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| Seamus O'Toole said: Just as I predicted, Notre Dame got the shaft 2011-3-13 18:3:42 |
| Thank you Selection committee. Obviously we know now that it is not enough to have the most top 25 wins and the most top 50 wins in the nation. Its not enough to have that record in the toughest conference in the country. Its not enough to be the only team to beat Pitt at Pitt. Its not enough to go farther than Pitt in the BE tournament. Its not enough to have the nation's 3rd most efficient offense. Its not enough to have one of the toughest schedules in the country (#10 according to Sagarin). As long as you are called "Duke", with your 2 top 25 wins, you will get a 1 seed. We know now for sure that no matter what, the ACC Champ will always get the #1 seed, even if their resume overall is not as good. We know now that CBS told the Selection Committee to protect Duke at all costs for ratings purposes and get them to the Final Four. I knew it was coming and it still stinks. |
| Seamus O'Toole said: Just as I predicted, Notre Dame got the shaft 2011-3-13 18:1:30 |
| Thank you Selection committee. Obviously we know now that it is not enough to have the most top 25 wins and the most top 50 wins in the nation. Its not enough to have that record in the toughest conference in the country. Its not enough to be the only team to beat Pitt at Pitt. Its not enough to go farther than Pitt in the BE tournament. Its not enough to have the nation's 3rd most efficient offense. Its not enough to have one of the toughest schedules in the country (#10 according to Sagarin). As long as you are called "Duke", with your 2 top 25 wins, you will get a 1 seed. We know now for sure that no matter what, the ACC Champ will always get the #1 seed, even if their resume overall is not as good. We know now that CBS told the Selection Committee to protect Duke at all costs for ratings purposes and get them to the Final Four. I knew it was coming and it still stinks. |
| Seamus O'Toole said: Notre Dame deserves a 1 seed over Duke 2011-3-6 20:5:49 |
| Which team profile is better? Team A-- 7 top 25 RPI wins 10 top 50 RPI wins beat a top 5 team (#2 at the time) on the road beat a top 10 team on a neutral court plays in the top RPI conference in the country Team B-- 2 top 25 RPI wins 7 top 50 RPI wins no marquee road wins to speak of plays in the 4th best RPI conf in the country Not looking at names, it should be obvious Team A should get a higher seed than Team B. You would have to be an idiot to disagree. Team A is Notre Dame. Team B is Duke. |
| Seamus O'Toole said: Why is Duke still in the top 10? 2011-3-6 12:45:22 |
| Duke loses bad to NCarolina and they still don't even go down in RPI? Can someone explain how its possible that Duke is ranked higher here than Notre Dame? ND has the most wins vs the top 25 and the most wins vs the top 50 in the nation, and Duke has not beaten anyone. They got smoked by St John's. They have no good road wins. What a joke if they somehow get a #1 seed over Notre Dame. |
| Seamus O'Toole said: Notre Dame is better than Duke 2011-3-3 13:34:30 |
| Notre Dame has more top 30 wins (6 to Duke's 4) and one of Duke's top 30 wins is against UAB (lol). ND also has the most top 50 wins in the nation. ND should definitely get a higher seed than Duke. The ACC is laughable compared to the Big East. |
| Seamus O'Toole said: How is Duke even considered a top 10 team? 2011-2-28 0:18:10 |
| God, I am so sick of Duke. They have ONE WIN against a top 25 team all year, yet they not only have been ranked in the top 5 all year, they have been ranked #1! Now they lose to bottom feeder bubble team Va Tech. Time to rank Duke where they belong--out of the top 10. Notre Dame has SEVEN top 25 wins and TEN top 50 wins, tied with Ohio St and Pitt for the most top 50. ND plays a much tougher schedule. Yet Duke is always ranked higher. If Duke had to play in the Big East, where you have to go on the road every week and face a top 25 team, week in and week out, they would struggle to have a winning record in the BE. Let's stop with the toe-tapping Duke favors in the men's john and put this team where it belongs. |
| blerg1234 said: Re:Compare 2011-2-23 21:7:6 |
| Compare: # of combined Final Four appearances by EVERY MW team EVER = 9 (of which BYU contributes zero) # of Final Four appearances by Duke = 15 Duke & BYU are both having great years and are both very talented. If being ranked #1 in the nation is a representation of being the most likely team to win the national championship, I think it makes sense why Duke would be ranked over BYU given the above stats (and the fact their records and SOS aren't *that* different). In the end, it's just really difficult to compare teams in two different conferences who don't play one single opponent in common. |
| Mars said: Compare 2011-2-21 1:20:1 |
Duke has one Top 25+1 RPI win. BYU has five Top 25+1 RPIs wins, a better RPI, a stronger SOS, and more road wins... |
| rcarola1@gmail.com said: PUKE gets another reach around 2011-1-13 21:10:28 |
| tired of a RPI 88 beating a number 1 and that not being a ? bad loss Really:: how does that work when Pitt lost to Tennessee on Neutral floor they got bounced pretty hard core despite some quality wins. Pitt has beaten more top twenty five opponents then any top 5 teams so how are they worse than a one loss Duke team. Seems to me that the Dixie Dick is at play here :) |
| kearnzie62 said: RE DUKE FINAL $ 2010-3-15 13:46:40 |
| really rick rants?!?!? like are you f*ckin serious? easily beaten when not at home huh? welll lets see undeafeated at neutral areas and im pretty sure the enitire tourny is played at a nuetral site. and ya the third number 1 seed is just horrible and u shoodnt be tlkn abt the refs!!! the refs were doin MD doggy style the game duke lost to them so shut up u biased S*B and take it for what it is the ACC champs a 5 loss team 8 SOS ranking and 3rd num one seed is damn good |
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