![]() They met in an all-C-USA title game.Īnd, of course, FAU. North Texas and UAB, teams that were hardly considered for NCAA Tournament at-large bids, each won their first four games of the 32-team NIT, some against teams that were perceived as “bigger snubs” like Clemson, Oklahoma State and Wisconsin. ![]() 5-seed Duquesne and came two points short of upsetting No. (Also, shoutout to Rice, C-USA’s sixth-place team who upset No. In case you’ve been living under a rock, the most important thing we learned about conference strength this year should be this: Conference USA is having one of the most efficient postseasons that any conference has ever had - in recent memory.Īs I sit here typing this, the league is a staggering 17-1 against other conferences.Ĭharlotte, the league’s fifth-place team, won the 16-team CBI as the three seed. ![]() Perception of conference strength should not, in theory, carry over year to year, but it does because we are human beings and we trust our history more than advanced metrics sometimes. Or, that the SEC deserves all four spots in the College Football Playoff even though all of its teams play three or four cupcakes in the non-conference. Like it or not, college athletics is driven a lot by “conference narratives.” You know, the narrative that the Big Ten is always super deep and thus deserves 13 teams in the NCAA Tournament (even though they all lose early). ![]()
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