Travis Steele advocates for analytic scheduling change with high-majors
Following his team's loss in March Madness, Miami (Ohio)'s Travis Steele advocated for adjustments to be made to how non-conference schedules are made.
Be sure to follow USA TODAY Sports' live updates keeping track of all of NCAA Tournament's Friday first round games. PHILADELPHIA, PA — If there is one thing about March Madness that is consistent on a yearly basis, it is the rallying love from men's college basketball fans for the mid-major programs that are included in the 68-team field. The Miami (Ohio) RedHawks, VCU Rams and High Point Panthers are examples of that this season.
All three programs recorded upsets over Power 5 Conference programs in their first respective games of the Men's NCAA Tournament, with the RedHawks' win coming in the First Four against SMU. But it isn't necessarily love from the high-level programs when it comes to non-conference scheduling. It's something that fourth-year Miami (Ohio) head coach Travis Steele said needs to change from an analytical standpoint.
REQUIRED READING: Miami (Ohio)'s March Madness run is over, but it won't be forgotten "A lot of it's analytically driven. There needs to be adjustments made," Steele said after Miami (Ohio) fell to 6-seed Tennessee on Friday at Xfinity Mobile Arena in the first round of the Midwest Region. "...
I don't know when's the last time that they made an adjustment to it or if they have. But fans want to see those games. Our fans do.