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[QUOTE="orange79, post: 2882713, member: 159"]
Sorry, you're missing the point.  The selection committee looks at who we beat, to whom we lost, SOS, etc.  This is all factored into the new NET (NCAA Evaluation Tool - which replaces the RPI).

Quadrant wins (which quadrant, how many, etc.) will play a huge role in determining our seed.  Some of those things you mention play a role in our NET rating, currently 44.  ACC record really doesn't, at least directly.

Your statement that "How our OOC opponents fare down the stretch really isn't going to matter" is not correct.  As I said above, the OSU Q1 win is [U]very[/U] important (the losses are probably not  nearly as important, although they contribute to SOS).  The committee does not consider when you played a team.  They have said that publicly.

We have (as the NET stands right now) 8 more opportunities for Q1 wins.  We currently have 2.  The OSU win counts as a Q1 win just as the Duke win does.  One is not any more or less important.  Winning ACC games does not matter, per se.  Winning games against highly ranked teams does.  Those highly ranked teams just happen to be in the ACC, but that doesn't really matter.  The committee doesn't look at conference strength anymore.  They look at quadrant wins.  If we are up against a PAC-12 team,  the committee will not look at the 2 teams and say, "SU gets a better seed because they play in a better conference."  It doesn't work that way anymore.  It's all about teams - conference is coincidental.  Is it better to play in a better conference?  Absolutely.  Will the committee look at conference record?  No.  They will look at the quadrants of the wins we had.
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