20-21 NCAA MBB COVID season proposals

[BCPanther]

With a shortened Non-Con the MTE becomes damn near must win for an at large.

[CyCarp]

With a shortened Non-Con the MTE becomes damn near must win for an at large.

I'm not so sure. Of the games that are known, if Nov 21 is the start date, we'd only lose N Illinois and Jackson State. It still gives us 2 of our best non conference games outside the MTE - Richmond and NM State. Hopefully we don't have an unknown quality game on the books before the 21st. Regardless, we can probably only afford a couple losses. Myself, I think the Richmond game is more important - I'd prefer going 2-1 in the MTE (as long as it's not terrible loss) and beating Richmond than winning the MTE and losing to Richmond.

[BCPanther]

I'm not so sure. Of the games that are known, if Nov 21 is the start date, we'd only lose N Illinois and Jackson State. It still gives us 2 of our best non conference games outside the MTE - Richmond and NM State. Hopefully we don't have an unknown quality game on the books before the 21st. Regardless, we can probably only afford a couple losses. Myself, I think the Richmond game is more important - I'd prefer going 2-1 in the MTE (as long as it's not terrible loss) and beating Richmond than winning the MTE and losing to Richmond.

Problem is I'm not sure there is a loss in the MTE that isn't problematic in some way. Us and WKU are the two best teams in that field, I'm glad we're on opposite sides.

[CyCarp]

Problem is I'm not sure there is a loss in the MTE that isn't problematic in some way. Us and WKU are the two best teams in that field, I'm glad we're on opposite sides.

True. I do think Miami still holds name value at least. The other P5s are pretty meh though. Also, I didn't think about it, but hopefully all conferences follow along with what the NCAA decides. The Pac-12 said a while back that they wouldn't be playing anything until January. If that holds true, I wonder if they try to get somebody to take Oregon States place. They're on the opposite side of the bracket, but I'm still curious to see how that plays out.