(03-12-2019 03:08 PM)usffan Wrote:  

(03-12-2019 02:08 PM)ken d Wrote:  

(03-12-2019 01:42 PM)usffan Wrote:  

(03-12-2019 01:37 PM)ken d Wrote:  

(03-12-2019 12:05 PM)usffan Wrote:  Nice sidestep. You directly listed "11 mid-majors" and included 3 AAC schools in that list, inferring that the AAC is a mid-major. Meanwhile, Wikipedia specifically excludes the AAC from this designation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-major), as does Sports Illustrated (https://www.si.com/college-basketball/20...-chicago), Mid Major Madness (https://www.midmajormadness.com/pages/mi...conference) and essentially Bleacher Report (https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2741...n#slide2). Hell, even ESPN includes the American in the 7 conferences it monitors for the Bubble Watch (http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketb...amp-week).

Look, I get it. "High-major" and "Mid-major" isn't an official NCAA designation, so there's not a definitive list of requirements to make the list. And if you go back before 2014, the AAC and the Big East were the same conference, so it's convenient to find older references that refer to the 6 power conferences and use that as a crutch. But there's plenty of evidence that the AAC is not lumped in with the other "mid-majors" from most of the media. So pardon us if we don't just accept ken d's list as the be-all end-all designation of who is and who is not a "mid-major."

USFFan

No sidestep. Wikipedia isn't a "source" for anything. I get that the AAC bristles at being lumped in with a bunch of conferences that don't deserve to be called "mid-major" or any other kind of major. When somebody comes up with something better to call the bottom 20-22 conferences, I'll be all over it. But in a world where the smallest latte is called "tall", I'm not holding my breath.

You're right, I only listed Wikipedia as a source...



USFFan

I give up. if you are only here to play the victim card, I don't want to enable you. I posted objective information - not opinion - about multiple ranking systems to make a point that you either missed or chose to ignore. I'm sorry if that hurt your fragile ego. It wasn't my intent.

I have no issue with your ranking system. I take issue with your insistence on classifying the conference of my alma mater with a designation that even most in the sports media don't use. Trying to conflate the two is completely disingenuous.

If I commented on your post with something akin to "wow, that's some pretty compelling research! Not bad for somebody with only average intelligence," you would be rightfully indignant, and if I refuted your indignation with comments about how I was complimenting your research, and it's not my fault that you're not in Mensa, it would effectively be the same argument. You could have made the argument without the intentional (and, as I think I've adequately made the point of, inaccurate) mid-major swipe, but you chose not to do so.

USFFan

If you think I was making a swipe at your alma mater's conference, that's your paranoia showing. And I simply refuse to enable your paranoia.