hifigator
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Post by hifigator on Apr 6, 2009 13:20:58 GMT -5
Another topic on the Cowherd show this morning was the BE. His basic take was that it was certainly a great conference and probably still the best in the land this year. But then he went on to ask if we could please stop all of this talk of it being perhaps the best confrerence ever. In fact, it isn't "even" the best BE conference ever, and he went on to mention the mid 80's, where "even a St. John's" made a final four.
In all honesty, I don't think he meant any insult to the BE and he has been a staunch supporter all season. But for whatever reason, he was under the impression that there was some significant movement out there to view this year's BE as the best conference ever. Personally, I don't think I ever heard anyone say that in seriousness, anyway.
Thougths?
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Post by guru on Apr 6, 2009 13:24:45 GMT -5
Another topic on the Cowherd show this morning was the BE. His basic take was that it was certainly a great conference and probably still the best in the land this year. But then he went on to ask if we could please stop all of this talk of it being perhaps the best confrerence ever. In fact, it isn't "even" the best BE conference ever, and he went on to mention the mid 80's, where "even a St. John's" made a final four. In all honesty, I don't think he meant any insult to the BE and he has been a staunch supporter all season. But for whatever reason, he was under the impression that there was some significant movement out there to view this year's BE as the best conference ever. Personally, I don't think I ever heard anyone say that in seriousness, anyway. Thougths? I've heard both Vitale and Kellogg say that this was the best college basketball conference each of them has ever seen this season |
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Post by hifigator on Apr 6, 2009 15:30:10 GMT -5
It's hard to compare any teams from different generations regardless. There no denying that it was a great conference. 3 Number ones pretty much illustrate that. The fact that there were probably 9 or 10 teams that you could argue bids for certainly shows the depth of the league. Sure, there was depaul and S. Florida, but all conferences HAVE to have some doormats if the top couple of teams are to viewed among the elite. It would be hard to have 3 teams vying for #1s if the bottom of the conference was too awful. But arguably, the strength could be in the "middle" of the conference. Teams like Georgetown and Cincinnati proved that they were capable of playing excellent games at times. The point is there were probably 10 teams or so that were capable of beating virtually any team in the Country on a given day. Well there are only 10 or 12 teams in most conferences, so again that only shows the strength of the league. How do you think not having a team in the final game affects what will be the historical view of the conference? Unfortunately, I don't think the conference can take it's place among the best of the best alltime, and I think as time passes people will forget the argument altogether since there isn't a representative in the title game.
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Post by hometownhoya89 on Apr 8, 2009 0:16:38 GMT -5
Conservatively: 10/16 = .625 6.25 * 12 = 7.5, we'll say 8. how many conferences have ~8 teams that *could* beat any team in the country, and ~2 #1s? the 3rd #1 is cool  |
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