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I know. I was just piggy backing off my other reply. I could have done a better job of differentiating the comments.

What did Miami do to earn it? The reality is neither school really deserved it. Last years Toledo team, which missed the NIT, was better than both Miami and Kent this year. Kent was only picked because a dozen or so schools turned it down and the Crown took another dozen or so schools that would have otherwise been invited over Kent or Miami. Once again, the criteria was clearly stated at the start of the season on what the committee would weigh. Miami was objectively worse in every metric the committee said they would weigh, so I'm not sure where you're getting they got "screwed". Miami sounds like the kid who complains he got failed because he missed too many classes when the syllabus he received at the start of the season clearly stated that if you miss more than 3 classes, you get automatic F.

It sounds like you're okay with the double standard of one side being petty, but the other side not. Good to know 👍 Edit: To be clear Kent was always going to get into the NIT over Miami. The NIT issued a statement back in October indicating they were going to use a formula that weighted NET, Kenpom, and other rankings to pick teams. Kent was better in all those advanced rankings. You can argue that it's crap, which I don't disagree, but they were very transparent before the season even tipped off.

The same could be said for the Miami coaches as well. There were worst teams that made the field than Kent (using NET & Kenpom rankings). Miami coaches should have been asking why the MAC didn't get multiple bids. Not taking shots at Kent.

Cutting women's basketball isn't even an option. It's a MAC requirement. To be clear my comment earlier wasn't intended to be disparaging. It was more of the variety of if we can finish at or near the bottom of the MAC with X player, we can certainly achieve that without them. It's not really a sky is falling situation.

I imagine they would. You see a lot of coaches get poached after leading their team to a Sweet 16 or Elite 8.

It depends on the role that he would be willing to accept. I'm sure there are a lot of schools out there that could use a 6'6" wing who shoots .430 behind the arc. He could certainly be a 6th or 7th man on a lot of P4 teams.

That was challenged in court and the NCAA was going to lose the battle, which is why they backed off. Between the courts and the P4 organizing, they've lost all power. It's more a figurehead institution than one that has any authority.

The NCAA tried to put up guardrails, but everything they have tried to implement has been challenged in court and overturned. Trying to put more rules in place, which won't hold up in court anyway, is just wasteful spending and pointless. It was always going to be like this when the higher courts ruled that players could earn money. The only option really now would be the players unionizing and a collective bargaining agreement put in place. That will be challenging given the large number of collegiate athletes.

The NBA is better now than what it was 5-10 years ago. You used to know exactly which 2-3 teams were the real contenders before the season even started, which made the regular season irrelevant as all the other teams were competing for 4th or 5th place. I remember penciling in Cavs-Warriors finals for 3 straight years, which proved to be true. At least now you don't have the same teams making the Finals every year. I still much prefer the college game, but even that is fading. I used to be a fan of college basketball as a whole and watch other games throughout the season. NIL has kind of destroyed my love for the game. I'm more just an Akron fan these days as I quit watching the random games.

Is it really a new rebuild if you're already in the middle of a rebuild?

Arizona is likely going to play a large chunk of the game with both Awaka (think Okonkwo, but with a more polished inside game) and 7' Veesaar on the court at the same time. I'm inclined to think Akron will be forced to send hard double teams as no way we could leave one of our guards on an island against one of them. It will likely lead to some open looks for Arizona beyond the 3 point line. We're probably best trying to force Arizona to shoot 3s and rotate on defense as best as we can to prevent open looks. Praying that they shoot at, or more preferably under, their season average of 33.3%. Another key will be all 5 to attack the basket after a Arizona miss to secure a rebound. Arizona is too good to give 2nd or 3rd chance scoring opportunities.

I stumbled on Albany is Senderoff's alma mater. I kind of jokingly discounted it earlier, but maybe there would be some desire there. Could also just be a ploy of him trying to get an extension and pay raise from KSU as well.

Unfortunately not

Not since 2002.

If Akron is the Dodgers, he must see the writing on the wall that the Yankees (UMass) are coming to town and at best he'll be 3rd fiddle in the MAC. More likely 4th or 5th as Miami is beginning to throw money at hoops.

Politicians wasting tax payer dollars on trivial things because it thinks it will gain them favor come election time is an American pastime. It's not really anything new. Social media being more prevalent is what gets us talking more about it.

The bigger problem is they went from having live sports and in depth sports discussion to now it's just loud mouths with hot takes. They laid off all the real journalists to throw bags of money at clowns, like Stephen A.

There are only 4 teams P5 schools in the NIT this year if I'm counting correctly. It doesn't need to shift anything. It's already been relegated to 3rd tier tournament status. I wouldn't be surprised if it becomes pay to play, like the CBI, in 5 years.

It's all because of the if you're not first, you're last mentality that ESPN and others have pushed onto fans over the last 20, 30, 40 years. It's also why you see Joe Akron tuning into OSU games over Akron games.

It's mostly all AD and conference officials on the selection committee. It's always been that way. Not that I agree with the system, but it's just a bigger story this season as the chairman's team was a controversial bubble selection.

With all the opt outs and the Crown getting first dibs on all the Fox media partner schools (Big 10, Big East, Big 12, and MWC), the NIT looks very watered down. I've long advocated for more mid-majors making the field, but not to this level.

The NIT came out and stated back in the fall that they would be using some formula that weighted various advanced metrics (NET, Kenpon, etc) when picking teams. Kent had the better rankings with those metrics. I'm not really defending the choice as Miami was clearly the better team. I'm more just stating why it played out the way that it did.

Buffalo was a 6th seed one year shortly before covid.

NCAA rules state that you can't be placed where you've played in 3 or more games during the regular season. That would eliminate Cleveland for us.