Villanova #1 on Monday?

[DeltaV]

No, when you see 1985 highlights they often show the regular season game between the johnnies and gtown. That was the classic one.

If nova and Xavier advance to the final four, that would be huge. No doubt. Bigger than having the number one team. But elite 8 and sweet 16? Nice accomplishments, but not earth shattering. Look, you are a Dayton troll, and to Dayton trolls a Cinderella run to the elite 8 is the best you have had in many, many years. So I get why you overvalue the accomplishment.

Anyway, you also seem to be saying that I don't value March. I do. But I also understand that sometimes donyell Marshall doesn't go to the final four, but a guy and team like that is still as important to the growth of the league as Scottie Reynolds.

You seem to be saying the regular season doesn't matter. You want a bunch of VCU and George masons making Cinderella runs.

go to a college basketball game and poll people, who is the only 15 seed to make the second weekend? Some will know the answer, many will not, and many others will answer, "oh yeah, I forget their name, but the team that beat Georgetown..."

I'm not saying the regular season doesn't matter. It does. I think if I were putting percentages on things, I'd say like 40% regular season 60% tournament. Maybe even 35/65.

And elite 8's I'm sorry but those don't grow on trees. Nova's been to 2 last 25 years. Same as Georgetown. You can act like that's not a big deal- but elite 8's are definitely a big deal....

I hate to agree, especially as part of a threadjack...but he's right on this point. March is what matters. Regular season matters to us junkies, but the NCAAs is what most people notice.

For example (and I know this is a sample size of 1 here...): everyone I work with knows I went to Nova. They know I'm a big Nova basketball fan. They all know we've had disappointing finishes in March the past few years...but no one has said anything to me about our #1 ranking.