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More egregious championship rematch?
Posted on 3/27/14 at 9:30 pm
Posted on 3/27/14 at 9:30 pm
Which of these rematches for a national championship is most indicative of a flaw in its sport's system:
(A) The one we all know. 2011 LSU vs Bama. LSU won the "Game of the Century" in Tuscaloosa, won the SEC title, only to lose the National Title in a rematch against an extra motivated Bama team.
(B) A hypothetical matchup. Say Florida and Kentucky win out and meet in the NCAA Tournament finals. It would be their 4th meeting this year (correct me if I'm wrong) with Florida winning all of the previous 3, including the SEC Tourney title. Say Kentucky wins one, albeit the last one, out of the 4 matchups, but they are now the team everybody will remember as the best of 2014.
Personally I think B (Kentucky vs Florida) is more outrageous. Not that Kentucky wouldn't deserve it because the Tourney is the system of the day, but it REALLY makes the regular season meaningless.
(A) The one we all know. 2011 LSU vs Bama. LSU won the "Game of the Century" in Tuscaloosa, won the SEC title, only to lose the National Title in a rematch against an extra motivated Bama team.
(B) A hypothetical matchup. Say Florida and Kentucky win out and meet in the NCAA Tournament finals. It would be their 4th meeting this year (correct me if I'm wrong) with Florida winning all of the previous 3, including the SEC Tourney title. Say Kentucky wins one, albeit the last one, out of the 4 matchups, but they are now the team everybody will remember as the best of 2014.
Personally I think B (Kentucky vs Florida) is more outrageous. Not that Kentucky wouldn't deserve it because the Tourney is the system of the day, but it REALLY makes the regular season meaningless.
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Posted on 3/27/14 at 9:31 pm to bodask42
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Posted on 3/27/14 at 9:31 pm to bodask42
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Posted on 3/27/14 at 9:33 pm to RB10
9-6
Posted on 3/27/14 at 9:33 pm to bodask42
21-0
Posted on 3/27/14 at 9:33 pm to bodask42
I sense the butthurt in LSU fans coming.
Posted on 3/27/14 at 9:33 pm to bodask42
LSU v Bama. Basketball is a tourney sport as well as a sport that often plays the same opponent more than once in a season. CFB is neither a tourney sport nor one where opponents play more than once.
Posted on 3/27/14 at 9:35 pm to Prof
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Basketball is a tourney sport
Not in NBA. It's a series sport. Which I think the NBA has the best playoff system of all the sports as far as determining the true champion, but that's an argument for another day.
Posted on 3/27/14 at 9:35 pm to bodask42
Villanova - Georgetown. Nova 0-3 going to March Mockier.
Posted on 3/27/14 at 9:36 pm to bodask42
The NCAAB regular season is already meaningless.
This post was edited on 3/27/14 at 9:36 pm
Posted on 3/27/14 at 9:37 pm to nc14
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Villanova - Georgetown. Nova 0-3 going to March Mockier.
Pretty sure the 3 regular season games were all close. Decided by a bucket or two
Posted on 3/27/14 at 9:45 pm to PrivatePublic
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The NCAAB regular season is already meaningless.
Tell that to a team just on the wrong side of the bubble.
And I don't think either is egregious. If UK and UF meet up, it's because they balled their asses off to get there.
Posted on 3/27/14 at 9:54 pm to bodask42
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Which I think the NBA has the best playoff system of all the sports as far as determining the true champion,
Yep
Posted on 3/27/14 at 9:55 pm to bodask42
Great thread
Same time tomorrow?
Same time tomorrow?
Posted on 3/27/14 at 10:00 pm to bodask42
There's no flaws in hypotheticals.
Option A
Option A
Posted on 3/27/14 at 10:33 pm to bodask42
Personally, they are the exact same thing to me.
Posted on 3/27/14 at 10:37 pm to bmy
Going .250 against a team and being crowned the better team is definitely more egregious than going .500 against a team and being crowned the better team
Posted on 3/27/14 at 10:51 pm to bodask42
College basketball has the most meaningless regular season in all of major sports.
This is pretty well known.
This is pretty well known.
Posted on 3/27/14 at 10:55 pm to Cheese Grits
Three regular season games...hmmm. 0-3, you are the champions! GOAT. Ugh
Posted on 3/27/14 at 11:38 pm to bodask42
Basketball and Baseball seasons don't mean anything save seeding. There is the entertainment value of simply watching the game but one game in the big picture means little. Even with the 4 team CFP, each game still means a whole lot.
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