Wow I watched some highlights of them a week or 2 ago and my exact thought was āFinally they will fire Forbes after thisā
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I almost wonder if this is a leak to infuriate a booster enough to foot the buyout. Keeping a guy at Wake Forest who hasnāt made the tournament yet for a 7th year is pretty pathetic. They have a genuine basketball history!
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Brad Brownell made the tournament his first season, then missed it 6 straight years before making it again his 8th season. Forbes isnāt quite the same, definitely worse, but a turnaround still could happen.
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Pre-portal in a much better ACC feels really different to me though.
If Forbes was gonna figure it out, the multiple years of a terrible ACC that his tenure has coincided with would have been the time. The ACC appears to be back on the upswing a bit, so I donāt really see the circumstances getting better for him going forward, especially with no track record to point to.
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They are clearly towards the bottom of the conference in spending given their roster.
Wake money is finally dried up
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The difference for me with Forbes is Wake dropped a lot of money into that program the last 2-3 years and still havenāt had results. Thatās all you heard about 2 yrs ago the millionaire booster funding the program.
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Remember when this was a really big splash? Alumnus Mit Shah donates additional $5 million to Wake Forest Basketball | Wake Forest News
Looks like he gave another $5M in 2023: Wake Forest Announces $5,000,000 Commitment to Menās Basketball by Alumnus and Trustee Mit Shah (ā91) - Wake Forest University Athletics
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Yep thatās the guy I was thinking of. I remember everyone was shaking about that, including on here. How Shah was about to shift the game and put Wake back on the map
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Greenberg believesā¦
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To put into perspective how logjammed the standings are behind us, I was playing around with the seed simulator, and if favorites win out Louisville would be the 3 seed, but if you flip their game this weekend @ Clemson into a loss but keep everything else the same they would be the 8 seed.
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Firing from the hip, but what if you couldnāt be seeded more than 1-line higher in the NCAAT than your conference seed.
Donāt think it would impact terribly too many projected seeds but if ended today for instance ā¦
Vandy no higher than an 8.
Houston no higher than a 3.
Would put some more pressure on P5 conferences that are top heavy.
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Interesting ideaā¦I guess it depends on your philosophy towards bracket construction and seeding. Do you want the most balanced bracket (i.e. every team within a given seed line should have roughly the same average potential opponent quality)? Do you want seeding to be āearnedā i.e. given out in order of resume quality?
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Ah yeah thatās fair. Was definitely shooting from the hip. Would create some unfairness factor for any team on the side of the Houston or Vandy bracket in this case.
I think they should also take out any of the Conf folks canāt meet each other until whatever junkā¦
Simply only include that for any teams that have played each other at least twice.
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This is what the rules are right now. I agree that Iād rather have a rematch than move a team off of their true seed line, but I think itās normally feasible to avoid rematches without doing that.
Thereās both ACC and non-ACC in here, but something caught my eye in this coaching carousel roundup: The 2026 menās college basketball coaching carousel guide - ESPN
It has been an inconsistent eight seasons in Pittsburgh for Jeff Capel. The Panthers struggled in his first four seasons, then turned things around with 46 wins and one NCAA tournament appearance over the next two (2022-23 and 2023-24). But they took a step back last season, and are now hovering near last place in the ACC, sitting at 10-17 overall and 3-11 in league play. In 2024, Capel signed a contract extension through the 2029-30 season, and would be owed eight figures if fired.
Eight figures is a lot of figures!
Oh, and the other juicy one that you may have seen shared already is:
Will Wade, NC State
Wade has quickly turned around NC State in Year 1, as promised, with the Wolfpack trending toward wearing home jerseys in the first round of the NCAA tournament. But there is growing speculation that LSU would be potentially interested in a reunion, should the Tigers move on from Matt McMahon. Whether Wade would leave NC State after one season is a different story. He previously led LSU to three NCAA tournaments and an SEC title before being fired in 2022 following an NCAA investigation.
Throws some cold water on Lil Pitino-to-Providence too.
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AHEM
Know some connected LSU people who have been talking about this since before they made the McNeese president hire. They are absolutely going to make a run at this and Wade is open to it if the contract and NIL situation is workable.
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The tears out of Raleigh would be saltyā¦.and sweet.
I knew their fan base was among the worst out there, but the amount of complaining about the refs yesterday in a 30 point blowout loss is astounding. What a terrible fan base.
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Underseeding teams only serves to hurt their opponents. Would you want to be the 9 seed that has to face 8 seed Vandy who wouldāve been a 5? What if youāre the 1 seed who has to play Vandy on the 1st weekend when a 3 seed gets to face a 6 thatās weaker than Vandy?
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