[Viking_Guy]

One other thing I noticed today: North Carolina lost in the quarters of the ACC tournament.  I'm hoping they'll finally drop off the bubble, which will create another neutral site and a natural destination for Duke.  The Tar Heels shouldn't even be sniffing the tournament, with an RPI in the 80s, no out-of-conference wins against anyone with an RPI in the top 200 (they only played 2 out of conference opponents with RPIs better than 237), and their one real quality win against #11 Miami early in the season balanced by a loss to RPI #235 Clemson.  It's one of the weakest 20-11 major conference resumes ever.

We'll see how much ticket sales matter to the NCAA, if they make it in over a Dayton or James Madison or Marist.

VG

[Viking_Guy]

One other thing I noticed today: North Carolina lost in the quarters of the ACC tournament.  I'm hoping they'll finally drop off the bubble, which will create another neutral site and a natural destination for Duke.  The Tar Heels shouldn't even be sniffing the tournament, with an RPI in the 80s, no out-of-conference wins against anyone with an RPI in the top 200 (they only played 2 out of conference opponents with RPIs better than 237), and their one real quality win against #11 Miami early in the season balanced by a loss to RPI #235 Clemson.  It's one of the weakest 20-11 major conference resumes ever.

We'll see how much ticket sales matter to the NCAA, if they make it in over a Dayton or James Madison or Marist.

VG