Anonymous #1 1w

Not their fault

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Anonymous beaks 1w

well okay it kinda is but yeah it’s basketball and as I said strength of schedule doesn’t matter AS MUCH as it does in other sports and undefeated is a hell of a damn good indicator

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Anonymous beaks 1w

Yes it is they turned down playing Cincinnati

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Anonymous beaks 1w

I think their seeding and placement in the first four is correct. They were the first at large team with 0 quad 1 wins and had the worst strength of schedule ever for an at large team. Strength of schedule matters a lot in college basketball, in a year with better bubble teams they probably get left out because of it

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Anonymous #1 1w

I’m disliking this one i’m so sorry but first 4 is a hell no. I get in other sports is a bigger deal but strength of schedule doesn’t actually matter as much as you think when you realize schools like UTEP have championships and schools like Bradley, San Diego State, and Indiana State have championship appearances. I know the media likes to say otherwise but the stats say otherwise to that.

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Anonymous beaks 1w

A couple of Cinderella runs doesn’t discount the value of strength of schedule. March madness has the most parity in sports, just because some double digit seeds occasionally upset P5 teams doesn’t mean you can play a bunch of cupcakes and deserve an at large bid. If Miami was safely in you’re rewarding them playing nobody, they have more quad 4 losses than quad 1 wins. Almost dead last non conference strength of schedule and played 3 non-D1 teams so those wins don’t even count

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Anonymous #1 1w

I’m not even looking at cinderella runs as I hinted at, I’m going off of all time stats. Strength of schedules (unfairly in my opinion,) has had a higher and higher impact on seeds (probably because it benefits bigger markets,) when historical data supports straight up win % mattering way more.

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Anonymous beaks 1w

You’re referencing historical data from another century that isn’t applicable at all to modern day college basketball. Personally don’t want to see teams like Gonzaga skip into the tournament every year because they realized they can just schedule easy in non conference and run through the WCC, weakens the strength of the field. Miami OH is the most extreme example of an awful SOS and I don’t think that can just be overlooked because of their record

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