TheHall wrote:IMO early season games are HUGE, until conference season starts. Teams generally shoot up (and down) the rankings after these games but by the end of the season only the fringe schools (1st 4 in/out) really point to these games. What if Wisconsin/Oregon/BC underachieve the rest of the season or what if some other teams overachieve that we aren't considering big games now. True the BE will have bubble teams so there is an importance and winning always is better than losing but this isn't cfb where early season wins/losses are everything. I can already see Gary Parrish: "Yeah SJU beat Wisky, but they hadn't figured things out yet blah, blah, blah...."
Losing never helps, but that said, the BE has enough street cred (Individual school histories, Ken Pom, Recruiting, etc.) to pass the eye test if players/teams are playing well, even in conference against one another. Now if too many teams underachieve in the 2014 NCAAT that's a whole other can of "uh-oh!" going forward.
stever20 wrote:TheHall wrote:IMO early season games are HUGE, until conference season starts. Teams generally shoot up (and down) the rankings after these games but by the end of the season only the fringe schools (1st 4 in/out) really point to these games. What if Wisconsin/Oregon/BC underachieve the rest of the season or what if some other teams overachieve that we aren't considering big games now. True the BE will have bubble teams so there is an importance and winning always is better than losing but this isn't cfb where early season wins/losses are everything. I can already see Gary Parrish: "Yeah SJU beat Wisky, but they hadn't figured things out yet blah, blah, blah...."
Losing never helps, but that said, the BE has enough street cred (Individual school histories, Ken Pom, Recruiting, etc.) to pass the eye test if players/teams are playing well, even in conference against one another. Now if too many teams underachieve in the 2014 NCAAT that's a whole other can of "uh-oh!" going forward.
I think the early games this year though are more important than normal. They will form the narrative that will last the entire season.
78 friar wrote:Don't forget the Providence - Boston College game. Neither team has been a powerhouse in their respective conferenes but it is still the Big East against the ACC and being the earliest of the games played (6 o clock eastern) the final score will be mentioned about 100 times during the other games.
stever20 wrote:The thing is the early season this year looks to be more important maybe than normal because of the fact that it looks like we're going to have a lot of teams in that 10-8 or 9-9 neighborhood. Early season then will determine if those teams make the tourney or not.
To me, it's kind of like a golf tournament. You can't win the tourney the 1st day, but you can lose it. I think a great case in point was last year with Virginia. If they don't crap the bed in November, they are an easy NCAA team.
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