AAC Problems again

[UconnFanDC]

Currently the conference has no signature wins. Only UCONN vs Maryland and Cincy vs Iowa State and vs Xavier is all we have left to gain respect. Currently Tulsa victory over Wichita State has become of no value with Wichita's losses pilling up. We have a bunch of bad conference losses pilling up. With no SMU heading to the big dance, it looks like we could be looking at maybe two teams and low seeds heading to the post season.

Monmouth has a better group of victories then every team in our conference right now.

 

[UConnSwag11]

Currently the conference has no signature wins. Only UCONN vs Maryland and Cincy vs Iowa State and vs Xavier is all we have left to gain respect. Currently Tulsa victory over Wichita State has become of no value with Wichita's losses pilling up. We have a bunch of bad conference losses pilling up. With no SMU heading to the big dance, it looks like we could be looking at maybe two teams and low seeds heading to the post season.

UConn maryland, OSU, Gtown, Texas, cinci x 2, smu x 2, tulsa 1(?)... we have several chances to get signature wins... also I see UConn, Cinci, Tulsa, and possibly one more making the dance

 

[WestHartHusk]

Michigan will be a good win, bit we have to blame ourselves a bit here. Could have really used 1lone of cuse and gonzaga.

 

[UconnFanDC]

UConn maryland, OSU, Gtown, Texas, cinci x 2, smu x 2, tulsa 1(?)... we have several chances to get signature wins... also I see UConn, Cinci, Tulsa, and possibly one more making the dance

Yes UCONN will make the dance and so should Cincy. Wins in our conference was not the issue or concern here. And OSU, Texas are if anything bubble teams right now. A schools name doesnt make it a signature win.

 

[upstater]

UConn maryland, OSU, Gtown, Texas, cinci x 2, smu x 2, tulsa 1(?)... we have several chances to get signature wins... also I see UConn, Cinci, Tulsa, and possibly one more making the dance

Tulsa looks very bad.

 

[CTBasketball]

We knew this last year. AAC teams love to schedule cupcakes in December and it kills us in March. Temple schedules alright - and so did USF this year, but both teams suck.

UConn maryland, OSU, Gtown, Texas, cinci x 2, smu x 2, tulsa 1(?)... we have several chances to get signature wins... also I see UConn, Cinci, Tulsa, and possibly one more making the dance

OSU and Texas are looking like they will belong in the bottom halves of their conferences. GTown is a mystery. If we need a win this year its against Maryland. If we can beat the #3 Terps, it creates some justification for a protected seed if we finish with less than 5 losses.

 

[UConnSwag11]

Tulsa looks very bad.

really? temple? son of a

 

[Scot-e]

Currently the conference has no signature wins. Only UCONN vs Maryland and Cincy vs Iowa State and vs Xavier is all we have left to gain respect. Currently Tulsa victory over Wichita State has become of no value with Wichita's losses pilling up. We have a bunch of bad conference losses pilling up. With no SMU heading to the big dance, it looks like we could be looking at maybe two teams and low seeds heading to the post season.

Monmouth has a better group of victories then every team in our conference right now.

The " our conference sucks posts" are getting pretty redundant at this point. We all know- we all get it.

 

[Tenspro2002]

The " our conference sucks posts" are getting pretty redundant at this point. We all know- we all get it.

It does matter though. On a year-to-year basis, like it or not, OOC performance of the conference as a whole affects our ability to gain high seeds.

 

[2Husky]

maybe this will be the year we actually win our terrible conference

 

[UconnFanDC]

The " our conference sucks posts" are getting pretty redundant at this point. We all know- we all get it.

I am sure you would not say that its a redundant topic if we were saying all the good things about our conference? lol I have faith in my 2015-16 Huskies but want some great wins out of conference which we have not had in a while. .

 

[Kitaman]

If this team can win the Conference Championship it would eliminate these OOC schedule discussions.

That is always the goal and we have not yet achieved it.

 

[CallMeBruce]

If this team can win the Conference Championship it would eliminate these OOC schedule discussions.

That is always the goal and we have not yet achieved it.

Would it? SMU won the conference last year and got a 6th seed.

 

[Matt1010]

Would it? SMU won the conference last year and got a 6th seed.

Agreed. Winning the Conference Championship is not enough, we need to get some of these big OOC games. SMU completely failed to do that last year losing 3/4 of the big name OOC matchups. Even so, they were definitely under seeded and should have been a ~4.

 

[BFieldHusky]

Would it? SMU won the conference last year and got a 6th seed.

This is why tomorrow night is so big, and the game against Georgetown. Texas/Ohio State don't look like great teams right now, although maybe Texas can change that. SMU didn't beat anyone of significance outside of the league last year. They lost to Indiana and Gonzaga, and beat Michigan, which didn't turn out to be a big deal. Also, SMU lost twice to Cincinnati last year, who was the only other tournament team from our league. So they didn't really have a lot of quality wins as a whole.

If UCONN wants to get a protected seed, they need wins outside of the league, and they need to beat the big boys in conference.

 

[jibsey]

Georgetown is a good team and I expect they will be ranked. Again, why are we so much better than Georgetown? My eyeballs tell me we are fairly equal.

 

[Palatine]

Currently the conference has no signature wins. Only UCONN vs Maryland and Cincy vs Iowa State and vs Xavier is all we have left to gain respect. Currently Tulsa victory over Wichita State has become of no value with Wichita's losses pilling up. We have a bunch of bad conference losses pilling up. With no SMU heading to the big dance, it looks like we could be looking at maybe two teams and low seeds heading to the post season.

Monmouth has a better group of victories then every team in our conference right now.

Hmmmmm.

 

[GlastonTim]

Just win and who cares about anyone else.

 

[willie99]

once again, when it comes to bubble teams, it's not about wins or losses or your resume

it's about representation on the committee

the biggest problem the AAC has had when it comes to selection Sunday is that they've had no representation on the committee, everything else is a red herring, everything else

 

[willie99]

just checked, it doesn't appear the conference will be represented this year either

 

[Kitaman]

Would it? SMU won the conference last year and got a 6th seed.

Are you concerned about our seeding? UConn Tournament seeding never matters. Its just artwork.

We win regardless of where we are seeded. As for this season, the Texas final destination is all that matters. History proves we get there and we win it.

"We don't chase Championships, Championships chase UConn!"

 

[Slasher]

We knew this last year. AAC teams love to schedule cupcakes in December and it kills us in March. Temple schedules alright - and so did USF this year, but both teams suck.

OSU and Texas are looking like they will belong in the bottom halves of their conferences. GTown is a mystery. If we need a win this year its against Maryland. If we can beat the #3 Terps, it creates some justification for a protected seed if we finish with less than 5 losses.

Scheduling is still a lot better than last year on the AAC as a whole. Cincinnati scheduled pretty well. Butler, Iowa State at home. @Xavier, @VCU. GW and Nebraska neutral.

 

[intlzncster]

Are you concerned about our seeding? UConn Tournament seeding never matters. Its just artwork.

We win regardless of where we are seeded. As for this season, the Texas final destination is all that matters. History proves we get there and we win it.

"We don't chase Championships, Championships chase UConn!"

Still rather have a higher seed than not.

At the end of the day, it's about match ups. If we face Louisville in 2014 somewhere in the bracket, we are not National Champions.

 

[Kitaman]

Still rather have a higher seed than not.

At the end of the day, it's about match ups. If we face Louisville in 2014 somewhere in the bracket, we are not National Champions.

Louisville had our number that year, that's for sure. I agree its about matchups, but that 2014 Championship was against the best of college basketball, and we didn't have many weapons. Just saying that seeding for UConn historically affects are opponents more than the other way around.

Just saying even if we are 6th seed, I can't imagine there being one happy opponent seeing us in their region. We are dangerous no matter were we are seeded in a region. Come March I think this team is capable of doing so much damage, its just going to take time.