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[QUOTE="Nicknack, post: 3306131, member: 1003"]
I think looking at how a team finishes the year makes a lot of sense.  I wish they didn't stop using this criteria.  I didn't like it when it worked against us, but I always thought it was a very reasonable thing to do.
They look at injuries, so why not give consideration to a team like ours who started the year with very young guys who didn't know how to play together and then over the course of the year, learned to play better.  Where we are now compared to where we were when we lost all of our out of conference games is much different.  Let's be honest, had we won just a couple of those out of conference games, we would right now be squarely on the bubble without the need to win the next 5 games in a row.

Thinking about this more, I believe looking at how a team did the second half of a season makes more sense than just the last 10.  If the record is substantially better, then I think it's reasonable to consider that.  In our case, let's just assume for argument sake that we win our next three and then win one in the ACC tourney.  That would put us at 9 wins and 6 losses over the last 15 games.  I'm not sure in this case that would even really help us, but I still think it makes sense to look at.
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