[Cracked Sidewalks] Bigs Are Better?

[brewcity77]

As we look at the latest S-Curve, it's pretty clear that the three best leagues in the country are the Big East, Big 10, and Big 12. More than half the at-large bids come from those three leagues alone.

Also, despite the loss to Creighton, Marquette's win over Villanova was enough to have them moving up the S-Curve.

http://www.crackedsidewalks.com/2020/01/bigs-are-better.html

[Dr. Blackheart]

Man, does the ACC look brutally bad this season.

[brewcity77]

Man, does the ACC look brutally bad this season.

When I was counting teams at the end, I thought "that can't be right". They really fall off in a hurry, but on the plus side, look poised to dominate the NIT.

[mu03eng]

It turns out when football is your driving force it can apparently hurt your basketball AND your football footprint. Might be a blip for ACC football but they were BAD the last two seasons.

[MuMark]

Brew how long have you been doing brackets and how accurate have you been?

[brewcity77]

Brew how long have you been doing brackets and how accurate have you been?

I used to do them for Cracked Sidewalks, but left for a bit and didn't do them for years. Last year I was bad. I misjudged the changing makeup of the Selection Committee and thought they would go back to making selections like they did when there was the old mid-major majority (there is again, but they made picks the same as when the big boys had the majority).

Need to tweak my methodology from last year, I think I missed 4-5 last year because I expected more love for teams like Furman & Greensboro.

[Uncle Rico]

It turns out when football is your driving force it can apparently hurt your basketball AND your football footprint. Might be a blip for ACC football but they were BAD the last two seasons.

The bottom half of the league has caved badly.  North Carolina being bad really skews things as well.  Give FSU and Leonard Hamilton credit.  They've been a very good team this year.

[Elonsmusk]

Weird year in college hoops.

Big East is strong, yet more a function of having good top to bottom quality - one "elite" team at this point - Butler.  Otherwise it is Seton Hall at 19 as next best.

ACC is down, but have the #1, 6, and 13 teams in KenPom

Big 10:  3, 4, 8, 18, 20, 21, 23, 24

Big 12:  2, 10, 16, 22

[MuMark]

Not sure Butler is elite.......even though they are deservedly ranked highly.

Last year there were 5 teams that had an adjusted efficiency margin of 30 or higher on Pomeroy.

This year there is only 1......Duke......and nobody else is over 27.

27 last season would have been 8th.......everything is compressed.....the high seeds will be more vulnerable then usual this season if that holds.

[CountryRoads]

The bottom half of the league has caved badly.  North Carolina being bad really skews things as well.  Give FSU and Leonard Hamilton credit.  They've been a very good team this year.

UNC will obviously be back to form soon enough but not so sure any of the other programs are on the up and up. Seems there's about 5 good programs and a bunch of junk as you go towards the bottom. Couldn't be happier to see Syracuse and Pitt struggling so much.

[Pakuni]

Man, does the ACC look brutally bad this season.

You might say it's lacking Buzz this year.