And really, would you stay with a coach like Hubert a year longer than you had to?
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It just kinda struck me that the NBA as a whole is probably happy that guys are staying for a little longer in college. Iām sure they want to get the lottery guys as early as possible, but for projected role players, itās probably helpful that they are coming in older and closer to contributing on their rookie contract. Youāre not really having to take 19 yos in the late first, early second round, and having them be below replacement level in their first couple of seasons.
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For 2nd rounders for sure. I think teams are still looking for upside in 1st rounders that get multi year guaranteed contracts. In the past Iād say that the playoff teams picking in the late 1st would want older players who could contribute early too, but those picks have almost all been traded. Doesnāt seem like too many playoff teams keep 1st round picks these days. And those that do have them often make draft day deals.
Sorry but State being on this list without having landed Haggerty yet is insanity. Even with him, debatable.
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These lists are just silly at this point. There isnāt enough information or certainty regarding how rosters will be filled, or how cohesive they will be. Meaningless.
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I mean obviously itās a little silly but I bet more of these teams make the second weekend than if you took a random sample of 25 power five teams not on the list. Rosters are like 80-90% complete at this point, so you can make some pretty educated guesses.
You mean like two years ago when UNC was pre-season #1 and missed the tournament altogether? Or
Kansas being pre-season #1 and ending up very mediocre? I get your point, but in the current environment we can largely know rosters, but have no idea how they will be coached and/or whether they will play well together. So, personally, I donāt pay much attention to them.
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But thatās just not true. It may make it more challenging to figure out how teams will perform. But on the whole many of the top teams will likely be in the preseason 25. So itās still a nice snapshot going in.
But if you want to lean on individual data points versus a whole data set be my guest
Itās an advertisement/clickbait for On3. I wouldnāt put much stock in it.
When the preseason rankings come out, thereās some directionally accurate things in it. But also some misses. Doubt weāre in it. But either way, you can still win a natty despite not being ranked coming in!
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https://x.com/mattnorlander/status/1920137651627217366?s=46&t=wAzMZR-0PRGT1LpN6U5x0g
I think this is a good change? Depends on the scheduling model they end up with, I suppose. Itās a bit of an implicit concession that the conference will always have teams that kinda suck that they need to limit their exposure to.
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I wish theyād take the two new non-con games and put them halfway through the conference slate. Itād be nice to mix it up and itād give teams a chance to show-out after theyāve gelled. Feel like itād improve the overall accuracy of the conference comparison metrics too by collecting at least some data later in the season.
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Might miss out on the awkwardness of the McKneely return game under this new system lol
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100%. Add the two additional non con games to like end of January or February.
Hell revive the ACC B1G Challenge for February (I know TV contracts would prevent that probably)
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Do we still retain 3 rivals? Or if we move to 2, do we keep Louisville and drop SMU?
Think it would just be VT twice, everyone else once.
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HGN says 1 rival (VT for us) that is a home and home, and then playing everyone else once:
https://x.com/hoozgotnext/status/1920142635727020238?s=46&t=wAzMZR-0PRGT1LpN6U5x0g
Predict that the NCSU fanbase is gonna be so pissed about this.
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Itās pretty obvious the most hated rivalry in these pairings is SMU-Louisvilleā¦ the bad blood runs deep.
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I donāt mind going to one designated rivalā¦some of the secondary rival pairings were quite contrived. Will anyone mourn the loss of the GT-ND rivalry pairing?
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I donāt even care about the one designated rival, tbh. I know the conference wants to do Duke-UNC twice a year for the ratings, but the rest of the every-year home-and-homes arenāt important to me. if we played VT only once, that would be fine.
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