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  1. 2024-25 Post Mortem and Looking Ahead to 2025-26

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    21 hours ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:

     

    James Madison finished 158 in NET under a 1st year HC after their roster was decimated by the Portal. That's pretty damn good. Very valid to believe they will take a pretty sizable leap this year. Arkansas State has a new coach this year, so it's very valid to believe they will take a step backwards. I never said name recognition was a factor in the matchup, just that I'm happy with how this matchup came to fruition. The difference between any of the top 5-6 Sun Belt teams at home isn't that big of a deal because of how NET punishes home opponents. The bigger factor in NET is the road matchup in the Sun Belt Challenge and we have a long ways to go before that becomes a relevant discussion. 

     

    Quadrant 1: Home 1-30, Neutral 1-50, Away 1-75.
    Quadrant 2: Home 31-75, Neutral 51-100, Away 76-135.
    Quadrant 3: Home 76-160, Neutral 101-200, Away 135-240.
    Quadrant 4: Home 161-353, Neutral 201-353, Away 241-353.

     

    Unless you're playing a team receiving Top 25 votes, you're likely facing a Q3 opponent at best at home. The Sun Belt NET does not matter for this home matchup, so give me the best name recognition possible to hopefully put more butts in seats and open some eyes of the general public with a win vs. a team they've heard of. 

    Is the Sun Belt a guards league or a shooters conference?

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  2. The World of College Basketball

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    2 hours ago, GP1 said:

    Respectfully, discussions about how teams are rated in college basketball are some of the worst and most tedious discussions in sports. Tanks right up there with NIL deals, the transfer portal, and exit velocity in baseball for me. They are part of the ongoing process that makes everything about the NCAA Tournament. It's ruining college sports. 

    Throw in "recruiting a viable, back-up big."

  8. 2024-25 Post Mortem and Looking Ahead to 2025-26

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    Posted · Edited by NWAkron

    22 hours ago, ewbrooman1 said:

    I see you can buy basketball season tickets now. Of course they haven't posted a season schedule yet. 🙄

    i have a source, who has contacts in the ticket office, and he told me that the upcoming schedule features a team playing in every game that won back to back conference tournaments and was undefeated at home last season.

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  20. 2024-25 Post Mortem and Looking Ahead to 2025-26

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    Posted · Edited by NWAkron

    2 hours ago, akzipper said:

     

    Not going to lie, after the past few days I've honestly considered avoiding this board for the foreseeable future. I feel like whenever I open up this page it's more bad news. I wanted to be excited about the upcoming season. 

    It's really sad that you can't be excited about the two time defending MAC tournament champions.  There will be a good, quality team on the court next year.  It may not have all the bells and whistles that some on here want, but Akron cannot compete with schools that have endowments in the billions.  yes, the endowment $ doesn't go to NIL, but it's a sign of how much $ flows into those schools like Utah and BYU.

     

     

  21. 2024-25 Post Mortem and Looking Ahead to 2025-26

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    13 hours ago, Z.I.P. said:

    For Pete's sake, people!  On one page of this thread it seems the consensus that everyone -- basketball players included, have the right to seek their value on the open market.  Then on the next page you're expecting "loyalty"??  The "free market" and loyalty don't work together.  You and universities and the SCOTUS should have recognized this fact long ago, before the Northwestern athletes tried to unionize!  Now the door is open to my grandkids 5th grade basketball team declaring free agency.

    I never said they have the right to seek their value on the open market😇.    

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