Big East

[MyBloodRunnethOrange]

What a joke. They are going to end up with an unranked team with 4/5 losses playing in a BCS bowl. The AQ conference champions should at least have to be ranked in the top 20 in order to qualify.

 

[CardassianVol]

What a joke. They are going to end up with an unranked team with 4/5 losses playing in a BCS bowl. The AQ conference champions should at least have to be ranked in the top 20 in order to qualify.

I get what you are saying, but if the SEC champion comes from the East then the SEC will be in the same situation.
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[TOP]

I get what you are saying, but if the SEC champion comes from the East then the SEC will be in the same situation.
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Not necessarily. Florida and South Carolina are both in the top 25. They could easily finish in the top 20 if they win the SEC.

 

[CardassianVol]

Not necessarily. Florida and South Carolina are both in the top 25. They could easily finish in the top 20 if they win the SEC.

Yeah. I should have typed could instead of would. It is still possible though and as bad as the Big East is, I wouldn't want to see the automatic qualification rule changed. Every conference could have a down time and put out a dud as champion. I know this is a basketball reference, but some bad teams will always get into the NCAAs by virtue of winning their conference tournaments and push out better teams. I wouldn't want that changed either, but that is just me... It isn't like the Big East champion will be playing for a national title.
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[milohimself]

The margin for error in the mens basketball tournament is pretty large with 68 or however many teams it has now. Nobody has any sympathy for the last four out.

 

[Volstylexx]

I get what you are saying, but if the SEC champion comes from the East then the SEC will be in the same situation.
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good point

 

[CardassianVol]

The margin for error in the mens basketball tournament is pretty large with 68 or however many teams it has now. Nobody has any sympathy for the last four out.

I don't have any sympathy for the teams that miss the BCS bowls either unless it is a matter of making the title game or not.
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[milohimself]

I don't have any sympathy for the teams that miss the BCS bowls either unless it is a matter of making the title game or not.
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I do with the bcs as long as the big least is still getting automatic bids. The conferences play quality is somewhere between the mwc and c-USA.
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[MyBloodRunnethOrange]

Yeah. I should have typed could instead of would. It is still possible though and as bad as the Big East is, I wouldn't want to see the automatic qualification rule changed. Every conference could have a down time and put out a dud as champion. I know this is a basketball reference, but some bad teams will always get into the NCAAs by virtue of winning their conference tournaments and push out better teams. I wouldn't want that changed either, but that is just me... It isn't like the Big East champion will be playing for a national title.
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The problem is the Big East has been a dud of a conference since Miami and VT bolted for the ACC. The MWC is more deserving of AQ status than the Big East is now.