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I still think it is hard to argue that the ACC gets treated very well by the committee. Specifically Duke and North Carolina are the Atlanta Braves/Dallas Cowboys of college basketball. You should not be able to go 6-4 in your last ten, lose your conference tournament to Maryland and still get a "solid" #1 seed with teams like OSU, Wisconsin and even Pitt or UCONN around. IMHO it is tough to argue that. If this is the case then why don't you make them a permanent #1 seed. We all know they will have the talent to be a #1 seed!
If you compare the Big Ten with the ACC why don't you look at talent and coaching? If you look at wins and loses alone it is like someone saying the Sunbelt conference is good just because it is the Sunbelt conference. The Big Ten does not have the talent that the ACC has right now. Historically, the Big Ten has not had many teams that did not do what they were supposed to do. Fab 5, UM 89', Illinois 89', Michigan State (championship year), Indiana 76' 81' (or 80' I get them and Louisvilles championship mixed up sometimes) 87'. Given the talent the Big Ten makes noise. Period. I said makes noise because they still do not get as much talent as the ACC. The ACC has championship talent on Duke and/or North Carolina every year and they do not come through the way they should. Just think about all of the Blue Chippers that have came through Duke and North Carolina and you will see that they should win and win big! But they don't. This is the fuel that feeds my utter dislike of these two programs. Dickie V pumps them up and they don't win like they should. What has Roy Williams ever won to earn him the reputation he has? Nothing! Coach Knight had a very good season given the talent he has. Indiana were bums and they should have been. They would have a great recruiting class if this one kid wasn't going to the NBA. So, I guess Duke will have the #1 recruiting class again and be the pre-season #1. What else is new.
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