On a positive note, the MBB team is on a pace to have their highest FT percentage of all time:
http://www.tbo.com/blogs/bulls/2018/01/22/usf-men-on-pace-to-make-history-in-a-good-way/
I'm not going to blame the media, but I get your point. Support of your team shouldn't hinge on the conference you are in or the names on the schedule. The hazy fan support is a pretty big reason why we are not in a "P5" conference. Eventually there will be a playoff system that incorporates all schools and/or a multiple champions for separate divisions.
From what I can gather, according to the Sagarin schedule rankings UCF was 73 and every SEC team was ranked higher than that. Either way, the AAC is loaded with power houses like ECU, Tulane, UConn, UCinn, Tulsa. SEC? Those guys are cupcakes .....
It's based mostly on common sense, but we could look at the 3 SEC teams in the top 10 of Sagarin's rankings plus the 2 more just behind UCF's. I appreciate the homerism and would love to see an 8 team playoff including at least 1 G5 school, but comparing an SEC schedule to the AAC is a little farfetched.
Of course it's speculation, they didn't actually play. But even an ounce of realistic, nonbiased assessment tells us that the "weak" SEC this year was far superior to the AAC. The fact that the SEC was "weak" this year is why UCF or USF may have had a shot at .500 this year.
Those points aren't being missed, they just don't apply this year. UCF didn't play that schedule and they don't have those funds. They'd be lucky to be .500 in the SEC this year.
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