(01-23-2020 12:03 PM)bullet Wrote:  

(01-21-2020 06:01 PM)Tigersmoke4 Wrote:  Even though some of you like billdazzle and a few others have some emotional need to cut out the AAC as if it helps the NBE, I have to say that any conference with Memphis, Cincy, Houston, Temple and Wichita state is not and I'll repeat IS NOT A MID-MAJOR. Mid-majors don't have #1 recruiting classes, 5* recruits multi NCAA tournament bids even in bad years. However I'll admit that the AAC got off to a rough start after UCONN'S championship run. A lot of that was the result of some bad coaching hires that have been mostly corrected. I've said for years that the AAC had a Memphis/UCONN problem because we both didn't do well for 4-5 years, yet even still the AAC has produced multi NCAA tournament teams every year. Heck the AAC even finished above the pac12 last season and that with the conference still not completely up and running.

The media is starting to call anything other than the P5 + BE mid-major.

I'm not so sure about that, Bullet. But if so, the media (which can be lazy and I know because I'm a member of the media) is likely using the term for general conference assessment — and not for specific programs. The media would rarely call, for example, the Gonzaga program specifically a "mid-major." I root for Belmont and that is a true mid-major program. Gonzaga is like the L.A. Lakers compared to Belmont.

The media has a responsibility to be precise, accurate and bias-free. It often fails, thus making my job more difficult (and hurting our profession).