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    You need good "D" to win and Cuse has that but their offense blows, that's where they will lose in the tourney. Florida will "D" your ass up and put the ball in the cylinder. Kentucky will make you look stupid on the boards and they obviously can score. Its teams like that that we will see at the end. Cuse in definitely not one.

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    Quote Originally Posted by irish1 View Post
    You need good "D" to win and Cuse has that but their offense blows, that's where they will lose in the tourney. Florida will "D" your ass up and put the ball in the cylinder. Kentucky will make you look stupid on the boards and they obviously can score. Its teams like that that we will see at the end. Cuse in definitely not one.
    Florida has a terrible pace. They have benefited from playing in a very shit conference. I wouldn't call them offensively gifted per se. Same with Kentucky. They're looking impressive vs scrubs.

    SEC is worse than the Big East, A10 and ACC. That's crazy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by EaglesPhan36 View Post
    That BC loss has to be taken with a grain of salt. BC was jacked up from going to the funeral of their S.I.D. who passed away from ALS and high on emotion. They didn't play perfect, but they made I think more threes that game than any other they had all season or close to it.
    BC is terrible.

    They're worse than USC. USC is a dumpster fire of a basketball team this year. Just bad. I don't give a shit how jacked up they are, you don't lose to that at home.

    These guys aren't even CBI worthy.

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    Syracuse and Shitburgh are the worst teams in the country

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    Just another February swoon for Syracuse. The offense isn't as bad as it looks, shots just aren't falling right now. Still getting good looks and have the pieces to turn it around. Get at me in March with how bad they suck when they're in the Elite 8 minimum.

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    Offense isn't great, but it will be the draw that makes or breaks them IMO. Some teams have all the pieces to get past all sorts of teams. I think 'Cuse has to have the right match-ups to progress past the first week.

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    Quote Originally Posted by EaglesPhan36 View Post
    Offense isn't great, but it will be the draw that makes or breaks them IMO. Some teams have all the pieces to get past all sorts of teams. I think 'Cuse has to have the right match-ups to progress past the first week.
    Cautious outlook you have there. I'm not concerned about any team that could be in the 8/9 game. Still a great chance to be in Buffalo and the way Syracuse plays, they're never out of a game. Built for the tourney, grind it out defense and efficient offense when things are clicking. Once the whistles tighten up in the tourney, CJ and Grant will be feasting at the line.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ChalkyDog View Post
    BC is terrible.

    They're worse than USC. USC is a dumpster fire of a basketball team this year. Just bad. I don't give a shit how jacked up they are, you don't lose to that at home.

    These guys aren't even CBI worthy.
    Probably the worst loss a number 1 team has ever had or damn close. Shit happens though, especially when the other team shoots 50% from three and you shoot 30% for the game.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ChalkyDog View Post
    Florida has a terrible pace. They have benefited from playing in a very shit conference. I wouldn't call them offensively gifted per se. Same with Kentucky. They're looking impressive vs scrubs.

    SEC is worse than the Big East, A10 and ACC. That's crazy.
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    Sorry Chalkydog, the Atlantic 10 can't touch the SEC and the ACC is weak. The Big East is good but Florida and UK would be 1 & 2 in any of those conferences as well.

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    they just got lucky a lot, squeaking by wont work against good teams

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    Quote Originally Posted by irish1 View Post
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    Sorry Chalkydog, the Atlantic 10 can't touch the SEC and the ACC is weak. The Big East is good but Florida and UK would be 1 & 2 in any of those conferences as well.
    Look up Conference RPI and be amazed. SEC is awful. I don't think UK would be top 3 in the ACC. Florida would be right there with Syracuse. I have no doubt the top 2 teams in the SEC are good, the rest of the conference is fukkin terrible.

    SEC is 7th in RPI and 7th in projected NCAA teams. Behind every conference you listed.

    Well behind the B1G, Big 12 and PAC.
    Last edited by ChalkyDog; 02-25-14 at 05:51 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cappinpicks View Post
    they just got lucky a lot, squeaking by wont work against good teams
    Do you mean Cuse or FLorida?

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    ACC is actually a lot better than I thought. They just have so many teams, and so many bad teams that I really had a bad perception about it. It's possible to have a real cake schedule in the ACC if you get lucky enough to load up on these cake teams. Anyway, wanted to look at this for a bit

    Based on kenpom: (I pointed out top 50, because if you're outside of that you're not even really an NCAA team).

    BIG - 6 teams insidetop 50

    10
    12
    13
    14
    16
    49
    58
    70
    78
    98
    104
    125


    B1G 12 - 7 teamsinside top 50

    7
    25
    27
    33
    36
    38
    43
    62
    77
    228

    Pac-12 - 6 teamsinside top 50

    1
    15
    30
    35
    37
    42
    50
    60
    96
    111
    158

    ACC - 8 teams insidetop 50

    3
    6
    11
    18
    20
    34
    45
    48
    71
    81
    93
    120
    146
    150 <--- BostonCollege
    186

    BEAST - 4 teams insidetop 50

    5
    9
    29
    47
    51
    56
    57
    73
    119
    168

    A10 - 4 teams insidetop 50

    19
    23
    40
    44
    55
    65
    66
    74
    114
    128
    133
    173
    203

    SEC - 3 teams insidetop 50

    4
    17
    26
    53
    54
    67
    82
    90
    92
    107
    121
    129
    147
    221

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    Same type of schedule every year for them. Success in the tourny will depend on who they draw...ala a good interior passing team/3 point shooting team/someone with a skilled center. I'd also like to see how they perform in the ACC tourny and at Virginia on Saturday, obviously. That being said I see them falling in the Elite 8 most likely...and I'm a Cuse homer.

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