Here are some semi-random thoughts after Selection Sunday – Maybe Earl is right…karma is a bitch. The most undeserving team to receive an at-large bid last year (Air Force) turns out to be the highest ranked team to be left out this year. (Air Force’s at-large bid last year is possibly the worst decision ever […]
More Brackets
I hate brackets! I hate discussions about brackets that start in Dec/Jan. I hate the endless droning about seeding. I hate discussions about filling out brackets. I hate listening to talking heads discuss their brackets instead of the NCAAT games that are being played. I HATE BRACKETS. I won’t bore you by either defending or […]
What’s Left to Do?
So who needs what and why from the ACCT? Virginia I am very interested in seeing where UVa is seeded in the NCAAT this year. They have the weakest OOC schedule (and thus the lowest RPI ranking) among teams in the top-half of the ACC. They also played one of the easiest conference schedules. Finally, […]
The Real ACC SOS – State’s The Toughest
Since the ACC plays an unbalanced conference schedule, it should be obvious that some teams will play a harder conference schedule than others. Last year, we developed an analysis technique to which Atlantic Coast Conference squads played the toughest and the easiest conference schedules. This year, both Coach K and the N&O have already chimed […]
A Look Around the ACC
Procrastination occasionally has consequences. I had most of this prepared after Sunday’s games…but didn’t get it finished before Jeff’s piece yesterday. So there may be some unfortunate overlap with yesterday’s entry. Oh well, maybe someone else can learn from this lesson because all available evidence suggests that I won’t. 😉 I have grown to hate […]
Clearing the Bubble
As the college basketball season moves into the last month of the season, bracketology and bubble talk will fill the air waves and internet message boards. After the last five seasons, there is probably no fan base better qualified to discuss the minimum requirements necessary to clear the bubble and land in the NCAAT than […]
Don’t You Miss the Princeton O?
Check out our updated post-game entry for the Wolfpack’s win!
An Ugly Trend
Here’s a trend that has played out in College Park every year over the last several seasons: – Maryland plays a fairly good non-conference schedule; achieves a respectable won-loss record….and an impressive RPI ranking. – During the conference schedule, Maryland struggles and slowly drops down through the conference standings and onto the NCAAT bubble. – […]
Change of Environment
Sitting in his fourth-floor corner office in the Wendell P. Murphy Center — with its vaulted ceiling, wall-mounted plasma TV, and panoramic view of Carter-Finley Stadium — O’Brien spoke at length Sunday afternoon, choking back the emotions at one juncture, about the reasons he decided to leave BC after 10 seasons and a 75-45 record, […]
Reflections on the Coaching Search
I’ve toyed around with the idea of pointing out some silly comments swirling around after State hired Tom O’Brien, but normal-life, Christmas, and an emergency at work kept getting in the way. I had about decided to let the stupidity drift off into the sunset, but Bob Lipper’s column on a quiet Saturday morning changed […]
