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[QUOTE="Day2, post: 2955549, member: 5348"]
Aren’t you moving the goalposts then? When did I ever say the regular season was meaningless? This conversation was originally about conference tourneys only.

The funny thing is, we really haven’t had a ton of success in conference tourneys since I was a freshman in 94-95. And some of our best Big East Tournament runs came during subpar regular seasons, where we needed those runs just to get in (2006 being a perfect example).

I have to assume you’ve been a fan since the ‘80s or earlier, because that’s when we saw more of that combination of regular season and conference tournament success. Of course, aside from 1987, we had a lot more disappointing results in the NCAAs back then as well. Perhaps that’s why our perspectives differ.

One last thing. All things considered, I would take our season last year over UVA’s. Yeah, beating MSU and getting to the Sweet 16 covered up a lot of warts. But I would not want to go through the regular season UVA had only to have it end in such embarrassing fashion. My local team is Mizzou. I do not have fond memories of the 2011-12 season. Yes, they had one of their best regular seasons ever and won the Big 12 Tournament. What sticks out the most, though, is losing to Norfolk State in the first round. Not good times.
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