11-10-2021, 10:32 AM
I do not think the SEC is superior to the Pac 12 - quite the contrary. There's an argument that the ACC IS superior to the Pac 12, but even that could be argued.
Stanford lost to UNC and Duke in early season away games. Both were closely contested.
As far as Arkansas, well, a good team, but I'd rather be facing them in the first round than Santa Clara.
The Pac 12 has some great coaches and some very good teams that played inconsistently, but able to take down just about anyone on the right day.
Stanford lost to UNC and Duke in early season away games. Both were closely contested.
As far as Arkansas, well, a good team, but I'd rather be facing them in the first round than Santa Clara.
The Pac 12 has some great coaches and some very good teams that played inconsistently, but able to take down just about anyone on the right day.
(11-10-2021, 07:31 AM)oldalum Wrote: I think the main thing that hurt the Pac-12 this year is that as a conference I believe we have only one win against the teams seeded in the tournament (UCLA beat Michigan), and we whiffed on several other chances. We also have too much parity (strength within the conference) so the top 4 teams accumulated numerous ties and, in our case, a loss against the bottom 8. Still, Arkansas lost to Duke and UNC as we did, lost in conference play twice to other top teams, and got a 2-seed in the tournament. The committee clearly viewed the SEC as far superior to the Pac-12. Does that make sense?