Stallion wrote:PAC 12 really does suck. Buffalo manhandled Arizona-25 right now with 1 minute left and it doesn't even look like an upset. Buffalo a No. 13 seed is better. I think the AAC is a tougher conference
Can't believe it but SMU only dropped to No. 65 in Sagarin despite 17-16 record-how is that possible?
And let's not forget USC got a one seed in the NIT but struggled to beat UNC-Asheville in Los Angeles in OT. Really is a down year for the PAC-12
I watched that game and UNC-Asheville deserves some credit. Even after traveling cross-country on short notice, they shot the ball very well for about 3/4 of the game. Not having Metu reduced USC's size advantage, but Rakocevic responded with a 24 point 19 rebound game.
Regardless, USC won and will host Western Kentucky (who beat Boston College) Monday night.
Stallion wrote:PAC 12 really does suck. Buffalo manhandled Arizona-25 right now with 1 minute left and it doesn't even look like an upset. Buffalo a No. 13 seed is better. I think the AAC is a tougher conference
No doubt. The AAC is a great basketball conference. I'm really hoping this is the year our teams actually prove it... other than 2014 UConn, the NCAA tournament performance has been terrible.
I'm (begrudgingly) happy for Houston. Gonna be cheering hard for Cincinnati and Wichita State tomorrow.
I wouldn't be too quick to declare the AAC a "great" basketball conference. Good...yes, but let's beat some P5 schools in this tourney before we declare the AAC much improved
Stallion wrote:PAC 12 really does suck. Buffalo manhandled Arizona-25 right now with 1 minute left and it doesn't even look like an upset. Buffalo a No. 13 seed is better. I think the AAC is a tougher conference
No doubt. The AAC is a great basketball conference. I'm really hoping this is the year our teams actually prove it... other than 2014 UConn, the NCAA tournament performance has been terrible.
I'm (begrudgingly) happy for Houston. Gonna be cheering hard for Cincinnati and Wichita State tomorrow.
I wouldn't be too quick to declare the AAC a "great" basketball conference. Good...yes, but let's beat some P5 schools in this tourney before we declare the AAC much improved
Maybe I should have said "could be a great basketball conference", but yeah, that's exactly what we have to do.
mrydel wrote:It was obviously touched last by Marshall but WSU has really under performed
I thought it was pretty obvious because WSU player was reaching towards the foul line and the ball goes out on the baseline so to me it was obvious the Marshall player was last "finger" to touch that ball. Huge call at that point in the game, but I agree WSU deserved to lose that game. They were not all that they were billed to be coming into this season.
mrydel wrote:It was obviously touched last by Marshall but WSU has really under performed
I thought it was pretty obvious because WSU player was reaching towards the foul line and the ball goes out on the baseline so to me it was obvious the Marshall player was last "finger" to touch that ball. Huge call at that point in the game, but I agree WSU deserved to lose that game. They were not all that they were billed to be coming into this season.
Bummed to see Shaq Morris go out like that. He was a fun player to watch. Shamet, McDuffie, and Reaves give them a decent base to work from, but I don't follow them closely enough to know what the starting lineup will look like next year. I think they get the benefit of the doubt that they'll be competing for the conference championship most years though. (I guess I'd have said that about Memphis and UConn just a few years ago... so nothing is ever guaranteed.)
