srt@ucla-cs.UUCP (03/15/85)
Montana was the Big Sky conference runner-up this year, finishing for the second year with over 20 wins. Unfortunately, the NCAA past them up, so they found themselves playing UCLA, 5th in the PAC-10 with a 16-12 record. UCLA demolished Montana 78-47. -- Scott Turner
kovalsky@spp2.UUCP (Bruce Kovalsky) (03/19/85)
> Montana was the Big Sky conference runner-up this year, finishing for the > second year with over 20 wins. Unfortunately, the NCAA past them up, so they > found themselves playing UCLA, 5th in the PAC-10 with a 16-12 record. > > UCLA demolished Montana 78-47. > > -- Scott Turner Scott, although UCLA did kill Montana, a mediocre team at best, you did neglect to mention that ALL 4 teams that finished above UCLA in the Pac-10 (USC, Washington, Oregon St. & Arizona) LOST in the first round of the NCAA tourney, where the REAL teams play. The NIT is more or less a consolation tourney. And you can't call me a West Coast hater since I went to school at UCLA and Cal. Face it, the Pac-10 just didn't have it this year. As far as the strongest conferences this year, after Round 2 of the NCAA's you don't have to look very far to see that both the ACC and Big East still have 4 teams remaining in the tournament. I'd say it is a toss up between those 2 conferences. ----- Bruce Kovalsky ..!trwrb!trwspp!spp2!kovalsky "How do you make a small fortune in the stock market?" "Start with a large fortune."
srt@ucla-cs.UUCP (03/21/85)
In article <479@spp2.UUCP> kovalsky@spp2.UUCP (Bruce Kovalsky) writes: > >Scott, although UCLA did kill Montana, a mediocre team at best, you did neglect >to mention that ALL 4 teams that finished above UCLA in the Pac-10 (USC, >Washington, Oregon St. & Arizona) LOST in the first round of the NCAA tourney, >where the REAL teams play. Right you are. Allow me to mention it: USC, Washington, Oregon St. and Arizona all lost early in the NCAAs. >And you can't call me a West Coast hater since I went to school at UCLA and >Cal. Oh yes I can. You West Coast hater! >Face it, the Pac-10 just didn't have it this year. As far as the strongest >conferences this year, after Round 2 of the NCAA's you don't have to look very >far to see that both the ACC and Big East still have 4 teams remaining in the >tournament. I'd say it is a toss up between those 2 conferences. > Right you are. I was just pointing out, that, weak as the Pac-10 is, the Big Sky Conference is weaker. And, as a side-light, I don't think UCLA is as weak (now) as the NCAA committee thought it was. They improved a lot toward the end of the season and played one of the toughest non-conference schedules west of the Mississipi (DePaul, St. Johns, etc., etc.), which contributed to their poor record. -- Scott