Holy Toledo don't Buffalo me and dont tell Kent but we can have a Ball but we cant go Bowling in with MAC Challenge basketball.
ps WAM excluded
Geaux Cajuns
The bigger picture, in my opinion, is where the Sun Belt is as a basketball league. It is borderline historically bad and it has been for too long.
Those basketball units are worth so much $$, and it seems like the only solution the league has continued to implement is a D1 home game.
Presuming the non-P4 schools get squeezed out of the football playoff and the NCAA basketball tournament expands (it will sooner rather than later), basketball remains vital to increased league revenue, sustainability and indiv school leverage.
And maybe I am wrong, but the mid-majors can still compete in a neutral site win or go home scenario every year despite NIL, transfer and other roadblocks.
I agree completely with this; hence my extreme disappointment with our lack of urgency in trying to move to the PAC. Membership there would be a huge financial boost, would greatly enhance basketball recruiting, and would put control of our destiny back in our own hands. Even a 4th place finish in the PAC would possibly position us for an at large bid, provided our OOC schedule was tough enough.
I’m sure the benevolent NCAA is doing this to help the lessers. Follow the money.
The NCAA is reportedly in discussions to potentially expand the men's basketball tournament from 68 to 72 or 76 teams, possibly as early as the 2026 tournament. NCAA President Charlie Baker has confirmed these discussions with CBS and Warner Bros. Discovery, the media rights holders for March Madness. The expansion would likely involve an increase to either 72 or 76 teams, with 76 being the more favored option.
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Basically, the NCAA is probably using this to thin the 65+ and automatic lower NET seeds from the field.
LoL! Dude Im definitely was one of the loudest critics of the program under Marlin. Unbearable probably. But man, I am as excited as I can get about our new coach! At this point, I don't care much about the schedule. That was already done before he got here. Im just ready to be back in the dome and see us kicking @$$!!!!!!
That is partially true. The MAC games, the conference games, the continuation of home and home series, and a couple of games which were negotiated by the previous staff are on the schedule. However there are a few games in which the current staff has had input on. I am guessing that number is 6. I have heard we will play 31 games due to participation in another MTE. Overall, the jeweler is right in that approximately 80 percent of this schedule had no input from the current staff.
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