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Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Florida
Denver
UMASS
Drexel

At least you named some teams but I don't think this years results would indicate that any of them would be more competitive in the ACC than any of the ACC teams.
UMASS Every team in the ACC except Va Tech played a more competitive game against their only common opponent BC and they have not beaten any ranked team seems like a stretch to say they are more competitive than any ACC tournament.
Denver They again have not beaten any ranked team and lost to Colorado who lost to Louisville so so again saying they would be more competitive in the ACC than any ACC team seems to be a stretch
Drexel They lost to the only currently ranked team they played by 5 , that team, Loyola, lost to the only ACC team they played in a completely non competitive game ,while they do have some impressive quality wins not sure that puts them as being more competitive than UVA, ND ,Duke .
Florida This is probably the best resume of the group as they beat Louisville, and played competitive against UNC . The loss to Jacksonville and the fact that their only ranked win is over #20 Louisville seems to indicate that at best they would be equally competitive and that's being generous
In the end they are all good teams but the ACC is just very good this year

Maybe they could just call it the NCAACC tournament.

Comparative scores are never a strong benchmark for comparing teams. Trying to use Top 20 wins or a teams record this year is basically useless. The only true indication of how teams stack up is head to head competition, relative strength of schedule and overall body of work. This year it is all speculation due to the fact that there has been very little out of conference competition between the top programs. In recent years, only North Carolina and Boston College have proven themselves to be a cut above, Syracuse, Virginia, Notre Dam are always Top 20, Duke has been a notch below for several years and Va Tech and Louisville are competitive but certainly have never consistently been Top 20. The Reality is that when you look at the DI field there are always a number of teams that are just as competitive as the bottom 5 or 6 ACC teams. There are also always some that are more competitive than ACC Teams. The ACC does have an advantage this year because many other programs will go into the tournament without being battle tested. Teams like Stony Brook, Florida, JMU, Loyola etc... usually play much tougher schedules than they did this year. Is the ACC the Strongest conference? Yes, but on any given year there between 15 - 20 Teams that are as competitive in the ACC as the bottom 5 or 6.

Complete drivel. You don't want to use comparative scores to predict how competitive a team would be nor do you want to use how teams did against top 20 teams instead you want to use strength of schedule which has nothing to do with how good a team is. Talking about how teams have done 3 years ago and more has nothing to do with a current team just look at Drexel. To say a "number of teams that are just as competitive"...as Syracuse , ND , etc is just not looking at current results and teams. Head to head results are generally the best indicator so look at last years as many of the teams have essentially the same players back. The consensus best non ACC team this year seems to be NW, how did they do while playing ACC teams last year. Included in your bottom 6 ACC teams are Cuse, UVA, ND,Duke who went a combined 21-4 out of conference with 2 wins over NW and 1 over MD,Stanford, Princeton, and Navy to name a few.This year those same teams are 17-0 out of conference with wins over JMU,SBU,Loyola,Richmond . To say there are 15-20 teams that are as competitive as these ACC teams is just nonsense.


This is a joke right. You stated can’t use prior year's results then quote prior-year results. Geez. I’m thinking you just like to read your nonsense.

Please quote where it says you cannot use a prior year's results. Its actually fairly clear when they say "essentially the same players back " that they believe last years results are indicative of this years success. Reading comprehension Geez. Also note that there are multiple people responding.