One more time with WVU-Pitt. Both teams were plenty familiar with each other from the summer. Add in playing twice in the season. There should be no surprises from either team.
So far today and yesterday, it’s been chalk. Let’s keep it going.
The fun starts at about 7.
Having said that, teams have inexplicable nights as Pitt did last night. Not even John Wooden himself could have beaten the hoopies with our team last night. Best thing that could happen to Pitt.
I called the super bowl right back in November.
You heard it here first, Pitt wins it’s first national championship vs. N Carolina in OT!
I think intelligent minds can disagree about the importance of non-conf losses. My opinion is it’s more important how a team’s playing at tournament time than it is how they’re playing in Nov/December, especially since freshmen (Samuels, Jennings) and sophomores (Knowles) play a much more important role in today’s college basketball than they used to. 2009 college hoop teams aren’t fully formed organisms until about Feb.
Doesn’t excuse the ND loss. That’s bad.
This theory also has a selfish aspect to it because I’m headed to Boston for the East Regionals and I’m hoping the Panthers will be there.
Let’s see how it plays out. L-ville still has to win the tournament and MSU has to look good enough winning the Big 10 dance.
I also agree with Omar, if Louisville gets a 1 seed it will be the 3rd or 4th, yes, big east champions, but its the overall body of work, and conference affiliation shouldn’t have anything to do with it. While its not their fault, they didn’t travel to Pitt or UConn or Marquette, and they’re seed should reflect that.
I think that how a team’s playing at tournament time might have an effect within the team and how they finish their year, but I don’t think it should be used as a huge consideration for their seeding.
I mean, do they deserve the high seed even though they couldn’t get up for two very winnable games at home early in the year? Why are we even playing those non-con games then, when you can just blow off a couple of them as long as you make hay once conference play begins?
A conference tourney should help get you in if you’re on the bubble, or move you up a couple of seeds if you’re middle of the pack, but I don’t think it should be able to completely get rid of the stink of some really bad non-con losses.
Carolina, UConn, Pitt (at least I’d like to think) and probably Memphis and Oklahoma would’ve never lost those two games.
Some gambler help educate me, but it is my understanding that the point spread is set in an attempt to have the bets be equalized between the two teams. The bookies are satisfied with the vig. They don’t want the bets unbalanced.
