Strength of the SEC

[Old_Red]

So far it is showing through. 6 out of 8 SEC teams made it out of the Regionals when only 4 were hosting. Interestingly, Auburn and Arkansas were the two that didn't make it out of the Regionals. They were leading the West at one point but had the weakest SOS also. Arkansas is the only SEC team that didn't make it out of their own Regional. So 6 SEC teams are into the Supers. There are 3 ACC teams left, 1 Big 12 team, 2 Big West teams, 1 PAC12 team, 1 MVC, 1 Southland, and 1 A10 team.

Think about this. Only four conferences had fewer teams eliminated out of the Regionals than the SEC and that would be the Big West, MVC, Southland, and A10 Conferences who all had 2 or fewer teams in the tournament.

The ACC, Big 12, Big 10, PAC12, and American Conferences had more teams eliminated despite having fewer teams in. The Big East and C-USA had two teams in and two eliminated matching the SEC.

 

[KA4Prez]

Sounds a lot like a UL fan touting the ACC in basketball. At this point, it's meaningless.

 

[bradscats]

Sounds a lot like a UL fan touting the ACC in basketball. At this point, it's meaningless.

Except the ACC falls apart in the NCAA tournament in basketball while the SEC appears much stronger than everyone predicted.

 

[EliteBlue]

Sounds a lot like a UL fan touting the ACC in basketball. At this point, it's meaningless.

Maybe that's accurate if you want to talk about teams getting into the regionals based off perceived conference strength. But when they prove it and 6 of 8 advance to supers while playing other conference teams it makes it different. The ACC barely got out of the 1st weekend of the NCAA Tourny despite having 10 or so teams in.

 

[rockycard]

Except the ACC falls apart in the NCAA tournament in basketball while the SEC appears much stronger than everyone predicted.

Three of the last five basketball champions are in the ACC.

 

[Comebakatz3]

It is good to note that the SEC had a chance to get every single team into the super regionals. Every single SEC team was either already in or was playing for a spot into it last night. That is pretty impressive. Especially considering that teams like Auburn, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt, and even Miss. State had plenty of times where they didn't seem like particularly strong baseball teams. Of course, those teams had ups and downs on the year, but many of them (especially Vandy) weren't as strong as they have been in years past and they still made a super regional.

 

[Old_Red]

Sounds a lot like a UL fan touting the ACC in basketball. At this point, it's meaningless.

Except that the ACC basketball teams would all get higher seeds than warranted, get to play close to home and some would still lose early. Sort of like they did in the Baseball Tournament. Arkansas didn't live up to its seed but UNC**** and Clemson also didn't. The SEC had three teams, Vanderbilt, Mississippi State, and Texas A&M exceed their seeding and make it out of the regionals. The ACC had two teams that weren't #1 seeds and neither one exceeded their seeding. So this isn't similar to the ACC Basketball showings at all.

 

[Comebakatz3]

Except that the ACC basketball teams would all get higher seeds than warranted, get to play close to home and some would still lose early. Sort of like they did in the Baseball Tournament. Arkansas didn't live up to its seed but UNC**** and Clemson also didn't. The SEC had three teams, Vanderbilt, Mississippi State, and Texas A&M exceed their seeding and make it out of the regionals. The ACC had two teams that weren't #1 seeds and neither one exceeded their seeding. So this isn't similar to the ACC Basketball showings at all.

Interesting to note that Arkansas played 3 games against Missouri State and went 1-2, all three games were 1 run games. Arkansas played 4 1 run games in the regional, and went 2-2 in those. There were 5 total 1 run games in that 7 game regional. Pretty nuts.

 

[UKWildcats#8]

Three of the last five basketball champions are in the ACC.

UL doesn't count for the ACC. Get real Tard. You weren't in the ACC when you won the title.

But yeah the ACC did win the title this past season, saving face after an embarrassing NCAA Tourney. That said, the 2016 NCAA Tourney was a fairly dominant performance by the ACC but no title was won so it was kind of a let down in the end.

And I can't wait to see the Cats send you home this weekend.

 

[Comebakatz3]

By the way, Kentucky faced 6 teams that made the Super Regionals. I believe that TAMU and Florida tie Kentucky with the most opponents faced in the Super Regionals. I could be wrong on that, but that was my quick glancing count.

 

[Roe07]

Three of the last five basketball champions are in the ACC.

Louisville wasn't an ACC member when they won it all in 2013, so you can't credit that title to the ACC. Plus, if the NCAA does what everyone knows they should, that season will be wiped out and the banner will come down.