Battle for Conference Hoop Supremacy
Hour to kill before Michigan dismantles Louisville. As a DC native, we hear a LOT locally about the ACC's basketball supremacy. Thought I would look at some of the well-represented conferences in the tournament. There are 4 that have won 6 games to date (B1G 7-3, ACC 6-6, PAC 6-0, Big 12 6-3).
What is perhaps most notable is the way the teams from each conference have been shown the door. While the 3 B1G losses have been relatively close (NW to the wire against #1 Gonzaga, and MD and MN losing by 11 and 9 respectively), the clunkers put up by highly-seeded ACC teams were absolutely atrocious (Miami losing by 20 to MSU, 5 seed UVA losing by 26 to FLA, 3 seed FSU losing by 25 to 11 seed Xavier).
Michigan's game against 2 seed Louisville looms large in either restoring a little ACC luster, or underscoring the hideous nature of Hollis/seeding crews efforts. Let's Go BLUE!!!!!
March 19th, 2017 at 11:26 AM ^
Three 1 Seeds.One 2 Seed and Big 12 Tourney Champs.....ACC WV,Xavier,Fla,Arky,S.Car. and Us....so far Big 10 2-1.ACC 0-3 v much easier opponents..The Big 10's better record is more impressive when you consider 2nd Round SOS.
March 19th, 2017 at 11:26 AM ^
March 19th, 2017 at 11:28 AM ^
OP, brace yourself for some "I don't give a $&@# about anyone but Michigan in the Big Ten!" posts.
To those holding that opinion, I'd suggest that you give at least a little bit of a $&@#. If all the other teams lose all their OOC games, the conference champ and any others that manage to make the tournament will get lousy seeds.
March 19th, 2017 at 11:49 AM ^
March 19th, 2017 at 11:34 AM ^
March 19th, 2017 at 11:47 AM ^
Believe
HAIL
March 19th, 2017 at 11:49 AM ^
March 19th, 2017 at 12:37 PM ^
Checkmate.
Somebody post the Ted Baxter Caddyshack gif
March 19th, 2017 at 12:01 PM ^
One of the reasons that so many teams got seeded poorly - Wisc, Wich St, us, etc. - is that the ACC took up all the good seeds with teams that did not deserve it - ND, FSU, VA, etc.
March 19th, 2017 at 12:08 PM ^
Louisville seems a long way from the Atlantic coast.
March 19th, 2017 at 12:09 PM ^
I think everyone who follows CBB would agree that the Big Ten wasn't as good as the ACC or the Big 12 this year and all the numbers/stats show that to be the case.
Very nice showing so far in the NCAA tournament for the Big Ten but anything can happen over a dozen games. I would love to see them end the title drought this year.
Go Blue!!!
First 1/3 of the season is "outside of conference" play, and forms much of the basis for RPI/strength of conference. Once teams start playing intra-conference, which most do almost exclusively come early January, there is really no way for a well-balanced conference to elevate its standing vs other conferences.
All that matters is how well teams are playing at the end of the year. I live in ACC country. Duke and UNC are the only teams that were very good this year, and yet the conference got 9 bids. Ridiculous