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Joetro said:
I had always thought he was gracious when in ACC. What am I missing?
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Had a history of whining about "physical play" of the ACC against his players while using very targeted language against certain opponents. He's brought this with him to the SEC, targeting Dawn Staley and she's very well aware of it.

Held secret group chats that involved only about 1/2 of the roster--his "babies".

Allegedly allowed one of his dingo-eating "babies" to bully a fellow Aussie teammate.

Encouraged his "babies" to openly mistreat and subsequently isolate Ashley Owusu.

Blamed Matilda Ekh for Liz Kitley's ACL injury and did not communicate with her for two weeks.

Accepted the Kentucky job while still coaching Virginia Tech in the NCAA Tournament, setting the stage for the #5 seed Baylor to beat the home team in Cassell.

Tried to continue raiding the Virginia Tech roster after Megan Duffy accepted the job, attempting to work and rework offers to two young players who turned him down multiple times.

Forced a beloved Kentucky player to end her career against her will to continue allowing his kin to have a scholarship.

The remaining ACC coaches do not miss this scumbag.
 
bballnut90 said:
Texas A&M might be playing themselves into the tournament. Huge win today at Ole Miss.
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Whoa whoa whoa, let's not go getting all crazy now. They have 14 wins this season. 14. 14-11 including a loss to UT Arlington. A team who finished near the bottom of the WAC, which is very hard to do. Probably a 300 NET type of team. That loss right there should be an automatic disqualifier. Okay I looked it up, NET 215, not as bad as I thought, but still a REALLY bad loss.
 
nwhoopfan said:
Whoa whoa whoa, let's not go getting all crazy now. They have 14 wins this season. 14. 14-11 including a loss to UT Arlington. A team who finished near the bottom of the WAC, which is very hard to do. Probably a 300 NET type of team. That loss right there should be an automatic disqualifier. Okay I looked it up, NET 215, not as bad as I thought, but still a REALLY bad loss.
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Prior to today they were on Charlie’s next 4 out list. Beating Ole Miss and ending the season on a 5 game win streak probably jumps them to at least top 4 out which puts them squarely as a bubble team.

Update: Crème updated the list, they’re still on the next 4 out. Kind of shocked Mississippi State is in the field after finishing 5-11 in SEC play. That UTA loss really must be looming large.
 
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visitingcock said:
All part of the sec/espn conspiracy to sell more advertising during the sec tournament.

Will Texas and SCar lose their 1 seeds if they lose a game before the SEC championship?
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Who would they lose it to?

LSU has lost too many games and has too crappy a non-con.

If Vandy won the tournament then maybe there is an argument as to Texas, but it's hard to see the case for dropping SCar.
 
visitingcock said:
All part of the sec/espn conspiracy to sell more advertising during the sec tournament.

Will Texas and SCar lose their 1 seeds if they lose a game before the SEC championship?
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My thought is SCarolina is a lock for a 1. Winner of Texas/Vandy in the semis gets the other spot. If LSU wins the whole SEC Tournament though, who knows.
 
bballnut90 said:
Update: Crème updated the list, they’re still on the next 4 out. Kind of shocked Mississippi State is in the field after finishing 5-11 in SEC play. That UTA loss really must be looming large.
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Seems like he doesn't really know what to do with Mississippi State (can also add Texas A&M, Nebraska, and the ACC schools with 11+ wins) because he doesn't know what the committee will emphasize. Once he gets in contact with his committee sources, he'll start to piece together a bracket that's going to be closer to the real thing.

That said, his is probably closer than the oddball brackets that are circulating at this time because he's at least trying to use more of the metrics (WAB being one of them). I have no idea what Mitchell Northam, Autumn Johnson, Megan Gauer and the dude from The Athletic are doing except trying to out-clown each other.
 
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bballnut90 said:
Prior to today they were on Charlie’s next 4 out list. Beating Ole Miss and ending the season on a 5 game win streak probably jumps them to at least top 4 out which puts them squarely as a bubble team.

Update: Crème updated the list, they’re still on the next 4 out. Kind of shocked Mississippi State is in the field after finishing 5-11 in SEC play. That UTA loss really must be looming large.
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I'm not attacking you, but that is just CRAZY to me that A&M is even in the conversation. But also crazy that Mississippi St. is with their 5-11 conference record.

I would really rather see any of Utah/Colorado/Arizona St./BYU in there than those 2 SEC schools. No I haven't looked at all the metrics, so maybe I'm way off, but that's my opinion and I'm sticking to it.

Or a few mid major conferences like the A-10 getting more than 1 bid, which they probably won't.
 
nwhoopfan said:
I'm not attacking you, but that is just CRAZY to me that A&M is even in the conversation. But also crazy that Mississippi St. is with their 5-11 conference record.

I would really rather see any of Utah/Colorado/Arizona St./BYU in there than those 2 SEC schools. No I haven't looked at all the metrics, so maybe I'm way off, but that's my opinion and I'm sticking to it.

Or a few mid major conferences like the A-10 getting more than 1 bid, which they probably won't.
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Strictly going by NET, yes, you are way of regarding Miss. State who is at #39.

Colorado: 46
Arizona State: 52
Utah: 55
BYU: 57
A&M: 61

NET Ranking - Women's College Basketball | WarrenNolan.com

2026 Women's College Basketball NET Ranking: NCAA Evaluation Tool (NET) a ranking of teams based on five factors, team value index, net efficiency, winning percentage, adjusted winning percentage, and scoring margin.
www.warrennolan.com www.warrennolan.com
 
southie said:
Strictly going by NET, yes, you are way of regarding Miss. State who is at #39.

Colorado: 46
Arizona State: 52
Utah: 55
BYU: 57
A&M: 61

NET Ranking - Women's College Basketball | WarrenNolan.com

2026 Women's College Basketball NET Ranking: NCAA Evaluation Tool (NET) a ranking of teams based on five factors, team value index, net efficiency, winning percentage, adjusted winning percentage, and scoring margin.
www.warrennolan.com www.warrennolan.com
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And that brings me back to: I really don't trust NET. I think it's a flawed formula.
 
visitingcock said:
All part of the sec/espn conspiracy to sell more advertising during the sec tournament.

Will Texas and SCar lose their 1 seeds if they lose a game before the SEC championship?
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Possibly both, but not likely. There are some committees who are guilty of recency bias, and I think this is one of them. Some committees like to reward conference tourney champions more than regular season conference champions.

If Texas and South Carolina lose before the championship, and Vanderbilt beats Texas and let's say LSU, they could claim a 1-seed. If Michigan win the B1G conference tourney including a win over UCLA, the Wolverines could vault up. UCLA won't lose a 1-seed.
 
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What am I missing with the seeding for the tourney? Whole bunch of teams at 8-8. Kentucky is at 9, having lost to both Georgia #8 and Tennessee #6. But Kentucky beat Ole Miss who is #7? I thought the first tiebreak was the head to head record? But I'm guessing this was more complicated becuase all four of them were tied?
 
Gamecockfan77 said:
The NET is supposed to give them a tool for evaluating resume, not serve as a de facto seeding.
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I would say they are using NET much more than RPI. Their Top 16 seeds consisted of 15 teams in the NET Top 16, not in exact order, obviously. And, I am looking at current NET versus what the committee looked at as of February 28.
 
southie said:
I would say they are using NET much more than RPI. Their Top 16 seeds consisted of 15 teams in the NET Top 16, not in exact order, obviously. And, I am looking at current NET versus what the committee looked at as of February 28.
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Maybe the resume aspect supports that?

But if they are viewing it as a ranking that's not really what they're supposed to do.

Just to subject at hand...what has Mississippi State done to deserve a bid?

That's a lot of weight to put on one win vs injured Kentucky and a win against Tennessee, another team whose bubble status seems a little questionable.
 
How do you spell the Miss State coaches name? W-N-I-T 😂

Beat down by Florida which probably saved Kellie Rae Finlay's job although she does have a good class of recruits coming in next year. Why am I happy? Well this should clear a spot on the bubble for either Rhode Island or Richmond to make the NCAAT vs. the whole of the SEC conference. I am for "David" not "Goliath"...
 
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Stagnant said:
I think the SEC just lost a bid for the NCAA tournament. There is no way Miss State should be in
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This loss to Florida could hurt Miss. State. But, lots of other teams on the bubble will be losing this week. So, don't count out the Bulldogs yet. They have wins over Tennessee, Georgia and Kentucky; that will be more impressive than most other bubble teams.
 
adamspt2 said:
What am I missing with the seeding for the tourney? Whole bunch of teams at 8-8. Kentucky is at 9, having lost to both Georgia #8 and Tennessee #6. But Kentucky beat Ole Miss who is #7? I thought the first tiebreak was the head to head record? But I'm guessing this was more complicated becuase all four of them were tied?
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In an event that there's a 3 way tie or more, the best record amongst the tied teams are used. Tennessee had the best record going 2-1 against Georgia, Kentucky and Ole Miss.
 
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Stagnant said:
I think the SEC just lost a bid for the NCAA tournament. There is no way Miss State should be in
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They're out. They got blown out by a Florida team that's not going to make the field.

The eye test is a criterion that the committee uses in their selections. So is "competitive in losses". When you consider that Mississippi State is 3-12 in Q1/Q2 games and is currently on a five-game losing streak...
 
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Florida played a tight game against Oklahoma in the regular season. A possible upset watch for the second round of the SEC tournament?
 
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