Michael Walsh

Shoutout to my guy, Michael Walsh, 102nd in the WORLD😳. He took 4 MAJOR gambles that ALL paid off (Iowa>UF, Illinois F4, Texas S16, Tenn E8). Highest I’ve EVER seen someone. He’s in the bracket stats group chat- predicting a bracket is NOT 100% luck. I pray I didn’t jinx him 🤞

Go look at the mid-majors in the top-100 of KenPom and who they played in the non-conference. Belmont: No P5 games Akron: Played at Purdue Yale: Played at Alabama McNeese: Played at Michigan Utah Valley: Played at Boise and SDSU Stephen F. Austin: No P5 Games Northern Iowa: Played at Saint Mary’s, neutral vs Tulsa (MTE) Illinois State: played at USC & Utah State High Point: No P5 games Hawaii: played at Oregon, home vs Arizona State Liberty: played at NC State That’s 11 traditional one bid league teams in the top-100. Only one (Hawaii) played multiple P5 foes — and one was because ASU was already playing in Hawaii for an MTE. We aren’t having a serious conversation if we aren’t acknowledging that high-major teams typically don’t want to pay and play mid-majors they can lose to. There’s no benefit to them in doing so for the most part. In turn, people get mad at the mids as a result.

WHAT A WIN! WE NEVER DOUBTED THE LEATHERNECKS

Happy Mid-Major Thursday to all who celebrate