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so if/when umass beats the cuse again in the carrier dome, will we finally admit which team is better?
no excuses for syracuse this time, umass won't have "snuck up" on the big east team this time.
btw, if umass and xavier win their next games, the a10 will be 11-10 vs the big east this year.
also, its amazing what games in the ooc prove when it comes to tourney time. san diego? i don't think that win vs kentucky was such a fluke. also, wasn't belmont from the same league as gardner webb? 1 look at the sec ooc record, and you can see why they only have 1 team left. time to stop dismissing results in november and december.
What does Gardner Webb have to do with anything? Its clear you think Mid Majors are gods gift to NCAAA B'Ball. You seemed intelligent until you shared that one. Gardner Webb and Belmot can compete in the SEC? Is that what your saying? The SEC is probably more down than ever and almost every team would dominate that conference you speak of.
If UMASS beats Syracuse it will have less to do with who is the better Basketball team and more to do with how Stubborn Jim Boeheim is. If you guys get hot from 3 and our coach decides that man defense is out of the question then you guys could keep it close. I think Umass is a good team and if things shook differently you'd have been playing in the big tournament. You had a good resume until St. Joes, Xavier, and Temple ganged up on ya.
However, I could coach SU to beat UMASS, do you think they are as good as SU? Seriously? I love you little mid major fans. How many at large mid majors won games in the tournament this year? One Exactly One did and that was Xavier. BTW UMASS and Akron looked like a community college game the other day and you have the balls to come on and talk about superiority.
With man defense we'd blow you out of the gym. I predict we blow you guys out and I'm sorry you came on here to ask about it. Did you watch the first meeting? If you thought UMASS was a better team then I'd be surprised. We had no Idea what we were doing on defense, things have changed.
Do you know we recruited over Tiki Mayben? Let him go to you guys and you all came in your pants? The talent disparity is immense.
BTW the early season OOC matchups are so heavily weighted to help the mid Majors. You are usually more experienced and a better team oriented squad (easier to coach) etc.. While you may have improved 5x over a season teams like SU with that talent probably improve 10x. The committee puts so much weight on how a team played 4 months ago it is insane. Would you rather us big conferences played you at the end of the season for OOC? I didn't thinks so because most mid majors would be exposed.
Good Luck Tuesday, I'm not saying SU can't lose but who is really a better basketball team? I predict you guys get absolutely smoked and then we get embarrassed in NYC.
In or Out: SYRACUSE (2-6-08)
