(03-12-2018 05:38 PM)mturn017 Wrote:  

(03-12-2018 04:16 PM)CliftonAve Wrote:  

(03-12-2018 04:06 PM)Fighting Muskie Wrote:  With the selection committee showing an increasing level of favoritism towards the major conferences and at-large bids among the mid-majors being increasingly difficult to come by what are the midmajors who value basketball to do?

Wichita St has fled to the AAC. Gonzaga seems poised to run to the MWC for sanctuary (and are praying BYU will follow).

Is it time for the best of those left behind to try to band together into a new league to try and hang on?

Mark Adams, who covers a lot of games on ESPN 3, has made a suggestion in the past that the stronger mid-majors form an out of conference scheduling alliance. He further suggests these schools avoid the Blue Blood basketball programs and selectively attack the lower tier P5 schools whom they are capable of beating; thus improving their RPI and having the head to head victory over the lower tier P5 schools. He believes this is a recipe for a midmajor to wrestle a bid away from a "lesser" P5 school. Easier said that done I know.

That's almost exactly what MT did. Played a H&H with FGCU this season (who turned out to no be that great), annual games with Murray St., Belmont. Then played Vandy, Ole Miss, USC, Auburn & Miami. Ended with an RPI of 33.

They were 4-6 vs RPI top 100 teams. 1-4 of that being OOC. It's great they play those good games- but you have to you know actually win those games.