Committee clearly hated new AAC

[OrlandoCuse]

Lville as a 4, Cinci as a 5, UConn as a 7 and Memphis as a 8. Plus SMU not making it.

On the flip side they seem to love the A10.

 

[kirbivore]

Lville as a 4, Cinci as a 5, UConn as a 7 and Memphis as a 8. Plus SMU not making it.

On the flip side they seem to love the A10.

totally forgot about SMU. The bubble watch dude on ESPN had them as a lock.

 

[jncuse]

The big problem with the AAC is the bottom of the conference.

Central Florida
South Florida
Houston
Temple
Rutgers

They were terrible this year. It really hurts your SOS when 10 of your 18 opponents are sub 150.

The chair on CBS metione that SMU's SOS was 129... and the next closest at large was at 91.

I guess they just took it out on every one of them.

 

[kirbivore]

well now the upper half of the AAC has to adjust for next year and play a Mich St. style OOC schedule to offset the SOS damage from playing those crap teams at the bottom of the AAC, and from losing Louisville from the schedule as well.

 

[ImperialOrange]

A10 is some very good basketball

 

[RandygoCuse]

totally forgot about SMU. The bubble watch dude on ESPN had them as a lock.

Yep, NC State bumped them out. I think most people missed that one.

 

[PeteCalvin]

The big problem with the AAC is the bottom of the conference.

Central Florida
South Florida
Houston
Temple
Rutgers

They were terrible this year. It really hurts your SOS when 10 of your 18 opponents are sub 150.

The chair on CBS metione that SMU's SOS was 129... and the next closest at large was at 91.

I guess they just took it out on every one of them.

Next year it will be all bottom. They'll have to hand out clothespins to mask the stink of what's coming in. Cinci and UConn both lose their top players. What do they have coming in? SMU has a Mickey D coming in, but what else? Pastner will probablg have Memphis positioned well, but can they make noise nationally? Without Louisville, the AAC will have less of an identity than they had this year, if that's possible.

 

[dasher]

Next year it will be all bottom. They'll have to hand out clothespins to mask the stink of what's coming in. Cinci and UConn both lose their top players. What do they have coming in? SMU has a Mickey D coming in, but what else? Pastner will probablg have Memphis positioned well, but can they make noise nationally? Without Louisville, the AAC will have less of an identity than they had this year, if that's possible.

plus, don't they have some real dogs coming in?

 

[Madbiker]

The big problem with the AAC is the bottom of the conference.

Central Florida
South Florida
Houston
Temple
Rutgers

They were terrible this year. It really hurts your SOS when 10 of your 18 opponents are sub 150.

The chair on CBS metione that SMU's SOS was 129... and the next closest at large was at 91.

I guess they just took it out on every one of them.

Next year the AAC will be even worse. Good-bye Louisville, hello Tulane (223) and East Carolina(219).

 

[jncuse]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Athletic_Conference

Check out the top of the page. Some inadvertent smack for the AAC.

"Not to be confused with Conference USA, the America East Conference, or the Mid-American Conference"

:rolling:


Coming in to save the day next year

Tulsa - RPI 73
Tulane 213
East Carolina 216
Navy 321 (coming in 2015)

and leaving

Louisville 19
Rutgers 192

It's pretty bad when Rutgers is better than 3 of the 4 teams that are coming in.

This 12 team conference based on this year would have
Cincy
UConn
SMU
Tulsa
+ 8 sub 150 RPI Teams

 

[jncuse]

Next year the AAC will be even worse. Good-bye Louisville, hello Tulane (223) and East Carolina(219).

And Navy (321) the year after that.

 

[Madbiker]

And Navy (321) the year after that.

Navy is football only.

 

[ithacat]

This 12 team conference based on this year would have Cincy UConn SMU Tulsa + 8 sub 150 RPI Teams

So they would've been better off merging with Ivy basketball (even with the stinker Cornell had this year).

 

[jncuse]

Navy is football only.

Did not realize that. Not that it makes the picture that much better.

 

[longislandcuse]

I can't believe Brown got Mudiay to join that league.

 

[Madbiker]

I can't believe Brown got Mudiay to join that league.

He's a local kid who wanted to stay close to home. Sometimes you just luck out.

 

[PeteCalvin]

plus, don't they have some real dogs coming in?

That was my point. Losing Louisville. Cincy and UConn losing their top players. And East Carolina and Tulane are coming in. That is going to be stinkville. It will literally be The Son of Conf USA.