Matt Painter with a scathing message to Miami (OH) head coach Travis Steele Summed: Painter highlights that they’ve been scheduling MAC teams that have been better than Miami and it’s not on P5 to guess when inconsistent programs will outperform their NET

“The guy at Miami (OH) says no one will play us, well Akron’s been the best team in the league. Kent State has been the best team in the league. We played them…when you’re a mid major guy and you get a high major job, you have to be careful, you’re speaking with a forked tongue”

Bro is spitting straight facts but casuals are gonna be upset

Not trying to be snarky here, but where is the scathing part of the message? He’s actually kind of re-iterating Steele’s point.

This would be a great answer….if power 4’s would agree to play home and home with mid majors. There couldn’t have been many power 4’s go on the road to play a mid major. Until that happens it’s always to the big boys advantage.

I have always liked this guy. I’m a Michigan guy but he’s been my favorite coach in the conference after our guy for a while now.

so why don’t we call out the real problem which is the NET

There’s a lot of idiots in here who not only are unfamiliar with Matt Painter’s scheduling but are also fulfilling his quote about idiots on Twitter

Yeah, they’ve been a top 4 seed for however many years, and never have won a thing. Congrats coach. Been the HC there since 2005 and made 1 elite 8 and never anything past it

No , tell this fatass to play a home and home with these teams . What a disingenuous POS

first it was “nobody plays mid majors” now you got idiots in this comment sections saying not only do you have to play mid majors but we want a home & home lol On what fucking planet does it even make financial sense for high majors to play at some mid major gym in Nov / Dec 😂

You can’t help himself he just has to prove he’s an asshole.

Painter is pretty full of himself for a guy who's never won anything

Coming from a coach who's lost to #13 North Texas, #15 St Peter's and #16 Farleigh Dickinson in back to back to back NCAA tourneys. 😬

Follow if you’re here and not a troll 🤙🏽

Miami finished second in the MAC last year. Lost the conference championship on a buzzer beater, returned 4 starters, and was the preseason favorite… yeah no one knew they would be good?

Caption: ‘He said/did WHAT?’ Translation: recycled outrage for clicks. Player/team mid, account acts shocked. Overrated takes from an overrated page. Fans glazing while the rest see the grift. Keep the bait coming, it’s all you got.

Bro thinks he’s the Aristotle of Twitter. 💀 It’s not that deep. Most of us are here talking like we’d shoot the sh*t about sports at a bar.

Yet the P4 are artificially propped in the rankings because “every conference game is a tough game” even though bottom dwellers can go 3-17 in conference play and they can act like they are shocked at those teams (even though they are “well coached”). Did I get it right?

Hey, Matt Painter, stop stealing Mid-Major talent and then you can complain about "inconsistent" programs.

How many National Championships for Painter?

Top 4 seed 9 years in a row, nothing to show for it but he just took Queens to the dog shed I guess👊

Collegehoopstik dropping drama… cool, but it’s the same script: hype the ‘villain,’ ignore the real story, farm ratios. Player/team flopped? Turns it into ‘iconic.’ Narrative merchant page, college hoops coverage peaked years ago. Pathetic.

Um ok lol

I hope Purdue loses HUGE this tournament. Another team to root against!

Jesus christ enjoy an exciting and undefeated mid major god damn 😭

Good stuff. I'm tired of mid major coaches using this excuse while also buying games themselves. Miami OH played 3 non-D1 games for Pete's sake.

Good for Painter. I’ve had enough of Travis Steele who played 21 sub 200 KenPom teams. He scheduled poorly and then complained when he wasn’t rewarded for it.

“We’ve been a top 4 seed 9 years in a row” hang the banner

The problem is the NET is set up to heavily favor P4s. Because that’s the way the P4s want it. They are planning to separate from the mid majors currently. Both coaches are partially right:

Completely accurate

I loved when he lost to St. Peter’s and FDU

@Uncle_Fooby Sorry but after last season, anyone with a functioning brain could see Miami was going to be really good this year. Purdue does not avoid playing MAC schools so I don’t know why Painter took it personally.

Schedule home-and-homes or shut the fuck up, Matt.

Not a huge Purdue guy but painter’s one of the real ones I think. Spot on, careful what you say now because someday someone from the big 5 (4.5) in CBB might come calling and you may have to play the game the way the game has to be be played to survive

As an Illini fan, there are two coaches that I tend to like and respect. One is Matt Painter and the other is Tom Izzo.

This is objectively a lie. Yes, Power 5 schools can’t guess but they will know when good teams from the previous year played well and return a lot of players. Whether they end up being good or not. Power 5 schools won’t schedule those teams. I lived it. Facts