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HokieAl
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I would argue that the OOC against good teams doesn't matter

The SEC is building up the NET rankings early by beating up a bunch of really bad teams in Q4 and then using each other to prop up the rankings. Just look at Texas (NET 39), they have seven Q4 wins ranked from 230-364. They only played a single NCAA tournament team OOC (UConn at #8). And only one Q1 game was OOC, a loss to Ohio St. Meanwhile, UNC (NET 36) is getting flack for going 1-11 in Q1. But look at their schedule, it's insane. (NCAA bracket seed in parenthesis) They played three #1 seeds (for a total of five games) and two #2 seeds. And their Q4 wins were six games ranked 184-226. OOC Q1: Auburn (1) Kansas (7) Michigan St (2) Alabama (2) Florida (1) UCLA (7) in-conference Q1: Louisville (8) Clemson (5) Duke x3 (1) Wake Forest Pitt
Posted: 03/16/2025 at 10:33 PM ET
(In response to this post by 2hhoop3)

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ACC was dangerously close to only getting 3 teams in (from an 18 team conf)
HokieAl 03/16/25 09:28 PM ET
Just look @ what coaches have left & who replaced them. Combined with the
Lancelot Link 03/17/25 04:35 PM ET
About twice as many players exited the ACC to the SEC last year than
Walkin` Willie 03/17/25 07:08 AM ET
Win the ACC-SEC challenge next year. Or
NC Hoke 03/16/25 11:31 PM ET
Doesn't do any good.....
2hhoop3 03/16/25 09:43 PM ET
I would argue that the OOC against good teams doesn't matter
HokieAl 03/16/25 10:33 PM ET
The SEC can do that......
2hhoop3 03/16/25 11:25 PM ET
That whole challenge is overblown
HokieAl 03/17/25 09:17 AM ET
You can try and spin it......
2hhoop3 03/17/25 09:46 AM ET
In the end it's about winning games, I think.**
40ozDistrict 03/16/25 10:48 PM ET
Jim Philips taking heat
saret 03/16/25 09:55 PM ET
Phillips and Babcock are 2 Bureaucratic whimps that will not rock the boat.
hokiettb 03/17/25 08:31 AM ET
Phillips appears to be........
2hhoop3 03/16/25 11:30 PM ET
Surprised Phillips didn't lobby for UNC. He'd do it for Randolph Scott.**
KCHokie2 03/16/25 11:27 PM ET
Obligatory **
AggHokie 03/17/25 01:59 AM ET
Agreed. **
AggHokie 03/16/25 10:05 PM ET