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Message: [QUOTE="jsshap, post: 147153, member: 1459"] I like this post and think such an internally inconsistent line of comments is hilarious and worth pointing out. Having said that, however, with respect to the dozens of posters who complain about the media bias or lack of respect, etc. (including several posts below), I think its silly personally. Its bad enough for players to constantly utter the overused "no respect" mantra, but at least it may be used by them as a self-motivator. But for fans, especially in college bball as opposed to college football, who cares. Perhaps such a medias bias, if we assume for a moment one even exists (which is curious in its own right, given the SU presence in the national media), could have a slight impact on a tourney seed, but other than that possibility, it matters not. I really dont get it, unless fans simply feel cheated out of a few "Syracuse is great" type comments from the pundits during the season. The only reason I care what a Bilas, or Gotleib, or Knight, says about SU is the extent to which I agree with that they say. In other words, I want to hear what they think of Cuse and why to get their opinion of the team. But if you dont agree with what they say, or think they are simply biased, then who cares what they say. That is not to say the Duke bias is not a big deal, bc that often [U]does[/U] matter. I am still waiting for the article to come out (maybe I've missed it) compling Duke's RPI, ranking, and tourney seed, compared to other teams RPI and tourney seed. I think it would be unbelievable to see that year after year they get the best possible seed based on their results. In fact, if I recall, the year Cuse got jobbed, Duke had superior but comparable results to SU and got a 4 seed. [/QUOTE]

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