NCAAT per conference performance

[devildeac]

devildeac and I were just born in 1880 so we don't remember too much about either team back then, GoDuke!

Link?

Or birth certificate?

I'm old, but not quite that old .

[budwom]

Many years I used to pull for ACC schools until I realized that most of their fans want Duke to crash and burn every time out, so my conference allegiance is not particularly robust.

[BD80]

devildeac and I were just born in 1880 so we don't remember too much about either team back then, GoDuke!

Link?

Or birth certificate?

I'm old, but not quite that old .

Don't even remember your own birthday?

Well, I remember it well. I was talking to some friends about the new-fangled Davy's arc lamp and saying that electric lights were a fad that would fade out quickly.

[devildeac]

Many years I used to pull for ACC schools until I realized that most of their fans want Duke to crash and burn every time out, so my conference allegiance is not particularly robust.

^^^^

When you hear "Duke gets all the calls" and hear F**K Duke/players regularly and see t-shirts like that, there's not a Whole Lotta Love (apologies to Led Zeppelin) for garbage/hatred like that being spewed.

I root for Duke. I won't root for the other acc schools to lose but I shed no tears when they're gone.

[devildeac]

Don't even remember your own birthday?

Well, I remember it well. I was talking to some friends about the new-fangled Davy's arc lamp and saying that electric lights were a fad that would fade out quickly.

I wrote it down somewhere but can't recall where I put it. Kinda like a password.

[jv001]

Link?

Or birth certificate?

I'm old, but not quite that old .

Don't you remember, we went to different schools together, Penn State and State Penn, GoDuke!

[devildeac]

Don't you remember, we went to different schools together, Penn State and State Penn, GoDuke!

Now I've got it.

[ns7]

If you want Duke to stay Duke, you need the ACC to stay strong, and yes, even the cheats, to stay strong.

I thought 2010 was a pretty great year

[YmoBeThere]

Can someone update the conference performances?

[HereBeforeCoachK]

I thought 2010 was a pretty great year

What's your point? In 2010, The ACC was the ACC...

[HereBeforeCoachK]

Could it be because of Bobby Cremens? I think he was the coach at Tech for 19 seasons and it didn't hurt that he was good friends with Coach K. Those teams were known for their Point Guards and for being good perimeter shooters. GoDuke!

Yes, now that you mention it I think Bobby Cremin's personality, his long tenure there, and his relationship with K was part of that dynamic....

[pfrduke]

Can someone update the conference performances?

Will do it when Michigan-Houston wraps.

[royalblue]

What's your point? In 2010, The ACC was the ACC...

His point was likely that Duke won the title and Uncch was NIT runner up
The ACC only had 1 team advance past the round of 32 (Duke)
Great year
I drove out of my way coming back from Indy just to have a picture made drinking a beer in front of the Dayton sign because Dayton beat Uncch in the NIT finals.

[ns7]

His point was likely that Duke won the title and Uncch was NIT runner up
The ACC only had 1 team advance past the round of 32 (Duke)
Great year
I drove out of my way coming back from Indy just to have a picture made drinking a beer in front of the Dayton sign because Dayton beat Uncch in the NIT finals.

Exactly. Duke doesn't need UNC to be great. 2010 is an example of that.

[pfrduke]

Total after Saturday:

Power Conferences:
ACC: 7-4
Big 12: 6-3
Big East: 5-3
Big Ten: 5-1
Pac-12: 0-3
SEC: 7-5

Other Conferences:
A-10: 2-3
AAC: 2-2
America East: 1-0
A-Sun: 0-1
Big Sky: 0-1
Big South: 1-1
Big West: 0-1
Colonial: 0-1
CUSA: 1-0
Horizon: 0-1
Ivy: 0-1
MAAC: 0-1
MAC: 1-1
MEAC: 0-1
MVC: 2-0
MWC: 1-1
NEC: 0-1
OVC: 0-1
Patriot: 0-1
Southern: 0-1
Southland: 0-1
Summit: 0-1
Sun Belt: 0-1
SWAC: 1-1
WCC: 2-0
WAC: 0-1

[El_Diablo]

What's your point? In 2010, The ACC was the ACC...

The point is that we do not in any way need uNC to be strong.

[throatybeard]

I think Georgia Tech still (!) was with their SEC cohort longer (1921-1964), contiguously in the Southern Conference and then the schools that peeled off into the SEC. Give it another few years and they'll have been in the ACC longer than they were with Georgia an nem. But not quite yet.

[gocanes0506]

Many years I used to pull for ACC schools until I realized that most of their fans want Duke to crash and burn every time out, so my conference allegiance is not particularly robust.

This and my allegiance to ACC withered when the conference sold its souls for football.
Louisville, Cuse, Miami, Pitt, ND, and Boston College arent ACC teams.

Now that Greenberg is gone, I like VT as a whole.

[HereBeforeCoachK]

The point is that we do not in any way need uNC to be strong.

You don't think it does Duke any good to be part of the "greatest rivalry in sports?" Seriously?

And you think that rivalry could be great if it were dominated by one team?

I'm secure enough in my dislike of the Cheats to understand reality here.

[HereBeforeCoachK]

Exactly. Duke doesn't need UNC to be great. 2010 is an example of that.

You can't take one year out of a 40 year run and ignore the other 39. Duke in 2010 is not the same team or program without the 30 years that came before it.
You think Smith or Singler or Sheyer or any of those guys come to Duke if Duke isn't the Duke that we know? Probably not.


I gotta tell ya, FWIW, I'm with K on this one...these programs help make each other great. The Duke-Carolina rivalry is a huge part of both programs. Kansas doesn't have anything like this. Kentucky doesn't have anything like this - the UL - UK rivalry is nowhere near this big in national terms. Villanova has nothing like this. UCLA USC have never had this in basketball. It doesn't mean you gotta like em...but it is what it is.