Making the tournament is a successful season for most teams. Sweet 16 is an elite season for most teams.
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Making the tournament is a successful season for most teams. Sweet 16 is an elite season for most teams.
Clemson is just asking for Baylor to beat them by 40.
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Clemson coach stands by NET, Big 12 critique
Clemson men's basketball coach Brad Brownell reiterated his stance that Big 12 teams figured out ways to manipulate their metrics to help garner more bids to the tournament.
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You’re right it is definitely NOT hard to make 9 sweet 16’s in a row. Which is why every 1-4 seed makes the sweet 16 every year.
Eh, its pretty impressive considering the crapshoot known as March Madness to be that consistent.
Don’t disagree but it’s not like they are pulling upsets, they are winning games they are always favored in. Still good but easy to do with that conference
I’m not saying it’s ever easy but the Zags are consistently one of the most rested and healthiest teams come tourney time.
I mean its a combination of those things though, im not sure why it has to be black and white.
Its an impressive achievement. They've had some legitimately great teams. But they also likely would not have had that kind of streak had they been in a major conference. The 1 seed in particular is a huge advantage statistically.
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If we win today and UNC loses i'm gonna have some words for the committee.
"Yeah, and it was in no disrespect to the [Big 12], but I do think they figured some things out,'' Brownell said Saturday at FedEx Forum. "I think it was more a compliment than anything. I think there are a lot of teams in their league that scheduled in a way that helped their NET.Clemson is just asking for Baylor to beat them by 40.
Clemson coach stands by NET, Big 12 critique
Clemson men's basketball coach Brad Brownell reiterated his stance that Big 12 teams figured out ways to manipulate their metrics to help garner more bids to the tournament.
it was not a compliment.
so would we rather have been a #1 seed and playing Mich St right now, or a #2 seed and playing Wash State?
Nope. we got a pretty favorable match up to the sweet 16 other than a potential awkward game with Drake that didn't happen.
I still stand we have the best route to the elite 8, but then we hit a giant size wall.
