good thing for UNC
by ericdedwar on Mar 14, 2009 4:12 PM EDT
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Printthat THEY don't have to win their conf tourney to get a 1 seed. If only every regular season major conf. champion could say the same thing.
Don't get me wrong, I understand a certain level of skepticism regarding teams vying for a 1 seed. But seems that the cards have gotten a much bigger piece of that pie than say UNC, Pitt or UConn have gotten. The standard is obviously built upon how many weeks a team spent at no. 1 on the AP poll. Simply hovering around the top doesn't carry the weight of actually being the nation's best rated team.
But to further illustrate my point, let me examine a couple of Bilas' statements about what he looks at:
two weeks ago he was discussing Maryland as a bubble team saying that it wasn't the losses that he was looking at, but the wins. "I want to see who a team has beaten to know that they can have a chance of beating those types of teams in the tourney. Anyone can lose games, but can you win the big ones"
today Bilas said - regarding UofL's claims to a 1 seed - "Look at who they lost to earlier in the season: Minnesota, UNLV, Western Kentucky, those losses don't add up to a 1 seed.
double standard if you ask me.
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Lack of respect is a great motivator!
Bilas has come out both for and against the Cards being a 1 seed. So have most of the other “talking heads”.
It really is simple, when the Cards win tonight, if they don’t get a 1 seed then we have one of the greatest motivators of them all on our side-Pride. If we win and get a 1 seed, we still have a great motivator-Success.
However, now that UNC and Mich. St. both lost, they’re all asking if any of the prospective 1-seeds will win their tournament. In my opinion, it looks like the stars have aligned for us to get not only a 1-seed, but maybe THE 1 seed. Now that would be COOL!
If we come out to play, the only a Ex-’Cuse will be Devendork!
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