DudeAnon wrote:We are bad. We might be stuck being bad. Two options: Hope things get better eventually, expand and hope new blood raises the competitiveness of the conference. There are no other options.
Hall2012 wrote:kayako wrote:Bill Marsh wrote:Villanova and Xavier were the only two with a realistic chance to get past the 2nd round.
BE's 6-11 seeds seems to have lower ceiling than its counterpart from other conferences.
I wouldn't say they have a lower ceiling, they just didn't pull their games out. Butler and Seton Hall were no worse than Florida State, they both played their top seeds down to the wire. They both were right there at the end, SHU in a defacto road game, but unfortunately teams are judged by results rather than performance and the results just didn't go our way. I know it's irrelevant, but I have little doubt that Seton Hall would've beaten Kansas if that game was played on a true neutral court.
If there's one positive, it's that Villanova's the only 1 seed that didn't get anything close to scare in the opening weekend.
GumbyDamnit! wrote:DudeAnon wrote:We are bad. We might be stuck being bad. Two options: Hope things get better eventually, expand and hope new blood raises the competitiveness of the conference. There are no other options.
Yeah, let’s dilute the league with a so-so program. That will solve everything. I mean it worked for the AAC this year.
Everyone needs to relax. March happens. Look at Mich State. 3 straight early exits and to double digit seeds. He’s got a stable of 5 star players and a huge front line and has been coached by a guy who got them to like 8 FF’s. Should they change everything? Boeheim barely gets in and his team goes on another run as a low seed. Things happen.
We’ve been together for 5 years. We had 2 #1 seeds and two teams in the top 10 all year. We won a NC. The Pac12 was 0 for the tourney and they, along with both the B1G10 and B12, haven’t won a NC in decades. We’re doing fine. Stay the course.
Hall2012 wrote:I wouldn't say they have a lower ceiling, they just didn't pull their games out.
DudeAnon wrote:wo options: Hope things get better eventually
DudeAnon wrote:
I admire your optimism, but if you take Nova out of the picture it is obvious this conference is not prepared for March. Expansion is no guarantee that it helps, but after 5 years of this I can only look for some kind of change to mix things up.
Nildogg wrote:Butler certainly missed a great opportunity, but I'm not sure the fall off from being without Haas made it an expected win as some may have thought.
Either way, it was a 50/50 game vs. a top 10 team that we lost to by 20 earlier in the season, in a 10/2 matchup. Fan/ Conference/ Gambler expectations are one thing - reality is that BU was not favored in this game even with the injury.
Seton Hall definitely was not expected to win vs. Kansas in that situation, but was right there. Credit that awesome senior class, what a fun group to watch.
These doom and gloom conference comments are hilarious. BE hoops is up there with anyone. If Xavier hadn't been overseeded (yes they were) we would have had some better seeds for the lower teams.
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