Someone who takes an opposite viewpoint

Here is an article that thinks that the ACC is overrated.

The author makes three points for his argument

• The ACC is not getting as many tournament bids as the Big East
• The ACC has a losing record against the Big East
• Teams came in from the Big East and did better in conference play in the ACC than what they did in the Big East.

The first point is meaningless. How good a conference is has no bearing on how many tournament teams the conference gets. I remember a few years ago when the Big Ten got 6 teams and went 1-6 in the tourney. The second and third points are interesting, I'd have to dig further to see if that is actually true and see if there is any reason why.

He forgets to mention that the ACC is by far the best conference when facing the Top 25. He also doesn't get to why the ACC is overrated. He argues that the Big East is good. The ACC is definately good as well.

One point to add about the Big East from his article. Yes the Big East is deep, but they are not going deep into the tournament. Look at my tournament projections on the side and compare the resumes of the ACC vs the Big East teams. The ACC resumes are much better.

One other thing, how did I get in the business of defending the ACC? I think I am getting myself kicked out of Big 10 circles.

Thanks to William for the heads up.