I hate the NET and Kenneth.

[hookyIU1990]

Cut the tournament back to 32 teams. Get rid of all the garbage play-in games and first round blowouts. The bottom 32 teams would play the NIT so that tournament would be more interesting and better respected. The other teams that would have made the NIT get nothing except a lesson to do better. Think of the viewers.

I'm afraid it's trending the way I described it.

 

[stollcpa]

I'm afraid it's trending the way I described it.

How bout start with the 32 automatic qualifiers from each conference. That leaves 328 teams. Seed them on an average of NET and Kenpom. Play that 328 down to 32 in 10 days. Then reseed the final 64 and play the Tournament.

 

[ndhuntington]

His offense when he first arrived and for that era was a fun offense to watch. Then in perfect Crean fashion he became infatuated with position-less basketball without having multi position players.. Then the switching defenses in middle of possessions.

Always looking for a gimmick. Didn't have a consistent offensive or defensive philosophy. Which is one reason why he was an inconsistent coach...

It just sucks if you go back to 2007 how good Sampson had us..

 

[Chicago-bound Hoosier]

Cut the tournament back to 32 teams. Get rid of all the garbage play-in games and first round blowouts. The bottom 32 teams would play the NIT so that tournament would be more interesting and better respected. The other teams that would have made the NIT get nothing except a lesson to do better. Think of the viewers.

There is logic to that. However less teams =less games = less tv/ ad and on site game revenues. Money talks. Never gonna happen.

 

[hookyIU1990]

How bout start with the 32 automatic qualifiers from each conference. That leaves 328 teams. Seed them on an average of NET and Kenpom. Play that 328 down to 32 in 10 days. Then reseed the final 64 and play the Tournament.

Isn't that basically what we have now with the conference tournaments?

I was literally just amusing myself by riffing off of critic's tounge in cheek post about participation trophies and not keeping score.

 

[stollcpa]

Isn't that basically what we have now with the conference tournaments?

I was literally just amusing myself by riffing off of critic's tounge in cheek post about participation trophies and not keeping score.

Maybe I didn’t explain well enough. After conference tournaments are done and automatic qualifiers are determined, I start the NCAA tournament with all non auto qualifiers. I give the auto qualifiers a bye until the remaining schools are down to 32.

 

[.Gerdis]

Maybe I didn’t explain well enough. After conference tournaments are done and automatic qualifiers are determined, I start the NCAA tournament with all non auto qualifiers. I give the auto qualifiers a bye until the remaining schools are down to 32.

Hmm, I’m not opposed to the ideas of byes, but would your scenario have high seeds playing a game and double digit seeds getting a bye?

 

[T.M.P.]

Hmm, I’m not opposed to the ideas of byes, but would your scenario have high seeds playing a game and double digit seeds getting a bye?

The format is fine as it is.. adding to it waters it down... and adding so many makes the regular season moot. No one wants to watch St Peters play North Texas. We do though enjoy watching them beating Purdue.

 

[.Gerdis]

The format is fine as it is.. adding to it waters it down... and adding so many makes the regular season moot. No one wants to watch St Peters play North Texas. We do though enjoy watching them beating Purdue.

So your saying PU would benefit from having a first round bye 🦚 lol

 

[T.M.P.]

So your saying PU would benefit from having a first round bye 🦚 lol

*You're ... vbg

Naw, they would probably still have to play a mid major in the first game and it would still be played in March. Advantage mid major.

 

[stollcpa]

The format is fine as it is.. adding to it waters it down... and adding so many makes the regular season moot. No one wants to watch St Peters play North Texas. We do though enjoy watching them beating Purdue.

The regular season is already watered down in conference play. A team works to win their conference championship then the automatic bid goes to a team that wins a few games in the conference tournament.

 

[jopajackson]

Ohio St has a schedule rated at 17, IU at 34. Ohio St beat Kentucky bye 20, IU has 5 losses at a average of 22.5 per game. Look at Maryland, the have 5 losses but they lose bye only 4.2 per game. Plus their soft schedule rated at 174, they beat their games with Rin Tin Tins and Mary had a little lamb bye a average of 30+, IU half that, so Maryland has a NET of 24, IU at 61. I look for Maryland to join IU on the bubble line soon!

As they should be. Maryland isn’t very good. And the NET sucks ass.

 

[kurt cloverdales]

does Ohio st beating Purdue help our net?

 

[CriticArisen]

Isn't that basically what we have now with the conference tournaments?

I was literally just amusing myself by riffing off of critic's tounge in cheek post about participation trophies and not keeping score.

Isn't that basically what we have now with the conference tournaments?

I was literally just amusing myself by riffing off of critic's tounge in cheek post about participation trophies and not keeping score.

We have a nurturing coach that understands losing does not mean you are a loser. IU fans need to be more emotionally supportive of poor shooting and horrible defensive play. Coaches example should help us grow to find the beauty in lackadaisical play.

 

[demunn]

I don’t understand why we even need polls. It damages players’ self esteem. Everyone in Div1 should get a participation trophy. Quit keeping score. Getting beat by 25 at home shouldn’t count!

Polls are predictions that often don't come true. Especially at the beginning of the season pre performance

 

[hookyIU1990]

We have a nurturing coach that understands losing does not mean you are a loser. IU fans need to be more emotionally supportive of poor shooting and horrible defensive play. Coaches example should help us grow to find the beauty in lackadaisical play.

Our genius is lost on some

 

[CriticArisen]

Polls are predictions that often don't come true. Especially at the beginning of the season pre performance

If there were perfect predictions it would suck for sports betting. The NET is intended to measure performance over the entire season and provide an indication how performance season to date ranks against 300+ other teams. Every season we have a period of the NET sucks and IU is getting screwed on this board.

 

[CriticArisen]

Our genius is lost on some

We are winners.

 

[CriticArisen]

does Ohio st beating Purdue help our net?

It should a small amount but when you have the baggage of multiple 25 point losses against top 100 teams it becomes increasingly hard to move the needle. NET isn’t intended to necessarily show how you are playing now. The first game of the season counts as much as your last game. It is a resume of all your games so the games you were boat raced don’t go away. They are part of your resume and don’t disappear.

The big data people at Google and Mark Few assisted the NCAA measure what they wanted to measure and NET is the result. They wanted to measure how a team performed over the entire season so no added value if on a heater at the end of the season vs heater at the beginning of the season. They both count the same.

 

[Blimpy]

does Ohio st beating Purdue help our net?

Little, but the Minnesota winning at Iowa, probably drops IU! Purdue losing at home to OS bye 3 is considered a small upset, IU losing at a Bad Iowa team bye 25, hurts. Iowa's bubble just got popped.

 

[SRIV94]

We went down from 61 to 63.