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Day I toured LU I sat behind Sister Jean at mass. She turned around to talk to my parents and I about how great LU would be for me. Then she said to go to the opener that night bc the team was going to be extra special. This was Fall 17. Great person and all-time ball knower. RIP

So I’ve researched further and it looks even more like a legit school that just has extremely nice amenities. If anyone has input into why people are claiming HPU is “fake” or otherwise bad, lmk. Genuinely curious where a lot of these reactions are coming from

I’ll tell you what, I did not think SLU was going to come out this hot, I thought they had peaked too early this season. But this is the absolute best they’ve looked the entire year. Those Michigan fans in the stands should start getting nervous

Atlantic 10 advances. SLU’s turn

@BelkReport Serious question. Why exactly do people not like them? Their criticisms just look like it’s because they have some over the top amenities on campus. I know nothing about that school, but it looks fairly legitimate from the minor research I’ve done

I do not like High Point

@DillyPitoMisery You’re not the brightest. And that’s ok. Basketball is for everyone

@rollblers Keep moving the goalposts loser Enjoy your participation trophy libt@rd

College basketball absolutely needed this to happen. We were going down a very bad path if we started preferring boring 17-16 P5 teams to 31-1 mid majors

@DillyPitoMisery I’m talking about the people who actually matter

@rollblers I just said it. Fucking moron

@DillyPitoMisery It is not. No one has ever said it is the best 68 teams lol

@rollblers Wrong. The tournament is about the BEST 68 teams. Not the most entertaining Go watch the fucking Globetrotters then.

@RangerR1ck2087 The reason I think yes is because even I personally had never fully watched a first four game before this. I think they’re going to see a LOT of media interest and viewers of this game compared to every other first four game

You think this changes anything? Unfortunately, money runs the world and the big 4 conferences have too much, and the networks they partner with have too much to care about the little guy. I'm on your side, I just think the greed of the people making these decisions was in place long before any Miami (OH) discussion.

@DillyPitoMisery Completely different. 68 teams in a field where the primary purpose is frankly entertainment for most of the tournament versus a 12 team field where each team should be able to feasibly win a natty. You’re missing out on much more from leaving out 10-2 ND instead of 17-16 Auburn

@rollblers The same idiots defending Miami OH are the same morons who defended JMU and Tulane in the CFP They were dumb then and they are dumb now

@Ragas_Media Haven’t had this since my BarstoolBlers days

@rollblers Viral - Roll Blers

@jeffmeyers8 It wouldn’t because Michigan and Duke weren’t at risk of finishing 7-11 in their conference. Sounds like a good strategy for the extremely mediocre P5 teams though (hint: this is what they’re doing already)

@rollblers So do not complain, when The Duke v Michigan type games disappear. Why risk a potential lost when you can schedule 18 bums in pre season games

@Burninating123 @LittleMikeyMcD I’m even old enough to remember when 2012 30-1 Murray State (who played in an even weaker conference than this MAC) was given a 6 seed. That’s how different the trajectory of the sport is now

@Burninating123 @LittleMikeyMcD They set the system up so you think every mid major doesn’t deserve it bc of metrics. Look at a bracket before 2015ish. It’s stuffed with small teams with higher seeds because RPI actually rewarded beating mid majors instead of beating 10-22 Utah and calling it “Quad 2!”

@Burninating123 @LittleMikeyMcD Here’s the thing. There’s about 10-15 teams that deserve to play for a national champ every year. The rest are there for entertainment. And that’s what’s allowed college basketball to stay relevant. The closer we move towards P5 everything, the sport and excitement will die

@rollblers @LittleMikeyMcD Depends on the strength of the conference and the team's overall schedule. Or at least it used to until this year. Now it doesn't matter. Might as well play a 350 NC SOS. Committee doesn't care.

@Burninating123 @LittleMikeyMcD Whatever you’re arguing, I promise you that college basketball as a whole is better off when a team that can’t even compete near the top of their conference is not given the chance to play in the NCAA tournament over a mid major team that’s beat everyone. CBB won’t last otherwise

@rollblers @LittleMikeyMcD But conference wins counting as Q1 is exactly why they could afford to schedule down in NC SOS. They can let the league do the lifting for them.

@Burninating123 @LittleMikeyMcD P5 cupcake schedules have been a problem for a few years now. Miami making the tournament and winning has much more of a chance to disrupt that trend than create more harm. And no, teams won’t change their schedules when 4-6 conference win P5 teams still count as Q1 and Q2 games

@LittleMikeyMcD @rollblers I like watching exciting basketball all season long. But I probably won't get as much of that next year because of this.

@Pigroaster_ @BlaiseKood51790 Are we talking about the quad system that says winning at 19-14 (6-12) Oklahoma State is a Quad 1 win?

@rollblers @BlaiseKood51790 If your non conference SOS is in the 300’s and you play 0 quad 1 games in the regular season you shouldn’t be in

@BlaiseKood51790 Not even controversial. Also need to fix metrics. The reason pre-2020 tourneys had so many mid majors in the mix is bc the metric system (RPI) valued mid major opponents instead of treating them like they’re beating JV teams. It should be alarming that a 31-0 team was like 85

@rollblers I think something that could go towards fixing the bubble is you have to be at least 500 in conference play to qualify for the tourney.

And if you wanted Miami completely out, you seriously need to reflect on why that was. Because the nerds said their metrics aren’t good?