The final rankings, with each team's overall record against Division I opponents and its record against Division I opponents from North Carolina:
Only three teams from North Carolina made the NCAA tournament. I'm not sure if that's a record low, at least since the tournament expanded to 64 teams, but I bet it's close.
2. North Carolina (28-6, 8-1), ACC champions
vs. Eastern Kentucky, Thursday at 9:40 p.m.
15. Duke (22-10, 4-3), at-large berth
vs. Virginia Commonwealth, Thursday at 7:20 p.m.
48. Davidson (27-4, 7-2), Southern Conference champions
vs. Maryland, Thursday at 12:20 p.m.
59. Appalachian State (22-7, 7-3)
89. N.C. State (18-14, 8-3)
State beat three NCAA tournament teams in the ACC tournament before it lost to North Carolina in the championship game. The Wolfpack entered the top 100 in the RPI and made the NIT. It plays at Drexel on Tuesday at 8 p.m.
Feel free to discuss the Wolfpack's run in the comments, since there hasn't been a post about it yet.
Who knows how State would have done, if it had Engin Atsur for the whole season, or if Cedric Simmons or Andrew Brackman wouldn't have left the program? But this team's effort was always admirable.
I couldn't be happier that Sidney Lowe is the coach of my alma mater. I should write an entire post to explain exactly why. But Lowe's coaching (and his red sport jacket) received some positive reviews over the weekend. Patrick Stevens of The Washington Times and Pat Forde of ESPN.com hit the highlights.
121. Wake Forest (15-16, 5-5)
146. UNC Charlotte (14-16, 1-1)
185. High Point (18-10, 4-1)
208. UNC Greensboro (16-14, 6-7)
246. Western Carolina (9-20, 3-9)
249. UNC Asheville (8-19, 0-5)
262. UNC Wilmington (7-22, 1-3)
264. Gardner-Webb (8-21, 2-6)
270. North Carolina A&T (13-17, 0-0)
273. Campbell (12-17, 2-2)
299. Elon (5-23, 3-8)
304. Winston-Salem State (2-24, 0-1)
312. East Carolina (3-24, 1-3)
Coming soon: the all-North Carolina team
8 comments:
Kevin,
I guess I've hesitated from writing too much about the tourney b/c I don't want this to become strictly a sports site.
Having said that, I am so proud of what the Pack did this past weekend. It was unbelievable. I don't want to put the cart in front of the horse (something us State fans have a tendency to do), but I'm excited about what Sid will do as coach. Now if he could just bust out a plaid jacket!
Kevin, keep up the nice work. I can't wait to see the All-North Carolina team!
Something that stands out to me about State is their in-NC record: 8-3. Two of the losses are to UNC, one to Duke. Against the Big Four, Sid went 4-3 this year, I believe (2 wins over Wake, 1 over Duke, 1 over UNC; 2 losses to UNC and 1 to Duke). Those numbers are huge. Also, to look at the records against in-state schools, it should be noted that UNC's lone loss was to State.
Good stuff (for a State fan).
Yeah,
sorry, cont.
More importantly, State went 2-3 against UNC and Duke, a respectable records considering State's team and a first-year coach.
If he could make that a .500 record year in and year out, that would go a long way to appeasing some of the rabid fans.
You know, the old joke has always been that State fans don't care if you go 2-20, as long as you beat UNC. There's actually some crazy logic there, if you think about it. If State consistently beats (or splits) with UNC and/or Duke, then the rest will fall into place.
This just in: State still sucks.
Go Heels!
A lot of people named "Anonymous" say that. Why is it they won't reveal their name?
I be "Anonymous" has never set foot on UNC's campus.
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