AP Voter On Reddit Not Giving BE Any Love

[GumbyDamnit!]

http://www.courant.com/hc-2015-aac-mens-basketball-championship-20150-017-photo.html

You're right...that AAC is non-stop excitement.

[DudeAnon]

The 'new' Big East has two years of data now, still early, but here is those two years compared against the two years preceding it.

(14/15) #2 BIG EAST = 82.87 82.99 ( 3) 10 82.90 ( 3)
(13/14) #5 BIG EAST = 80.63 80.75 ( 6) 10 80.67 ( 5)

(12/13) #2 BIG EAST = 82.70 82.82 ( 2) 15 82.73 ( 2)
(11/12) #3 BIG EAST = 82.12 82.19 ( 3) 16 82.17 ( 3)

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There's not enough data either way, certainly nothing that would say the conference is now weaker. In fact, the strongest year of the 4 years (for comparison) was last year. It is a myth. The conference was far weaker three years ago than the apparent sense and far stronger now. The data is right there, I don't understand people who are ignorant when the cost of education is a few characters in a Google search.

The Big East was the 2nd rated conference in the country in 14/15. It is not only an elite conference, it is nearly the top of the list -- and surely will in some years.

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/ncaab/sa ... onference/

No one in their right mind thought the Big East was the second best conference last year. So what? Your entire athletic budget goes to basketball, that means you can schedule 150 RPI teams instead of 300 RPI teams. When your DOMINANT champion Villanova gets beaten by a middle of the pack, mediocre ACC team NC State in the Round of 32...that tells you all you need to know about the mighty Big East.

Over here in the AAC, our 5th place team won the National Championship. So what does that tell you about these metrics??

I know math and logic aren't strong suits of UC grads so I will cut you a break.

Lets look at our 3 standards for judging conferences:
1) Reputation
2) NCAA tournament
3) RPI, Ken Pomeroy

Which do you think is most important?

[GoldenWarrior11]

Bearcat gonna Bearcat...

[notkirkcameron]

The 'new' Big East has two years of data now, still early, but here is those two years compared against the two years preceding it.

(14/15) #2 BIG EAST = 82.87 82.99 ( 3) 10 82.90 ( 3)
(13/14) #5 BIG EAST = 80.63 80.75 ( 6) 10 80.67 ( 5)

(12/13) #2 BIG EAST = 82.70 82.82 ( 2) 15 82.73 ( 2)
(11/12) #3 BIG EAST = 82.12 82.19 ( 3) 16 82.17 ( 3)

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There's not enough data either way, certainly nothing that would say the conference is now weaker. In fact, the strongest year of the 4 years (for comparison) was last year. It is a myth. The conference was far weaker three years ago than the apparent sense and far stronger now. The data is right there, I don't understand people who are ignorant when the cost of education is a few characters in a Google search.

The Big East was the 2nd rated conference in the country in 14/15. It is not only an elite conference, it is nearly the top of the list -- and surely will in some years.

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/ncaab/sa ... onference/

The thing that always bugged me about national sportswriters' eulogies for the Big East is that yes, the Superconference era Big East had Syracuse and UConn and Louisville blah blah blah....but it also had South Florida. And Rutgers. And a Notre Dame team that until last year, had only made one trip to the second weekend since the 1980s. And a West Virginia team that only made it past the Sweet 16 twice since the 1950s.

Some marquee programs may not be with the conference anymore, but the Big East has culled some of its dead weight too.

[Bigfishy]

They were a middle of the road team but they also beat Duke, North Carolina, Louisville last year.

[Bigfishy]

http://www.courant.com/hc-2015-aac-mens-basketball-championship-20150-017-photo.html

You're right...that AAC is non-stop excitement.

Now that is FUNNY!!!!

[BEX]

http://corcodilos.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/sucks-so-bad-300x145.jpg

AAC

[hoyahooligan]

The 'new' Big East has two years of data now, still early, but here is those two years compared against the two years preceding it.

(14/15) #2 BIG EAST = 82.87 82.99 ( 3) 10 82.90 ( 3)
(13/14) #5 BIG EAST = 80.63 80.75 ( 6) 10 80.67 ( 5)

(12/13) #2 BIG EAST = 82.70 82.82 ( 2) 15 82.73 ( 2)
(11/12) #3 BIG EAST = 82.12 82.19 ( 3) 16 82.17 ( 3)

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There's not enough data either way, certainly nothing that would say the conference is now weaker. In fact, the strongest year of the 4 years (for comparison) was last year. It is a myth. The conference was far weaker three years ago than the apparent sense and far stronger now. The data is right there, I don't understand people who are ignorant when the cost of education is a few characters in a Google search.

The Big East was the 2nd rated conference in the country in 14/15. It is not only an elite conference, it is nearly the top of the list -- and surely will in some years.

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/ncaab/sa ... onference/

No one in their right mind thought the Big East was the second best conference last year. So what? Your entire athletic budget goes to basketball, that means you can schedule 150 RPI teams instead of 300 RPI teams. When your DOMINANT champion Villanova gets beaten by a middle of the pack, mediocre ACC team NC State in the Round of 32...that tells you all you need to know about the mighty Big East.

Over here in the AAC, our 5th place team won the National Championship. So what does that tell you about these metrics??

How is Cronin's arteries doing these days? Bro takes one more nasty shit and he can drop dead.

Uncool dude.

[DudeAnon]

How is Cronin's arteries doing these days? Bro takes one more nasty shit and he can drop dead.

Uncool dude.

+1. Thats not funny at all.

[Hoya Hoya Hoya]

How is Cronin's arteries doing these days? Bro takes one more nasty shit and he can drop dead.

Uncool dude.

+1. Thats not funny at all.

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