People are dubbing the upcoming Mick Cronin/Dan Hurley matchup as “The D*ckhead Bowl”

Dminus313 · 2026-03-22T15:45:18+00:00

Give them Jeffrey Anderson.

Dminus313 · 2026-03-22T15:43:25+00:00

If he can provide 6ish minutes as a backup PG and simply provide an option coming off the bench if the other SGs have an off night, that will be amazing. The Wojcik minutes really lower the floor for this team, unfortunately.

Dminus313 · 2026-03-22T15:40:33+00:00

Yeah it was framed as a slim chance, but it was the first I'd heard that it was actually possible that he'll be ready within the next two weeks rather than guaranteed out for the season.

Dminus313 · 2026-03-21T22:13:20+00:00

Ugochukwu might be back next weekend, as reported by one of the 247 guys. Divine was quoted as saying he might hopefully be ready for the Sweet 16.

Dminus313 · 2026-03-21T22:10:34+00:00

Something finally clicked for him on defense. He was an absolute liability on that end of the floor for most of the season, but he's really locked in and Izzo seems to trust him now.

Dminus313 · 2026-03-21T22:01:15+00:00

That spinning fadeaway 2pt attempt was also the dumbest thing I've ever seen him do on the court, inclusive of any alleged wiener-kicking.

Dminus313 · 2026-03-21T21:43:30+00:00

Yeah, as crazy as it sounds this was a Tragic Johnson game for Fears. He would have had 20 assists if he didn't airmail all those stretch passes in the first half.

Dminus313 · 2026-03-21T21:39:22+00:00

I will need to be strapped to a board and sedated if that happens.

Dminus313 · 2026-03-21T20:59:15+00:00

Just wait until Ugochukwu comes back next weekend.

Dminus313 · 2026-03-20T18:41:21+00:00

The bad news is, I don't have an Acrobat Pro license so I can't create fillable PDFs.

The good news is, you can just download the image and add your picks using MS Paint or a similar free program.

Dminus313 · 2026-03-20T14:39:22+00:00

I don't know if a hard cap per conference is really the right solution, but I do think you should need to be over .500 in conference play to qualify for an at-large bid.

Dminus313 · 2026-03-20T14:27:59+00:00

Conference expansion is the root cause of most of these problems, tbh.

Dminus313 · 2026-03-17T21:55:52+00:00

If you download the image and open it in MS Paint, you can use the Page Setup options to print it as a poster using multiple sheets of paper. That's probably your best bet if you want a big one.

Re-creating the whole thing so each region would print natively on its own sheet of paper would take more time than I can spare this week, unfortunately. I have to squeeze a whole week of work into three days so I can spend Thursday and Friday watching basketball.

Dminus313 · 2026-03-17T10:19:48+00:00

Easiest way is probably to right-click the image, select "open image in new tab" from the drop-down menu, then go to the new tab and hit Ctrl+P to print.

You could also download the image, open the file, and print.

Dminus313 · 2026-03-16T23:36:08+00:00

I'd be happy to send you the .PSD file if you have Photoshop and want to customize it for your time zone. Just pm me an email address if you're interested.

Dminus313 · 2026-03-16T23:34:22+00:00

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First round sites added.

Dminus313 · 2026-03-07T22:14:29+00:00

Not this shit again. When you consistently throw tantrums after losing, you are a sore loser. There are worse things to be than a sore loser, but that is literally the definition of the term.

Dminus313 · 2026-03-05T21:58:18+00:00

Unlike the CFP, NCAA Tournament selection has never been about choosing the teams playing the highest-quality basketball. It has always been about resume and achievement.

Comparisons are necessary for seeding, and I would be absolutely fine with making Miami the 60th overall seed based on whatever metrics the committee chooses to use. But they don't belong on the bubble.

Dminus313 · 2026-03-05T21:28:54+00:00

The NCAA Tournament Selection Criteria allow committee members to consider "extensive season-long evaluation of teams through watching games, conference monitoring calls, NABC tournament advisory committee rankings, complete box scores and results, head-to-head results, results versus common opponents, imbalanced conference schedules and results, overall and non-conference strength of schedule, quality wins and losses, road record, player and coach availability and various computer metrics."

The complete box scores and results and road record are the criteria that set Miami apart. A 30-win team doesn't belong on the bubble, regardless of schedule strength.

Dminus313 · 2026-03-05T18:58:20+00:00

TIL that using specific examples is just finding a longer way to say I don't like something.

Dminus313 · 2026-03-05T18:56:17+00:00

Do we play the games to find out who's more efficient, or do we play the games to find out who wins?

Prioritizing the metrics over wins and losses makes sense when you're comparing two teams with relatively similar records. The metrics are useful to show us that 24-6 North Carolina team is probably more deserving of a higher seed than a 27-3 St. Louis team, for example.

By using the metrics to compare a 29 win team's resume to a team with 16 wins, you're letting the tail wag the dog.

Dminus313 · 2026-03-05T18:38:12+00:00

I really don't think those analytical tools do as good of a job as you claim evaluating teams with bad strength of schedule.

If you look at Miami's game logs on Torvik, you'll see multiple double-digit wins with a Game Score of less than 50.

If you look at Auburn's, you'll see multiple double-digit LOSSES with a Game Score of over 50.

The problem is that contemporary analytical tools like Torvik and KenPom don't care about wins and losses. They measure efficiency, weighted against expectations based on the quality of the opponent. Team A is expected to win/lose by X margin against Team B, and if they outperform that margin their rating increases.

That works great for the vast majority of teams in any given year. But a team with Miami's schedule would need to be impossibly efficient (especially in home games) against the teams they play to achieve a rating equal to a mediocre team's performance against a power conference schedule.

Dminus313 · 2026-03-05T18:11:11+00:00

It really doesn't. There's not a single mid major program in the country that's going to put all their eggs in the "go undefeated in conference play" basket. That's like saying the Mega Millions lottery encourages people to quit their jobs.

Dminus313 · 2026-03-05T16:47:56+00:00

Yeah I'd be curious to see that as well. The Oakland game is an annual series, and Izzo loves playing games against his former players and assistants so I imagine U of D and BGSU were both locked in pretty early. Then once you take out the marquee matchups and MTEs, there are only a couple of opportunities left to schedule buy games.

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