All we do know is the system is both breaking and fixing itself at the same time. Would that there be a governing body that could aim the ship, but it’s already among the rocks and breaking apart. The NCAA is waiting around for the axe to drop. The only silver lining is that this appears to be the only route to a new ship.
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Good idea. Gives good teams to win more Quad 1 games outside the conference, since there are not that many in-conference. Easier to make the better score in the NET rankings toward NCAA tournament selection. Not to schedule weak teams, especially pay-out games, since won-loss records nor win margin do not count in NET rankings.ACC is looking at reduing the number of conference games from 20 to 18 so they can play more (high profile) non conference opponents.
ACC considering reducing conference basketball schedule to help boost the league's NCAA Tournament profile
The ACC may move from 20 to 18 conference games next season to play more marquee nonconference matchups
14-2 vs the ACC last year blows that argument away as far as ACC Teams go.
I don't think @Peacone36 was touting the ACC. I agree with him that some teams loaded up their schedules with weak teams, and two of them were in the ACC. Maybe more.
Last year the SEC crushed all conferences in non Conference games. That established their NET/Quad rankings prior to Conference play.
True that!
Why the hate for Gonzaga? They were a good team & played Houston very competitively in the tourney.
Look at the schedule. Pretty weak for 3 months. People were talking about them being underseeded but they didn’t play/beat anyone.
Their non-conf was solid and they won a few respectable games. But yeah, I mean they are stuck playing Saint Mary's and then a bunch of tomato cans for January-March. They made a good call switching to the Pac 12 - I expect that to be a fun conference when 2026 rolls around. Wazzu and Oregon State are good fanbases who will embrace basketball now that they are in a hoops-first conference. San Diego State and Utah State can stand on their own merit for basketball. Boise State and Colorado State are both heading the right direction.
Wonder if UCLA, USC, Oregon, & Washington will miss that PAC12 after a couple more years of constant jetlag flying to all those Big 10 campuses not on the west coast.
Stop with this garbage. It was 1-to-1, which means that their 1 was better than our 1. If our 1 played their 2 through 16 they probably would have won. Same with ACC2 versus the rest of the SEC, and so on. That 14-2, while impressive, was a mixture of luck and timing. They play the same games at the end of the season and it’s a different story.
Why do they cling to this 'two games against a permanent rival (home and away)' nonsense? Everybody knows it's so Carolina can play dook and NC State twice each year and that's fine. But it's absurd to think many other schools in the ACC want locked in home and away opponents. Other than dook or Carolina, I couldn't care less who we play twice and I doubt we will develop a rivalry with any ACC team anytime soon.ACC is looking at reduing the number of conference games from 20 to 18 so they can play more (high profile) non conference opponents.
ACC considering reducing conference basketball schedule to help boost the league's NCAA Tournament profile
The ACC may move from 20 to 18 conference games next season to play more marquee nonconference matchups
