Complaints aside, it is true that we easily have the most difficult region. Wright St is definitely the best 4 seed and is as good if not better than many 3 seeds. And Liberty is one of the better 3 seeds. Duke is also one of the better 2 seeds. The region is not very balanced relative to the other regions
put it this way, they are good enough to beat us (twice) if we don't play well.......if we play well, we will roll through the region.I do wonder how inflated the perception of Wright State is given their schedule. Outside of Vanderbilt and Alabama in the non-conference, they played a handful of poor opponents repeatedly during conference because of COVID-19 restrictions. Are they as good as the numbers suggest? Their RPI is Top 25, but Fairfield has the #3 RPI and they didn't play a single game outside of their horrible conference.
Maybe I'm just trying to convince myself it's not as bad as I think it is but there are at least plenty of question marks about this Wright State team.
They’re getting votes in the USA Today Coaches poll. Equivalent of a #40 ranking. Which is 3 seed territory.I do wonder how inflated the perception of Wright State is given their schedule. Outside of Vanderbilt and Alabama in the non-conference, they played a handful of poor opponents repeatedly during conference because of COVID-19 restrictions. Are they as good as the numbers suggest? Their RPI is Top 25, but Fairfield has the #3 RPI and they didn't play a single game outside of their horrible conference.
Maybe I'm just trying to convince myself it's not as bad as I think it is but there are at least plenty of question marks about this Wright State team.
Complaints aside, it is true that we easily have the most difficult region. Wright St is definitely the best 4 seed and is as good if not better than many 3 seeds. And Liberty is one of the better 3 seeds. Duke is also one of the better 2 seeds. The region is not very balanced relative to the other regions