rec.sport.basketball.college

Non-Memphis teams against Sagarin top 50 competition: 0-36. The highest rated
conference to go oh-fer against the top 50 is the #22 (of 32) Big Sky. The funny
part is that a lot of conferences that do have wins against top 50 teams did it
with far less tries than 36.

In other news, the ACC is considering changing its basketball scheduling so that
all teams play home-and-aways with each other. The thought is that FSU is going
to be facing a post season ban anyway, and the Ivy League has made a hoops-only
offer to Virginia. The ACC will be asking FSU to find some other league, and
depending on how well the ACC bottom feeders do, FSU and UVA can win spots back
by either having a higher Sagarin rating, or by winning their conference regular
season, or by winning an NCAA tournament game (the thought being that winning a
conference tournament could be a fluke). The ACC may add in an NIT championship
for qualifying to return, but a few schools are currently objecting to that one.

Last but not least, 0-26 New Jersey Tech is fairly certain of going oh-fer for
the season. Their best shot is hosting Longwood, who has managed an impressive
four wins this year, though one was against New Jersey Tech.

--Tedward