Here is your proof
www.extrapointsmb.com
"The university sent me more than 20 emails, including many high-level P4 schools. "Here is your proof
Here is a list of everybody Miami (OH) TRIED to schedule in men's basketball this season
Don't blame the Redhawks for not having enough big names on their schedule. They tried to add plenty of them...and I've got the proof.
Danny will pull out the sage and the underwear.
You said the coach and AD were lying about trying to schedule top teams. You were wrong, it's OK to admit that. You don't need to double down when presented with proof they did in fact reach out to a bunch of schools
No I didn't. I said I didn't buy that they couldn't schedule better games. I even made it clear they didn't have to be top teams. Showing that they tried to schedule 20 programs out of 300+ proves my point not yours.
He just keeps digging a deeper hole on this.
Yes, you did. It's literally in the post I quoted from you. I said they tried to schedule better teams, and posted quotes from Travis Steele. You responded and said "I call bs" and "That’s all him trying to put make up on a pig after the fact."
They show "proof" of emailing 20 programs out of 300+ and you think that justifies scheduling 3 D2 programs? Im in bizzaro world
Emailing 20 programs is not trying! WTH lmao. It just isn't. Again pull up where I said I wanted them to schedule top teams? This does nothing to change that they scheduled terribly and it isnt because the top teams they contacted didn't want to play them. They also don't have the 196th SOS. That would be an astronomical improvement.
You do know that they test these systems on past seasons to see if the components are actually correct, and not something that someone pulls out of their arse? That said, do you really believe that Biz thinks the predictions are facts - is that they will happen 100% of the time?
I assume you'll find a way to spin this fact as well to fit your narrative. It varies by site since SOS is subjective, but they do. The 360 number you continue to cite is only OOC. Some other sites like Warren Nolan have them around 240, again much higher than your 360 number
Dude, they don't control there in conference schedule. We are talking about OOC. That's why their OOC SOS is what's being referenced. Lmfao
Doomed...
@navery12 and I'm not spinning anything. Its what I've been saying. It didn't have to be a top teams.
No, we were talking about whether a Miami team that goes 31-0 in the regular season would deserve a bid. You have decided they do not because of their bad OOC schedule. I think the 18 conference games they played and won in this hypothetical also matter, which is why I am referencing their total SOS. It devolved into only discussing their OOC but that's not where we started.
Because Im not advocating for teams to be punished because of a conference they don't control. There conference performance has never been my focus, nor I have commented on it. They should however be punished for what they could control which is their OOC scheduling. I criticize BE teams for the same thing. Scheduling terribly OOC and then performing well in conference.
This conversation has really gotten off track, I'm not absolving them of their poor OOC schedule. You think it was because they didn't try in spite of blatant evidence otherwise, but that really doesn't matter.
You have the right to that point of view. I think the misunderstanding is happening in the definition of "try". My tone is "they didn't try hard enough". There's a big gap between those 20 programs saying no and settling instead for 3 D2 games. My issue has never been they don't have a schedule littered with top teams. But rather they don't have a schedule with anyone worth playing on it. That I think they could've done. I think they chose the same method the top teams did. We are going to either play low risk- high reward games or we'll play games we know we will win. And to their credit, it worked. They are being considered for an at large when had they lost to a Dayton or a St Bonaventure they would not be.
You're entitled to that opinion. I think it's a weird one to have when you're being presented with evidence that directly contradicts it but you're entitled to do that. And to be clear these are only the emails that were sent looking for games, not all of the other places ADs post looking for games. Another example not directly tied to Miami of the parameters these schools are setting. And this isn't even a good school.
I get your point, it doesn't need be a top school. I know the article cut off after 3 and most people aren't subscribers to Extra Points. It was not just top schools who shut them out. Boise State and Grand Canyon who are top 50ish KenPom teams were on there and responded but didn't agree to a game. Sacred Heart who is barely even top 300 was on there and didn't even respond so it was spread across a whole range of teams.
NBA?
pretty harsh take…
Show me a mock where he's even close to the first round. He's not going to the NBA unless he's willing to be a late second rounder this year.
Reibe is a catch 22 - if he's not starting, I'd wonder if he's staying. I'd have to think he's a shoe in to start.