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centralbucksfan

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Dec 4, 2009 12:10 PM
LTrain23 wrote:
centralbucksfan wrote: LOL at all the ACC whiners. When the ACC wins, we hear about it for a month. Now that the ACC finally loses, its no big deal. Some of you are Starting to sound like SEC football fans. Just admit the obvious, and move on.

Michigan, a team that was projected to be in the top 4 in the Big Ten, lost to one of the bottom half ACC teams at HOME.
And a Wisky team, who is projected in the middle of the Big Ten, beat a team who many think will win the ACC.
Dec 4, 2009 12:10pm
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hoops23

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Dec 4, 2009 4:16 PM
Yeah, but I'm not denying anything?
Dec 4, 2009 4:16pm
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Little Danny

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Dec 4, 2009 4:24 PM
johngrizzly wrote: I don't think there is any doubt about the best conference in college basketball being the Big 10. Even in the past years, the Big 10 was as deep as any league, they just keep getting better, especcially after Big 10 play. The Big 10's problem seems to that they beat up on each other during the conference play. Not a bad problem to have.
I think there is still plenty of doubt. If we are taking this season there is a good argument the ACC and the Big 10 are fairly even (the B10 won 6-5 in this matchup thanks to the choke job by Clemson and ranked Georgia Tech did not participate in the matchup). I think it is pretty clear the Big East is better at the top and has more depth than both confereces this season. Consider:

Villanova
UCONN
WVU
Syracuse
Louisville
Pitt
Cincinnati
Georgetown
Marquette
Notre Dame


How many of those teams do you think reach the Sweet 16, Elite 8 and Final 4 (and be the one of winning it all). I think quite a few.
Dec 4, 2009 4:24pm
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hoops23

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Dec 4, 2009 4:30 PM
You shouldn't have listed Notre Dame..
Dec 4, 2009 4:30pm
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centralbucksfan

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Dec 4, 2009 6:48 PM
Little Danny wrote:
johngrizzly wrote: I don't think there is any doubt about the best conference in college basketball being the Big 10. Even in the past years, the Big 10 was as deep as any league, they just keep getting better, especcially after Big 10 play. The Big 10's problem seems to that they beat up on each other during the conference play. Not a bad problem to have.
I think there is still plenty of doubt. If we are taking this season there is a good argument the ACC and the Big 10 are fairly even (the B10 won 6-5 in this matchup thanks to the choke job by Clemson and ranked Georgia Tech did not participate in the matchup). I think it is pretty clear the Big East is better at the top and has more depth than both confereces this season. Consider:

Villanova
UCONN
WVU
Syracuse
Louisville
Pitt
Cincinnati
Georgetown
Marquette
Notre Dame


How many of those teams do you think reach the Sweet 16, Elite 8 and Final 4 (and be the one of winning it all). I think quite a few.
Well, when you have what, 16 teams in a conference compared to 10,11....the odds are, you going to have more teams capable.
Dec 4, 2009 6:48pm
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94hoops

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Dec 4, 2009 11:15 PM
I called the Big 10 winning despite all of Reclegends banter about them not winning.
Dec 4, 2009 11:15pm
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Swamp Fox

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Dec 5, 2009 11:20 AM
I've been a follower of the Big Ten my whole life but I'm certainly not ready to say that the Big Ten is clearly better than the "other conference". I think it is fair to say that the Big Ten is very competitive with the ACC, and that is a major change from what it's been for the last several or more years, but the jury is still out over the long haul. Let's celebrate our new position in this rivalry and hope that it continues, and that the Big Ten can become the dominant conference of the two as time goes by. I think that the NCAA Tournament will be a much better measuring stick of the comparative strength of the two conferences and that's coming up.......and it's going to be something!
Dec 5, 2009 11:20am
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wes_mantooth

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Dec 5, 2009 11:44 AM
sleeper wrote:
karen lotz wrote:
sleeper wrote:
killdeer wrote:
mattinctown wrote: Zero class by the OP, not the ACC.
^^^and again...This.

This.

do you know what OP means genius?
I was mocking him genius.
This.
Dec 5, 2009 11:44am