The End Draws Nigh

[Peacone36]

Stinger is 100% correct in that the SEC OOC results set them up due to the Quad system the NCAAT leans on. It's not a conspiracy, it just the system. The SEC had the best nonconference record ever in college basketball since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985.

I know…

 

[alagold]

The ACC has 1 win going into the Duke game. UNC play in game win. It has 2 losses, the 2nd and 3rd place teams in the Conference.

The 2 teams (2nd,3rd) that we beat for our BIG victories this yr. We need to do better in this weaker conference than we have..

 

[GoJacketsInRaleigh]

Stinger is 100% correct in that the SEC OOC results set them up due to the Quad system the NCAAT leans on. It's not a conspiracy, it just the system. The SEC had the best nonconference record ever in college basketball since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985.

The SEC achieves those OOC results because they have a lot more media money to throw at coaches and players and now they have the best players.

 

[Randy Carson]

The SEC achieves those OOC results because they have a lot more media money to throw at coaches and players and now they have the best players.

I appreciate a fellow Tarheel backing me up on this. Thank you.

 

[Randy Carson]

Sweet 16 Update
(# of Conference Members Remaining after Round 2)

SEC - 7 of 14
B1G - 4 of 8
B12 - 4 of 7
ACC - 1 of 4

 

[Root4GT]

Sweet 16 Update
(# of Conference Members Remaining after Round 2)

SEC - 7 of 14
B1G - 4 of 8
B12 - 4 of 7
ACC - 1 of 4

Zero from any Conference that is not a Football P4 conference. Duke saved the ACC from great embarrassment.

 

[WreckinGT]

I will just say, this season has been a pretty jarring change. Last year, there were 9 teams from the ACC, Big East, WCC, and MW in the Sweet 16. This year, there is 1 from all of those conferences combined. Meanwhile, the SEC and B1G went from 4 teams to 11 teams. Maybe it's a random one year occurrence, but that big of a shift seems to suggest something else.

 

[stinger78]

I will just say, this season has been a pretty jarring change. Last year, there were 9 teams from the ACC, Big East, WCC, and MW in the Sweet 16. This year, there is 1 from all of those conferences combined. Meanwhile, the SEC and B1G went from 4 teams to 11 teams. Maybe it's a random one year occurrence, but that big of a shift seems to suggest something else.

Money, money, money, money… Money!

 

[mstranahan]

Some of it is the consolidation of conferences. Arizona would be a Pac 12 representative instead of Big 12 last year. BYU also flipped. Using legacy alignment, there would be six conferences instead of four (I think I have that correct, but feel free to correct me if I missed something)

ETA: Houston also jumped from their old conference to the Big 12 a year or two ago, which would make it 7 conferences instead of 4

 

[stinger78]

Maryland would have given the ACC two back in 2012.

 

[WreckinGT]

Some of it is the consolidation of conferences. Arizona would be a Pac 12 representative instead of Big 12 last year. BYU also flipped. Using legacy alignment, there would be six conferences instead of four (I think I have that correct, but feel free to correct me if I missed something)

ETA: Houston also jumped from their old conference to the Big 12 a year or two ago, which would make it 7 conferences instead of 4

That’s true but doesn’t really explain the shift. Nothing changed in the ACC or the Big East yet they combined for 1 sweet 16 team this year. None of the SEC teams left are new members. None of the B1G teams left are new members. It really is the money. The SEC and B1G have 18 of the top 25 highest paid coaches combined. The ACC and Big East have 1 combined. The leading scorer on every SEC team left in the tournament was a transfer. Most if not all of which likely got a huge bag to come. These results were inevitable.