Guys, can we get back to talking about actual basketball? This Calhoun rant has taken on a life of its own.
NCAA Basketball 2008-09 Season
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I will try VERY hard not to go into a political rant on this one....there are times when you have to make sacrifices, like stated in the interview I attached, OTHER schools and coaches are making the sacrifice....
...mine rant had NOTHING to do with *cough* rightwingers *cough*
I'm starting to think that the ACC will now get 9 bids to the Big Dance.
UNC, Clemson, Duke, Wake Forest and Florida St. are all locks.
Boston College is probably one win away from lock status.
Miami and Maryland have enough on their resumes to warrant a bid.
And finally, Virginia Tech is hot right now. The Hokies have UNC and Duke left at home, and FSU on the road. IMO, if they win one of those games (any of them would be a quality win) and win one game in the ACC Tourney, they too will get a bid.
UNC, Clemson, Duke, Wake Forest and Florida St. are all locks.
Boston College is probably one win away from lock status.
Miami and Maryland have enough on their resumes to warrant a bid.
And finally, Virginia Tech is hot right now. The Hokies have UNC and Duke left at home, and FSU on the road. IMO, if they win one of those games (any of them would be a quality win) and win one game in the ACC Tourney, they too will get a bid.
Any financial "sacrifice" made by a coach is for show only, it obviously will have no bearing on the economic health of the university and/or state. Especially, as I detailed several posts ago that in Calhoun's case his salary is paid by athletic department revenues, not taxes. If he was to give money back, where would it go?? Back in the AD's budget, that's where....I will try VERY hard not to go into a political rant on this one....there are times when you have to make sacrifices, like stated in the interview I attached, OTHER schools and coaches are making the sacrifice....
...mine rant had NOTHING to do with *cough* rightwingers *cough*
All those teams have a shot, but I don't think they'll all make it. Hopefully Carolina will quit boosting these teams profiles by losing.
All those teams have a shot, but I don't think they'll all make it. Hopefully Carolina will quit boosting these teams profiles by losing.
Anders,
in your opinion, who's more likely to be left out: Miami, Maryland or Virginia Tech?
All those teams have a shot, but I don't think they'll all make it. Hopefully Carolina will quit boosting these teams profiles by losing.
IF Miami can win out, they will be in. My Orangemen is struggling in the rugged Big East and I think they TOO will need to win out to get in. It would give them 10 wins in the conference and about 22 wins total.....I think NOT including the BE tournament.
Syracuse is in a good position.
Another win-maybe two- and I think they're under the lock status.
I like Miami. Their remaining games are at GT and home to NC State. Both are managable. That will get them to 8-8 in conference and they made the dance at 8-8 last year. Maryland is the weakest of the bunch. They wouldn't even be in the conversation were it not for a couple of dicey minutes from Carolina Sat. I don't trust that they'll keep it up. Watch them lose to State Sun. VT could go either way. They had lost 3 in a row, including a loss to Virginia, until they beat Clemson the other night. Now they get dook and Carolina back to back. Who knows what'll happen with them? I figure the Hokies will be one of the teams sweating it out on Selection Sunday.
Don't you think Miami, or ANYONE in the ACC for that matter, that ends up 8-8 in the conference would need AT LEAST a win or two in the ACC tournament to have a legit shot?
Syracuse is still really mediocre in the BE, but this year they have wins over Kansas and Memphis. Those are gold. The problem for the Orange in the past was they'd go 9-9 in the BE and had played a cupcake non conference schedule, usually with some embarassing losses on it. Looks like they'll get rewarded for coming out of hiding and playing good teams on the road early in the season.
If they finish 8-8, I think the Canes will have done enough to deserve a bid, regardless of what happens in the ACC Tourney.
Maryland is another story.
It wouldn't hurt, but I don't know that they'll need another win. You never know how those conference tournaments are going to play out. I thought Baylor was sunk last year after they lost to Colorado in the 1st round of the Big XII tournament, yet they still got in.
The Terps are schizophrenic.
They beat UNC, but also lost badly to Carolina earlier in the year, as well as getting absolutely annihiated by Clemson and Duke.
You know what, I don't trust the committee one bit and I would think they really need to win out the regular season. As it stands, they have 3 games left, Cincinnati and Rutgers at home and the season finale is at #10 Marquette. They are 8-7 right now....I would think that AT WORSE, win the two home games...lose to Marquette and win AT LEAST one game in the Big East tourney and they are in.
Cincinnati will be tough, even though it's at home. The Bearcats are fighting for their tournament lives also. I still think the Orange will win that game.
If there's a BE bubble team that NEEDS to run the table, it's my PC Friars.
The Pitt upset notwithstanding, they don't have enough on their resume to be in AT THIS MOMENT.
Well they shouldn't lose to Rutgers. That would give the committee something to chew on. And Marquette is shorthanded now with Dominic James out for the year so Syracuse may be able to pick up a quality win like Texas did over Oklahoma. At the end of the day the record doesn't say who was or wasn't playing in each game.
