If ND wins out, we would have wins over 8 ranked teams + ACC

If ND wins out, we would have wins over 8 ranked teams + ACC
by NDoggie78 (2019-02-12 16:27:02)
Edited on 2019-02-12 16:36:38

In reply to: That NC loss was really bad. None of the top 12 teams other posted by Domerduck

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tourney wins over ranked teams - probably at least 2 more

One other thing, Louisville has only beaten 1 ranked opponent away from home and 1 at a neutral site. If ND wins out, they will have beaten 4 ranked opponents away from home and 1 at a neutral site. (And 6 if you count UT and DePaul who were ranked when ND played them)

While UNC was a bad loss, Tarheels have now beaten a #1 and a #2 seed (when they played them). They only lost by 7 at Louisville and by 1 against FSU. They have been inconsistent, but talented enough to beat top teams

I totally agree L'ville has an easier ACC schedule with ND &

FSU as their only tough ACC teams they had to play away. Also the fact they get to play UVA & Pitt twice (combined current records: 19-30 & 4-18 in the ACC) was already unfair. That's by far the worst combined record of any ACC teams "rivals' (ND's teams are currently 29-19). Also I totally agree our OOC challenges were far tougher. As I've said before we should be open to having Louisville our rival (replacing Ga Tech & Va respectively), with home & away each year like we had with UConn in the Big East, as it would mean another ESPN game every year as I am sure they'd televise both.

That said we just should not have lost those three games, especially to unranked NC (despite it's talent) when the 5 teams ahead of us have only lost 1 or 2 games and those that lost 2 (even assuming Louisville loses again to us) would have only lost to top 6 teams and not on their home floor. The teams with one loss only lost to top 25 teams away. They may not have had as tough a schedule as us, but they took care of business with the teams they were scheduled to play.

You seem very invested in ND being a lower seed *