AggieFBObsession wrote: ↑

March 19th, 2024, 9:41 pm

SLB wrote: ↑

March 19th, 2024, 8:45 pm

UVA was the 3rd place team in the ACC.
Colorado State was the 7th place team in the MWC.

I had to go and check this fact, but it's true. Virginia finished higher in the standings than Clemson. What does that say about the Clemson vs New Mexico game if the transitive property were true?

Vegas already favors the Lobos.

Sl7vk wrote: ↑

March 19th, 2024, 9:44 pm

AggieFBObsession wrote: ↑

March 19th, 2024, 9:41 pm

SLB wrote: ↑

March 19th, 2024, 8:45 pm

UVA was the 3rd place team in the ACC.
Colorado State was the 7th place team in the MWC.

I had to go and check this fact, but it's true. Virginia finished higher in the standings than Clemson. What does that say about the Clemson vs New Mexico game if the transitive property were true?

Vegas already favors the Lobos.

Not by enough points, apparently.

AggieFBObsession wrote: ↑

March 19th, 2024, 9:41 pm

SLB wrote: ↑

March 19th, 2024, 8:45 pm

UVA was the 3rd place team in the ACC.
Colorado State was the 7th place team in the MWC.

I had to go and check this fact, but it's true. Virginia finished higher in the standings than Clemson. What does that say about the Clemson vs New Mexico game if the transitive property were true?

This goes back to my point about UNLV.
Indiana State and UNLV should have been in the NCAA tournament.

All the commentators and broadcasters kept on justifying why UVA is playing bad. Maybe the MW is actually a good conference?

CSU beats Texas
NM beats Clemson
SDSU beats UAB
Boise beats Colorado
Nevada beats Dayton

And

TCU beats USU . . .

Medved is obnoxious on the sidelines, but he seems like a good dude off the court.

More good things to come from the MWC in the tourney this week.

UVA was a top 5 defense and got completely shredded.

Too bad I don't have a CSU shirt to walk around Cville with tomorrow.

Yossarian wrote: ↑

March 19th, 2024, 8:11 pm

The #3 team in the ACC has scored 14 points in the first half against the #6 team in the MW and trail by 13.

I live in ACC country, and all season I have been listening to people say that the MWC was overrated, our NET was inflated, and that teams like Syracuse or Pitt would easily be in first place in the MWC. This game has been so incredibly sweet. I can't wait to see some of my ACC friends and say, "So, what did you think of the game last night?"

thrashsoundly wrote: ↑

March 19th, 2024, 9:49 pm

UVA was a top 5 defense and got completely shredded.

Kinda, CSU Has only scored less than 70 points in two other victories and it was against SJSU and Creighton, so I think the defense did an okay job, the offense was horrid.

AggieFBObsession wrote: ↑

March 19th, 2024, 9:41 pm

SLB wrote: ↑

March 19th, 2024, 8:45 pm

UVA was the 3rd place team in the ACC.
Colorado State was the 7th place team in the MWC.

I had to go and check this fact, but it's true. Virginia finished higher in the standings than Clemson. What does that say about the Clemson vs New Mexico game if the transitive property were true?

Great start for the MW! Would love for us to get all 6 in the field of 32.

MrBiggle wrote: ↑

March 19th, 2024, 9:55 pm

thrashsoundly wrote: ↑

March 19th, 2024, 9:49 pm

UVA was a top 5 defense and got completely shredded.

Kinda, CSU Has only scored less than 70 points in one other victory and it was at SJSU, so I think the defense did an okay job, the offense was horrid.

Tony Bennett wouldn't be able to keep his job in the MWC with that kind of offense. It's offensive!

StanfordAggie wrote: ↑

March 19th, 2024, 9:53 pm

Yossarian wrote: ↑

March 19th, 2024, 8:11 pm

The #3 team in the ACC has scored 14 points in the first half against the #6 team in the MW and trail by 13.

I live in ACC country, and all season I have been listening to people say that the MWC was overrated, our NET was inflated, and that teams like Syracuse or Pitt would easily be in first place in the MWC. This game has been so incredibly sweet. I can't wait to see some of my ACC friends and say, "So, what did you think of the game last night?"

Whereabouts, if I may ask?

I think I did my calculations right, but we could get 5 teams into the Elite 8, and the 6th team to the sweet 16 (UNM and Nevada would meet). That would mean that 5 teams played 4 games each and one team played 3 games.

That is 23 game shares at about $2M each. There is a perfect world in which the conference takes home almost $50M from this tournament. That number would be WILD!!!

jpswensen wrote: ↑

March 19th, 2024, 10:23 pm

I think I did my calculations right, but we could get 5 teams into the Elite 8, and the 6th team to the sweet 16 (UNM and Nevada would meet). That would mean that 5 teams played 4 games each and one team played 3 games.

That is 23 game shares at about $2M each. There is a perfect world in which the conference takes home almost $50M from this tournament. That number would be WILD!!!

Lobos will be bustin some brackets!

jpswensen wrote: ↑

March 19th, 2024, 10:23 pm

I think I did my calculations right, but we could get 5 teams into the Elite 8, and the 6th team to the sweet 16 (UNM and Nevada would meet). That would mean that 5 teams played 4 games each and one team played 3 games.

That is 23 game shares at about $2M each. There is a perfect world in which the conference takes home almost $50M from this tournament. That number would be WILD!!!

I haven't looked at the bracket to verify, but I'm pretty sure that no two teams from the same conference can play each other prior to the Elite Eight unless that conference has 9 or more teams in the tournament. So I think we could theoretically have 6 teams in the Elite Eight.

StanfordAggie wrote: ↑

March 19th, 2024, 10:44 pm

I haven't looked at the bracket to verify, but I'm pretty sure that no two teams from the same conference can play each other prior to the Elite Eight unless that conference has 9 or more teams in the tournament. So I think we could theoretically have 6 teams in the Elite Eight.

UNM and UN are both in the same half of their bracket. If each team wins twice they would meet in the Sweet Sixteen. The obligation to prevent replays is Rounds 1 and 2, I believe.

thrashsoundly wrote: ↑

March 19th, 2024, 8:51 pm

Yossarian wrote: ↑

March 19th, 2024, 8:51 pm

Aggie84025 wrote: ↑

March 19th, 2024, 8:41 pm

I guarantee Indiana State would be playing better against CSU than this. Virginia is an embarrassment.

Virginia has too many white guys. They need some ball players.

Maybe Craig Smith can take over.

Who?

StanfordAggie wrote:

jpswensen wrote: ↑

March 19th, 2024, 10:23 pm

I think I did my calculations right, but we could get 5 teams into the Elite 8, and the 6th team to the sweet 16 (UNM and Nevada would meet). That would mean that 5 teams played 4 games each and one team played 3 games.

That is 23 game shares at about $2M each. There is a perfect world in which the conference takes home almost $50M from this tournament. That number would be WILD!!!

I haven't looked at the bracket to verify, but I'm pretty sure that no two teams from the same conference can play each other prior to the Elite Eight unless that conference has 9 or more teams in the tournament. So I think we could theoretically have 6 teams in the Elite Eight.

Teams can't play sooner than the elite eight if they met 3x during the season. Teams can't meet before the sweet 16 if they played 2x. If they met once they can play second round.


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AggieFBObsession wrote: ↑

March 19th, 2024, 9:56 pm

MrBiggle wrote: ↑

March 19th, 2024, 9:55 pm

thrashsoundly wrote: ↑

March 19th, 2024, 9:49 pm

UVA was a top 5 defense and got completely shredded.

Kinda, CSU Has only scored less than 70 points in one other victory and it was at SJSU, so I think the defense did an okay job, the offense was horrid.

Tony Bennett wouldn't be able to keep his job in the MWC with that kind of offense. It's offensive!

He's a two-time National Coach of the Year and an NCAA Tournament Champion coach and he couldn't figure out how to stop a lowly Mountain West school that, to East Coast experts, shouldn't even be in the tournament. That's the mighty ACC. The ACC and Big Eastv should bring their more talented teams out west and show us what they are made of in the non-conference schedule. Let the MW teams and their crowds work them over a bit.

Me watching this basketball season has proven that a merger between the PAC 2 and MWC should have just 10 schools (Utah State, Fresno State, Oregon State, Washington State, Boise State, San Diego State, Colorado State, UNLV, New Mexico, and Nevada).
Basketball
The 2023-2024 average NET ranking with the 10 is 69.4. 7 are in the NCAA tournament while UNLV is in the NIT.
Automatic large sum of NCAA tournament money spilt 10 ways while having the ability to get in the big money early season tournaments.
Football
5 of the 10 teams went to bowl games, and 2 of the 5 who didn't make it went 5-7.
The MWC title game has been mainly Boise State, Fresno State, and San Diego State. UNLV and Utah State have gone to the MWC title game recently. I would add the recent history of Oregon State and Washington State has beaten San Jose State, San Diego State, Colorado State (2x), and Boise State in blow outs. The CFP system will allow more money to build up conference.
Air Force and San Jose State drag down the conference with bad non-conference losses despite winning games of late.
Baseball
Oregon State (3-time national champions and currently #3 in the nation), Fresno State, Nevada, San Diego State, UNLV, and New Mew Mexico have had good teams.

QuackAttackAggie wrote: ↑

March 19th, 2024, 10:58 pm

StanfordAggie wrote:

jpswensen wrote: ↑

March 19th, 2024, 10:23 pm

I think I did my calculations right, but we could get 5 teams into the Elite 8, and the 6th team to the sweet 16 (UNM and Nevada would meet). That would mean that 5 teams played 4 games each and one team played 3 games.

That is 23 game shares at about $2M each. There is a perfect world in which the conference takes home almost $50M from this tournament. That number would be WILD!!!

I haven't looked at the bracket to verify, but I'm pretty sure that no two teams from the same conference can play each other prior to the Elite Eight unless that conference has 9 or more teams in the tournament. So I think we could theoretically have 6 teams in the Elite Eight.

Teams can't play sooner than the elite eight if they met 3x during the season. Teams can't meet before the sweet 16 if they played 2x. If they met once they can play second round.


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Well, I'm pretty sure at one point the rule was that two teams from the same conference couldn't meet before the Elite Eight. (That's entirely separate from the rule against rematches. I was under the impression that rematches from the regular season or from the previous year's tournament were prohibited in the first round. They are supposed to be avoided in subsequent rounds, but it's not prohibited outright. I could be wrong, though.) They may have changed the rules at some point, though. I can never keep track of the changes.

StanfordAggie wrote: ↑

March 20th, 2024, 12:51 am

QuackAttackAggie wrote: ↑

March 19th, 2024, 10:58 pm

StanfordAggie wrote:

jpswensen wrote: ↑

March 19th, 2024, 10:23 pm

I think I did my calculations right, but we could get 5 teams into the Elite 8, and the 6th team to the sweet 16 (UNM and Nevada would meet). That would mean that 5 teams played 4 games each and one team played 3 games.

That is 23 game shares at about $2M each. There is a perfect world in which the conference takes home almost $50M from this tournament. That number would be WILD!!!

I haven't looked at the bracket to verify, but I'm pretty sure that no two teams from the same conference can play each other prior to the Elite Eight unless that conference has 9 or more teams in the tournament. So I think we could theoretically have 6 teams in the Elite Eight.

Teams can't play sooner than the elite eight if they met 3x during the season. Teams can't meet before the sweet 16 if they played 2x. If they met once they can play second round.


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Well, I'm pretty sure at one point the rule was that two teams from the same conference couldn't meet before the Elite Eight. (That's entirely separate from the rule against rematches. I was under the impression that rematches from the regular season or from the previous year's tournament were prohibited in the first round. They are supposed to be avoided in subsequent rounds, but it's not prohibited outright. I could be wrong, though.) They may have changed the rules at some point, though. I can never keep track of the changes.

I looked up these rules a couple of weeks ago. Rematches of regular season games can’t happen in the first round and should be “avoided if possible” in the second round.

It used to be true that teams from the same conference couldn’t meet before the Elite Eight, but that obviously isn’t the case anymore.

The box score told the story. CSU with 43 rebounds to Virginia's 24. The blowout wasn't due to a hot night of shooting the three or one guy having a career night, it was just pure physical domination. It's what the Big East and ACC used to do to to other conferences. It is what the MW has been doing all year. If you lose the rebounding battle in the MW, you almost always lose the game. I like the chances of the other MW teams this week(end).

Well done CSU. Happy for class acts like Isaiah Stevens.

FloridaAggie13 wrote: ↑

March 20th, 2024, 6:49 am

The box score told the story. CSU with 43 rebounds to Virginia's 24. The blowout wasn't due to a hot night of shooting the three or one guy having a career night, it was just pure physical domination. It's what the Big East and ACC used to do to to other conferences. It is what the MW has been doing all year. If you lose the rebounding battle in the MW, you almost always lose the game. I like the chances of the other MW teams this week(end).

Well done CSU. Happy for class acts like Isaiah Stevens.

Well to be fair, when you miss almost every shot including easy ones y there’s going to be a lot of rebounds to get. I’m glad CSU got all this rebounds.

slcagg wrote: ↑

March 19th, 2024, 5:06 pm

I don’t get tru tv. Anyone have any tricks?

If anyone cares about not being a pirate, Max for $10 a month gets you the whole tournament if you cancel afterwards.

Elkaggie wrote: ↑

March 20th, 2024, 7:14 am

FloridaAggie13 wrote: ↑

March 20th, 2024, 6:49 am

The box score told the story. CSU with 43 rebounds to Virginia's 24. The blowout wasn't due to a hot night of shooting the three or one guy having a career night, it was just pure physical domination. It's what the Big East and ACC used to do to to other conferences. It is what the MW has been doing all year. If you lose the rebounding battle in the MW, you almost always lose the game. I like the chances of the other MW teams this week(end).

Well done CSU. Happy for class acts like Isaiah Stevens.

Well to be fair, when you miss almost every shot including easy ones y there’s going to be a lot of rebounds to get. I’m glad CSU got all this rebounds.

CSU also played great defense to force many of those misses.

FloridaAggie13 wrote: ↑

March 20th, 2024, 6:49 am

The box score told the story. CSU with 43 rebounds to Virginia's 24. The blowout wasn't due to a hot night of shooting the three or one guy having a career night, it was just pure physical domination. It's what the Big East and ACC used to do to to other conferences. It is what the MW has been doing all year. If you lose the rebounding battle in the MW, you almost always lose the game. I like the chances of the other MW teams this week(end).

Well done CSU. Happy for class acts like Isaiah Stevens.

When one team shoots over 50% and the other like 25% the team shooting over 50% is going to have a lot more rebounds.

I know Boise will have a much more difficult time with Colorado tonight but it is an awesome situation, if Boise wins, hurray, more money. If they lose, hurray, Boise lost!

sam tingey wrote: ↑

March 20th, 2024, 8:51 am

I know Boise will have a much more difficult time with Colorado tonight but it is an awesome situation, if Boise wins, hurray, more money. If they lose, hurray, Boise lost!

At this point, I just want the committee to look as stupid as possible. The fact that they thought UVA was better than Indiana State or St. John’s? Blows my mind! I can’t wait for the MW to do some damage. The only team I am honestly worried about winning a single game is USU.

Aggie84025 wrote: ↑

March 20th, 2024, 8:19 am

FloridaAggie13 wrote: ↑

March 20th, 2024, 6:49 am

The box score told the story. CSU with 43 rebounds to Virginia's 24. The blowout wasn't due to a hot night of shooting the three or one guy having a career night, it was just pure physical domination. It's what the Big East and ACC used to do to to other conferences. It is what the MW has been doing all year. If you lose the rebounding battle in the MW, you almost always lose the game. I like the chances of the other MW teams this week(end).

Well done CSU. Happy for class acts like Isaiah Stevens.

When one team shoots over 50% and the other like 25% the team shooting over 50% is going to have a lot more rebounds.

You don't watch the games.

Gidbob wrote: ↑

March 20th, 2024, 7:58 am

slcagg wrote: ↑

March 19th, 2024, 5:06 pm

I don’t get tru tv. Anyone have any tricks?

If anyone cares about not being a pirate, Max for $10 a month gets you the whole tournament if you cancel afterwards.

if you subscribe to HBO through your cable provider, you get Max included.

Despite ACC standings, Clemson is better than UVA.

However, even before seeing the committee's disrespect for the MWC, I was saying that UNM as a double digit seed would be an absolute nightmare for anyone they go up against. When they're locked in, NM can beat anyone.

AggieIceCream05 wrote: ↑

March 19th, 2024, 9:47 pm

All the commentators and broadcasters kept on justifying why UVA is playing bad. Maybe the MW is actually a good conference?

CSU beats Texas
NM beats Clemson
SDSU beats UAB
Boise beats Colorado
Nevada beats Dayton

And

TCU beats USU . . .

NM to the sweet 16 at least. Mark it down.