Originally Posted by
dukelifer
My sense was that UNC played a weaker schedule- but now that things have shaken out- it looks like this is not the case. It is interesting that if UNC wins the ACC tourney and if Notre Dame or Pitt falters- they will get a 1 seed. That is remarkable given that their only really quality wins were against Duke (who also beat them) and an up and down KY.
Who are our quality wins? Michigan State is a bubble, Kansas State was awful for a few months, Temple had injured players when we beat them. That basically leaves UNC. I'd argue that UNC's win over Kentucky is more impressive than any win we have (outside of beating UNC. Then again, UNC has the win over Duke, so these technically cancel each other out).
NOTE: I am not at all blaming our coaching staff for a fairly weak strength of schedule. If Michigan State or Kansas State remained top 10 teams (like they were supposed to), we'd have an amazing SOS. Also, the ACC is just terrible this year.
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