Losing Micah hurts our chances of a deep run a lot, but if we avoid foul trouble we can still make some noise. I feel pretty good about our bracket placement and especially the timing. The extra day is huge for this team, all things considered.
The fouls are what concern me as well. It seems like Micah and Haugh both have 3-4 each per game. Haugh and Condon have to be smart with contesting shots, just got to hope it doesn't affect their aggressiveness too much.
Keep in mind folks that we weren't the only ones to get the shaft. There are quite a few teams that won 20 games, had mid 20s NET and KENPOM stats and didn't make the dance. One thing was very apparent, the conference tournaments had no bearing on the selection other than teams that got in because they won their tournament (meaning, without that win, they aren't going), and it affected overall seeding. From what I've been reading and viewing on TV is that we got 7th because we lost a key player and we won't be able to sub in a replacement until the NCAA tourney begins. We didn't get the chance to show we could win without him, would have been better to have lost him in the Georgia game and working our way to the SEC title game.
I have the same thoughts about Shimmy, if he's practicing at a high level and can prvode significant contributions, might be worth burning the redshirt. If he played well and got us to the Sweet 16, the free advertising would be well worth the the expense.
There are times to do what is best for the team and then there are times to do what is best for the player. Feels like the latter.
I think the algos like NET or Kempom, have underrated UF a tad this year, but it should not be any big surprise UF landed as a seven. Bracket matrix has UF as the 1st 7seed. It's the tourney you play what your dealt, there is no cryin' in Bracketville. ;~ The Bracket Project's Bracket Matrix - 2024
actually, you can play in a handful of games in still get redshirted. Don’t know if when the games are played (early season or late in the season) matters or not. here is the rule that I think applies… Players can participate in up to 30% of games in modern conferences before losing their redshirt.
One thing the analytics models do…they give massive credit to blowout wins. Even against bad teams. Beat a bad team by 9 is rewarded less than by beating a bad team by 30. That is one reason Auburn is rated so highly by the models.
Are you sure? You have ti declare redshirting early in basketball and it can’t change. Tom Izzo calls out NCAA over disparity between football, basketball
Our OOC SOS was #89. Alabama's was #3. Bama's overall SOS was #1, ours was #31. Alabama's RPI is #14, ours is #26. The committee has said for years they look at a team's entire body of work more so than head to head match-ups. And they have been rewarding teams that play tougher OOC schedules. I just looked and Alabama is actually 6-9 in Quad 1 games, Auburn 5-6, Florida is 4-8, Kentucky 6-5. RPI (Live) - 2024 Men's College Basketball | WarrenNolan.com
There's one kenpom team (#25 St. John's) and one NET team (#28 Indiana St) ranked in the 20s that didn't make the tourney.
Both should be legitimately pissed. If you're going to hang your hat on your NET rankings, NCAA people, then don't ignore the teams that were strong in it.
That's strange, because the NET website is reporting differently. https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/basketball-men/d1/ncaa-mens-basketball-net-rankings AL........4-10 Aub......3-7 FL........6-8 KY........6-7
That doesn't appear to be accurate. UF by my count played 14 Q1 games (Baylor, Pitt, WF, UK (2), Bama (3), Tennessee, Auburn (2), A&M (2), S. Carolina. I agree that the SOS was the determining factor, but they just reward teams for playing tough OOC games, even if they lose all of them like Bama did (Creighton, Zona, Clemson, Purdue).
