High Point coach Flynn Clayman rails against mid-major schedule disparity after NCAA tournament upset of Wisconsin: 'Nobody would play us'
Flynn Clayman criticized advanced metrics and called on high majors to play mid-majors during the regular season: "They say we didn't play nobody. We've played somebody now. "
As they sweat the NCAA tournament bubble, mid-major teams are frequently penalized via metrics analysis for something that’s often beyond their control: who they played and, more precisely, who they didn’t. This was the case for Miami (Ohio), which entered Selection Sunday with a 31-1 record, but made the field as one of the last four teams in thanks to a regular-season schedule that included zero games against Quad 1 opponents. Miami went on to beat SMU of the ACC in the First Four to advance to the full NCAA tournament field.
On Thursday, mid-major High Point pulled off the first significant upset of the NCAA tournament with an 83-82 win over No. 5 seed Wisconsin. High Point coach: ‘We’ve played somebody now’ High Point didn’t have to sweat the bubble thanks to its victory in the Big South tournament that came with an automatic bid.
But head coach Flynn Clayman was ready to carry the torch for mid-major teams — and criticize high majors, as soon as the buzzer sounded on High Point’s win. [ Enter Yahoo Fantasy Bracket Mayhem now for your shot at $50K ] Here’s his immediate response to TBS when asked how it felt to secure the first NCAA tournament win in program history: "Looks pretty obvious to me that high-majors need to play mid-majors early in the season. Because they said we didn't play nobody.
We played somebody now. " -High Point HC Flynn Clayman pic. twitter.
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