The ACC road schedule will be tough for every team no matter which team is playing. The ACC is very deep with talent and more road losses will occur. Meanwhile, Illinois will roll along without competition. The NCAA tournament will decide which team will be the National Champion. March Madness can't get here soon enough.
Jacksorbetter said:
That may or may not be true but it doesn't really matter. How UNC might fare against Michigan in comparison to UI doesn'ttranslate into how UNC would fare against UI. Doesn't work that way. No more than you can say Illinois would beat Carolina by 31 because they beat Wake by 18 and Wake beat UNC by 13. It just doesn't work that way. IMO Illinois would match well with Carolina because they much prefer to play that uptempo game than the slowdown ball Michigan played.
D2:
I wasn't implying that the best team is in the ACC, just stating as I had in a previous thread on the possibility that Illinois and North Carolina might meet for the National Championship could be derailed by the fact that the Tarheels still had a very difficult remaining road schedule. Example: Tonight. I have been stating that the Illini will be the highest #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament and deservedly so as they have done all that has been asked of them. That being said, none of us will know until April which team is left standing as the National Champion. It may be the Illini or it may not. I agree with what you have said. It is all about match-ups and will depend on which teams are matched together that will determine who will advance through the tournament and who will go home.
I wasn't implying that the best team is in the ACC, just stating as I had in a previous thread on the possibility that Illinois and North Carolina might meet for the National Championship could be derailed by the fact that the Tarheels still had a very difficult remaining road schedule. Example: Tonight. I have been stating that the Illini will be the highest #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament and deservedly so as they have done all that has been asked of them. That being said, none of us will know until April which team is left standing as the National Champion. It may be the Illini or it may not. I agree with what you have said. It is all about match-ups and will depend on which teams are matched together that will determine who will advance through the tournament and who will go home.
What is different from me basing my opinion on the Michigan game as your title of "When UNC loses to Duke"? Are you not basing your opinion on UNC losing tonight. They were playing the #7 team on their home court. I agree that Illinois should be a unanimous #1 right now. I just think that UNC is the best team regardless of a loss at Wake and at Duke. Illinois did beat Wake bad but that game was on Illinois home court which is a huge advantage for Illinois. However to compare the road schedule in the Big 10 to the ACC is crazy. Michigan State and Wisconsin are tough places to play but the ACC does not have a Penn State, Northwestern, or even a Purdue, Indiana or Michigan this year. The last place team in the ACC, Clemson, has an RPI of 63. Night in and night out, the ACC is by far the toughest league.
Once again if Illinois and UNC played Saturday night on a neutral court, who would be favored?
Once again if Illinois and UNC played Saturday night on a neutral court, who would be favored?
