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And a loss isn't necessarily a loss, not when you're a major conference member versus a mid major. I went to a mid major school, and even I realized that 3 or 4 losses by my school wasn't the same as 3 or 4 losses in the ACC.
Do the math: if 8 or 9 of the top 64 schools are in the ACC, and there's a 16 game conference schedule, and you're the 8th or 9th best, you could easily have a 8-8, 7-9, even 6-10(if you play some of those schools twice) record in conference play, and you wouldn't be ranked, but you could still be better than a Butler or St. Marys, who played a cupcake schedule.
I'm not in favor of letting schools in simply based on name, the way Kentucky got in when Az State didn't. But both of those schools were from the weaker major conferences. The Big East and the ACC are the premier leagues for a reason, and at least 6 teams should come from both almost every year.
As for losses being losses, that's ridiculous. I went to school in a mid major conference, and even I know that my school getting 3 or 4 conference losses wasn't the same as an ACC school getting 3 or 4 losses. If 8 or 9 of the top 64 teams are in the ACC, and you play a 16 game conference schedule, do the math: if you're the 8th or 9th best team in that conference, you could easily have a 8-8, 7-9 or even 6-10(if you play some of those schools twice) record in the conference. Doesn't mean you're not as good as say Butler or St. Marys, which played a mostly cupcake schedule.
The Cats are a talented team, they have another lottery pick coming their way, and there are plenty of bigs in this draft, which is exactly what they need to complement Okafor on the front line. Drafting a center means that Okafor only puts in token minutes at the 5 and does his real damage at 4, and May can ease back into the lineup. And it allows Wallace to stay away from the 4, which hopefully keeps him in the lineup 10+ games than usual.
And Brown has a way of helping point guards reach their potential. Look at his track record with Rod Strickland in San Antonio, Mark Jackson in LA and Indy, Eric Snow in Philly, and Chauncey Billups in Detroit. Hopefully he'll have the same impact on Felton.
In fact, I see a lot of parallel between this Cats team and the Pistons team that Brown took over in Detroit, althought that team was a little older and more experienced. Still, the team is bound to improve over this season.
FACTS: 1980 NBA championship, 1981 season marred by injury to Magic, 1982 NBA championship, 1983 western conference championship, lost in NBA finals. They only got Scott in a 1983 draft day trade with San Diego(who soon became the LA Clippers, before you start running your mouth some more).
Plus, I won't dispute the moron comment, perhaps I am, but how am I a Lakers hater? Because I said that they were so good in the 80's that they didn't need a spot up streak shooter to win championships for them? Yeah sorry, I didn't realize calling a team good was an insult to them. I guess if I mentioned that 3 of the players Scott was playing with, Kareem, Magic and Worthy, are in the Hall of Fame, would be an egregious insult to those guys.
Besides that, I never said that Scott was a role player, which Stack currently is. But when both were in their primes, Scott couldn't hold a candle to Stack. If you claim otherwise, then YOU don't know much about the NBA or basketball. At least watch some old footage while you're sitting in your parents' basement.