I’m talking about how the big 12 has dominated your jv conference in full season metrics since you purposefully added its worst team. It’s nearly two decades since the big 12 graded out worse top to bottom. #1 of all leagues almost every season.
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I’m talking about how the big 12 has dominated your jv conference in full season metrics since you purposefully added its worst team. It’s nearly two decades since the big 12 graded out worse top to bottom. #1 of all leagues almost every season.
All these years later and Alford still just kind of sucks.
Texas Tech also made the championship game under Chris Beard. Baylor has had some other pretty deep runs besides their NC mixed in there, too. Oklahoma and WVU under Kruger and Huggins had some crazy good teams we've forgotten about, too.
But yeah, your point about the tournament definitely has some truth to it. But during the same time the conference in the REGULAR season has usually graded out the best. More than any other and the gap has also widened as time has gone on. This period of time began approximately 10 years ago.
Having a 10 team round robin helped a lot. But it's not the length of time IMO, it's the fact that generally the top has gotten consistently better AND the bottom has gotten consistently better over that period of time. and the gap between other conferences has widened and no other conference shows a similar trend.
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demoncore1031
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NMSU? You mean New Mexico? I picked them to beat Baylor also.
Eerily similar to slow-death Iowa had vs. Northwestern State in 2006, also an Alford special.
The injury is so significant, both UNM and NMSU might advance.
Oof. I really thought MWC might have some decent teams this year. Turns out, so far, the committee was right with their seeds but maybe even that a few didn't deserve to be in. Yowza.
I was at first because of all the excitement and how he started with recruiting. He had a really good team his second year but Recker’s injury derailed the season and Recker never really recovered. Then after that he soon wore out his welcome with lackluster results and the Pierce situation. I was glad to see him leave.
CycloneErik
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Dude, you watch the game?
It's not personal, I don't know the guy but it was clear he was unable to keep pace or provide any positive contribution while being on the floor. I didn't realize he was fasting for Ramadan. That may or may not have played a factor in his performance but regardless of the reason he was hurting the team.
I don't blame him, I blame the coach. Literally cost his team the game.
