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Agreed. And I think they beat UNC today.
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Agreed. And I think they beat UNC today.
Why though? The committee has been saying for years now they are looking for teams to go out and schedule tough non conf schedules. You shouldn't just get the benefit of the doubt because you play in a power conference.
Not a benefit of the doubt but you shouldn't treat a game in November like you do February and March. Thats just stupid in my opinion. I just think they go way overboard dwelling on what you did OOC when youve just finished playing 18 games against teams predominantly in the RPI 100. I am also ok with giving an edge to a team that plays a tough sked but it would be nice if they won a few of them. Shouldn't just get points for showing up.
They why even play those games. Just start college basketball in Jan. It isn't going overboard, it is part of a teams body of work. Syracuse, Unc, and Duke all played those tough acc games, but still went out and challenged themselves in the non conf schedule.
There have been plenty of times when SU played the sisters of the poor in Nov/Dec and never ventured out of Syracuse. Hope you were as vigilant on playing a strong OOC during those times. Me personally I couldn't have cared less back then. Watching them play 18 BE games was an excellent barometer of where they stood. Sure I would count the Nov/Dec games but not nearly as much as the conference sked if the team played in a highly competitive power conference.
Back to the original post- still think Pitt is not a lock?
I never liked playing those weaker ooc schedules, we got burned by the selection committee, and changed our ways.
Why should conference games matter more than non conf schedule games? For the most part you aren't playing conference games in the ncaa tourney.
They are locking up their bid today.
Lol they locked it up when they beat Clemson last weekend.
Did we really change our ways? Most of our OOC strength comes from playing in Maui, preseason NIT etc. This year we played Nova and SJU as a way to continue the rivalry. That was different from the past. I am not criticizing SU cuz we had plenty of years where we didn't play anybody OOC and yet we were one of the best teams in the country. Like I said OOC sked strength is highly overrated when you play in a power conference.
I don't agree, but now we will never know.
Who cares why you decided to play those teams, point of the matter is they did. Everyone knows Maui always has a good field, and a chance to pick up quality wins. They didn't have to continue the rivalry with nova and sju, but they did. Most people expected Nova to be a good team going into the season, and sju underachieved big time this season.
Maybe their seeding will be an indication. Just don't think you've done the math here. You can't come up with 36 at large and leave them out. I'm not saying they're anything special but its pretty clear they had done enough prior to the ACC tourney.
I think at this point we're talking past each other. No worries.
I just think we were on different pages, I thought Pitt was going to get in, just didn't have them as a lock. If enough things happened, like bubble teams playing their way in, and maybe a bid stealer or two, they could have been left out, now it is a moot point.
