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[QUOTE="Townie72, post: 2871491, member: 780"]
You are defending the Top Eight claim by coming up with a set of variables --- TV ratings, Attendance and NCAA success -- that support it. But as you pointed out, if you choose a different set of variables, you get a different answer. The set of variables you chose seem like a way to choose "Most Famous Programs" but not necessarily "The Best".

I'm not going to get into what the right set of variables are and how to weight them, not because its not interesting, but because its an exercise in arbitrariness and futility. It's like the Medieval arguement over how many angels can fit on a head of a pin.

I go at this differently. I don't think you can get to who is #8 or #10 or #16.

I think there are a few teams at the top level (Duke, Kentucky, UNC and maybe Kansas.)

Then there's a whole bunch of teams that are at the second level and I mean a lot of them. And that''s where SU is in that group. Michigan State, Michigan, Gonzaga, Villanova, Virginia, etc., etc., etc.

And trying to rank these teams in any precise order is an exercise in statistical games.

The "Top Eight" claim was really about the relative attractiveness of the coaching job after Boeheim. Perpective coachs are going to use a whole different set of variables when they assess the job opportunity. (What are the expectations? What should the expectations be really? Can I do better than JB?, etc. etc.)

I'd agree SU is a Top 20 job. There's a ton of jobs out there that are just as good.
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