Some pontificating....

This year might be the true tipping point for the AAC to separate itself from the G4.

USF starting out ranked based on how it finished last year got the ball rolling. Having three teams in the Top 25 shows a growing respect for the league (with a fourth hanging around the periphery).
Having Top 25 match-ups for rivalry week (dare I say Top 15?) would be another indicator that the league has worked its way through the chaos of it's painful birth. Add to this, ranked West and East teams meeting in the CCG with the winner going to the Access Bowl.

All this is in the realm of "should happen" this year as opposed to the "could happen" of previous years.

The last piece of the puzzle would be for the AAC to finish with multiple teams ranked in the Top 25, again a very real possibility.

With the addition of Hitachi State, the AAC stands to re-emerge as a major basketball conference again.

This league has earned it's reputation as a cut above the G4 masses.

Bonus points for all this occurring right before TV negotiations, providing the Conference an exciting product to sell. I am feeling very optimistic about this league and the things to come.

Now if only my school could contribute in some way

Hitachi State will be good this year

(10-16-2017 03:48 PM)Pony94 Wrote:  Hitachi State will be good this year

Damn you AutoCorrect but they will be the best grill in the league.

LOLOLOLOLOL! I'm calling them Hitachi State from now on.

(10-16-2017 05:38 PM)8BitPirate Wrote:  

(10-16-2017 03:48 PM)Pony94 Wrote:  Hitachi State will be good this year

Damn you AutoCorrect but they will be the best grill in the league.

I thought it was a dig. lol I like it

(10-16-2017 05:42 PM)HuskyU Wrote:  LOLOLOLOLOL! I'm calling them Hitachi State from now on.

Me too!

Hitachi State... Perfect

Kick 'er off there, Hitachi. No. Doesn't work for me.

Let's use it in a sentence:

AAC schools have been playing in a real conference these past few years, while Hitachi State has been playing with themselves.

(10-16-2017 05:38 PM)8BitPirate Wrote:  

(10-16-2017 03:48 PM)Pony94 Wrote:  Hitachi State will be good this year

Damn you AutoCorrect but they will be the best grill in the league.

Hitachi State from now on.

(10-16-2017 09:29 PM)Borncoog74 Wrote:  

That can give you a shocker

(10-17-2017 07:22 AM)Pony94 Wrote:  

(10-16-2017 09:29 PM)Borncoog74 Wrote:  

That can give you a shocker

Standard AAC issue to everyone in the league not named UConn at the conference tourney? Would explain a lot.

Sunrockers - hmm, almost like Shockers

http://basketball.asia-basket.com/team/J...ibuya/2919

They are also gold and black

(10-16-2017 03:48 PM)Pony94 Wrote:  Hitachi State will be good this year

looking for a rundown from quohood

This thread is pure gold. I love you all.

(10-16-2017 05:42 PM)HuskyU Wrote:  LOLOLOLOLOL! I'm calling them Hitachi State from now on.

Should be a hot ticket.

Who is Hitachi State?

(10-18-2017 09:08 PM)TulsaEye Wrote:  Who is Hitachi State?

American Conference 2017 Auto-Spelling Bee Champions.

Shocking upset!