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<blockquote data-quote="Deleted member 2897" data-source="post: 293306"><p>While I love his Trump-esque title, I have to disagree with many points.</p><p></p><p>He specifically points out Syracuse as being undeserving of being in the tournament. That's exactly what was said last year - and then they made the Final Four.</p><p></p><p>He points out UNC-Wilmington at 24-5 as being worthy. How? Not only are they winless against top 50 teams, but they have only played 1 top 50 team ever. You can't just look at a team's record. We would go 30-0 if we played Tusculum 30 times. 20 of Wilmington's 28 opponents are ranked outside the top 100. (By way of comparison, Georgia Tech has only played 9 that deep.) Now granted you can't really control your conference opponents, but if you want to be taken seriously, you need to schedule better out of conference opponents. There are plenty of mid-majors who make it every year and they do it by also going 24-5...but by playing P5 opponents along the way.</p><p></p><p>He seems offended he has to discuss Pittsburgh, Clemson, and others. THEN DONT DISCUSS THEM. Those teams will never get in. Their records against ranked and top 50 opponents is horrid. They are both 4-11 in conference play. They will not get in. So stop talking about them if it bothers you that much.</p><p></p><p>The NCAA Tournament has a long and great tradition of mixing in tons of P5 teams with 15-20 mid major teams, several of which upset teams along the way...and usually a couple make the Sweet 16 each year. If you were to cut the field from 64 down to 32, sure you'd cut out a lot of P5 teams, but you would do even more damage to these mid major teams. There's only 5 non-P5 teams in the top 20. You'd leave yourself with only a small handful of mid majors in the entire tournament...or else you'd have to put in genuinely worse teams just for the sake of doing so.</p><p></p><p>I think he contradicts himself without knowing he is. If he truly thinks that teams like North Carolina, Florida State, and Duke are highly rated teams worth of tournament nods, then he can't at the same time say that teams which beat those are all sad and trash. Virginia has spent most of this year ranked in the Top 10, but they're only in 9th place in the ACC at 8-7. Speaking of Syracuse again, Syracuse has a better record in ACC play than does Virginia. Syracuse is 3-3 against ranked teams, 3-3 against 26-50, and 3-3 against 51-100. If that doesn't say 'I belong here', I don't know what does. Thats why you can't just look at the record - they have 12 losses because they've played so many tough teams. UNC Wilimington has played nobody...and didn't even try.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deleted member 2897, post: 293306"] While I love his Trump-esque title, I have to disagree with many points. He specifically points out Syracuse as being undeserving of being in the tournament. That's exactly what was said last year - and then they made the Final Four. He points out UNC-Wilmington at 24-5 as being worthy. How? Not only are they winless against top 50 teams, but they have only played 1 top 50 team ever. You can't just look at a team's record. We would go 30-0 if we played Tusculum 30 times. 20 of Wilmington's 28 opponents are ranked outside the top 100. (By way of comparison, Georgia Tech has only played 9 that deep.) Now granted you can't really control your conference opponents, but if you want to be taken seriously, you need to schedule better out of conference opponents. There are plenty of mid-majors who make it every year and they do it by also going 24-5...but by playing P5 opponents along the way. He seems offended he has to discuss Pittsburgh, Clemson, and others. THEN DONT DISCUSS THEM. Those teams will never get in. Their records against ranked and top 50 opponents is horrid. They are both 4-11 in conference play. They will not get in. So stop talking about them if it bothers you that much. The NCAA Tournament has a long and great tradition of mixing in tons of P5 teams with 15-20 mid major teams, several of which upset teams along the way...and usually a couple make the Sweet 16 each year. If you were to cut the field from 64 down to 32, sure you'd cut out a lot of P5 teams, but you would do even more damage to these mid major teams. There's only 5 non-P5 teams in the top 20. You'd leave yourself with only a small handful of mid majors in the entire tournament...or else you'd have to put in genuinely worse teams just for the sake of doing so. I think he contradicts himself without knowing he is. If he truly thinks that teams like North Carolina, Florida State, and Duke are highly rated teams worth of tournament nods, then he can't at the same time say that teams which beat those are all sad and trash. Virginia has spent most of this year ranked in the Top 10, but they're only in 9th place in the ACC at 8-7. Speaking of Syracuse again, Syracuse has a better record in ACC play than does Virginia. Syracuse is 3-3 against ranked teams, 3-3 against 26-50, and 3-3 against 51-100. If that doesn't say 'I belong here', I don't know what does. Thats why you can't just look at the record - they have 12 losses because they've played so many tough teams. UNC Wilimington has played nobody...and didn't even try. [/QUOTE]
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