West Coast League: Conference Selection
 

We now know that we are using 4 conferences of 3 players each. I thought of a variety of ways to do this, but this seems the best. Each member should name the 4 conferences they want included. Any conference that is a clear winner will be one of our conferences. If it is close (within a vote) for the 3rd or 4th spot, we'll use polls to determine the winner.

For reference, here is the list of teams under 80 overall (which I'm expecting to be the clear winner when we do that poll.):

Here is a list of teams under 80 in the major conferences from a post in the East Coast League:

JUST TEAMS UNDER 80:

ACC:
Virginia--79
North Carolina--79
Boston College--77
Wake Forest--77
NC State--77
Duke--77

Big 10:
Michigan State 79
Indiana 79
Minnesota 77
Iowa 74

Big 12:
Oklahoma State 79
Colorado 79
Texas A&M 77
Kansas 77
Iowa State 72
Baylor 67

Big East:
USF 79
Rutgers 79
Pittsburgh 79
Louisville 79
Connecticut 74
Syracuse 72

Pac 10:

Washington 79
Washington State 77
Oregon State 77
Stanford 74

SEC:
Arkansas 79
Kentucky 77
Mississippi State 74
Vanderbilt 72

Here is the link to All Team Ratings:

http://easports.com/downloads/easpor...am_ratings.xls

Here is the list of all teams under 80:

Team	Overall	Offense	Defense
Army	60	66	60
Idaho	60	66	60
Utah State	60	60	69
Western Kentucky	60	68	60
Arkansas State	62	73	60
San Jose State	62	66	64
Wyoming	62	70	62
Air Force	64	68	69
Eastern Michigan	64	68	69
Baylor	67	70	71
Buffalo	67	77	62
FIU	67	70	66
Mid Tenn State	67	73	69
New Mexico	67	75	66
Ohio	67	66	73
Toledo	67	75	66
Tulane	67	70	66
UL Monroe	67	75	66
UNLV	67	70	66
Ball State	69	79	64
Louisiana Tech	69	75	71
Memphis	69	75	69
Nevada	69	77	69
North Texas	69	75	69
SMU	69	73	71
Temple	69	73	69
UAB	69	70	71
UL Lafayette	69	77	66
Akron	72	75	73
Central Michigan	72	81	66
Colorado State	72	75	76
ECU	72	75	76
Florida Atlantic	72	77	71
Iowa State	72	73	76
Kent State	72	77	71
Marshall	72	75	73
Miami University	72	75	73
Navy	72	77	71
Southern Miss	72	79	71
Syracuse	72	73	78
Troy	72	70	78
UTEP	72	75	73
Vanderbilt	72	75	71
Bowling Green	74	73	80
Connecticut	74	77	73
Fresno State	74	81	69
Houston	74	73	82
Iowa	74	79	73
Mississippi State	74	75	78
New Mexico State	74	83	69
San Diego State	74	75	80
Stanford	74	79	76
Tulsa	74	77	73
Utah	74	81	69
Boise State	77	81	76
Boston College	77	77	80
Duke	77	81	76
Hawai'i	77	75	80
Kansas	77	81	78
Kentucky	77	77	82
Minnesota	77	79	76
NC State	77	79	78
Northern Illinois	77	79	78
Oregon State	77	75	80
Rice	77	81	76
Texas A&M	77	79	80
UCF	77	75	85
Wake Forest	77	79	80
Washington State	77	77	78
Arkansas	79	79	82
BYU	79	88	73
Colorado	79	81	80
Indiana	79	81	82
Louisville	79	81	76
Michigan State	79	83	78
North Carolina	79	79	80
Oklahoma State	79	83	80
Pittsburgh	79	88	76
Rutgers	79	81	82
TCU	79	81	78
USF	79	81	80
Virginia	79	79	85
Washington	79	81	80
Western Michigan	79	77	85

Big Ten
Big East
ACC
Big 12

Pac 10
Big East
SEC
Big 12

SEC
ACC
Big 12
Pac 10

I had selected the Pac 10, but I'm a bit worried that whoever is in that conference will be able to get too many of the 5 star recruits from CA that want to stay local but don't get picked up by USC/UCLA...so I switched to Big East.

SEC
Big 12
Big 10
Pac 10

Just curious, does order matter? Does the first rank conference get more votes? Or do you just add up the total votes?

Order doesn't matter. Just adding up total votes. Then we'll use polls to finalize things if they aren't 4 clear winners.

Outside of USC and UCLA, you got Cal and Stanford. Throw in schools from the mid-majors. I think that it will be tough to get 4 and 5 star recruits, as national powerhouses will recruit them hard as well.

Agreed. Also, they lowered the number of 5 star recruits last year if I recall correctly.

Does conference prestige matter to recruits? Hopefully you can build state pipelines.

If anyone doesn't care, please vote for the Big Ten. :)

Has cartman responded at all?

Ok Ok. I switched back to the Pac 10. You convinced me :)

Honestly, I'd be happy with just about anything really. I watch college ball as a fan just in general. Since I don't route hard for any specific team, I'm not particular to any conference...I just live in Pac 10-ville.

ACC
Big 12
Big East
Big 10

ACC
Big East
PAC 10
Big 12

Cartman has been pretty unresponsive just in general. I PMed him along with Raiders Army and KCChief19 just as a heads up that we got our own subforum. Not really sure what to make of it as he has posted in other threads since I PM'ed him.

Perhaps ping him in the regular forum?

Ok well...in case nobody saw the thread, cartman is @ the WSOP.

No big deal, we have plenty of time until the game drops, plus for some of the votes, 1 vote won't matter.

It's still early, but the Big 12 is looking good with a vote from every person who has voted so far.

The Big 12 could be a fun, and interesting, conference.

With half the votes in, here's our tally so far.

Big 12 - 7
ACC - 6
Big East - 6
Pac 10 - 5
Big 10 - 4
SEC - 4

*updated up until bhlloy*

I've been thinking about which teams are most likely to get taken early in the draft with each conference, and I figure Kansas and Texas A&M are the most likely to go early in the draft from this conference. Definitely, some interesting possibilities available.

ACC
Big 10
Big 12
Big East

Can I call it the big ACC just for consistency?

Big ACC
Big 10
Big 12
Big East

Much better! ;)

Rented NCAA 08 again today cuz I'm jonesing for the new one so bad. Can't wait!

It would be a tough conference with the teams and the recruiting resources they have. Recruiting in Texas (as rich as it is) would be extremely tough. You got the four Big 12 conference Texas schools (Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Baylor); the bordering school powers (Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, LSU, Arkansas, ect.), the national powers who can recruit any place, and a large number of mid-major programs in Texas (SMU, TCU, Houston, Rice, North Texas, ect.).

Looks like we might have to another round of voting to break the tie-breakers.

I think one more vote for the Big 12, and that's a lock.

Still waiting on Hell Atlantic, KcChief19, and bhlloy.

Also waiting on Cartman and Terps. With 5 outstanding votes, no conference is a lock, yet. If my calculations are correct, the Big 12 actually needs 3 more votes (or for other conferences not to get votes on ballots) to be a clear lock.

Terps already voted. :)

Pac 10
Big East
ACC
SEC

So with 12 members and 7 votes for the Big 12, that one is already a lock. If we assume that cartman wont be voting because he's in Vegas (I sure as hell know I wouldn't be voting) then a conference would only need 6 out of 11 to be a lock. That puts the ACC and the Big East into the locked category too. Now we're just waiting to see if both Kcchief19 and Hell Atlantic vote for either the Big 10 or the SEC without droping a single vote on the Pac 10. There are other possibilities where we could have to have another tie breaker poll, but with only 6 conferences to choose from total the chances of that happening are pretty slim.

Big 12 - 8
ACC - 7
Big East - 7
Pac 10 - 5
Big 10 - 5
SEC - 4

No, the Big 12 isn't a lock. If the next 5 members don't vote for it, but all vote for the ACC, Big East, Pac 10, and Big 10, then it wouldn't have the required number of votes to be selected.

My bad. I went quickly when trying to figure out who hasn't voted yet.

Double Dola -

We are waiting on Sir Fozzie (which is who I forgot when I missed Terps.) Also, waiting on Hell Atlantic, Kcchief19, and Cartman. With the vote being close, I don't think this will get resolved until Cartman gets back. His votes will matter, particularly in the 3rd and 4th spot. Remember, the winners all could have 8 or 9 votes each for them.

You're right...doh.

dola

I just realised that I never told Sir Fozzie that we have a subforum. My fault for letting that slip through the cracks. I PM'ed him.

ACC
Big 10
Big 12
Big East

Big 12 - 8
ACC - 7
Big East - 7
Pac 10 - 5
Big 10 - 5
SEC - 4

Now, with 3 voters left, 1 more vote for the Big 12 makes it a lock. 2 votes for the ACC or Big East would make them a lock.

You guys need a werewolf in here to count votes.

ACC
Big East
SEC
Big 10

Big 12 - 8
ACC - 8
Big East - 8
Big 10-6
Pac 10 - 5
SEC - 5

sorry for taking so long, Galaxy actually reminded me in the NCAA '09 demo thread. all the excitement of OOTP9 distractred me. and i think i got so used to seeing polls in order to cast a vote it didn't click with me that i just needed to write in my vote.

thanks to everyone who is tallying this up and setting up all the polls. i like that a lot of focus and commitment is being put forth.

when the league gets up and rolling, we should have a thread of all highlights. that'd be awesome. nice way to keep all the highlights in one central place.

So we just need Kcchief19 and cartman.

Agreed about the thread for highlights. Also, in a day or two, once we have a few more things in place, I'm going to start a central thread that summarizes all of the rules, conferences, etc.

Hey Guys,

I've been in Vegas since the weekend, and haven't been on the board much at all. The Big 12 works for me as well.

You get to vote for 4 conferences from the following:

Big 12
ACC
Big East
Big 10
Pac 10
SEC

:)

Lucky. :)