Nah, one of their bus drivers ran over some Duke players about a week ago, so the sponsorship had to be pulled.Is it True that Greyhound is one of the Sponsors of the ACC Tournament.
Yep. A pretty bad (2-14 in ACC) Wake team is handling a somewhat bad BCU team (5-11 in ACC) and Dearica Hamby is en fuego with 21 points so far. Kid's got game for sure!And despite being 2-14 in the ACC this year (though they did just beat a team that beat Notre Dame), perennial doormat Wake Forest is threatening to win its 7th straight ACC tournament opener stretching back to 2008-09. Boston College having problems again.
Question though - Given that UCONN beat the #2 and #3 teams in the nation by an average of 22 points or so, does it really matter what our OOC opponents do in their tourneys? Our SOS could be 50 and UCONN would still be the overall #1 seed IMHO...Duke's loss to a BC team that will likely be ranked around #125 in Sagarin is certainly going to be a bad tire mark during selections. And it's that time of year when you pray that UConn's OOC opponents don't lay an egg in their conference tournaments, though with Vandy I still hope they get kicked some more.
Yep. A pretty bad (2-14 in ACC) Wake team is handling a somewhat bad BCU team (5-11 in ACC) and Dearica Hamby is en fuego with 21 points so far. Kid's got game for sure!
Question though - Given that UCONN beat the #2 and #3 teams in the nation by an average of 22 points or so, does it really matter what our OOC opponents do in their tourneys? Our SOS could be 50 and UCONN would still be the overall #1 seed IMHO...
Back in 2004 when my old junior high principle's daughter Cathy Inglese was coaching the Eagles they were good enough to beat the Huskies in the Big East Tournament and win through to the Sweet Sixteen in the NCAAT. They were generally a pretty tough team in the early-mid 2000s, but when Gene DeDysfunctional started getting rid of all the decent coaches in all sports when they moved to the ACC, women's basketball tanked liked the rest of the sports but hockey.Anybody remember the last time Boston College had a good women's team? Have they ever had a good team?
And likewise on the men's side?
Sometimes it seems to me that after they left the Big East, their athletic fortunes for major teams took a dive - but I admit I haven't followed the Eagles very closely and it's only a casual observation.
How was NC State even sniffing the NCAA's? 16-14 overall with a 7-9 record in the ACC, and losses to the very Tulane team you just mentioned. They do h ave a win over Duke, but it's the only good win they have. So many "bad" losses including one to BC, among others. But I do agree Tulane's loss to Tulsa probably sealed their fate, if it wasn't already sealed.NC State was the first of Creme's Last Four Out teams, so with the Wolfpack pushed off the table it means one less team on the bubble to compete with if Tulane can do well in the AACT. Still a long shot though.
How was NC State even sniffing the NCAA's? 16-14 overall with a 7-9 record in the ACC, and losses to the very Tulane team you just mentioned. They do h ave a win over Duke, but it's the only good win they have. So many "bad" losses including one to BC, among others. But I do agree Tulane's loss to Tulsa probably sealed their fate, if it wasn't already sealed.
I do think the AAC will be decent next year - UCONN, USF, Temple, Tulane, ECU and Tulsa are all respectable. Would be great to see 4 teams from the AAC get into the tourney...
Anybody remember the last time Boston College had a good women's team? Have they ever had a good team?
And likewise on the men's side?
Sometimes it seems to me that after they left the Big East, their athletic fortunes for major teams took a dive - but I admit I haven't followed the Eagles very closely and it's only a casual observation.
Besides that win over Duke, the next most respectable win was over a Miami team that Creme has as one of the Last Four In with a win over ND but just a pile of road losses to bad teams. I guess otherwise the best you can say for NC State was that they had some respectable losses -- by 7 points to Louisville and ND and by 4 points to UNC. Every year has some questionable bubble teams, but this year's bubblers really do seem to have mainly just froth.How was NC State even sniffing the NCAA's? 16-14 overall with a 7-9 record in the ACC, and losses to the very Tulane team you just mentioned. They do h ave a win over Duke, but it's the only good win they have. So many "bad" losses including one to BC, among others. But I do agree Tulane's loss to Tulsa probably sealed their fate, if it wasn't already sealed.
I do think the AAC will be decent next year - UCONN, USF, Temple, Tulane, ECU and Tulsa are all respectable. Would be great to see 4 teams from the AAC get into the tourney...
Bingo on the last point! I don't put a lot of stock in Creme, but this year its a combination of things that make it more mysterious than ever. Basically, there are not a lot of good tournament candidates out there, IMO. As a general fan of the game, I don't particularly put it down to the gap between UConn, the next group, the next group and the rest. Rather, it just seems that unlike many seasons, a lot of teams are very flawed.Besides that win over Duke, the next most respectable win was over a Miami team that Creme has as one of the Last Four In with a win over ND but just a pile of road losses to bad teams. I guess otherwise the best you can say for NC State was that they had some respectable losses -- by 7 points to Louisville and ND and by 4 points to UNC. Every year has some questionable bubble teams, but this year's bubblers really do seem to have mainly just froth.
And on another conference championship note, who would ever have thought a few years ago that a team rated #77 by Sagarin would be the #3 seed in the B12 tournament? TCU with a bad rating and a 9-9 conference record still won the tie-breaker for the #3 seed there, and Creme has the Frogs as one of the Last Four In, though that was before the 34 point crushing at Texas. Think TCU and WVU really need to do well in the B12T.
triaddukefan said:I aint mad at Wake Forest..... not one bit
Orange crushed. Roadkill in the Demon Deacons' wake.Conference tourneys already getting upsets. #22 Syracuse goes down to Wake Forest (13th in ACC) 85-79.