@LDsportsniagara@SBUnfurled Stirtz (a D2 transfer) averaged 39 min, 20 pts, 5 assists while leading his MVC team to a reg season conf championship, a conf tourney championship, and an NCAA tourney win. The team was full of D2 transfers.
Then he led a B1G team to the elite 8 with nearly identical numbers.
@SBUnfurled Expecting anything besides a nearly brand new team YOY these days would be false hope. It’s becoming more exhausting each day in this era as a small school college hoops fan.
this is the worst take yet i’ve seen regarding the transfer portal.
A local kid gets ignored by UCLA, so he goes to New Mexico.
UNM takes a chance on him. He’s beloved by the fanbase. He’s coached up for years and they beat UCLA.
The next year UCLA buys him. Steals him away from UNM and reaped the reward of a different program doing the hard work of player development and talent scouting.
Why isn’t the selection committee just 12 bracketologists who live and breathe this stuff instead of people with huge financial incentives to help or screw over certain teams/leagues
Is that a crazy idea
2024 NCAA selection committee: “Yes, Indiana State has good metric ratings, but they just don’t have enough “quad 1” wins, so they’re out”
2025 NCAA Selection Committee: “Yes, North Carolina only has 1 “quad 1” win, but they do have a decent metric ranking, so they’re in”
"And now, to explain how North Carolina made the field despite a 1-12 Q1 record, we're joined by Selection Committee Chair Bubba Cunningham, the Athletic Director of... North Carolina!"
@Dmakes2 I think we all recognize there needs to be some form of replay but the current system is absolutely broken. What’s your preferred fix for the system?
Suggestion: 2 challenges per team, 1 minute timer on the review and if it cant be determined in the 60 seconds, call stands
@EvanMiya Hey Evan, how do you measure guys who don’t ever leave the floor (ex. Jimerson for SLU) since there’s not significant data as to how the team performs without him?
@_The_HonoredOne @stevendecker37@JonScheyerMuse@CBKReport It’s not really close based on the algorithm, might not be perfect and Kam is awesome but let it play out