Pomeroy: NCAA abuses statistics to stack the deck against small schools

[willie99]

in order for teams like IL St to "play somebody", they have to accept bad deals

I'm sure they'd love to play some home and home games, maybe a few neutral site games, but none of the "somebodies" are going to give them that chance

 

[billybud]

Nope...they probably won't get home and homes...not even from next door Illinois or next state over Indiana.

Nor from the Big East....or ACC.

 

[billybud]

But if you want to play away, to augment your schedule...there seems to be plenty of opportunity to do so.

 

[chickenhead]

The way a conference is "counted" is the way a conference is paid.

The new Big East is probably an overall better basketball conference than the SEC. But one cannot call the new Big East a "power basketball conference" when they make $4 million and the SEC makes over $50 million. If the BE is a "power conference" then they'd be paid like the P5.

The AAC in football is a very strong conference. It may not be as overall strong as the P5 but it will routinely have its top teams play competitive football against good P5 programs. The problem with the AAC is not the level of football competition....it is the level of pay. If the AAC was paid by its level of competition then the AAC would be making around $20 million while ACC teams make $30 million. Clearly that is not happening...

The P5 is all about money. It was never about competition. You cannot carve out a "power" exception for the new Big East if the money isn't there to back that exception.

Apples and oranges.... The only reason the SEC is making $50 million is because of football. The breakout for basketball is probably very close to the $4 million that The Big East teams are making. The Big East is a power basketball conference.

 

[stamfordhusky]

Vandy lost by double digits to Missouri. MISSOURI! Yet somehow they got in. I can't figure it out.

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Six wins over top 50 teams in last 7 weeks. Three wins vs top ten.