Miami Ohio head coach Travis Steele addressed his team's future after a loss in the MAC tournament on Thursday.
Miami, Ohio head coach Travis Steele knows his team sits in an undesirable spot after dropping to 31-1 on Thursday. His Redhawks squad lost for the first time this season in the Mid-American Conference tournament as the No.
1 seed when the No. 8 seed UMass Minutemen came up with an 87-83 victory. Steele did not mince words on how his team stands in the national landscape as a mid-major squad that might not make the NCAA tournament — at least in some people’s eyes. “I think the outside noise has been there all year, right? The whole year, and the media loves to portray things certain ways,” Steeleon Feb. 28. The Redhawks did not play against a Power Five conference team this season, and the program’s non-conference strength of schedule ranked No. 361. “In this world, everybody gets caught up in results. That’s all the world wants. That’s all they talk about,” Steele said. “But then when we are at 31-0, then everybody’s talking about, oh, everything else matters. People contradict themselves all the time.” Pearl notably said on Thursday via X that Miami should get into the Big Dance. The NCAA selection committee has left out a team with as many as 28 wins and as few as three losses in the past.. “I think a one-loss Miami of Ohio team should get in. I don't think they are one of the best 37 at-large teams, but they are one of the most deserving. Good for the MAC, Cinderella, and March Madness.”
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