2025 NCAA Tourney Bracketology

[TopherB560]

 

[Boom Soon]

Joe Bam, leading scorer for VCU!

Joe Bam will always be the biggest mystery to me during the Moser era

 

[jdizzle34]

Short-term gain for long-term pain. OU will struggle big-time next year because Moser won't be able to replace Fears, and donors still don't support him, so NIL won't be flowing, either. Oh well.

 

[IndySooner]

Why can't they play in Dayton?

Conference champs can’t play in the play-in round.

 

[MJSooner]

Conference champs can’t play in the play-in round.

Exactly, as they auto qualified for the tournament, and technically, those are "play-in" games for the Final 64.

 

[NickZepp]

Short-term gain for long-term pain. OU will struggle big-time next year because Moser won't be able to replace Fears, and donors still don't support him, so NIL won't be flowing, either. Oh well.

Replacing a scorer like McCollum was considered hard too we found better. Fear as a talent is not easily replaceable but you can find scorers in college basketball at guard.

 

[NickZepp]

The games today have been great so far. Tenn/Aub and Wisconsin/Michigan State are good ones.

 

[stormspencer]

No, not at all. If UNC makes it, is is solely due to their noncon SOS. They had one of the five or six toughest in the country. If they get it, that will be the reason. We missed last year mainly due to a noncon SOS in the low 200s.

I'm with ya on having a strong non-con because it tends to make a a difference when resumes are close. However, my main problem with UNC is that you actually have to win some of those tougher non-con games....which they only beat UCLA. I know conference records don't necessarily matter, but the ACC sucks outside of three teams. UNC's best Kenpom conference win was at home against SMU (#49).....are you kidding me? I don't think UNC has any business making the field. On the same token, what irritates me more is the Mountain f***ing West likely getting 4 or 5 teams in the field. Most, if not all, will crap out early like they usually do (exception being the SDSU team a few years back).

 

[TEvans4Three]

I'm with ya on having a strong non-con because it tends to make a a difference when resumes are close. However, my main problem with UNC is that you actually have to win some of those tougher non-con games....which they only beat UCLA. I know conference records don't necessarily matter, but the ACC sucks outside of three teams. UNC's best Kenpom conference win was at home against SMU (#49).....are you kidding me? I don't think UNC has any business making the field. On the same token, what irritates me more is the Mountain f***ing West likely getting 4 or 5 teams in the field. Most, if not all, will crap out early like they usually do (exception being the SDSU team a few years back).

Agree, doesn't matter how strong your NONCON is if you cant win any tough games. May as well just schedule all top-10 teams, get destroyed and say, Look at our tough NONCON though.

Their best win is vs. KP 26 UCLA. 2nd best?49 SMU. 3rd best? 61 Pitt. Those are their best 3 wins of the entire season.

Losses? 82 Stanford, 72 WF, 61 Pitt.

They have 0 Top-25 wins. OU has 3...let that sink in.

Overall SOS: 42. OU? 14.

UNC does not belong.

 

[NickZepp]

Memphis/Tulane is one to watch for those on the bubble. If Memphis goes down the AAC will get an extra bid.

 

[WichitaSooner]

I'm with ya on having a strong non-con because it tends to make a a difference when resumes are close. However, my main problem with UNC is that you actually have to win some of those tougher non-con games....which they only beat UCLA. I know conference records don't necessarily matter, but the ACC sucks outside of three teams. UNC's best Kenpom conference win was at home against SMU (#49).....are you kidding me? I don't think UNC has any business making the field. On the same token, what irritates me more is the Mountain f***ing West likely getting 4 or 5 teams in the field. Most, if not all, will crap out early like they usually do (exception being the SDSU team a few years back).

Oh I agree … I don’t think they should make it. But I just wanted to point out that their profile is not similar to ours last year. In a way, it’s polar opposite.

 

[CoachTalk]

Agree, doesn't matter how strong your NONCON is if you cant win any tough games. May as well just schedule all top-10 teams, get destroyed and say, Look at our tough NONCON though.

Their best win is vs. KP 26 UCLA. 2nd best?49 SMU. 3rd best? 61 Pitt. Those are their best 3 wins of the entire season.

Losses? 82 Stanford, 72 WF, 61 Pitt.

They have 0 Top-25 wins. OU has 3...let that sink in.

Overall SOS: 42. OU? 14.

UNC does not belong.

Ding ding ding!

Don’t lose your ncaa hopes in non conf!

 

[MercedeSooner]

Agree, doesn't matter how strong your NONCON is if you cant win any tough games. May as well just schedule all top-10 teams, get destroyed and say, Look at our tough NONCON though.

Their best win is vs. KP 26 UCLA. 2nd best?49 SMU. 3rd best? 61 Pitt. Those are their best 3 wins of the entire season.

Losses? 82 Stanford, 72 WF, 61 Pitt.

They have 0 Top-25 wins. OU has 3...let that sink in.

Overall SOS: 42. OU? 14.

UNC does not belong.

It’s funny but that conversation turns quickly when the team in that situation isn’t a blue blood like UNC. Somehow all the metrics brought up by the talking heads focus on exactly that, the inability win any of those games.

 

[NickZepp]

Memphis will survive for now. Bubble teams around the country are good with that.

 

[TINY]

It’s funny but that conversation turns quickly when the team in that situation isn’t a blue blood like UNC. Somehow all the metrics brought up by the talking heads focus on exactly that, the inability win any of those games.

This is the correct answer. Unc will win just about any beauty contest. And I would absolutely put them in over any bubble mwc team.

 

[TSSR]

OU beat a Big Ten championship finalist in the noncon, a Big 12 championship finalist in the noncon, and an ACC championship finalist in the noncon. Yeah. The noncon was kind to OU this year.

 

[NickZepp]

The MWC game is a fake bid stealer really. Boise is listed as the last team in but if they lose they probably fall to out most likely. So really this is just a regular championship game where the winner gets in.

 

[NickZepp]

That is especially true with Boise down by over 20 with 8 minutes left scoring less than 40.

 

[stormspencer]

The MWC game is a fake bid stealer really. Boise is listed as the last team in but if they lose they probably fall to out most likely. So really this is just a regular championship game where the winner gets in.

Boise getting smoked....hopefully that leaves a final impression in the committee's mind. MWC is a joke.

 

[NickZepp]

Boise getting smoked....hopefully that leaves a final impression in the committee's mind. MWC is a joke.

Yeah but it really didn't matter since Colorado State is gonna basically take a spot anyway.