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Message: [QUOTE="AcAndAc, post: 5369401, member: 10310"] I think it provides some necessary wiggle room. What if we are 18-2 and ranked #6, but then our three best players get injured for the season... and we finish 21-13 (despite playing very well effort-wise relative to our lack of depth) and miss the Big Dance as the last four out. I think most of us would say "c'mon, no need to fire him... he seems to be figuring it out." Conversely, if we are 19-15... but we win the ACCT because other teams pull the upsets for us... and then get blown out by 35 in Dayton... is that really the significant improvement? Along the same lines... what if we are 25-8... we get screwed on the seed (#9) and have to play a #8 seed that started slow but got healthy and strong at the end depsite a worse record.. or end up playing a #1 seed in a quasi home game (MSU in Detroit). You cannot force a coach to win 2 games in the Big Dance to keep his job. [/QUOTE]