An all time expansion low of 26% teams making it in and now the 3rd place team (2 years in a row) and 4th place team aren’t selected. This happens even though the conference has the 4th highest NET and best tourney record the last 2 years (21-10) With Miami and Pitt last year alone winning more games than the entire MWC’s 8 bids garnered over the last 2.
The conference will be further watered down with the addition of the 3 teams whose NET this year was 65, 113 and 128.
Given that UNC and Duke are basically givens every year, this will leave 16 teams competing for a few bids? Is that the future of ACC basketball? How does a school like Pitt combat that? It’s obvious that just relying on the brand name and conference SOS doesn’t work. Pitt this year is proof of that.
The conference will be further watered down with the addition of the 3 teams whose NET this year was 65, 113 and 128.
Given that UNC and Duke are basically givens every year, this will leave 16 teams competing for a few bids? Is that the future of ACC basketball? How does a school like Pitt combat that? It’s obvious that just relying on the brand name and conference SOS doesn’t work. Pitt this year is proof of that.
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