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(03-13-2017 08:34 PM)ClemVegas Wrote:  i would say Clemson's run last year in the ACC, with wins over Duke, Pitt, Miami, and some other team, was more impressive.

Ha ha ha ha ha ha

Talk about a classic post. Yes, Clemson winning some regular season games (ignoring that they ALL were home games and you glossed over the loss that was mixed in that stretch) is absolutely more impressive than a NCAA Final 4 appearance. 03-lmfao

Does Clemson hang banners for 10-8 ACC regular season records such as 2015-16?
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we hang banners for football natties.

what about commuter school Lville?

lol

if you want to make case beating Middle Tenn State, Dayton, and Gonzaga is more impressive than beating good 4 ACC teams, go for it. that looks like NIT schedule.

the reality is Cuse really had no case for the tournament last year, as their own coach admitted, when he said they had a better case this year.

i think this is the problem with college basketball, the regular season doesn't mean that much in the end, if a team who shouldn't make the tournament can get to the final 4 and do so by playing 3 non p5 teams.

it is like UConn winning it all a few years ago, i think they were a 10 seed. hard to say they were the best team that year. the tourney isn't about trying to establish the best team, it is about tv ratings.

if I was doing the tourney, it would be 16 teams max. all those regular season games and conference tourney games should count more.

if a 16 seed upsets a 1 seed, it then benefits from the weakest possible matchup in the bracket. So winning one game gives the 16 seed the advantage the 1 seed spent all season to acquire. you would think they would at least give top seeds a bye in the first round if not the first two rounds.
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(03-13-2017 03:49 PM)jaminandjachin Wrote:  There's always conversation around the ACC expanding with Big East teams and how much of a difference it makes, was it worth it, blah blah blah.

It's NCAA tournament time and I present you exhibit A:

Between 2006 and 2014 (9 NCAA Tournaments), the ACC had 7 teams reach the Elite Eight (UNC x5, Duke x2)

Just the last two years, 2015 and 2016, the ACC had 7 teams reach the Elite Eight (UNC, Duke, Louisville, Syracuse, Virginia, Notre Dame x2). So 4 of the 7 can be attributed to the newbies. Syracuse became the first non UNC/Duke team to make the Final Four from the ACC since Georgia Tech in 2004. I'd say the difference of the additions is significant.

There is definitely an uptick financially when you combine the TV contract increases, the CFB playoff appearances, the increased number of football bowl appearances, and increases in the NCAA basketball tournament units. We just need to keep it going. Hopefully, the linear network adds even more money and if football continues on this trajectory, we can one day correct that Orange Bowl contract payout and get some even better bowl tie-ins. Things are moving in the right direction in my opinion. On a personal note, I sat in the driving rain and watched Clemson lose to Cuse in the 96 Toyota Gator Bowl. So, I was happy when Syracuse joined the conference so that we could play again and get a win. It made me feel a lot better.
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(03-13-2017 10:59 PM)ClemVegas Wrote:  Dayton, and Gonzaga... looks like NIT schedule.
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(03-13-2017 10:59 PM)ClemVegas Wrote:  we hang banners for football natties.

what about commuter school Lville?

lol

if you want to make case beating Middle Tenn State, Dayton, and Gonzaga is more impressive than beating good 4 ACC teams, go for it. that looks like NIT schedule.

the reality is Cuse really had no case for the tournament last year, as their own coach admitted, when he said they had a better case this year.

i think this is the problem with college basketball, the regular season doesn't mean that much in the end, if a team who shouldn't make the tournament can get to the final 4 and do so by playing 3 non p5 teams.

it is like UConn winning it all a few years ago, i think they were a 10 seed. hard to say they were the best team that year. the tourney isn't about trying to establish the best team, it is about tv ratings.

if I was doing the tourney, it would be 16 teams max. all those regular season games and conference tourney games should count more.

if a 16 seed upsets a 1 seed, it then benefits from the weakest possible matchup in the bracket. So winning one game gives the 16 seed the advantage the 1 seed spent all season to acquire. you would think they would at least give top seeds a bye in the first round if not the first two rounds.

Louisville honors our Heisman winner & hangs banners for national championships in basketball. Not to bad for a city commuter school.
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(03-14-2017 08:42 AM)Lenvillecards Wrote:  Louisville honors our Heisman winner & hangs banners for national championships in basketball.

Of course this thread was solely about basketball until he brought in football when he didn't have another argument. Only CV would try and argue that winning 4 regular season basketball games (not even 4 in a row) trumps a Final 4 appearance.
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(03-14-2017 12:22 AM)Schema Wrote:  
(03-13-2017 03:49 PM)jaminandjachin Wrote:  There's always conversation around the ACC expanding with Big East teams and how much of a difference it makes, was it worth it, blah blah blah.

It's NCAA tournament time and I present you exhibit A:

Between 2006 and 2014 (9 NCAA Tournaments), the ACC had 7 teams reach the Elite Eight (UNC x5, Duke x2)

Just the last two years, 2015 and 2016, the ACC had 7 teams reach the Elite Eight (UNC, Duke, Louisville, Syracuse, Virginia, Notre Dame x2). So 4 of the 7 can be attributed to the newbies. Syracuse became the first non UNC/Duke team to make the Final Four from the ACC since Georgia Tech in 2004. I'd say the difference of the additions is significant.

There is definitely an uptick financially when you combine the TV contract increases, the CFB playoff appearances, the increased number of football bowl appearances, and increases in the NCAA basketball tournament units. We just need to keep it going. Hopefully, the linear network adds even more money and if football continues on this trajectory, we can one day correct that Orange Bowl contract payout and get some even better bowl tie-ins. Things are moving in the right direction in my opinion. On a personal note, I sat in the driving rain and watched Clemson lose to Cuse in the 96 Toyota Gator Bowl. So, I was happy when Syracuse joined the conference so that we could play again and get a win. It made me feel a lot better.

Ok we even now...you can call off the dogs. 03-lmfao

BTW, Clemson was a nice trip last year...classic Southern College Town. I plan to return in '18. Send me a note if you are coming to Cuse...I'll be up for the Friday night game. You are welcome to join my tailgate. Cuseroc, CardinalJim and CardFan1 can vouch guaranteeing a great tailgate.
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(03-14-2017 08:42 AM)Lenvillecards Wrote:  Louisville honors our Heisman winner & hangs banners for national championships in basketball.

Of course this thread was solely about basketball until he brought in football when he didn't have another argument. Only CV would try and argue that winning 4 regular season basketball games (not even 4 in a row) trumps a Final 4 appearance.

F4 appearance>ACC Championship in my book. It shouldn't be...but that is how teams are judged now...all about the NCAAs.

I bet ClemsonVegas didn't even see the Tigers play a basketball game this year.
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(03-13-2017 04:25 PM)ClemVegas Wrote:  i would say overall the former big east programs have declined since entering the ACC. ND has been better.

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(03-14-2017 11:03 AM)TexanMark Wrote:  
(03-14-2017 09:05 AM)CollegeCard Wrote:  
(03-14-2017 08:42 AM)Lenvillecards Wrote:  Louisville honors our Heisman winner & hangs banners for national championships in basketball.

Of course this thread was solely about basketball until he brought in football when he didn't have another argument. Only CV would try and argue that winning 4 regular season basketball games (not even 4 in a row) trumps a Final 4 appearance.

F4 appearance>ACC Championship in my book. It shouldn't be...but that is how teams are judged now...all about the NCAAs.

I bet ClemsonVegas didn't even see the Tigers play a basketball game this year.

Not too long ago it wasn't that way. The ACC was much more like the Ivy League in that the Conference Championships carried more weight than competing on a national level.
When playoffs NCAA playoffs started gaining national broadcasts (in all sports) the ACC changed their focus.
The ACC actually changed the way games were officiated so that they could be prepared to play when referees from other leagues called their tournament games. The conference was not used to the thugball that Big East officials allowed.
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(03-14-2017 11:03 AM)TexanMark Wrote:  
(03-14-2017 09:05 AM)CollegeCard Wrote:  
(03-14-2017 08:42 AM)Lenvillecards Wrote:  Louisville honors our Heisman winner & hangs banners for national championships in basketball.

Of course this thread was solely about basketball until he brought in football when he didn't have another argument. Only CV would try and argue that winning 4 regular season basketball games (not even 4 in a row) trumps a Final 4 appearance.

F4 appearance>ACC Championship in my book. It shouldn't be...but that is how teams are judged now...all about the NCAAs.

I bet ClemsonVegas didn't even see the Tigers play a basketball game this year.

i don' understand how you can say making the final 4 (and this after a pretty bad season) is better than winning a conference title. I know Coach K likes winning the conference title.

you seeem more like the kind of fan who doesn't watch basketball until the tournament. you say stupid stuff like 'NYC is the mecca of college basketball' .

most basketball fans don't even remember Cuse was in final 4 last year. they were part of the reason the Final 4 sucked until the title game.
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(03-14-2017 09:05 AM)CollegeCard Wrote:  
(03-14-2017 08:42 AM)Lenvillecards Wrote:  Louisville honors our Heisman winner & hangs banners for national championships in basketball.

Of course this thread was solely about basketball until he brought in football when he didn't have another argument. Only CV would try and argue that winning 4 regular season basketball games (not even 4 in a row) trumps a Final 4 appearance.

that wasn't my point. my point is winning 4 games in the Acc is more impressive than beating the the teams Cuse won last year. i never said it 'trumps' anything, that is just your dumb hack spin. i think numerous ACC teams could have won those 4 games.

and Cuse got blown out against UNC. they weren't on the verge of winning a title. the point is to win the tittle, Cuse did not win the title. you guys act like the final 4 is the title.

Cuse didn't have a great record last year, it cracks me up that you are making them out as an amazing team. they lost first round to Pitt in ACC tourney. obviously when a team bombs out in ACC tourney, they will say making final 4 is better. lol
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(03-14-2017 12:41 PM)ClemVegas Wrote:  
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(03-14-2017 08:42 AM)Lenvillecards Wrote:  Louisville honors our Heisman winner & hangs banners for national championships in basketball.

Of course this thread was solely about basketball until he brought in football when he didn't have another argument. Only CV would try and argue that winning 4 regular season basketball games (not even 4 in a row) trumps a Final 4 appearance.

that wasn't my point. my point is winning 4 games in the Acc is more impressive than beating the the teams Cuse won last year. i never said it 'trumps' anything, that is just your dumb hack spin. i think numerous ACC teams could have won those 4 games.

and Cuse got blown out against UNC. they weren't on the verge of winning a title. the point is to win the tittle, Cuse did not win the title. you guys act like the final 4 is the title.

Cuse didn't have a great record last year, it cracks me up that you are making them out as an amazing team.

Just because those teams didn't have the name recognition, I assume this is what you're referring to, doesn't mean that those teams weren't any good. They were good enough to beat teams with a better name recognition & to survive & advance. Making the F4 isn't an easy feat. Making the tournament isn't an easy feat, just ask Northwestern. Winning 4 games in the ACC tournament is impressive, picking 4 random games during an ACC regular season not so much. What FSU did this year, going 5-1 against 6 straight ranked teams is impressive. That's my opinion.
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the second i post on here, you pop up. stalker got to stalk.

you ought to hang a Syracuse Final 4 banner in the Lville arena, it means so much to you.

i don't think a team getiting their butt kicked in the Final 4 is something to brag about. they obviosly didn't belong in final 4. other teams could have been in the game with UNC.
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(03-13-2017 10:59 PM)ClemVegas Wrote:  we hang banners for football natties.

what about commuter school Lville?

lol

if you want to make case beating Middle Tenn State, Dayton, and Gonzaga is more impressive than beating good 4 ACC teams, go for it. that looks like NIT schedule.

Just so I get this straight, are you talking about currently NCAA. #1 seed Gonzaga being an NIT quality team? Thats the same team SU beat last year, along with Virginia to get to the FF. Dayton was a ranked team going into the tourney, and Middle Tennesee State blew out Michigan State by 30 points. The game was never in question. Just because they didnt have big names on their jerseys doesnt mean they werent good teams. BTW, SU was the underdog in every one of those games.
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you realize Cuse didn't have a great record last year? and they lost in first round of ACC tourney.

do you think overall resume matters?

do you really beleive Dayton, Gonzaga, Middle Tenn State play schedules as tough as ACC teams?

Cuse was a bubble team last year. the premise of this thread is 'what a difference the newbies make' and a bubble team is being used to make this case? the same program didn't even make the tournament this year. how many programs make final 4 one year and then in NIT the next. it seem like if a program is truly making a difference, it is a consistent thing.


Zaga has been seeded high in the tourney numerous times but they don't ever win it and usually get knocked out early.
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(03-14-2017 01:09 PM)ClemVegas Wrote:  you realize Cuse didn't have a great record last year? and they lost in first round of ACC tourney.

do you think overall resume matters?

do you really beleive Dayton, Gonzaga, Middle Tenn State play schedules as tough as ACC teams?

Cuse was a bubble team last year. the premise of this thread is 'what a difference the newbies make' and a bubble team is being used to make this case? the same program didn't even make the tournament this year. it seem like if a program is truly making a difference, it is a consistent thing.


Zaga has been seeded high in the tourney numerous times but they don't ever win it and usually get knocked out early.

I believe Dayton and Gonzaga were both better than a few ACC teams, and would have been the favorite against those teams in a head to head. Vegas thought they were better than Syracuse. We are way past the fact that SU did not have a great season last year and their resume wasnt great. But they did go to the FF and beat some preety good teams in the process who were expecting to beat SU. That is also a fact.
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ok, well i don't think Cuse's final 4 last year says much about the conference in general. they got blown out by an ACC team on the biggest stage. if they are improving the conference, they should have better record in conference, not losing 1st round in ACC tourney, and being a higher seed in the big dance. this year 9 ACC teams got in, but not Cuse. BC and Pitt didn't get in either or even make NIT. so i think the premise of the thread is on shaky ground.

it should be a consistent performance thing.
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Guys guys guys. Let's all remember that CV is the resident college basketball expert here. Every point he's made in this thread has been spot on.
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i haven't seen you or your clones say anything that refutes my points. what the hell a 'basketball expert' anyway. lol who decides that? Some hostile Lville fan on the internet? you the expert because you say so, homey.

i don't understand how a program that squeaked into the tournament last year and got blown out in final 4 is something to get real excited about as far as ACC goes. i can understand Cuse fans were excited about it partly b/c it was so unexpected. lol

i think the ACC for most part has remained Duke and UNC's league since expansion. UVA has gotten better but so far not doing much in post season.

reality is Cuse deprived people of an exciting final 4 matchup last year. that's why the tournament should give top seeds byes at least in the first round.
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