Since 2018, one criterion for determining selection to the NCAA Tournament has been performance against certain RPI quadrants. Typically, a quadrant 1 win is considered a "good win", while a quadrant 4 loss is considered a "bad loss". The quadrants are defined as follows:

Quadrant 1: Home games vs. RPI teams ranked in the top 30; neutral games vs. 1-50; away games vs. 1-75.
Quadrant 2: Home vs. 31-75 teams; neutral vs. 51-100; away vs. 76-135.
Quadrant 3: Home vs. 76-160 teams; neutral vs. 101-200; away vs. 136-240.
Quadrant 4: Home vs. 161-plus teams; neutral vs. 201-plus; away vs. 241-plus.[8]
The quadrant system is still in use under the new NET system, with RPI ranking replaced by NET ranking.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">What a bombshell. A likely first team All-American on the No. 2 team in the country provided his teammate a gun that became a murder weapon.<br><br>And then his coach Nate Oats had the gall to call it &quot;wrong place, wrong time!&quot; <a href="https://t.co/NSQXnmFtKw">https://t.co/NSQXnmFtKw</a></p>&mdash; Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) <a href="https://twitter.com/slmandel/status/1628110290087997442?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 21, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

And the Alabama cops/district attorney somehow came together and found a way not to charge Alabama's best player (and one of the best players in the country) for anything on this. Interesting.

I'm guessing the case will "randomly" be reexamined now that this got out

Does Oats keep his job?

There's a potential national title at stake, so yes. He may be pressured into disciplining Miller now though (because apparently the cops/lawyers involved didn't think bringing a murder weapon to the scene of a crime on request from the murderer was worthy of any kind of charge).

Bama is a disgusting University all around

SEC?

Wow that makes the alleged suppression of Morningstars DUI look pretty tame in comparison. I guess the psychos are going to have to find something else.

That didn't take long. I also over estimated Baylor and thought they would go on a run to end the season.

Nets extend jacque Vaughn

And now I have to watch Texas on the ap :[

Why should Miller be charged? It wasn’t his weapon and he didn’t fire it. What law did he break? In order to charge someone they need to be shown they participated knowingly in a crime.

Bringing a guy his gun when he asks for it isn’t a crime. What happens afterward isn’t Miller’s fault UNLESS he knew what the plan was.

I know you’re Canadian but ‘Murican law is clear

I'm no criminal lawyer, but this is certainly correct. Of course, I might suggest it might be a bit naïve to believe Miller had no idea about what the guy wanted to use the gun for.

ISU is currently embarrassing itself in Austin right now. We'll need help from Baylor on Saturday.

So, I live in Tuscaloosa (quit PhD in Alabama and work remote) and this happened about 3-4 miles from were I live.

From my understanding, while I don't believe Miller did anything illegal regarding the gun, the one thing I do believe him culpable of is that his car blocked the car that the victim was in from leaving the street where the shooting transpired. If the street where this happened is where I think it is, there's a bunch of one way streets around where this street is and you'd have to be either stupid or intentional to block someone from leaving.

That may not be illegal, but if it was deliberate, I don't know if that's illegal, but still not good.

I agree with you but you have to admit it's super shady.

At the very least dumb AF.

So his car was blocking the victim’s car, but people are buying the “he was just returning someone’s property” line?

Yeah….good call.

I also read that his car had a couple bullet holes in it too, but he didn’t report anything. Not sure how accurate that is.

As the famous line in Training Day says: “it’s not what you know it’s what you can prove”. This stuff is all circumstantial without Miller’s admission of guilt, or some very hard proof he was a co-conspirator. We aren’t charging people with major felonies for what we *think* could be possibly connected


Is it shady? IDK that, even. In any case Miller was not arrested nor charged by prosecutors so he should be allowed to play. Allowed full societal rights in fact.

Is he more or less connected to the wrong place at the wrong time than Ray Lewis?

Kinda yeah. Since the cops couldn’t find lewis’ clothing or the knife they can’t charge him with anything. His buddies did buy a knife that week which implicated them but even then, you can’t charge for murder unless you’ve got clear evidence

Playing basketball for Alabama or even being enrolled at Alabama isn't a right... I'm sure they have their own code of conduct to consider that goes a step or three beyond "don't be charged with felony" and could be as broad as "don't get involved in stupid shit that could reflect poorly on Bama".

(not that I'm reading their code of conduct just to figure out if he's in violation of it)

Let me preface with that I'm not a lawyer.

I understand that Miller wasn't charged, and since he wasn't charged that means the prosecutors don't believe that they can show a jury that Miller did anything illegal beyond a reasonable doubt that he was guilty of violating any laws leading to a conviction.

However, playing basketball for Alabama isn't a right and it's a privilege. I'm not saying he should never play basketball again nor be forbade from normal societal rights. However, again, I believe Miller was at least culpable for promoting an unsafe situation in that he blocked that car that the victim was in. His car was hit by two bullets, I believe, as well. Players miss games all the time for missing curfew or breaking arbitrary team rules. You don't think Miller shouldn't miss any time or at least take time to learn why what he did was a poor decision?

Shit, this isn't even just applying to basketball, but to other sports as well. Alabama's (former) DC was arrested over the summer for a DUI and to my knowledge didn't miss any games. Mac Jones was arrested for a DUI and he, to my knowledge, didn't miss time either.

I suspect if the alums want him out, he won’t play. If they don’t he prob stays. They likely support whatever Saban wanted in the FB situations

Well apparently the cops/lawyers involved in handing out charges here did. My suspicion would be the fact he is the most important player by far on a national championship favorite might have had something to do with their belief in his story.

They'll support suspending him after the tournament and not a day before.

My opinion of the situation may or may not be heavily influenced by how it may impact the Kansas Jayhawks Mens Basketball Team (my favorite collegiate basketball program).

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">INBOX: Just received this from Brandon Miller&#39;s attorney clarifying his presence relating to the Jan. 15 shooting death of Jamea Harris. <a href="https://t.co/2SsscHHCB9">pic.twitter.com/2SsscHHCB9</a></p>&mdash; Ryan Phillips (@JournoRyan) <a href="https://twitter.com/JournoRyan/status/1628502011317563392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 22, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I take it you may not buy this story then.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Alabama releases a statement on Brandon Miller: <a href="https://t.co/y8nIzDZrNG">pic.twitter.com/y8nIzDZrNG</a></p>&mdash; Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanHoops) <a href="https://twitter.com/GoodmanHoops/status/1628522661738344450?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 22, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

There is always time to reevaluate this position after the tournament when he leaves to go to the NBA.

Nope. Imo that attorney is full of shit at least until the NCAA Tournament it over. I will probably not care after that.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The top 20 Head Coaches in college basketball so far this season⛹️*♂️ <a href="https://t.co/S932FFDMVH">pic.twitter.com/S932FFDMVH</a></p>&mdash; College Basketball Report (@CBKReport) <a href="https://twitter.com/CBKReport/status/1628422155493949443?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 22, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

When you actually look at this list of top coaches in college basketball, you can really see the giant chasm between Self and whoever you think is second best.

When was the last time that there was one coach this far ahead of everyone else? We’ve had Roy, K, Self, Wright, etc for so long at the same time, that you might have to go back to the Wooden days.

Super Bowl champs and Jayhawk dominance. Life is ****in good.

It's nuts.

The Royals and KU won championships before I was 10, but from then until 2015 it was...
'01 Avalanche (but I was just getting into hockey, so not close to KU/Chiefs/Royals at the time)
'02 Avalanche WCF
'02 KU FF
'03 KU FF
'08 KU
'12 KU FF

And then...
'14 Royals WS
'15 Royals
'18 KU FF
'18 Chiefs AFCCG
'19 Chiefs
'20 Chiefs SB
'20 KU
'21 Chiefs AFCCG
'22 KU
'22 Avalanche
'22 Chiefs


...not even mad, Royals. Not even mad.

Thx for the avalanche updates

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I remember when Roy left, the top choices being floated around were Mark Few, Tom Crean, Brey at ND and Self. God, could you imagine if they went with Brey or Crean?

Down goes Virginia. Remember when I thought we would go undefeated entering the Austin, TX game? Looks to be likely. I hope that game is for an outright Big 12 title.

The overall #1 seed is ours. I secretly covet that as much as any National Title. It's harder to do.

If we win it all, that’s 3 out of 4 years.

Crazy to think this could be easily the best 4-year stretch of basketball in Kansas history.

Its getting easier. With Coach K, Roy and Jay Wright outta the game. Soon Izzo, Boeheim be outta the game

Alabama is down 3 with 4 minutes to go to the #223 team in the country (by KenPom). Win or lose, they have no business being seeded in front of us.

Brandon Miller has 33 points but 0 assists.

Which is weird, because I’ve heard a lot about how good he is at setting up shots for his friends.

Wow.

If they win it shouldn't make a difference.

You should NOT be seeded based on your efficiency numbers. And regardless they are much higher than us in that anyway. You EARN your seed.

14 seconds left, USC up 2. Can they make a stop?

I just think they have no business being in front of us anyway due to their resume.

Reminds me of Jabari Smirh Jr. Who is an epic bust for a Top 10 player. He has Cam Reddish written all over him.

But I do think Miller is better than Smith Jr.

I think we should be neck and neck with Houston for the overall #1 seed.

Our quad 1 wins are insane. As usual.

Nope. That was bad.

I feel like we would smoke this Alabama team.

He's a great shooter. Somebody will take him really high despite (quite possibly) being an accessory to murder.

No idea why South Carolina didn't force the ball out of Miller's hands at any point on that final possession (or on any other possession down the stretch of that game).

Also have no idea what that South Carolina guy was doing after that basket. LMAO

Snort

He finished with one assist. His Lawyer is preparing a statement to address.

At the key moment, Miller blocked the driving lane, dished it off, and let his teammate fire away from short range.


The official scorer did not credit him with an assist however.

Not sure about that, but I do think they're overrated. 1-3 vs the top 25. Got destroyed by Uconn. Gave up 100 to Gonzaga. And then they got 30 balled by the weakest team in the Big 12. Also took them 4 OTs to get past a weak UNC team.

Aside from beating Houston, their OOC resume isn't impressive. And the SEC is weak.

According to Kenpom, they have an elite defense, but I don't see that. I think they're feasting on weak offenses. The legit teams seem to score on them without too much trouble. I also think they're playing a lot of poor defensive teams. They get wide open threes constantly.

Alabama is extremely overrated.

Rupp’s Crappers has lost its mind



Exactly where u at ku boys. I know for a fact that athletes do what they want, for a damn fact criminal shit in Lawrence. My daughters roommate was fn raped the night they had the natty celebration. I will leave it at that

https://kentucky.forums.rivals.com/t...e-word.387319/

Some still seem to have a grip on reality:

"Kansas ain’t going anywhere. They’re basically a 1 seed every year for 20 years with Self. The most consistently good team of the past 40 years or so"

If there is video evidence corroborating his statements here then we have no reason to not believe it. Not saying Miller wasn't involved but if what the lawyer said is true then there is no reason to say it is not.

Sounds like the discussions about the Eagles leading up to the SB.

Tell that fool to provide proof or STFU. People say all kinds of BS on the internet. Doesn't make any of it true.

Lawyers say less than true things on behalf of their clients all the time. Kind of in their job description.

I'm still not buying he was clueless about what was going on after that text he got.

Love it when Kentucky, of all schools, becomes all high and mighty about paying players. LMAO

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Oh this is awesome from <a href="https://twitter.com/arisports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@arisports</a>. <br><br>“Is Hilton Coliseum comparable to Kansas?”… <br><br>“Nothing is comparable to Kansas” <a href="https://t.co/1wzxdQHns6">https://t.co/1wzxdQHns6</a></p>&mdash; Mike Vernon (@M_Vernon) <a href="https://twitter.com/M_Vernon/status/1629236120465862656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 24, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

He is confused. The shirts all said UK, not KU, he is dexlexia on top of stupid! ! He assumed the town was Lawrence instead it was Lexington.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Brandon Miller took about 14 steps to beat USCjr �� <a href="https://t.co/w4eDVaMapx">pic.twitter.com/w4eDVaMapx</a></p>&mdash; The Tigers ™️ (@TheTigersAU) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheTigersAU/status/1628623181530398723?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 23, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

A new way to screw mid majors.

Yikes. Guess we're moving to "Lebron" basketball.

Refs were afraid he would shoot them

LMAO

Quadrant 1: Home games vs. RPI teams ranked in the top 30; neutral games vs. 1-50; away games vs. 1-75.

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We might have broken Baylor

Well Drew was actively whining about the refs publicly at half time.

It was pretty inexplicable. It might have very well vanquished their toughness.

They couldn’t do us a solid and at least make IT tired?

:spock:

Really thought it was Iowa State's year.

Baylor not broken yet.

That's next year

Took my son outside to play. Surprised to see the score of the Baylor Texas game.

Good thing no team closes out a game like Baylor. You aren’t coming back against them.

UT is as rattled as any team I've seen since Baylor last week.