NCAA projections

[Tulsa Brave]

Yep Penn State appears to be out unless they get in over Michigan. There is only room for 1 bubble team in the South Region, as 15 "locks" or automatic qualifiers have not been called yet. Thus Creighton and St. Mary's are both out for sure unless both Penn State and Michigan miss out.

[Tulsa Brave]

Teams left to be called are...

1. UNC (#1)
2. Temple
3. Gonzaga
4. Akron
5. W. Kentucky
6. Radford
7. Morgan St.
8. Clemson
9. Syracuse
10. Oklahoma
11. Illinois
12. Butler
13. Arizona St.
14. LSU
15. Stephen F. Austin
16. ????? probably Michigan

[bluedevils1]

Illinois is screwed.

[Fetz86]

Go WKU!!!!

[lefty]

tough draw for Illinois

Butler a 9 seed and Illinois a 5?

[jasonpeoria911]

Creighton not in, 7 teams from the Big 10, what a croc. Mise well name the NCAA tourney the BCS tourney unless you get in by winning the conference tourney. Rename the NIT tourney the mid-major tourney.

Jason

[DUBrave5]

So Creighton and Illinois St. go to the NIT

[Tulsa Brave]

Ended up with 64 of 65...missing only Wisky/Penn State. The 2 head-to-head wins obviously made the difference as they had the same conference record and PSU did better against top 50 opponents.

[SFP]

Creighton not in, 7 teams from the Big 10, what a croc. Mise well name the NCAA tourney the BCS tourney unless you get in by winning the conference tourney. Rename the NIT tourney the mid-major tourney.

Jason

Just wait until you see the NIT bids prior to calling it the mid-major!

[jasonpeoria911]

I think this selection is one of the fewest mid majors chosen ever? Only 4 mid major at large bids. What a bunch of crap.

Jason

[DUBrave5]

I think this selection is one of the fewest mid majors chosen ever? Only 4 mid major at large bids. What a bunch of crap.

Jason

Yeah they just showed the graphic, since 2001 it has gotten smaller and smaller for Non Powerhouse conferences

[lefty]

I think this selection is one of the fewest mid majors chosen ever? Only 4 mid major at large bids. What a bunch of crap.

Jason

I thought I saw that 6 out of 10 AD's that formed the committee were fron non-BCS schools

[SFP]

What a joke that the NCAA selection commitee rewarded the BCS schools for not scheduling the mid-majors. This has to be the worse seeding and picking of teams that I have seen ever for the NCAA. I'll be pulling for every mid-major there is regardless.

How can Butler be a 9 seed and Illinois a 5? Also Mich a 10 seed?

[Bravesfan]

I think thats a winnable game for UNI



Maryland as a 10? A ****ing 10? are you serious?

all mid-majors should leave the ncaa and start their own organization, what a joke

I'm beginning to think that way too. I am seriously p**sed off at the moment! There is no ****ing way Creighton should have been left out! And the funny thing is I can make a case for Arizona making it in that they had some outstanding wins early in the season. But they limped their way into the tourney and Creighton which did everything right short of winning the Valley tourney was probably the first one out!

It is also apparent that ESPN and people like Digger Phelps and Jay Bilas are heavily influencing the selection committee! I will never trust these *****s again, even if Bradley earns an at-large bid in the future!

Edit: FYI, the word I used at the end was the "id" word, not the f-word. I'm surprised that was blocked out.

[SFP]

I feel like I have a huge pit in my stomach! Seth is such a tool!