Selection Show / Bracket Discussion

[hoopsaustin]

Acuff was on fire. Would have been great to beat them though.

Double him 6 seconds left before half but what do I know compared to 20% Moser..

 

[ITB THE SOONERS]

 

[TINY]

Go win the NIT. We've never done that.

Screw that. Moser doesn’t deserve to have a postseason unless he is footing the bill for all of ou’s expenses.

 

[CoachTalk]

Disappointing...

 

[Hecubus]

Not sure why you would pay for a postseason party for mercenaries who didn’t win.

 

[Boomer6671]

Can't believe we didn't get in after all of Calipari's love of PM. Thought for sure that would cinch it.

 

[SoonerBounce13]

Just amazing. Screw Porter Moser. The man is just astonishingly stupid. Replace two 300 teams with Q3 games and we are in. Foul at Mizzou and we are in. Don’t go a month without a win and we are in. He can’t do any of those things.

I doubt a slighter better nonconference gets us in honestly

 

[MJSooner]

I doubt a slighter better nonconference gets us in honestly

Agreed. It would have helped but I think we needed another Q1 win or two to switch places with SMU

 

[sooner333]

I doubt a slighter better nonconference gets us in honestly

I agree with this. If our competition is Miami (OH) then no amount of better scheduling gets us in if it’s at the margins.

 

[mict085]

Why would we play the NIT when that’s going to cost us a lot of money. If we can’t fire moser then we can’t afford to play in a BS meaningless tournament.

 

[sooner333]

 

[WTSooner]

When did they start with the different criteria to get teams into the Tournament, then a different set to rank/seed them? That sounds extremely dumb when they talk thru it, and I don't remember that always being the case.

 

[WTSooner]

I doubt a slighter better nonconference gets us in honestly

I don't know man. Our numbers might look a lot different if you replace a few of those games against the bottom 25 teams in D1 with teams closer to 150-200. Seems small, but I think it moves the numbers quite a bit.

 

[AnotherSoonerInTX]

Miami (OH) won 8 games by three points or less, including 2 in overtime. If they lose just one of those, they're 30-2 and probably getting ready for the NIT.

The committee wasn't going to leave a team out that was 31-0 in the regular season, no matter how many tomato cans they played. But the committee sent them to nearby Dayton for the First Four. SMU will be the best team they've played all year.

 

[hoopsaustin]

Miami (OH) won 8 games by three points or less, including 2 in overtime. If they lose just one of those, they're 30-2 and probably getting ready for the NIT.

The committee wasn't going to leave a team out that was 31-0 in the regular season, no matter how many tomato cans they played. But the committee sent them to nearby Dayton for the First Four. SMU will be the best team they've played all year.

And they will lose too I'm sure

 

[colston15]

Why would we play the NIT when that’s going to cost us a lot of money. If we can’t fire moser then we can’t afford to play in a BS meaningless tournament.

The Crown is a better option. No home games, the players can win money and it was a springboard for Nebraska last season.

 

[sooner333]

The Crown is a better option. No home games, the players can win money and it was a springboard for Nebraska last season.

I think the Crown is aligned with the Big Ten, Big East, and Big 12.

From USA Today: “The 2026 edition will remain in Las Vegas, but with a smaller field of just eight teams. It will have the top two teams from the Big Ten, Big 12 and Big East that didn't receive an NCAA Tournament bid, as well as two wild card selections determined by its committee.”

 

[colston15]

I think the Crown is aligned with the Big Ten, Big East, and Big 12.

From USA Today: “The 2026 edition will remain in Las Vegas, but with a smaller field of just eight teams. It will have the top two teams from the Big Ten, Big 12 and Big East that didn't receive an NCAA Tournament bid, as well as two wild card selections determined by its committee.”

That sucks. NIT seems like a bad option.

 

[WTSooner]

I think the Crown is aligned with the Big Ten, Big East, and Big 12.

From USA Today: “The 2026 edition will remain in Las Vegas, but with a smaller field of just eight teams. It will have the top two teams from the Big Ten, Big 12 and Big East that didn't receive an NCAA Tournament bid, as well as two wild card selections determined by its committee.”

Even more of a reason to avoid the NIT. It's going to be a poo poo platter of opponents.