zingit
04-22-2007, 09:45 PM
Andy Katz reports that some of this year's bubble teams aren't going to change their scheduling philosophies (http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/columns/story?columnist=katz_andy&id=2841531) to curry favor with the selection committee. Andy Glockner makes a convincing argument that this is a mistake (http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/columns/story?columnist=afc&id=2842544), saying that playing solid mid-majors can mean the difference between being on the bubble and being in.
Interestingly, the teams he uses as examples of mid-majors that high-majors should want to play are all ones that Duke has played/will play: Bucknell last year, and Davidson this year and next. I think Davidson is on our schedule partly because they're from North Carolina and we have a history of playing them, but still, it looks like here is another good reason to schedule them. Not that we're going to be a bubble team next year! :)
Interestingly, the teams he uses as examples of mid-majors that high-majors should want to play are all ones that Duke has played/will play: Bucknell last year, and Davidson this year and next. I think Davidson is on our schedule partly because they're from North Carolina and we have a history of playing them, but still, it looks like here is another good reason to schedule them. Not that we're going to be a bubble team next year! :)