Friday, March 19, 2004

More March Madness

Well, UNC and Dook handle their business, although Air Force made it interesting. So what is the conference tally?

In order of Conference Sagarin Ranking:
ACC...........4-0 (w-Dook, UNC, WF, MD)
SEC............1-1 (w-Al, L-Florida)
Big12.........2-0 (w-TexasTech, Texas)
BigEast......3-0 (w-UConn, Seton Hall, Syracuse)
Big10.........0-1 (L-MichSt)
ConfUSA.....1-1 (w-Depaul, L-Charlotte)
MW.............0-2 (L-Air Force, BYU)
PAC10........1-1 (w-Standford, L-AZ)
WA.............1-1 (w-Nev, L-UTEP)
A10............1-1 (w-St.Joseph's, L-Dayton)
MV...............0-1 (L-S.Illinois)
WC.............1-0 (w-Gonzaga)
MAAC.........1-0 (w-Manhatten)
MC..............0-1 (L-Valpo)
Ivy...............0-1 (L-Princeton)
AE...............0-1 (L-Vermont)
SL...............0-1 (L-Texas SA)
BigSouth.....0-1 (L-Liberty)
SWA............0-1 (L-Alabama St.)
CAA.............0-1 (L-VCU)


The top5 rated Sagarin Conferences are a combined 11-1. The rest are a combined 5-15. So what does this mean? In my book, the major conferences are dominating and the high/mid-majors are not exactly stating their case for being at the dance. Think about it - what if you had FSU or UVA in place of..... oh I don't know.......Air Force, or Liberty, or any of the many teams that they could beat most nights. Bottom line - the best 64 teams are not at the dance. Yes, this may give the mid-majors some fun, but most just cannot compete with the majors. But hey, I guess that's life - at least it's tons better than the crappy football system.