SFAJack_76 said:

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The move to the WAC was the right move. It's not just about basketball! All of our sports have to upgrade to compete in the WAC vs the SLC. Staying in a crap conference so you can dominate it is no way to achieve the vision of being the leading mid major program in the country.

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Standing ovation

I don't think anyone here disagrees that it was the right move. Basketball just happens to be the real first sport to benefit (albeit in a way where the Lumberjacks don't make the NCAA's this year).

However while it may make all sports better, it was sold as a football move. It remains to be seen whether it actually works out for them.

There is something to be said for the Gonzaga approach, or the Texas Southern Approach, but you've got to win games.

That said, we've got the best practice facility in the WAC that I've seen, one of the best coaches, & the best winning tradition.

This place can be ours and perhaps if we're lucky, a 10-12 seed on the good years.

I do also like that the WAC has more sports(let's see swimming and men's soccer), and better crowds to compete against.

Staying would have been a risk. So was leaving. I hope we get back to winning with our golden ticket and it pays off big time, because the cieling is higher in the WAC.

BigJack85 said:

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TallTexan said:

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I was originally a big proponent of staying in the southland for that very reason. Nothing is guaranteed, but the pathway to the NCAA would have been far easier.

And the WAC is decently bottom heavy, which kinda sucks.

Current Net for 2023-24 WAC

GCU 92
UVU 114
SFA 117
ACU 123
Seattle 130
SUU 178
Tarleton 212
CBU 219
UTA 234
UTU 272
UTRGV 307
UIW 350
Lamar 354

— WACHoopsDigest (@WACHoopsDigest) March 14, 2022

That said, I'm not sure that the WAC was the wrong decision. We came in day 1 and were the class of the WAC. We don't play 8 games in 20ish days and I think we snag 1 more win and win the whole dang thing.

I think long term, this could work out for us. Better top end competition, better aligned schools, more ability to recruit & win OOC. Only time will tell.

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I'm convinced it was the right move. Lamar is going to get better. They just can't be this bad for soooooo long. I think UVU has all the pieces to be a consistent top 100 NET team. We should settle in around 18. Still MILES ahead of the SLC

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Biggest thing is, conference has to work as a team to make this the best thing possible for everyone. Coordinating on OOC scheduling, crowd environment, etc.

Every little detail needs to be handled from a top down approach like the SEC does. You want to maximize the conference it's about selling the vision and executing on it.

How are the Jackrabbits a 13 seed?

jboy93 said:

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How are the Jackrabbits a 13 seed?

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They beat us, George Mason, and Washington State. But they are in a crap conference. Their NET ranking stayed high. But you're not wrong, NMSU should definitely been a 13 and they should have been a 12.

This is the main complaint I see from others about the bracketing. The NCAA says they developed their NET rankings to be the main evaluator for selection. After NET then they use other criteria. However, NET is all over the place on seeding lines. Most people feel like it's just the panel's eye test. It feels extremely subjective.

Watching the First Four women's game between UIW and Howard is like watching high school-level basketball. Both are terrible.

Notre Dame wins with a putback before the buzzer. I could have gone longer before reading that headline.

I went 2-2 through the first two picks which is officially the longest I've kept a clean sheet in 20 years.

Edit 4-4! Go Richmond!

Just putting this here to show that at one time (before my big Vermont upset pick) I was leading the WAC Hoops field.

nacluth said:

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Just putting this here to show that at one time (before my big Vermont upset pick) I was leading the WAC Hoops field.

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Very good. Making the folks of Nacogdoches proud.

How in the world is UCONN losing by 10 with 22 points and only have 3 turnovers?

NMSU just fed Allen in the second half and the Huskies only have one person who will shoot. Allen having a night leading the Aggies to their first win in 25 years.

Well there went my perfect bracket.

Saint Peter's

Down goes Kentucky! How sweet it is!

Tens of tousands of brackets just busted!

St. Peter's $1.57 M budget

Kentucky $18.3 M budget

BU and Illinois survives. They were outplayed by the Mocs for virtually the whole game. Led for only the last 30 seconds.

If UH wins tonight I think they'll beat Illinois.

SFA Jack Fanatic said:

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BU and Illinois survives. They were outplayed by the Mocs for virtually the whole game. Led for only the last 30 seconds.

If UH wins tonight I think they'll beat Illinois.

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Illinois looked out of sorts. Better pick it up or they will be watching the rest of the tourney

Baylor going to OT with UNC after being down 25 with under 12 to go.

This NMSU game is hard to watch.

It's official. There are now NO unbusted brackets left in the entire US of A.

No one had St. Peter's to the Sweet 16?

nacluth said:

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No one had St. Peter's to the Sweet 16?

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When all is said and done, Saint Peter's is going to reap $100M worth of publicity from this run. It will transform the university. This is why you invest in college sports.

— Jerry Carino (@NJHoopsHaven) March 20, 2022

Jans to Miss State.

Brad Underwood has been much more animated in these two Big Dance games than I ever saw him be at SFA.

SFA Jack Fanatic said:

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Brad Underwood has been much more animated in these two Big Dance games than I ever saw him be at SFA.

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Is it wrong that I don't want him to win!?!