games left do t have winning records. Decent shot they get to 20 wins.
 
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uconngb said:
UNC is BAD. That team has some talent but man are they a bad TEAM
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They really are - they’re tiny, play with no force at all. Just a bunch of guards running around taking jumpers.

Cade Tyson may be the biggest portal bust in the country. Kid went from 16ppg to 2. Kind catastrophic portal recruits you got to avoid. He’s got another year too, will be curious what they do with him.

Clemson has some full out goons. Give their coach some credit, me makes a decent pizza with bad sauce and cheese.
 
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uconngb said:
UNC is BAD. That team has some talent but man are they a bad TEAM
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They seem to have a lot of short guys. Need to shoot lights out to win and hard to make winning plays to win close games. Give me Newton, Castle and Cam size guys.
 
JWan Roberts feels like another one of those players that are going for their PhD. Kid is on the Kalk plan.

The one thing about Houston I don’t like is that they aren’t very big. Front court is two 6’8” guys along with a pretty small back court. Nice team, not sure I see as a NC contender, not the same without Shead. A team like StJ does what they do with much bigger athletes.

Baylor win gonna age like spoiled milk. They just aren’t very good.
 
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They really are - they’re tiny, play with no force at all. Just a bunch of guards running around taking jumpers.

Cade Tyson may be the biggest portal bust in the country. Kid went from 16ppg to 2. Kind catastrophic portal recruits you got to avoid. He’s got another year too, will be curious what they do with him.

Clemson has some full out goons. Give their coach some credit, me makes a decent pizza with bad sauce and cheese.
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You beat me to it. It's a tough reality to face, but not all portal recruits work out or will thrive and excel like a Tristen Newton or Cam Spencer. Cade Tyson has been a flat out bust and I remember him being on the top of the portal recruiting rankings.

I have been a big supporter of Aidan Mahaney and I think the kid can play, and I really hate to say it, but I think the coaching staff botched it with him. Thinking they could convert him to a PG almost looks like hubris on their part. I remember seeing him in the handshake line after the Maui games and his facial expression looked like a kid that completely lost his confidence. Even with Hurley and his staff being the #1 coaching staff in the country, IMO, they are not going to get everything 100%. Thank the Basketball Lords Nick Timberlake chose Kansas, whew (wipe sweat from my forehead)-that was a big miss by Hurley and his staff.
 
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