Here’s Charlie’s latest projection through games as of Feb. 21. Scroll over a team name for more analysis. Records reflect Division I competition only.
Automatic bids are in CAPS.
This is the absolute best time of the year for talking basketball with everyone.
Bids by Conference is going to make some people edgy…
- Big 12 (8)
- ACC (7)
- Big East (7)
- SEC (6)
- Big Ten (3)
- Atlantic 10 (3)
- Pac-10 (3)
- America East (2)
- Sun Belt (2)
- Colonial (2)
I love the ACC, was part of it for 4 years. It is arguably one of the Top 2 Conferences in the country year after year… but, 7 bids is high! I say 5. UNC and Maryland are all questions and NC State is on the cusp. Each of those teams are currently 5-7 or 6-6 in the ACC. If you allow all of them in, how then do you say no to Wake Forest and maybe Boston College? Both are either 5-7 or 6-6 and Wake Forest is a head of UNC and Maryland in the ACC standings. don’t go to the RPI and Strength of Schedule… it’s all comparable.
Why not give the Atlantic 10, Colonial or Mountain West a 4th, 3rd or 2nd team in, respectively. Maybe give one or two of the MAAC, MAC, America East or Missouri Valley and 2nd team in.
Everyone screams for more parity in Women’s Basketball. You can’t have parity if the Top 5 Conferences hold 31 of the 64 spots in the NCAA tournament every year. Those coaches will never be able to consistently convince (recruit) top prospects to play in conferences where only one team goes to the NCAA’s year in and year out.
We’ll see…
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By Andy Johnston For the AJC
Some folks say it’s parity. Others are beginning to worry that this is a down season for the ACC.
The ACC continues to be the top-rated conference in the Sagarin and Pomeroy rankings, but only Duke and Georgia Tech are ranked in the AP Top 25, and the Blue Devils might have knocked the Yellow Jackets out of next week’s poll with their 86-67 victory on Thursday night.
Every team has at least four losses, and Duke, which is considered the ACC’s best team, was crushed by Big East-power Georgetown on Sunday. One thing is for certain: The conference doesn’t have a dominant force like last season’s North Carolina team that won the national championship.
“It’s where we are now. It’s where this conference is at,” North Carolina State coach Sidney Lowe said. “Any given night, you don’t know who is going to win. One team can knock off a nationally ranked team and then play another team that’s not ranked and lose to them. One thing you do know is that this league has a lot of talented players. If those talented players decide they’re going to be better and they’re going to get after it, they’re going to win.”
The fall of North Carolina (13-9, 2-5 ACC) has corresponded with the rise of both Maryland (15-6, 5-2) and Virginia (14-6, 5-2), which are tied for second behind Duke (18-4, 6-2). The parity is evidenced by the fact that 22 of ACC’s 46 games have been decided by eight points or less, including 13 by fewer than four points.
The balance might lead to only six ACC teams making the NCAA tournament, but all 12 entered this week in the top 110 of the RPI.
“It’s become a night-in and night-out grinder,” Virginia coach Tony Bennett said. “It’s a challenge of every team to be at their best.”
Out of his shell
Freshman Jordan Williams is providing Maryland with an inside boost.
He posted his third double-double of the season in Maryland’s loss at Clemson on Sunday. The 6-foot-10 Williams then added 14 points in a win at Florida State on Thursday, reaching double-figures for the seventh time. His 13 rebounds Sunday were a career-high.
“[He provides] what we didn’t have last year, [which] is an inside presence,” Maryland coach Gary Williams said. “This year, when we’re playing well, we can throw the ball into Jordan and expect something good to happen.”
Possible return
Clemson guard Demontez Stitt has missed the past two games with a sprained foot, but coach Oliver Purnell hopes to have him back for Saturday’s game at Virginia Tech. Stitt had started 52 consecutive games before the injury.
On the ball
Malcolm Delaney, who scored 21 points in Virginia Tech’s 74-70 victory over North Carolina on Thursday, leads the ACC in scoring (19.8) and 20-point games (11).
N.C. State’s Julius Mays has made 20 consecutive free throws and is shooting 89.5 percent from the line (51-for-57).
Trevor Booker needs 19 rebounds to become the second player in Clemson history with 1,500 points and 1,000 rebounds. With 1,584 career points, he would join Notre Dame’s Luke Harangody and Texas’ Damion James as the only active players with 1,500 points and 1,000 rebounds.
Kyle Singler, playing with an injured right wrist, had career highs with 30 points and eight 3-pointers in Duke’s victory over Georgia Tech.
Must-see TV
Don’t sleep in, or you might miss Wake Forest’s game at Virginia, which begins at noon Saturday (WATL). On Wednesday, Duke plays at North Carolina at 9 p.m. (ESPN) in the first game of the season in that heated rivalry. They’ll also meet at Duke on March 6.
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Over the past two weeks there has been less content on our ABR site. My apologies. I have been preparing the ABR ACC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PREVIEW.
Each pre-season I found it helpful to write a one-page Pre-Season Opponent Overview. I always felt it helped with early season practices and planning for what we might see.
Here is an example: PRE-SEASON OPPONENT OVERVIEW
With that in mind, and now that everyone is about two weeks into practice, I wanted to provide you with the ABR ACC Women’s Basketball Preview.
The intent is to summarize the 2008-09 season and forecast somethings to expect for 2009-10.
I’d welcome your feedback.
Enjoy…
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The ACC Women’s Basketball TV Schedule
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- 40 televised games, making up 78 television appearances, including a CBS telecast of North Carolina at defending national champion Connecticut on Jan. 9 to open the 2009-10 television package..
- Six ESPN2 games, highlighted by Maryland at Virginia on Jan. 11, Connecticut at Duke on Jan. 18, Miami at NC State on Feb. 14 for “Pink Frenzy” and Florida State at Maryland on Feb. 28.
- Five additional nationally televised games on Fox Sports Net and affiliates, including a rematch of the 2009 ACC overtime championship game and the 2006 NCAA national title game between Duke and Maryland on Jan. 24 and the classic in-state rivalry of Duke at North Carolina on Sunday, Feb. 28, which will conclude the 2009-10 regular season.
- 28 conference match-ups on the league’s regional sports networks, which include Comcast SportsNet, Fox Sports Net South, Fox Sports Net Florida, and New England Sports Network. The regional sports networks reach approximately 24 million households.
- Seven games of the 2010 ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament to be held March 4-7 at the Greensboro (N.C.) Coliseum – four on the league’s regional sports networks and three nationally on Fox Sports Net and affiliates. FSN will broadcast the ACC Tournament semifinal games and the 2010 ACC Championship game.
- A nationally televised hour-long preview show on Fox Sports Net and affiliates with a time and date yet to be determined.
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It is always aggravating to have to go searching all over for college basketball schedules. Here it is, one-stop-shopping. Several NCAA Division I Men’s College basketball conference schedule links. Many of the conferences have not yet release their schedule, as noted. Links provided should get you there at a later date. Video Coordinators plan away! Fans get the snacks, cold drinks and recliners ready! Bring on October 15th!
ACC MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
ACC MEN’S – PDF VERSION
ATLANTIC TEN MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
ATLANTIC TEN MEN’S – PDF
BIG EAST MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
*LINK IS CORRECT – SCHEDULE HAS NOT YET BEEN RELEASED
BIG EAST/SEC INVITATIONAL SCHEDULE
CONFERENCE USA MEN’S BASKETBALL PROSPECTUS
*COMPOSITE SCHEDULE NOT YET RELEASED
COLONIAL CONFERENCE MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
*LINK IS CORRECT – SCHEDULE HAS NOT YET BEEN RELEASED
METRO ATLANTIC ATHLETIC CONFERENCE (MAAC) MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
*LINK IS CORRECT – SCHEDULE HAS NOT YET BEEN RELEASED
MAAC 2009 OLD SPICE CLASSIC SCHEDULE
NORTHEAST CONFERENCE MEN’S BASKETBALL SUMMER PREVIEW
*COMPOSITE SCHEDULE NOT YET RELEASED
PAC-10 MEN’S BASKETBALL PROSPECTUS
*COMPOSITE SCHEDULE NOT YET RELEASED
SEC MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
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