As a member of the ACC, am I supposed to be glad that Duke won?

[Irish7478]

Because I don't think that I am.

 

[7Samurai13]

Because I don't think that I am.

Thanks like a Tampa Bay Rays fan being glad that the Yankees won the World Series, you never cheer the Evil Empire winning.

 

[Irish7478]

Thanks like a Tampa Bay Rays fan being glad that the Yankees won the World Series, you never cheer the Evil Empire winning.

Good because I can't see myself chanting ACC! ACC! ACC!

 

[Cobrabit]

No, we're not the SEC. If you like Duke in the least, go right ahead. If not, screw 'em.

 

[jonvi]

I would be more pissed that UK snuck by ya rather than who eventually won. BTW....great season for ND.

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

Yes, yes you are.

I realize that you guys are new to this "being in a real conference" thing, but this is unacceptable.

Turn in your keys.

 

[jonvi]

lol....leaving the BE for the ACC in bball was at best a latteral. More like a step down except ND, Cuse and Pitt made this more than a two team conference. The ACC is Big East 2.0


And your welcome douggie.

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

lol....leaving the BE for the ACC in bball was at best a latteral. More like a step down except ND, Cuse and Pitt made this more than a two team conference. The ACC is Big East 2.0


And your welcome douggie.

Bwah. "2-team league."

Who else in the BE was good for the last 20 years outside of UConn and Syracuse?

 

[ericd7633]

Never understood the conference nut swing. My one friend is an Ohio State fan and was pulling for Wisconsin. I for the most part hate every other team in the Big 10 being a gophers fan. Why the hell would I want Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio State, Iowa etc win in the tournament. Makes no fucking sense.

 

[jonvi]

Bwah. "2-team league."

Who else in the BE was good for the last 20 years outside of UConn and Syracuse?

UofL...I forgot to add them into why the ACC is a better conference today than 3 years ago.

 

[jonvi]

Never understood the conference nut swing. My one friend is an Ohio State fan and was pulling for Wisconsin. I for the most part hate every other team in the Big 10 being a gophers fan. Why the hell would I want Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio State, Iowa etc win in the tournament. Makes no fucking sense.

Meh...it's better to lose out to an eventual NC rather than losing to IUPUI. Conference nut swinging helps with that.

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

UofL...I forgot to add them into why the ACC is a better conference today than 3 years ago.

Louisville? You mean the BE had to poach from Conference USA in order to get relevant?

 

[jonvi]

Louisville? You mean the BE had to poach from Conference USA in order to get relevant?

I guess you missed the UM, VT and BC move to make the ACC kind of look like a football conference?

 

[Tharvot]

Never understood the conference nut swing. My one friend is an Ohio State fan and was pulling for Wisconsin. I for the most part hate every other team in the Big 10 being a gophers fan. Why the hell would I want Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio State, Iowa etc win in the tournament. Makes no fucking sense.

I was pulling for Wisconsin last night both because they are from the B1G and because they hadn't won a title in forever.

I generally pull for other B1G schools when they play in the post season, with the exception of Michigan, of course. But, I don't go around bragging about how great the conference is or anything. I don't really dislike any of the other conf. members outside of Michigan, so its pretty easy for me to pull for them if im otherwise unconcerned about the outcome.

 

[CatsTopPac]

I personally pull for the Pac for a couple reasons that it makes sense to me to be happy when someone in your conference wins it.

First, Notre Dame just made a shitload of money because Duke won it. So if for nothing else, Duke just put millions of dollar in the pocket of the ACC, which gets distributed to the universities.

Assessing financial impact of ACC's landmark NCAA tournament - Daily Press

Second of all, conference strength indirectly helps ND. Whether it's tv contracts or just viewership, ND also benefits from ACC teams doing well in the tourney. This also translates into recruiting to play in conferences that contain national champions, as well as playing against NC level competition.

You do whatever you want, but Duke winning definitely helped ND.

 

[douggie]

lol....leaving the BE for the ACC in bball was at best a latteral. More like a step down except ND, Cuse and Pitt made this more than a two team conference. The ACC is Big East 2.0


And your welcome douggie.

The ACC has 6 of the last 15 National Titles(Duke 2 of the last 6)
The ACC has 9 of the last 25 National Titles(Duke 5 of the 25)

You're welcome jonvi.

 

[jonvi]

The ACC has 6 of the last 15 National Titles(Duke 2 of the last 6)
The ACC has 9 of the last 25 National Titles(Duke 5 of the 25)

You're welcome jonvi.

And UNC and Duke have how many of those? The rest of the ACC was a breeze till jonvi signed up. Now you bitches have to earn it. Good job btw.

 

[Irish7478]

I personally pull for the Pac for a couple reasons that it makes sense to me to be happy when someone in your conference wins it.

First, Notre Dame just made a shitload of money because Duke won it. So if for nothing else, Duke just put millions of dollar in the pocket of the ACC, which gets distributed to the universities.

Assessing financial impact of ACC's landmark NCAA tournament - Daily Press

Second of all, conference strength indirectly helps ND. Whether it's tv contracts or just viewership, ND also benefits from ACC teams doing well in the tourney. This also translates into recruiting to play in conferences that contain national champions, as well as playing against NC level competition.

You do whatever you want, but Duke winning definitely helped ND.

The article you posted states that winning the the championship game is not a factor with respect to the amount of money earned by the conferences for the NCAA tournament. But what it really shows is how little basketball generates, compared to football.

 

[gpm1976]

Good because I can't see myself chanting ACC! ACC! ACC!

When the heck did this team-conference crap start anyways? It never used to be this way. Non-conf games where never such a big deal. What mattered was winning your conf and then going on to win your bowl game. Crowing a natl champ was more of an afterthought.. and actually was not something people even talked about. If you really think about it, as popular as the march tourney in basketball has been, it's not really set up to tell you who the best team is... just who was able to put together a good game at the right time or luck out and have a an easy path.

 

[CatsTopPac]

The article you posted states that winning the the championship game is not a factor with respect to the amount of money earned by the conferences for the NCAA tournament. But what it really shows is how little basketball generates, compared to football.

But it also shows that conferences are awarded for tournament performances, and that it breaks down to awarding each university in the conference. THerefore, ND benefits (financially) from Duke's tournament performance.