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[QUOTE="HRE Otto IV, post: 4100390, member: 5685"]
You are saying you expect an average season at SU to have the same overall winning percentage as JB's entire career. Do you really think that is realistic given the current college basketball environment? IMO it is harder in today's game to go 27-10 than it was in the 1980s.

-Recruiting is national. No longer is there an advantage to your location.

-Kids are free to go portal if they don't get PT. They no longer are willing to wait their time.

-Kids used to leave if they were a Top 10 pick. Now lots of kids leave early, some of which don't even get drafted.

-The schedules are a lot harder. There are less OOC cupcake games. When you go from 16 conference games to 20, there will be more losses. That is the case for every school, even Duke.

This year we have 20 ACC games, 2 games vs the Big East, 1 game vs the B1G, 1 game vs the P12, 1 game against the SEC, and only 6 games vs mid majors. That is just over 80% of our games vs major competition. The year we won the title we played 16 Big East games, 1 B1G, 1 B12, 1 ACC, 7 mid majors, and Memphis (CUSA, major?). Including Memphis as a major we had 74% of our games vs major competition. So we play more games now than back then, and a higher % of quality opponents. That will lead to more losses.
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