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[QUOTE="jdubs30, post: 1670935, member: 1620"]
That WVU win came the day after Holton, one of the top 3 players, was suspended. The ACC is storng this year, I think getting to 9 wins was big. I'm actually more optimistic regarding our place in the field than most. I think we just need 1 more win and we will be in. If we lose to UNC and FSU and get 1 win in the ACCT I think we're OK; obviously I'd rather not risk it, but this team is 15-5 with wins over Duke, UConn, Texas A&M, ND, St. Bonvaneture and Florida State with JB at the helm.

People (mostly other fans) keep saying they shouldn't consider that JB was out, that it was his own doing therefore we should be punished for it, which I get. However, what about the OTHER teams? You could argue (15-5 with JB as of now) that if JB coached every game we'd have at least 3 more wins, which puts us at 22 overall, which puts us around the 6 line most likely. That is who this team truly is with JB, a  6/7 seed. So if we end up a 9, how is that fair to the 1 seed? If the committee decides that with JB (who will be coaching in March) this team is a 6, is it fair to make the 1 seed play us in the 2nd round instead of us playing a 3 seed? It's the same thing if Brandon Ingram got hurt a few weeks ago, ended missing 5 games, and Duke goes 1-4 and falls down 4 or 5 seed lines. Ingram is 100% healthy for the tournament, and all of a sudden the 1 seed has to deal with a full strength Duke team that in reality is a 4 seed with Ingram, not the 8 that they are currently.
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