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Conference winners and losers: Grading the so-called p5

Since this is a thread concerning the grading of conferences, how would you grade ALL applicable conferences in regards to the 2021 NCAAT?? Or, how would you rank them, is another way of putting it....
 
West Coast: B. Gonzaga really should have done more, but BYU upsetting Rutgers somewhat balances it out.

OVC: A+: Belmoooont upsetting Gonzaaaaga!

MVC: Missouri State reaching the sweet 16 is a good representation, but Bradley struck out against Texas for a team that shouldn’t have been in. A.
 
Barring a teams total superiority over all the other teams, winning a National Championship requires a degree of luck in respect to match ups and timing. Its single elimination and due to the nature of the game it is possible for any team that is any where close in ability to catch a team on a bad night and beat them. Logically we have been giving entirely too much validity to the Tournament in respect to decide which team is the best. Its basically a promotional fan fest.

Now that there is more parity in WCBB, the afore mentioned factors will play a much greater role each season. This season, with its virus factors certainly added to the uncertainty. The seedings were based mostly on guess work.

There is a reason why professional leagues do not have single elimination playoffs.
 
Dwilliams02 said:
It's not hard to beat a sec team. None of them cept Arkansas could shoot. Arkansas lack of rebounding and defense makes them lose.

That's how they beat on each other. Only SC can handle playing top tier teams in other conferences.

(SOME OF...) The top sec teams lost to mid-level out of conference teams. Still give them a F-
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Lorcan said:
Is there a grade above A+? The only team that didn’t perform to their seed? UCLA.
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We know the Pac 12 has been really good for a number of years, and their collective performance in the Tourney has reflected that. But that refrain "they never win the Championship" certainly grates on the nerves. Well that's finally gonna be put to rest.
 
nwhoopfan said:
We know the Pac 12 has been really good for a number of years, and their collective performance in the Tourney has reflected that. But that refrain "they never win the Championship" certainly grates on the nerves. Well that's finally gonna be put to rest.
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As it would have been in my unbiased :) opinion last year, if only there had been a tourney.
 
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triaddukefan said:
Pac 12.... The Conference of Champions (about time)
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There are a lot of sports that PAC has earned this title over the years and the total # of NCAA championships bears it out as the PAC12 has over 530 championships, over 200 more than the closest conference, the Big 10. Still the PAC's early roots in women's basketball were part of making it true. From 1972 to 1981, the national championship for WCBB was the AIAW and UCLA in 1978 was the only champion from a major conference. Even Pat Summit's Tennessee teams, despite being in 3 straight AIAW final 4's couldn't win that NC over the likes of Old Dominion and La Tech. Then when the NCAA tourney started the 1st school to win 2 championships was from the PAC, Southern Cal (1983 & 1984), again before Tennessee did it. Then the 1st conference to have a second school champion was also the PAC when Stanford won in 1990 and again in 92.

It's been a drought since then, but I am glad we got it this year. Oregon would have surely won it last year so it'a nice this year is guaranteed even before it's played.
 
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