Why has Power Conferences Struggled?

[Thegreatone]

I guess the obvious answer is what Huggins said about players leaving early.

Teams like Gonzaga, Butler, and Xavier recruit 3 star guys and maybe a 4 star guy and keep them there for 4 years. Where schools like Syracuse, Uconn, and Ohio State's have to constantly reload.

Teams like Gonzaga, Butler and Xavier will always be good but without the one and done type of talents it is going to be hard for them ever to win the entire thing or get to the Final Four. It has been proven that you need McDonald All American talent to win titles.

 

[david aka the TYZ]

I guess the obvious answer is what Huggins said about players leaving early.

Teams like Gonzaga, Butler, and Xavier recruit 3 star guys and maybe a 4 star guy and keep them there for 4 years. Where schools like Syracuse, Uconn, and Ohio State's have to constantly reload.

Teams like Gonzaga, Butler and Xavier will always be good but without the one and done type of talents it is going to be hard for them ever to win the entire thing or get to the Final Four. It has been proven that you need McDonald All American talent to win titles.

I think that and a lack of fundamentals. Mid-majors play fundamental ball which sometimes can confuse the high and mighty. The tournament also favors guard play and refs tend to swallow whistles, so the major programs need to adjust their games and often times they don't. I think that's a major reason UC struggled all those years. They were used to being the brute force that earned a lot of whistles. The tournament forces you to play smarter on the offensive end and we never had the gameplans to do that.

 

[swg]

Look at Cornell and N. Iowa.

They have great fundamentals, good shooters, and like Dickie V said...great unity. Which I have brought up here before.

They know their offense well, and also know their roles. Of course, the elite teams don't follow them (or see them on tv), and so little is known about them..providing an advantage.

The mid majors tend to be led by upperclassmen, who know the system, and have no illusion about being drafted by the NBA...which leads to unselfish play.

 

[Not Guilty]

I guess the obvious answer is what Huggins said about players leaving early.

Teams like Gonzaga, Butler, and Xavier recruit 3 star guys and maybe a 4 star guy and keep them there for 4 years. Where schools like Syracuse, Uconn, and Ohio State's have to constantly reload.

Teams like Gonzaga, Butler and Xavier will always be good but without the one and done type of talents it is going to be hard for them ever to win the entire thing or get to the Final Four. It has been proven that you need McDonald All American talent to win titles.

Even with the upsets, 6 of the top 8 seeds are still alive and good bets to represent the final four.

Experience is important, its why our coach talks about it all the time. Your players learn how to play with each other on offense defense and they improve every year.

But so is talent. The trick is to find a combination. Somehow UNC was able to do that 2 of the last 5 years. Kansas did it a couple of years ago and that is what made their loss to Northern Iowa this year so surprising.

 

[BearcatAlum1]

There are some great mid-major teams that have the ability to use unity and sacrifice to make up the difference against the good teams with great athletes.

Happens all the time. Shouldn't shock anyone.