NDballer13 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 08, 2019 10:14 am
PhDhawk wrote: ↑Fri Feb 08, 2019 10:06 am
NDballer13 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 08, 2019 10:00 am
That's the exact point I made in my last post. Why is greatness based on an individual single elimination tournament?
Because you have to win 6 consecutive games and at least 5 of them are going to be against essentially top 25 teams.
Anyone trying to downplay winning the NCAA tournament doesn't understand college hoops.
The flipside of the coin, that there are really great teams who loose early is true and loosing shouldn't nullify their season.
The NCAA tournament doesn't always crown the best team in the country as the winner, but you can't win it if you aren't very very good.
I'm not saying any rec league team can just go win the tourney. I agree, you have to be very good, if not great to win it. I just feel the weight being put on a 6 game winning streak is too much considering the whole body of a season. Especially in recent years when you have seeds higher than an 8 making Final Four runs.
I agree in the sense that I think a lot of other things matter, and are largely ignored by many.
College hoops is great because the regular season matters, even if not many people care. I think how we do in the Champions classic matters, I think Thanksgiving tournaments matter, conference tournaments (even though I hate them) matter, seedings matter, rankings matter, wins and losses matter, etc.
But the tournament matters, it's the thing that matters most. I'll buy that people ignore other things, when they shouldn't, and that the tournament isn't the only thing...but it is the most important individual factor.
I only came to kick some ass...
Rock the fucking house and kick some ass.