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Week 18 - March 4 to 11 (conf standings, NET, conf tourney games)

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Illinois led by 14 after 1Q but Maryland roared back for the win in the 8-9 game.

What a frustrating season for Illinois, from preseason top 25 to postseason-ineligible at one game below .500. They were competitive in many of their losses, and they did get wins over Indiana and Nebraska, but too many soft losses really doomed them.

Maryland locks up an NCAA bid with this win IMO.
 
Looks like Maryland picked up another win over Illinois. That game puts Illinois under 0.500 for the season, one year after they won 22 games and earned an NCAA Tourney berth.
 
Plebe said:
Maryland locks up an NCAA bid with this win IMO.
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Hard to say. Three wins over Illinois is nice for the NET, but they don't have any signature wins either in-conference or out of conference. They also have lots of blowout losses. I don't see them hosting any watch parties for Selection Sunday just yet.
 
I think Mississippi State is out with that loss. IMO Texas A&M still is borderline with that win. They will have to beat South Carolina or hope that the other bubble teams play poorly in their respective tournaments.
 
UNC up (37-30) at the half. Important game for both teams, but especially UNC. You'd have to think that if they hold on against Miami, a match-up with a (likely) Kitley-less Virginia Tech team could be favorable for them.
 
WBBTakeover said:
UNC up (37-30) at the half. Important game for both teams, but especially UNC. You'd have to think that if they hold on against Miami, a match-up with a (likely) Kitley-less Virginia Tech team could be favorable for them.
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No word on her, huh?
 
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WBBTakeover said:
Hard to say. Three wins over Illinois is nice for the NET, but they don't have any signature wins either in-conference or out of conference. They also have lots of blowout losses. I don't see them hosting any watch parties for Selection Sunday just yet.
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Their win over Syracuse is a better nonconference win than what many other bubble teams have. But the more striking thing about MD is they have no bad losses: worst loss was in overtime to Michigan, and all other losses are to NET top 30 teams. Top 10 in strength of schedule to boot.

It's a comparative exercise and there are simply not enough teams with better resumes to leave Maryland out.
 
TheFarmFan said:
This raises what is for me the biggest challenge leading up to the bracket: do you reward for "body of work" or use "body of work" to evaluate likelihood of post-season success? Under the latter approach, it's arguably quite legitimate to weigh recent results more heavily. I actually prefer that approach too, because it's the one that coherently aligns with the committee's practice of taking into consideration injuries and player availability when seeding. In other words, isn't it just as relevant whether "4th leading scorer starter" is available for the tournament as it is whether the team has lost 6 of its last 7 games?
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If it's mostly the latter then there are so many better ways of deciding who's most likely to win the championship. Really what is the point of having a regular season at all (OK, aside from conference championships)? You could have an expert committee evaluate each lineup player-by-player and come up with more solid predictions than trying to use something like "W-L last 10 games" which is both an arbitrary cutoff (why not 9? 12? 5?) and very subject to dumb luck. But that would no longer feel like sports.
 
nwhoopfan said:
Which means probably both will get in, even though neither even remotely deserves a bid. Have I mentioned I have a strong dislike for the SEC?
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We don't deserve to make it in. We lost 6 of the last 7. Fans have detected chemistry issues. Clearly something stopped working whatever it was.
 
Miami's scored 11 straight points in a game that is being played in the 50s.
 
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I just lost my feeds for both SEC and ACC!
OK now they are both back. Just in time for ACC game to end.
 
Buffs showing defense last night was not all Oregon as they hold Buffs to 22 in the first half. They controlled Beers ..till she exploded for 5 hoops over the last 4 minutes of the half.
 
These two teams (Miami and UNC) are terrible offensively. So many TOs in the waning seconds.
 
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FanInNC said:
I keep hearing how fantastic Banghart is, and I keep waiting on the results to verify these claims.
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She's fantastic at convincing people that she's actually good at what she's doing.
 
Banghart (As with every other P5 coach) will only be as successful as her recruiting. She has to get better players before making the next step. That program was a shambles when she got there.
 
Blueballer said:
Banghart (As with every other P5 coach) will only be as successful as her recruiting. She has to get better players before making the next step. That program was a shambles when she got there.
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They have numerous McDonalds All-Americans on the current roster, and she's had more than her fair share of burger girls since she's been at UNC. The issues are that they're either always injured, they aren't being developed properly, or they just leave.
 
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WBBTakeover said:
They have numerous McDonalds All-Americans on the current roster, and she's had more than her fair share of burger girls since she's been at UNC. The issues are that they're either always injured, they aren't being developed properly, or they just leave.
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Lots of people have that problem. Both Shea and Lawson have excellent players coming in next year. I expect both those programs will make a jump. NC has been ranked so it isn't like they aren't winning, just not winning enough.
 
Blueballer said:
Lots of people have that problem. Both Shea and Lawson have excellent players coming in next year. I expect both those programs will make a jump. NC has been ranked so it isn't like they aren't winning, just not winning enough.
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No they don't. That's why her issues loom large. Give Shea Ralph some of Banghart's rosters and I'm sure she'd produce more than 19 wins.
 
Do yall know a good website to use for recruiting class rankings? One you can easily navigate through past classes? I’m struggling to find an easy way to sort through this. But just googling each individual class it would appear UNC has had top 10 classes 3 of the last 4 years. So a stretch to suggest the problem is attracting talent. I believe she’s out recruited Wes Moore during these last 4 or 5 years based on recruiting rankings.

And I don’t mean to suggest she’s a bad coach or has horrible teams. But if you reel in top 10 classes year after year but end the year somewhere between 20-40 every year … not exactly maximizing your talent. It’s either poor roster construction, poor scheming or poor player development.
 
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