He should admit he's wrong and accept it. There's no question that the committee was biased for certain conferences.
The ACC problem
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I can forgive the Miami loss. It was the third of three consecutive road games. Two tough road wins (Duke and GT) and Miami hadn't imploded as yet, at that moment
The committee had nothing to do with Pitt losing on their home court to a team that went 0-19 in the SEC.
Miami really had issues all year. That was obvious the night they were ran out of Rupp.
Maybe I wasn't clear. NC State's last loss was to Pitt. I have no idea what UNC had at stake
Sorry, but you're wrong. The MWC was like Swiss cheese and big10 is still overrated. Pitt would've easily been in the Sweet 16. You're just like the committee in making your own set of rules etc.
And Pitt nearly won the game in Coral Gables. Lots of teams got run out of Rupp. Hell, 'Bama lost to UK twice this year
Early early loss but keep the committee narrative going.
Pitt most certainly would not have EASILY been in the Sweet 16. That's a ridiculous statement.
The NCAA tournament is a flawed system with major bias. Certain conferences and teams get catered to. No way should these smaller conferences deserve automatic bids.
The ACC proves year in and year out that it’s one of the best, if not the best basketball conference by beating other teams head to head. The MWC and the Big 12 didn’t deserve a combined 14 bids. The ACC proved on the court that they deserved more than 5 bids and Pitt had 6 quality wins. NC St (2), WF (2), Duke, and UVA.
Maybe not. But they were a Top 10-15 team. An absolute crime they werent in.
Well, apparently - to you - every game has an "at stake" situation. Look, Pitt did not get into the tournament. I get it and I've gotten past that. Now that NC State is on a roll, the wins we had vs them are/were significant. To Pitt fans. To the players.
Yeah considering it's a Pitt message board and all. He's just a troll as well some others on here. Typical PITA
And yet after that game, Mizzou was 2-0 vs P6 teams. Their SEC record is meaningless for 2 reasons:
1. The committee literally doesn't consider conference record. Its a Q3 loss. You'd like to not have that Q3 loss but all bubble teams have Q3 losses. FAU had 2 Q4s and Temple 2 spots away from Q4
2. The SEC was the best conference
@ Duke
@ UVa
@ NC St
Wake
Wake
NC St
Never been a P6 team left out with 7 road wins
Great metrics
Eye test
No brainer. Shouldn't even been in Dayton.
7 road wins and left out was a slap in the face.
And Pitt was a different team the last 2.
months! Top 10-15 metrics the last 2 months. 14 games vs ACC's Top 7 compared to 8 for UVa.
But we had a bad non-con! So what, our overall SOS was fine. Our ACC draw was brutal!
To overcome where Pitt was at the end of January, that's weak.
Are you seriously trying to make the argument that UVA, Wake, or NCSU were anything other than mediocre?
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Other than a handful of people on this board, Pitt getting left out was not a surprise to anyone.
Pitt didnt need to "overcome" anything. They look at the whole season. Those are better wins than UVa had. You want me to do UVa's?
@ Clem
Florida neutral
Texas A&M
Wake
NC St
That's weak! And if you even say 2 of those are non-con so they count more, I am going to lose my mind
A lot of this is on ESPN. I can understand the MWC cheerleading from CBS but ESPN cant employee a stooge like Lunardi killing the ACC every 15 minutes for 2 weels
Power of the media and conferences pay them to build up certain ones. Corrupt
The ACC and ESPN are business partners. They should not be having Lunardi and others bash the ACC. CBS has the MWC contract and you have those guys jerking off to the MWC. "The most exciting league in college basketball" is what Matt Norlander called it. No cap.
Im not arguing Virginia should have been in the tournament. I don't think they should have.
Funny you bring up Virginia. UVA's incompetence is the main reason a lot of Pitt fans think they should be in the tournament, and the ONLY reason NC State is in the tournament.
What was UVA’s home winning streak when we played them?
Great point and uva was never the same after that. Very demoralizing loss
Next thing you know the national pundits will say is the ACC is not a good conference, they just get lucky when playing in the NCAA Tournament. Lol, year after year our conference shows out!
