2023 AAC MBB Tourney Thread
Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2023 4:28 pm
We will play Friday night at 8 against the winner of the WSU-Tulsa game .
Although most conferences have byes, it makes sense for 1 bid conferences. Only the tournament winner is getting in, so the teams that did well in the regular season should have an advantage.Tulane1111 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 05, 2023 10:10 pm I liked the Tourneys where everyone plays the first day….
I guess those days are long gone in most conferences.
The ACC has 4 teams getting a double bye!anEngineer wrote: ↑Sun Mar 05, 2023 10:33 pmAlthough most conferences have byes, it makes sense for 1 bid conferences. Only the tournament winner is getting in, so the teams that did well in the regular season should have an advantage.Tulane1111 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 05, 2023 10:10 pm I liked the Tourneys where everyone plays the first day….
I guess those days are long gone in most conferences.
Weak schedule and the 7-4 non-conference record sealed our fate early on. Hopefully coach learned from this big mistake.winwave wrote: ↑Mon Mar 06, 2023 6:33 pm NIT is a long shot:
https://www.nola.com/sports/tulane/note ... fe916.html
The tool the selection committee uses to fill out the field for both tournaments is hurt by a non-conference strength of schedule ranked 284th.
If we had 12 teams instead of 11, we wouldn't have that double bye. You would have 4 byes and the other 8 would play for the other 4 spots.Tulane1111 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 06, 2023 6:15 pm Yes that double bye is really something else!, basically two separate, have to play the first won and win some games to get into the 2nd one….
Again, to a certain extent I understand it. Why should a team that has been terrible all year get the same path as a team that has dominated? Double bye is a bit much.DfromCT wrote: ↑Mon Mar 06, 2023 5:53 pmThe ACC has 4 teams getting a double bye!anEngineer wrote: ↑Sun Mar 05, 2023 10:33 pmAlthough most conferences have byes, it makes sense for 1 bid conferences. Only the tournament winner is getting in, so the teams that did well in the regular season should have an advantage.Tulane1111 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 05, 2023 10:10 pm I liked the Tourneys where everyone plays the first day….
I guess those days are long gone in most conferences.
No, you're wrong Robert. Or more accurately, you confused a discussion about the ACC bracket with the AAC bracket. The ACC has 4 teams getting a double bye. Yes, those four teams will play teams that have already won 2 games to earn the right to play them.RobertM320 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 06, 2023 9:04 pm People are misunderstanding the term "double bye". No one is getting byes in two rounds. It just means both teams in a second round game got a bye in the first round.
1 - Houston
Will be very interesting to see the schedule next year. After 4 years, he's done a good job turning the team around and competing for the top of the conference. It's time to take it up a notch and actually punch a ticket to March Madness.tpstulane wrote: ↑Mon Mar 06, 2023 7:48 pmWeak schedule and the 7-4 non-conference record sealed our fate early on. Hopefully coach learned from this big mistake.winwave wrote: ↑Mon Mar 06, 2023 6:33 pm NIT is a long shot:
https://www.nola.com/sports/tulane/note ... fe916.html
Didn’t take a genius to know this:The tool the selection committee uses to fill out the field for both tournaments is hurt by a non-conference strength of schedule ranked 284th.
Just play Memphis’ non-conference schedule. That’s a nice schedule and fan friendly.Ruski wrote: ↑Sat Mar 11, 2023 7:44 amWill be very interesting to see the schedule next year. After 4 years, he's done a good job turning the team around and competing for the top of the conference. It's time to take it up a notch and actually punch a ticket to March Madness.tpstulane wrote: ↑Mon Mar 06, 2023 7:48 pmWeak schedule and the 7-4 non-conference record sealed our fate early on. Hopefully coach learned from this big mistake.winwave wrote: ↑Mon Mar 06, 2023 6:33 pm NIT is a long shot:
https://www.nola.com/sports/tulane/note ... fe916.html
Didn’t take a genius to know this:The tool the selection committee uses to fill out the field for both tournaments is hurt by a non-conference strength of schedule ranked 284th.
I think outside of Nevada, every single OOC team ended up 150+ in NET. Many in 250+ territory. That's quite bad with Tulsa (323), SMU (209), ECU (187), USF (160) accounting for 8 games already.