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RE: Gonzaga and the MWC have talked?
(04-03-2018 01:00 PM)arkstfan Wrote:  
(04-03-2018 12:59 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  
(04-03-2018 12:30 PM)LatahCounty Wrote:  
(04-03-2018 12:21 PM)stever20 Wrote:  The thing is, look at Wichita. Last year they went in MVC 30-4 and got an 8 seed. This year in AAC they went 25-7 and got a 4 seed. SOS matters that much. You can have a worse record, and be a higher seed.

Also, Gonzaga just went 30-4 in the WCC and got a 4 seed. So why am I looking at Wichita?

Cuz Wichita lost 3 more games and came in third in the conference and got the same seed as Zags who won more game and won both the regular season and the conference tourney. Basically, there is more room for error in the AAC. That said, Zags will end up with more resources in the WCC and weaker competition than they would have in the MW---so its hard to argue with their decision. I think Zags will be fine.

More room for error in AAC but more opportunity for error as well. Play tougher teams, odds of losing increases.

Absolutely true and a reasonable point. That said, you tend to get penalized very little for losing to a good team and you get more opportunities during the conference season to offset a bad loss when the conference has a number of quality teams. Still--given the financial package--I dont think Gonzaga has made a bad decision. They have a pretty strog reason to believe they have a very repeatable route to the tourney and will get a decent seed on reputation alone at this point.

Frankly, I still think we are eventually going to see many of the more committed mid-major basketball schools coalescing together in order to aide one another in the quest to improve RPI and other committee metrics. That may occur as one or two strengthened mid-major conferences or it may occur as hybrid add on's to some of the existing FBS conferences. I could see the MW and AAC warehousing several strong basketball programs in the east and west in the future. Maybe the SB, CUSA, or MAC might utilize the same strategy as well for strong mid-major programs in their footprint.
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Gonzaga and the MWC have talked? - YNot - 02-28-2018, 06:02 PM
RE: Gonzaga and the MWC have talked? - MJG - 02-28-2018, 08:15 PM
Gonzaga and the MWC have talked? - Jjoey52 - 03-14-2018, 09:41 PM
Gonzaga and the MWC have talked? - Jjoey52 - 03-15-2018, 11:36 AM
Gonzaga and the MWC have talked? - Jjoey52 - 03-16-2018, 08:28 PM
Gonzaga and the MWC have talked? - Jjoey52 - 03-25-2018, 10:29 PM
Gonzaga and the MWC have talked? - Jjoey52 - 03-26-2018, 06:20 PM
Gonzaga and the MWC have talked? - Jjoey52 - 04-01-2018, 07:16 PM
Gonzaga and the MWC have talked? - Jjoey52 - 04-03-2018, 12:15 AM
Gonzaga and the MWC have talked? - Jjoey52 - 04-03-2018, 11:42 AM
RE: Gonzaga and the MWC have talked? - Attackcoog - 04-03-2018 01:58 PM
Gonzaga and the MWC have talked? - Jjoey52 - 04-06-2018, 02:26 PM
Gonzaga and the MWC have talked? - Jjoey52 - 04-06-2018, 04:56 PM
Gonzaga and the MWC have talked? - Jjoey52 - 05-03-2018, 03:17 PM



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