Lets be honest. The motivation levels of teams is very different

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Vt Stanford , will throw everything they got at the acc tournament. Should we play Clemson or UNC? Sure it would be nice to win a acc tournament but their major focus is getting ready for next week. Everyone on the committees know that the post season league tournaments arent even close to what they were a few decades ago in impotance and are primarily still done for money. When VT won their acc tournament the Committee in its seeding didn't give us anywhere near the boost for beating unc and Duke had we done it in the regular season. I think that was very obvious. ** Edited by Vippie1 at 3/10/2026, 10:48:37 AM

Posted: 03/10/2026 at 10:43 AM ET

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For first time since tourney went to 15 all 3 games mean something -- hokiepro Mar 10, 2026 at 07:30 AM ET

hokiepro • 03/10/26 07:30 AM ET

For the most part only winning a tournament seems to matter to the Panel. -- UTPr0sim Mar 10, 2026 at 07:57 AM ET

UTPr0sim • 03/10/26 07:57 AM ET

With how concentrated and disgusting the bubble is this year, the committee -- Nick Brown

Mar 10, 2026 at 12:55 PM ET

Nick Brown

• 03/10/26 12:55 PM ET

They reserve the right...to reserve the right.** -- TomTurkey Mar 10, 2026 at 12:59 PM ET

TomTurkey • 03/10/26 12:59 PM ET

That’s a generalization that only seemed to apply to our case in 2022 -- hokiepro Mar 10, 2026 at 08:03 AM ET

hokiepro • 03/10/26 08:03 AM ET

i do believe relative "devaluing" of conference tournys is a thing -- Vippie1 Mar 10, 2026 at 09:04 AM ET

Vippie1 • 03/10/26 09:04 AM ET

If we win 3 we’re absolutely in because of who we beat -- hokiepro Mar 10, 2026 at 10:50 AM ET

hokiepro • 03/10/26 10:50 AM ET

maybe, hopefully but -- Vippie1 Mar 10, 2026 at 11:15 AM ET

Vippie1 • 03/10/26 11:15 AM ET

A lot of others? Well there are about 10-15 who’ve had us in and not -- hokiepro Mar 10, 2026 at 12:40 PM ET

hokiepro • 03/10/26 12:40 PM ET

don't get it if true, as most of the process should be automated. -- GoldCoast Mar 10, 2026 at 09:54 AM ET

GoldCoast • 03/10/26 09:54 AM ET

Lets be honest. The motivation levels of teams is very different ◄ -- Vippie1 Mar 10, 2026 at 10:43 AM ET

Vippie1 • 03/10/26 10:43 AM ET

If that’s true…it’s a DUMB paradox; think about where conference tourneys -- hokiepro Mar 10, 2026 at 09:45 AM ET

hokiepro • 03/10/26 09:45 AM ET

It's a generalization that's also generally accurate** -- marcbvtgm Mar 10, 2026 at 08:51 AM ET

marcbvtgm • 03/10/26 08:51 AM ET

Actually if you follow the selection process not much changes before tourny -- UTPr0sim Mar 10, 2026 at 08:42 AM ET

UTPr0sim • 03/10/26 08:42 AM ET

Seeds don’t change much at all, no t more than one line here or there -- hokiepro Mar 10, 2026 at 09:01 AM ET

hokiepro • 03/10/26 09:01 AM ET

So tourney games mean something this year? Had not in recent years ** -- GoldCoast Mar 10, 2026 at 07:40 AM ET

GoldCoast • 03/10/26 07:40 AM ET

All 3 games I said….of course NCSU started their final 4 run -- hokiepro Mar 10, 2026 at 08:00 AM ET

hokiepro • 03/10/26 08:00 AM ET

gotcha. was hoping the committee would consider these results. Odd, they -- GoldCoast Mar 10, 2026 at 09:53 AM ET

GoldCoast • 03/10/26 09:53 AM ET

When did the NCAA Committee say they do not take into consideration -- Jwunderdog Mar 10, 2026 at 10:23 AM ET

Jwunderdog • 03/10/26 10:23 AM ET