Hey it could be worse. Clemson got smacked by the committee for playing a Nineresque schedule. Finished 3rd in the ACC and got passed over. I donāt remember that happening since the tourney expanded a long time ago.
But yāall keep defending and applauding that weak ass slateā¦
Weak OOC kept TAMU out last year after the Aggies finished 4th in the SEC.
It hasnāt happened last time it happened was 99-00 Virginia finished third and was left out.
Clemson lost to Louisville in ACC play. That was a killer this year. Louisville was the worst ACC team since Dwayne Morrisonās 2nd Georgia Tech team in '80-'81 according to the metrics.
That includes a Maryland team that went 0-14 in ACC play being ranked better than this yearās Cardinals.
clt wonders if we can pass the vaunted acc to move into 6
Since RPI is irrelevant now, really doesnāt matter.
And speaking of Forrest, a lot of players in his position would have hit the portal. Instead, embraced a smaller offensive role with the team after being the leading scorer two years ago.
Good piece about FAU:
I suppose you would have readily supported a schedule in the preseason of Louisville, Florida State, South Carolina, Minnesota & Valpo.
Guess what they all had in common? They all finished below Detroit on Kenpom. Ron should have done a much better job scheduling cupcakes.
Lolā¦you argue with so much nonsense Iām not even sure how to respond.
At least with the other teams you mentionedā¦we couldnāt crucify him for his EFFORT in scheduling. If he schedules those typical strong programs and they happen to have a bad yearā¦thatās not on him. At least he tried.
But I can promise youā¦when you schedule ON PURPOSE :
Coppin St
UMES
Detroit Mercyā¦and do it TWICE
Monmouth
Et al
There is a reason. No way in hell Ron thought those would be decent competition. They were scheduled to pad his wins. 1-2 per season is one thingā¦but to load up the bulk of the non-conference schedule like that is embarrassing.
If THATās the confidence he has in his team and his coaching ability is to schedule like thatā¦it says alot about his own belief in what heās doing.
I agree that the 3 cupcakes we scheduled were at least one too many though UMES not as bad as last season (#232 vs #309).
And then Monmouth crapping out and dropping 211 spots from 2022 (#140) to 2023 (#351) was unexpected.
The Detroit Mercy 2-fer hopefully an anomaly but we werenāt alone in scheduling that way in OOC.
Anyway, weāll see if moving to the AAC helps out much in the non-con sked. Canāt do anything about conference play, so hereās hoping #324 Tulsa and #288 UTSA get better soon!
That was fun.
Itās amazing what you can do when you arenāt just happy to be there.
I do like the way they play. Itās fun to watch.
They have a special big man and very good guards.
Just sucks when we are on the receiving end.
Congrats to FAU. No reason we canāt be there as well someday. Hopefully this was our last CBI experience and it is only up from here on!
Amen.
But weāre thankful to have shared a court with such a good teamā¦it gave us an opportunity to learn and grow.