Lack of Quality Road Wins as a whole

• swamisez

  

  Aside from Kansas last night, I was sitting and wondering if I could remember a year where home court teams won so frequently.
  
  I could only really think of 3 big road wins this college bball season
  
  Syracuse at WVU (debatable)
  Duke at Clemson
  Kansas at Kansas State
  
  It seems like College basketball lacks seasoned players who know what it takes to win on the road, and emotion carries the day. I thought Vandy had a chance to do something yesterday at Kentucky, but that game was never close.
  
  Makes me feel like this year's NCAA tournament and conference tournaments will be a complete toss up. Should be a good tournament for upsets.
• Prescott

  tOSU @ Purdue
  

  Makes me feel like this year's NCAA tournament and conference tournaments will be a complete toss up. Should be a good tournament for upsets.

  I agree with this. I also think this years draft is rather weak.
• ytownfootball

  

  Fan of the Big 10, but Ohio State's win over Purdue was pretty big at the time.
• Azubuike24

  

  I definitely agree with the topic. Hell, quality OOC wins are fairly rare this year as well.
• Prescott

  Didn't Pitt win at Syracuse??
  
  Illinois @ Clemson??
  
  Texas A&M at Clemson??
• SportsAndLady

  

  I agree with the topic as well, and I definitely agree with this March Madness Tourney going to be a crazy one. I think I read a stat yesterday that there were 9 games with ranked teams playing that came down to less than 4 points..or somethin like that.
  
  This March Madness will be insane, partially because there aren't many "great" teams, and a plethora of average to good teams.
• Azubuike24

  

  Key road wins by RPI top 50 teams:
  
  Kansas won at Temple
  Syracuse won at West Virginia
  Georgetown won at Pittsburgh
  Duke won at Clemson
  Kentucky won at Florida
  Kansas State won at UNLV and at Baylor
  Purdue won at Illinois
  Michigan State won at Minnesota
  Temple won at Rhode Island
  Vanderbilt won at St. Mary's, at South Carolina and at Tennessee
  Pittsburgh won at Syracuse, at Cincinnati and at Connecticut
  BYU won at UTEP and at San Diego State
  Wake Forest won at Gonzaga
  Tennessee won at Memphis
  Baylor won at Texas
  Oklahoma State won at Kansas State
  Florida State won at Georgia Tech
  Gonzaga won at St. Mary's
  St. Mary's won at Utah State
  UNLV won at Arizona and at New Mexico
  Ohio State won at Purdue
  Charlotte won at Louisville and at Richmond
  Old Dominion won at Georgetown and at William & Mary
• swamisez

  

  The only reason I included Duke at Clemson was because it was conference game coming off a 30 point drubbing. Clemson should probably be removed from the entire conversation as a quality road win if they lose again at home.
  
  Ohio State at Purdue, yeah that should def be on the list.
  As should Baylor at Texas
  Wake at Gonzaga
  Gtown at Pittsburgh
  
  The A-10 I can't comment on it because I just haven't seen enough. ODU and William and Mary those wins were real early, and they will go a long way in helping their tournament resume but as far as this conversation goes, lets keep it to the major conferences.
• FairwoodKing

  Dayton had a quality win on the road against Georgia Tech, but it was on a neutral court in Puerto Rico.
• wildcats20

  

  Which makes it not a road win.
• FairwoodKing

  wildcats20 wrote: Which makes it not a road win.

  Maybe, but PR is not Dayton Arena.
• wildcats20

  

  FairwoodKing wrote:

  wildcats20 wrote: Which makes it not a road win.

  Maybe, but PR is not Dayton Arena.

  No it's not, but the thread is about TRUE road wins, which a neutral court is not. But it is for sure a big win.
• sportswizuhrd

  FairwoodKing wrote:

  wildcats20 wrote: Which makes it not a road win.

  Maybe, but PR is not Dayton Arena.

  PR is not in Georgia..
• SportsAndLady

  

  Yeah that's not a road win for Dayton..a good win..but not a road win.
• swamisez

  

  I would love to put Virginia and their victory over Carolina on here.
  But beating a 13-8 team at the Christensen Center isn't quite a quality win this year.