Sources: LSU will officially part ways with Matt McMahon today and hire NC State's Will Wade as its next head basketball coach.
Wade was previously the head coach of the Tigers from 2017-22.
@ryanhammer09 So Kansas needs overtime to beat a team that has lost to every high major opponent they have played (despite you spending the offseason saying that Will Wade is the second coming of John Wooden) AND got worked head to head in the Smith Center but are one spot ahead of UNC. Nice
"We, and I'm at fault for it too, made Will Wade the immediate savior of NC State this offseason. It still might take some time for this group..."
@GoodmanHoops on another early Wolfpack loss 👀
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Massive game for Hubert and the heels tonight. Ranked blue blood matchup on their home court without two starters. Got to win this one if you want to be coaching this program next year HD
Here’s how the rankings are manipulated with teams like Tennessee and Missouri.
Alabama is #10
BYU is #11
Miami is #13
“Alabama has to stay ranked high because of their FOUR ranked wins!”
Half of Alabama’s ranked wins are Tennessee and Missouri. Those two teams are a combined 0-6 vs. ranked opponents and have beaten ZERO bowl eligible teams.
Let’s simply replace Tennessee with a team like 7-3 Louisville (who beat #13 Miami, Pitt, and James Madison), and replace Missouri with a team like 7-3 Arizona (who just beat #25 Cincinnati on the road last week).
If you make those two little changes, Alabama suddenly now has just 2 ranked wins.
With Arizona ranked, BYU now also has two ranked wins. With Louisville ranked, Miami’s loss to them is no longer to a “horrible unranked team!”
So now you’d have:
8-2 Alabama with 2 ranked wins
9-1 BYU with 2 ranked wins
8-2 Miami with a Top 10 win over Notre Dame
BYU clearly jumps Alabama (should already be ahead of some Top 10 teams)
Then what you’d have to take into consideration is that Miami beat Florida State, while Alabama lost to Florida State by 14. Miami likely jumps Alabama too.
With just a small change to #20 and #22, taking out Tennessee and Missouri (who have ZERO wins over bowl eligible teams), and replacing them with Louisville and Arizona (who have FIVE wins over bowl eligible teams), the resumes and CFP cases of teams ranked #10-#13 change drastically.
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