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
Thread Replies (15)
ACC was dangerously close to only getting 3 teams in (from an 18 team conf)
-- HokieAl
Mar 16, 2025 at 09:28 PM ET
HokieAl
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03/16/25 09:28 PM ET
Just look @ what coaches have left & who replaced them. Combined with the
-- Lancelot Link
Mar 17, 2025 at 04:35 PM ET
Lancelot Link
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03/17/25 04:35 PM ET
About twice as many players exited the ACC to the SEC last year than
-- Walkin` Willie
Mar 17, 2025 at 07:08 AM ET
Walkin` Willie
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03/17/25 07:08 AM ET
Win the ACC-SEC challenge next year. Or
-- NC Hoke
Mar 16, 2025 at 11:31 PM ET
NC Hoke
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03/16/25 11:31 PM ET
I would argue that the OOC against good teams doesn't matter
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-- HokieAl
Mar 16, 2025 at 10:33 PM ET
HokieAl
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03/16/25 10:33 PM ET
That whole challenge is overblown
-- HokieAl
Mar 17, 2025 at 09:17 AM ET
HokieAl
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03/17/25 09:17 AM ET
In the end it's about winning games, I think.**
-- 40ozDistrict
Mar 16, 2025 at 10:48 PM ET
40ozDistrict
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03/16/25 10:48 PM ET
Phillips and Babcock are 2 Bureaucratic whimps that will not rock the boat.
-- hokiettb
Mar 17, 2025 at 08:31 AM ET
hokiettb
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03/17/25 08:31 AM ET
Phillips appears to be........
-- 2hhoop3
Mar 16, 2025 at 11:30 PM ET
2hhoop3
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03/16/25 11:30 PM ET
Surprised Phillips didn't lobby for UNC. He'd do it for Randolph Scott.**
-- KCHokie2
Mar 16, 2025 at 11:27 PM ET
KCHokie2
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03/16/25 11:27 PM ET