No one seems to understand how it worked out, but we still made it out of the night with the #4 seed meaning straight to the quarters

T-Dog wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 28, 2026 12:52 am

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Thanks for posting the bracket. I’m happy we made the top four but man this is the most unfair bracket format I’ve ever seen.

We got very fortunate. Full week off to practice and rest. Only have to win 3 games and we miss out on Coastal and Marshall until the final. Great draw.

Not getting my hopes up. This team looks tired at the guard spot with no real depth. That never sets up well for a tournament of any kind. Would be nice to catch fire for a few days, but I just cant see it.

Yah about as lucky a draw as we could hope for. Agree that skipping out on Marshall is great.

We're gonna need more minutes from our bench to win three straight.

3:games in 3 days. Very do-able.
If we get Tx. St. again. I would put Marcus on Hall and Jennings on the little guard. Thought they played the best D on those two

Don’t count out Southern Miss or JMU going on a run and beating Texas State. JMU has been hot and Southern Miss is an enigma.

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Sat Feb 28, 2026 1:17 am

T-Dog wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 28, 2026 12:52 am

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Thanks for posting the bracket. I’m happy we made the top four but man this is the most unfair bracket format I’ve ever seen.

Not trying to pick a fight but what’s unfair about it? It rewards teams that succeed during the regular season. Isn’t that what a one-bid league like the Sun Belt should want?

Makes regular season conference games matter

Seems like they made up their own tiebreakers as they went along and didn’t follow their own rules. That being said, I’m happy we got 4th seed. Not sure Coastal is the 3rd best team in the league.

Teams not playing each other in the regular season made the tiebreakers funky. Every team needs to play every team once, that shouldn’t be difficult.

Saint3333 wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 28, 2026 8:53 am

Teams not playing each other in the regular season made the tiebreakers funky. Every team needs to play every team once, that shouldn’t be difficult.

I think it came down to teams records vs S Miss and JMU. So odd. Texas State got hosed, IMO.

I thought that bracket was a parody joke of some kind. That is the dumbest bracket I've ever seen. If the Belt is that worried about getting one of their top 4 teams in the tourney then just have the top 4 play for the chip.

NattyBumppo'sRevenge wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 28, 2026 9:32 am

Saint3333 wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 28, 2026 8:53 am

Teams not playing each other in the regular season made the tiebreakers funky. Every team needs to play every team once, that shouldn’t be difficult.

I think it came down to teams records vs S Miss and JMU. So odd. Texas State got hosed, IMO.

Agreed tiebreakers are weird given conference setup. I assume the schedules are slanted more East/West for travel costs.

BambooRdApp wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 28, 2026 9:54 am

NattyBumppo'sRevenge wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 28, 2026 9:32 am

Saint3333 wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 28, 2026 8:53 am

Teams not playing each other in the regular season made the tiebreakers funky. Every team needs to play every team once, that shouldn’t be difficult.

I think it came down to teams records vs S Miss and JMU. So odd. Texas State got hosed, IMO.

Agreed tiebreakers are weird given conference setup. I assume the schedules are slanted more East/West for travel costs.

We should just add a game to conference schedule so we play everyone and take away one of our contest against either school of the blind or Bible College.

NattyBumppo'sRevenge wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 28, 2026 9:59 am

BambooRdApp wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 28, 2026 9:54 am

NattyBumppo'sRevenge wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 28, 2026 9:32 am

Saint3333 wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 28, 2026 8:53 am

Teams not playing each other in the regular season made the tiebreakers funky. Every team needs to play every team once, that shouldn’t be difficult.

I think it came down to teams records vs S Miss and JMU. So odd. Texas State got hosed, IMO.

Agreed tiebreakers are weird given conference setup. I assume the schedules are slanted more East/West for travel costs.

We should just add a game to conference schedule so we play everyone and take away one of our contest against either school of the blind or Bible College.

Agree with that 209%. The only game I could make live this year due to work and distance to Boone...was the "Carolina" game. Glorified practice.

appdaze wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 28, 2026 9:37 am

I thought that bracket was a parody joke of some kind. That is the dumbest bracket I've ever seen. If the Belt is that worried about getting one of their top 4 teams in the tourney then just have the top 4 play for the chip.

That would be a much more significant mess, under your proposition three of the 6 teams tied at 11-7 wouldn’t even get to play in the tournament

I like how the NBA does it. 10 teams, bottom four are a playin for the 7 and 8 seed. If you are 11th in the Sun Belt, why even bother.

diehardapp18 wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 28, 2026 10:09 am

appdaze wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 28, 2026 9:37 am

I thought that bracket was a parody joke of some kind. That is the dumbest bracket I've ever seen. If the Belt is that worried about getting one of their top 4 teams in the tourney then just have the top 4 play for the chip.

That would be a much more significant mess, under your proposition three of the 6 teams tied at 11-7 wouldn’t even get to play in the tournament

My comment wasn't a proposition as much as it is a commentary on the absurd tournament set up we have for the sole purpose of getting one of our top 4 teams in the NCAA tourney. This year is a fluke with so many 11-7 teams. If you are in one of those first games you have to win 6-7+ games in a row to win the conference. The top 4 teams have to win 2+. Thats just silly at that point. The conference is already flipping the bird to some of the 11-7 teams. South Alabama and Texas state have to win 2 extra games; App and Coastal have to win 1 extra game, as compared to Marshall. So some of those 11-7 teams you are worried about are already getting hosed.