ACC scheduling idea

[Sean Miller Fan]

The Sun Belt tried this pre-Covid to try to get 2 bids. It didn't work but perhaps this could help the ACC get an extra bid or 2.

Everyone plays 12 conference games. At the end of 10 conference games, a mock "selection committee" ranks the 18 ACC teams, using NCAAT criteria. The top 9 teams play their final 8 games vs each other. The bottom 9 teams play their final 8 games vs each other.

The ACC is going to have to be creative because it's getting lapped. Look at the Big East now with 2 Pitino's, Hurley, McDermott, Shaka, Cooley, Willard (probably at Nova)

 

[Fk_Pitt]

The Sun Belt tried this pre-Covid to try to get 2 bids. It didn't work but perhaps this could help the ACC get an extra bid or 2.

Everyone plays 12 conference games. At the end of 10 conference games, a mock "selection committee" ranks the 18 ACC teams, using NCAAT criteria. The top 9 teams play their final 8 games vs each other. The bottom 9 teams play their final 8 games vs each other.

The ACC is going to have to be creative because it's getting lapped. Look at the Big East now with 2 Pitino's, Hurley, McDermott, Shaka, Cooley, Willard (probably at Nova)

Your last paragraph is the point. Hire better coaches.

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

Your last paragraph is the point. Hire better coaches.

Yea, that's the biggest problem but the ACC is a poverty conference. Its not going to get better coaches. Well, NC St made a great hire and have locked up 4 of the next 5 NCAA Tournaments with at least 1 Sweet 16 and SMU/Stanford made really good hires. But there’s too much dead weight. In saying that though, perhaps this idea gets Pitt or Wake in last year. Maybe if SMU had more higher-level games, they could have gotten in this year but they had too few Q1 opportunities.

I mean as a fan of a bubble program like Pitt be opposed to this? I guess the downside is that maybe you want some easy games in February. But, I mean the idea is to basically make a 1 month season where your 9 team ACC "1st Division" is like maybe a regular Big Ten (forget the SEC, they have ran away and hid) and there's no easy games there. Even teams like PSU, Min, and Rutgers would be 1st Division teams in the ACC

 

[TheWerewolfFromTwilight]

When I watch these games, it's pretty clear to me that the reason these teams are getting in over the ACC teams is that they're much better.

No need to try and game a system that is working. Would it make much of a difference if one or two ACC teams got in and lost by 30?

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

When I watch these games, it's pretty clear to me that the reason these teams are getting in over the ACC teams is that they're much better.

No need to try and game a system that is working. Would it make much of a difference if one or two ACC teams got in and lost by 30?

You are right that they are much better but yes, making the NCAAT is like making the Final Four for Pitt, Wake, SMU, etc. The ACC needs to maximize the teams and would it have been impossible for SMU to beat Memphis?

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

making the NCAAT is like making the Final Four for Pitt, Wake, SMU, etc.

You can't be dumb enough to think that.

Wait, check that....

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

You can't be dumb enough to think that.

Wait, check that....

Welcome to Poverty League Basketball. Just getting in and not being named Duke, UNC, Lou should get you a banner hung. We are the A10 with 3 blue blondish teams.