What’s the magic number?

[sdglast]

Or it will show these teams beating each other up may wear them out come March. The SEC was unreal OOC so they already kind of showed out. Will be equally interesting to see how the charmin soft schedule Dukes been playing sets up.

Speaking of that, take a look at Louisville. Don't get me wrong, great story and so happy for that team who went through hell these past few years. But they beat Clemson at home and West. Virginia. Otherwise they beat no one. And they played Duke and Clemson only once. I have seen the as high as a 5 seed. It's crazy.

 

[Hurleyman216]

I’m not a big believer in the “beat each other up” theory. Last years B12 was supposed to be the undisputed best conference in America. 0 teams in the Elite 8. ACC was supposed to be trash and got 3 in the last 8. It’s just underperforming when you’re getting 10+ teams in the tourney.

Also should note that a lot of these non conf games are early in the year. Some of these SEC teams are full of portal guys playing their 4th or 5th year that are 23 years old. Those teams are likely going to do better earlier in the year. You never know what will happen in March, but older/experienced teams in theory should do better. I’m pretty sure the Big 10 will flame out as usual because when your “top 10 team” in that league wins games scoring 50 points that just doesn’t cut it in the NCAA tournament…that league is garbage. Hoping the BE can get 4 teams in and make some noise. St. John’s reminds me too much of those Pitt teams that won the BE and then flamed out in the tournament. Only time will tell. Hoping our offense continues to click and we can play at least mediocre defense. Our offense alone can get us to the Sweet 16, but beyond that it gets dicey.

 

[auror]

Speaking of that, take a look at Louisville. Don't get me wrong, great story and so happy for that team who went through hell these past few years. But they beat Clemson at home and West. Virginia. Otherwise they beat no one. And they played Duke and Clemson only once. I have seen the as high as a 5 seed. It's crazy.

They're 9-1 in conference road games. It's really hard to win on the road, even if the ACC sucks and there are plenty of bad teams.

 

[sdglast]

They're 9-1 in conference road games. It's really hard to win on the road, even if the ACC sucks and there are plenty of bad teams.

That may be, but the only tournament teams they beat would be W. Virginia and Clemson. Not saying that aren't a tournament team, but one of the 25 best??