Bracketology and SEC 7-9ers

[Phil]

Good point about the home and away strategy.

I'm not opposed to a system that have incentives for behavior, but if you include those, you'd better be sure it incents behavior you want to happen. I'm not convinced this is the case. Time for the NCAA to do some hard thinking.

 

[triaddukefan]

Where are the quality wins by the SEC?

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  [ ]If I read correctly, the conference champion has one win over a ranked teams other than in conference.
  [ ]The number two team in the conference caught a freshman dominated UNC team in the second game of the season, before they jelled.
  [ ]The number three team in the conference, TAMU has zero wins against ranked teams out of conference.
  [ ]The number four team in the conference, Kentucky, actually won a legitimate game against a decent team.
  [ ]The number five team in the conference, Florida, has zero wins against ranked teams out of conference.

Why do some think the SEC is still an elite conference?

Shouldn't an elite conference manage more than three wins against ranked teams? UConn alone has as many wins before Thanksgiving against non-conference ranked teams as the entire SEC in their entire non-conference season.

The entire resume of the entire conference consists of one overtime win, a decent win by KY over Louisville and another win against a young team in their second game.

(edit oops, forgot the KY Louisville game, have edited)

South Carolina didnt have a win over a ranked team OOC.... their best win was vs the real USC. Oh yeah... they did beat UNC-CHarlotte too

 

[DobbsRover2]

South Carolina didnt have a win over a ranked team OOC.... their best win was vs the real USC. Oh yeah... they did beat UNC-CHarlotte too

The other issue for USCar is that even in conference they had only one road win over a team with a winning SEC record, though it was a plastering of KY, but Alabama also won at KY. They had chances against the second and third place teams but failed on the road at Texas A&M and UTenn.

WVU by contrast has road wins over the other two teams among the B12's top 3.

 

[Phil]

South Carolina didnt have a win over a ranked team OOC.... their best win was vs the real USC. Oh yeah... they did beat UNC-CHarlotte too

Heh, I was right the first time.