2025-26 season in process

[kreed5120]

2 hours ago, UAZipster0305 said:

To be fair, if Miami played Purdue or Troy on the road, they'd likely have more than one loss in those games alone.

 

Miami got lucky in getting us at home when we were having an off shooting night too. That's another likely loss.

 

Troy IMO isn't really any better than Marshall who Miami beat comfortably. Miami also didn't shoot well when they played us. We would have been run out of the gym had they shot their season averages.

[UAZipster0305]

9 minutes ago, kreed5120 said:

 

Troy IMO isn't really any better than Marshall who Miami beat comfortably. Miami also didn't shoot well when they played us. We would have been run out of the gym had they shot their season averages.

Troy was red hot shooting against us, despite what I thought was pretty decent defense on our part.

 

Miami has been very luck thus far. The only game that I think we could and should have lost but squeaked out was against Eastern Michigan.

[kreed5120]

2 hours ago, Zippy87 said:

 

Murray State and Yale would both beat Miami, too. 

Yale has losses to Harvard and Princeton and you think Miami can't beat them? Murray St is #99. Both games were played on neutral court. Miami would be favored in both games.

 

So many of yoi guys sound like jealous exes. Let Miami have their 5 minutes of fame.

[kreed5120]

4 minutes ago, UAZipster0305 said:

Troy was red hot shooting against us, despite what I thought was pretty decent defense on our part.

 

Miami has been very luck thus far. The only game that I think we could and should have lost but squeaked out was against Eastern Michigan.

 

Of course they have been lucky to be 24-0. That still doesn't mean it isn't an impressive accomplishments. We were favored in 4 out of our 5 losses. If we won the games we were supposed to we would be at 1 loss, but we didn't. It's not easy to do.

[UAZipster0305]

8 minutes ago, kreed5120 said:

Yale has losses to Harvard and Princeton and you think Miami can't beat them? Murray St is #99. Both games were played on neutral court. Miami would be favored in both games.

 

So many of yoi guys sound like jealous exes. Let Miami have their 5 minutes of fame.

But Miami didn't even schedule games like that, and that's the point.

 

When you only have to get up for a handful of competitive OOC games per season, winning them is WAY easier than having to be focused for most games.

 

So again, if having a cupcake schedule is the road to lots of wins and national recognition, why aren't we doing it?!

[Zips1991]

10 minutes ago, kreed5120 said:

 

Of course they have been lucky to be 24-0. That still doesn't mean it isn't an impressive accomplishments. We were favored in 4 out of our 5 losses. If we won the games we were supposed to we would be at 1 loss, but we didn't. It's not easy to do.

They've been lucky but have created a lot of their own luck. For example, if they didn't make those buzzer beaters against Buffalo, they would have lost but they have excellent shooters and made the shots.

[Zippy87]

2 hours ago, kreed5120 said:

Yale has losses to Harvard and Princeton and you think Miami can't beat them? Murray St is #99. Both games were played on neutral court. Miami would be favored in both games.

 

So many of yoi guys sound like jealous exes. Let Miami have their 5 minutes of fame.

 

I didn't say they can't beat them, but no, I don't think they would have beat them. You're way too focused on Vegas lines instead of trusting your eyes and team metrics. Miami is a really good team. They also played absolutely nobody OOC. It's working for them, so more power to them. But it doesn't mean I think if they traded places with us this year that they wouldn't have 3-4 losses, at least. 

[Zippy87]

2 hours ago, UAZipster0305 said:

But Miami didn't even schedule games like that, and that's the point.

 

When you only have to get up for a handful of competitive OOC games per season, winning them is WAY easier than having to be focused for most games.

 

So again, if having a cupcake schedule is the road to lots of wins and national recognition, why aren't we doing it?!

 

I may end up being wrong, but I thibk Miami loses in the MAC Tournament, and, if they do get an at-large, gets crushed in the NCAA Tournament. I don't believe they are battle-tested against higher levels teams, and I do think that matters in March. We will find out.

 

2 hours ago, kreed5120 said:

 

Troy IMO isn't really any better than Marshall who Miami beat comfortably. Miami also didn't shoot well when they played us. We would have been run out of the gym had they shot their season averages.

 

Both teams shot well below their season averages in that game. Why do you only bring that up for Miami? 🤔

[kreed5120]

16 hours ago, Zips1991 said:

They've been lucky but have created a lot of their own luck. For example, if they didn't make those buzzer beaters against Buffalo, they would have lost but they have excellent shooters and made the shots.

 

Exactly, luck is when preparation meets opportunity. Their players have made big plays in big moments. Ours stepped over the line while trying to inbound a pass.