If you were a true fan of the integrity of the sport of college basketball, you would be infuriated by the preferential treatment they get.
Who cares about the history of the sport. I only care about a short segment of time that supports my argument. Sound familiar?
I don't see them getting any preferential treatment. outside of a couple of years the BE was always overrated.
No I said it was a big win and that was also before they got destroyed by Kentucky. Oh and for the record didn't Kentucky beat Kansas by like 30? At the time Gonzaga's win over UCLA was a good win, so we should penalize them because the team they beat on the road just got crushed by the best team in the country? BTW I am starting to hear rumors that Dave Rice could be out at season's end if things don't turn around and the name floating around as his replacement........ none other than Jay Wright.
Horrible news out of San Diego.... Dwayne Polee (who played at St John's) collapsed on the court and was hooked up to an EKG machine. They had to take him off the court on a gurney. No other news available but this is really sad.
I'm just tweaking the ACC. Right now, the Big 12 is the best conference, and there are probably 3 conferences vying for 2nd. The Big Ten is Wisconsin, then a bunch of above average teams, and a fairly deep bottom. The Big East is Villanova, a couple above average and average teams, and DePaul/Marquette at the bottom. The ACC probably has 3 of the top 5 teams in the nation, but the bottom of the league is a joke. You probably have to put the ACC ahead because of the strength at the top, but the way the ACC is set up now, almost half the schedule should be aneasy win for the top teams. That's not the case in other leagues. By the way, the Big East is now 7-1 vs the ACC.
what makes the Big 12 the best? Kansas stinks how many of those 8 games were beating a good ACC team? Butler over UNC and UNC always struggles in Nov/Dec and who else?
Surely there is some kind of statistical analysis that can "rate" the conferences right now? Some kind of strength index?
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/bracketology/conference RANK CONFERENCE W L PCT RPI RANK RPI 1 Big 12 Conference 93 17 0.8455 0.6024 1 0.6024 2 Big East Conference 84 29 0.7434 0.5779 2 0.5779 3 Southeastern Conference 97 46 0.6783 0.5711 3 0.5711 4 Atlantic Coast Conference 122 40 0.7531 0.5648 4 0.5669 5 Big Ten Conference 124 43 0.7425 0.5643 5 0.5643 6 Pacific 12 Conference 95 35 0.7308 0.5573 6 0.5573 7 Atlantic 10 Conference 84 54 0.6087 0.5463 7 0.5463 8 West Coast Conference 58 40 0.5918 0.5212 8 0.5212 9 American Athletic Conference 68 44 0.6071 0.5206 9 0.5206 10 Mountain West Conference 66 48 0.5789 0.5140 10 0.5140 11 Missouri Valley Conference 58 46 0.5577 0.5140 11 0.5140 12 Horizon League 43 54 0.4433 0.5043 12 0.5043 13 Mid American Conference 63 46 0.5780 0.5002 13 0.5002 14 Big West Conference 41 49 0.4556 0.4978 14 0.4978 15 Colonial Athletic Assn 47 53 0.4700 0.4949 15 0.4949 16 Ivy League 44 40 0.5238 0.4944 16 0.4944 17 Patriot League 44 56 0.4400 0.4938 17 0.4938 18 Conference USA 67 69 0.4926 0.4802 18 0.4802 19 Northeast Conference 34 60 0.3617 0.4716 20 0.4716 20 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conf 34 57 0.3736 0.4734 19 0.4680 21 Independents 5 7 0.4167 0.4670 21 0.4670 22 Southland Conference 28 74 0.2745 0.4610 22 0.4610 23 Big Sky Conference 34 76 0.3091 0.4593 23 0.4593 24 Big South Conference 32 63 0.3368 0.4556 25 0.4556 25 Sun Belt Conference 36 48 0.4286 0.4533 26 0.4533 26 Ohio Valley Conference 49 75 0.3952 0.4531 27 0.4531 27 Atlantic Sun 32 53 0.3765 0.4526 28 0.4526 28 Southern Conference 31 58 0.3483 0.4575 24 0.4526 29 America East Conference 30 62 0.3261 0.4506 29 0.4509 30 Summit League 41 53 0.4362 0.4477 30 0.4477 31 Southwestern Athletic Conference 10 89 0.1010 0.4384 32 0.4384 32 Mid Eastern Athletic Conference 31 98 0.2403 0.4388 31 0.4275 33 Western Athletic Conference 22 65 0.2529 0.4160 33 0.4160
cool so it is meaningless, just some computer #s. at the moment Kansas has the #2 RPI. the same Kansas that has losses by 32 and 27 and hasn't beaten a currently ranked team.
I don't see the point in doing so, there are so many factors. conf strength to me is about top to bottom strength. the ACC is top heavy right now like the BE used to be but we are a month into the season. it's really early.
watching the LV Classic Boise State/Loyola Chicago Fox Sports airing it before they cut to the court, the studio guy said something like "Boise State has a guy who can fill it up, Derrick Marks", failing to mention that Marks is injured and not playing tonight!
