Any doubt we aren't a NCAAT team.
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Nah....the “right time” would have been 2 weeks ago. But, it’s good to see us finish a very good season on a strong note.
We had a chance to make a run in the tournament if we made a run in the SEC. Bottom line we are a lot better than we were 1 month ago but we needed to be better 3 months ago! I agree we are a top 30 team right now but we gotta deal with the cards we dealt ourselves.
I can objectively say we didn't deserve a bid. Our ooc slate was historically bad for a power 5 school and we lost to the worst teams in the league. If we beat Mizzou, that would have been enough, but we didn't. This little run in the NIT will likely be better in the long run, but the big dance was obviously the better outcome.
Or finish 11-7 in conference. We were 2-3 games out based on on our ooc. But based on our early play a tougher ooc might have hurt us. Bottom line we were close but we gelled a bit to late. Nothing wrong with that. Jan 1 we were nowhere near a NCAA tournament team. We had to learn how to win. Just a month late based on our conference record
Peaking after conference play ends isn't the right time.
Also, the selection committee doesnt weigh recent play over full schedule any more.
I understand that, but it also punishes younger teams that are trying to learn and DO improve as the season goes along.
We played two tourney teams OOC and had teams tank we were expecting to do better.
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A tougher NC schedule would have only helped us. AGAIN, we could have replaced the teams in the RPI 300’s with teams in the RPI 100’s, and we would have been in the Dance. We didn’t have to add Kansas, North Carolina, and Duke. Just adding some below average mid-majors that weren’t even CBI caliber instead of SWAC teams would have done wonders. Even in a worst case scenario, it has been mathematically proven time and time again that a LOSS to a team in the RPI 100-150 range is better for your RPI than a WIN over a 300+ team.
People need to quit worrying about higher number of losses. The actual record / total number of losses is about the last thing the selection committee looks at, if they even look at it at all. Just look at Alabama this year. The “20 wins and you’re in” mentality is so outdated that it is comical. We never need to schedule how we did this year in MBB ever again, in any sport.
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