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Sweet Sixteen is 7 SEC, 4 Big 10, 4 Big 12, 1 ACC.
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Game Day Hero [4578]
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Sweet Sixteen is 7 SEC, 4 Big 10, 4 Big 12, 1 ACC.
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Mar 24, 2025, 6:37 AM
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How long has it been since no mid-majors made it?
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Valley Legend [13031]
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Re: Sweet Sixteen is 7 SEC, 4 Big 10, 4 Big 12, 1 ACC.
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Mar 24, 2025, 6:45 AM
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7 SEC.
It's not a glitch in the system, but a feature.
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Hall of Famer [8998]
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Re: Sweet Sixteen is 7 SEC, 4 Big 10, 4 Big 12, 1 ACC.
Mar 24, 2025, 9:21 AM
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Weighted rankings make Higher seeds which play the lowest seeds, higher likelihood of more making it far.
Clemson should have played better in the first half.
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Varsity [103]
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National Champion [7715]
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Re: Sweet Sixteen is 7 SEC, 4 Big 10, 4 Big 12, 1 ACC.
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Mar 24, 2025, 7:18 AM
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NIL money front and center. Just the way it is now.
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Rival Killer [2796]
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That is pretty unreal
Mar 24, 2025, 8:41 AM
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I picked Duke to win the whole thing, but you never can tell
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Paw Warrior [4897]
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With NIL and the transfer portal...
Mar 24, 2025, 8:44 AM
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you probably won't see it much going forward.
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Re: With NIL and the transfer portal...
Mar 24, 2025, 9:31 AM
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I tend to disagree to some extent. The big schools will definitely have a noticeable advantage in NIL potential, so I think we see a trend of bigger schools going deeper in the tournament. However, the Auburns, Alabamas, Floridas, etc. are still football-first schools and will continue to dump insane amounts of money into football's NIL pool.
So I think the smaller schools will see their basketball NIL pool go further. You look at these schools like Xavier, Creighton, Villanova, Gonzaga, etc. where basketball is THE sport, it isn't preposterous to think that those schools could put together like $2 million--a tiny number that wouldn't field a competitive football team--but you spread that $2 million across 3-4 really good players and you suddenly have the makings of an elite basketball team. I feel like some of these lesser schools or schools without football will back away from football NIL and go all-in on basketball because their money will go further.
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National Champion [7454]
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the reason SEC is blowing up now is b/c of the money they have to spend
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Mar 24, 2025, 9:57 AM
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on basketball - both for top notch coaches and NIL
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All-Pro [796]
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Re: the reason SEC is blowing up now is b/c of the money they have to spend
Mar 24, 2025, 12:39 PM
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Money talks and the SEC and B1G will continue to be good because they have the most money. I just think some of these smaller schools are going to try and have something to say about it and you can stretch your money further and do more with less in basketball, unlike football.
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Gridiron Giant [15182]
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Re: Sweet Sixteen is 7 SEC, 4 Big 10, 4 Big 12, 1 ACC.
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Mar 24, 2025, 9:38 AM
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Comparing conferences doesn't have the weight it once did IMO since the B1G and SEC destroyed the PAC and Big 12 taking their biggest brands. Of course the B1G and SEC are going to get more big brands in based on that alone. We have one less whole conference.
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Hall of Famer [8170]
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The final will be 1 ACC and one from those other leagues.
Mar 24, 2025, 9:56 AM
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Duke is going to cut the nets down.
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1st Rounder [694]
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Re: The final will be 1 ACC and one from those other leagues.
Mar 24, 2025, 10:03 AM
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I sure hope not but you could be right.
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