B1G/ACC Challenge Pairings

[MAIZEandBLUE09]

Michigan remains the only school with a top 10 football and basketball team.

 

[phantomfoul88]

Michigan remains the only school with a top 10 football and basketball team.

Hopefully Harbaugh watched the game last night. He could learn a few things from Beilein.

 

[jeffro151]

LOL, Muhrland fans were chanting UMBC last night trying to throw UVA off. How sad is it that a top 25 team has to do that?

 

[navamind]

LOL, Muhrland fans were chanting UMBC last night trying to throw UVA off. How sad is it that a top 25 team has to do that?

Maryland fans are trash.

 

[brandonk989]

Big win for the Noles at home! Got that huge tie up at the end the get possession back. Kudos to the refs for actually calling a jump ball and not a stupid foul as they normally would. Trent Forrest plays the role of hero.

 

[rmilia1]

Carson Edwards was the real hero for FSU. That last minute was brutal for him

 

[douggie]

Big win for the Noles at home! Got that huge tie up at the end the get possession back. Kudos to the refs for actually calling a jump ball and not a stupid foul as they normally would. Trent Forrest plays the role of hero.

What is the status of Cofer? I'm sure he will be back when they play Duke.

 

[UVA_Guy81]

LOL, Muhrland fans were chanting UMBC last night trying to throw UVA off. How sad is it that a top 25 team has to do that?

After what they did with cheering the injury to Justin Anderson a few years back, nothing those pieces of shit do surprises me. Thankfully once again, we got the last laugh by beating them again.

 

[brandonk989]

What is the status of Cofer? I'm sure he will be back when they play Duke.

Original thought was 6 weeks. Injured his foot the last week of October which puts us at next week but I've heard nothing in terms of an upcoming return. Still not practicing but boot just came off.

 

[Lions=TeHsUcKs]

LOL, Muhrland fans were chanting UMBC last night trying to throw UVA off. How sad is it that a top 25 team has to do that?

Good win tho man. Easily the best win for the ACC in the challenge.

 

[Across The Field]

Good win tho man. Easily the best win for the ACC in the challenge.

Wrong

 

[rmilia1]

When you look at the game by game results it's pretty clear that despite the 7-7 finish the B10 is clearly deeper than the ACC. There's pretty uniform consensus the bottom 4 teams in the league right now are Penn St, Rutgers , NW and Illinois .

Those 4 teams went 3-1 including a road win ( Rutgers ) and a top 20 win ( PSU ). Even the loss by Illinois came by 2 on the road in a game where the game winning 3 was halfway down before coming back out .

I'd give the ACC a slight edge at the top because of depth of very good teams but it's not as pronounced as the gap at the middle and bottom of the leagues for the B10

 

[jonvi]

SU Getting their guards back in time for this game was huge.....

And oops.....It's always nice taking down a #!.

NCAA's new NET rankings debut: Ohio State shockingly No. 1 with Duke No. 6 and Kentucky No. 61

 

[ericd7633]

When you look at the game by game results it's pretty clear that despite the 7-7 finish the B10 is clearly deeper than the ACC. There's pretty uniform consensus the bottom 4 teams in the league right now are Penn St, Rutgers , NW and Illinois .

Those 4 teams went 3-1 including a road win ( Rutgers ) and a top 20 win ( PSU ). Even the loss by Illinois came by 2 on the road in a game where the game winning 3 was halfway down before coming back out .

I'd give the ACC a slight edge at the top because of depth of very good teams but it's not as pronounced as the gap at the middle and bottom of the leagues for the B10

Pretty much my assessment. I'd say the ACC is better 1-5, but the B1G has more depth. Overall in the end, I would guess the B1G gets more teams in the tournament.

 

[rmilia1]

Pretty much my assessment. I'd say the ACC is better 1-5, but the B1G has more depth. Overall in the end, I would guess the B1G gets more teams in the tournament.

The top is tougher to gauge because 4 of the top 5 B10 trans preseason wise ( Nebraska , MSU, Purdue and Indiana) all had road games in the challenge. Although it's fair to say we aren't sure anymore if those are the top 5 teams . If I were power ranking I'd have 3 ACC teams before I had my second big 10 team I think

 

[huskers1217]

SU Getting their guards back in time for this game was huge.....

And oops.....It's always nice taking down a #!.

NCAA's new NET rankings debut: Ohio State shockingly No. 1 with Duke No. 6 and Kentucky No. 61

Nebraska is 7th

DI Men's Basketball Rankings - NCAA Men's Basketball NET Rankings | NCAA.com

 

[ericd7633]

The top is tougher to gauge because 4 of the top 5 B10 trans preseason wise ( Nebraska , MSU, Purdue and Indiana) all had road games in the challenge. Although it's fair to say we aren't sure anymore if those are the top 5 teams . If I were power ranking I'd have 3 ACC teams before I had my second big 10 team I think

At this point, I'd say Michigan/UVA/Duke all on one tier.
UNC/Michigan State/FSU on one tier.
VT/Purdue/Ohio State/Syracuse/Nebraska on the next.

Syracuse getting healthy was huge for them. They looked like a different team than the one in NY.

 

[rmilia1]

At this point, I'd say Michigan/UVA/Duke all on one tier.
UNC/Michigan State/FSU on one tier.
VT/Purdue/Ohio State/Syracuse/Nebraska on the next.

Syracuse getting healthy was huge for them. They looked like a different team than the one in NY.

That looks about right . I'm still not sure how good Iowa really is. Our next 3 are Wisconsin , @MSU and Iowa St so I think we will know more a week from today. If they get 2 out of 3 I'll be happy

 

[ericd7633]

That looks about right . I'm still not sure how good Iowa really is. Our next 3 are Wisconsin , @MSU and Iowa St so I think we will know more a week from today. If they get 2 out of 3 I'll be happy

Completely forgot Iowa, they definitely slipped my mind. My bad. I think I'd have them tier 3 for now. They are a weird team(as it seems like they are most years lol). But very good OOC wins over Oregon and UConn, and Pitt might be competent this year.

 

[rmilia1]

Completely forgot Iowa, they definitely slipped my mind. My bad. I think I'd have them tier 3 for now. They are a weird team(as it seems like they are most years lol). But very good OOC wins over Oregon and UConn, and Pitt might be competent this year.

Lol I wasn't questioning it. I just figured you had them with the likes of Maryland/Louisville/Wisconson/Clemson/Minnesota on the next tier . With Oregon losing to Texas Southern that win loses a lot of shine so it makes me wonder how good they really are ( especially given just how bad I thought Pitt would be this year too )