rec.sport.basketball.college

On Feb 14, 6:47 pm, "Edward M. Kennedy" wrote:
> 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.

Point well made, but it would be better made if you looked at only non-
conference games against the top 50. 17 of those 36 losses are to
other CUSA teams. 0-19 isn't great either, but that's the statistic
that you should use to compare with other conferences. Just curious..
how is the ACC (minus Duke and UNC) doing against the top 50 in non-
conference games? How is the SEC (minus UT) doing in similar games? I
doubt they're anything close to 0-19, but I also doubt that they are
living up to their usual standards. Again.. I'm just curious, I'm not
trying to insult the mighty ACC.

>
> 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.
>

Could this be the year that we see three ACC teams in the Big Apple
Final 4?

> 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.
>

I hear that Coach Cal is trying to get them into CUSA.