OT: Miami (OH) AD

Seton75

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Yale is tough. Great coach. By the way, I agree with Bruce Pearl.
All I know is if we had a ton of those wins, they would be laughed at by shu "fans". IE 3 non D1s and some 300 rpi teams.

Winning them all is terrific, All you can do is beat who you play. Who you play is not irrelevant.
 

Hall Berry

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Let's face it, it's all academic until they lose since they would be an automatic qualifier. I think their metrics will take a big hit with any loss in the Mid American Conference (and knock them out in my opinion - your resume cannot take a Quad 3 or 4 loss at this point), except a loss in the conference tournament final to Akron. Akron is NET 57; WAB 57; Kenpom 61. A loss in Cleveland on a neutral court to Akron would be Quad 2.

In that scenario, Miami (OH) would be 30-1, with decent metrics, and without a "bad" loss. I think to Bruce Pearl's chagrin, and some here, that they would be in.
 
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NYShoreGuy

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Let's face it, it's all academic until they lose since they would be an automatic qualifier. I think their metrics will take a big hit with any loss in the Mid American Conference (and knock them out in my opinion - your resume cannot take a Quad 3 or 4 loss at this point), except a loss in the conference tournament final to Akron. Akron is NET 57; WAB 57; Kenpom 61. A loss in Cleveland on a neutral court to Akron would be Quad 2.

In that scenario, Miami (OH) would be 30-1, with decent metrics, and without a "bad" loss. I think to Bruce Pearl's chagrin, and some here, that they would be in.
Miami can max out at 2 losses before selection sunday...there is no team in history that did not make the field with 2 losses or less
 
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Piratz

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Let's face it, it's all academic until they lose since they would be an automatic qualifier. I think their metrics will take a big hit with any loss in the Mid American Conference (and knock them out in my opinion - your resume cannot take a Quad 3 or 4 loss at this point), except a loss in the conference tournament final to Akron. Akron is NET 57; WAB 57; Kenpom 61. A loss in Cleveland on a neutral court to Akron would be Quad 2.

In that scenario, Miami (OH) would be 30-1, with decent metrics, and without a "bad" loss. I think to Bruce Pearl's chagrin, and some here, that they would be in.
And they have squeaked by some really bad teams. Again this week.
 

Bud Boomer

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They really aren't that great of a team, but I don't know how you keep Miami out of the NCAAs if they finish the regular season undefeated. I follow and use analytics as much as anyone, but the whole point of the game is to win. At some point, winning a sh*tload of games has to matter regardless of who you beat and how much you win by.
 
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shu09

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They really aren't that great of a team, but I don't know how you keep Miami out of the NCAAs if they finish the regular season undefeated. I follow and use analytics as much as anyone, but the whole point of the game is to win. At some point, winning a sh*tload of games has to matter regardless of who you beat and how much you win by.

This. They should be a lock.
 
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