UConn loses yet again

[Bravesfan]

hey - all I am saying is that it WOULD NOT surprise me if they are in anyway...history proves me right...

last year, Maryland, 20-13, 9-9 then loses in their tourney, RPI was 55, and they lost 4 of their final 6 regular season games!
Midmajors like SDSU with RPI in the lo 30's and Top 40 SOS were left out...
and SDSU danged near ran the table down the stretch...winning their last 5 regular games and 10 of their last 13!..and were within a missed tip in of winning their conference tourney.

In 2008, Kentucky & Oregon got the same gifts...Oregon going 18-14, 9-9 in conference and one and done in the tourney - yet getting a BID!
Their RPI was 61 and NO MIDMAJOR would have ever gotten in with those credentials...never...
It hurt ISU, who was left out with RPI 37, and Dayton had RPI 30, plus a TOP 30 SOS w/ wins over Louisville & Pitt!!!

I know we might argue this all day, but it's hard to convince people that the big boys don't get the bias...

Yeah, maybe the Arizona example from last year wasn't the greatest example, but Creighton had a legitmate gripe for being gyped too.

These other examples though were spot on! I don't know how you can make a case for any of those teams you mentioned tornado, especially over the mid-majors that were left out, Dayton in particular! Wow, what a travesty that they got left out! If beating Louisville and Pitt isn't enough, I don't know what is, though I do seem to remember that Dayton had a mediocre conference record that ultimately did them in. I guess the committee expects teams to win more conference games in these so-called "lesser" conferences!

As far as this year is concerned, and as has been mentioned above, U. Conn and UNC aren't anywhere even as good as these other teams mentioned. So short of each running the table from here on out, I don't see either even getting a sniff of the tournament unless they make a miraculous turnaround.

[Tulsa Brave]

Arizona had 6 top 50 wins last season. That'll get most anybody in, and that is why I had them getting in prior to the selections last season. And I most certainly don't have a bias...I follow the guidelines the NCAA says they use, and based on that, I had Arizona IN. If I knew how to link to my projections then, I would...they're on page 60 of threads now. The only one I missed last year was I had Penn State instead of Wisconsin...I think the committee went with the head-to-head sweep there. I'll keep that in mind when I project the field this year.

I will say this...UConn would be IN if selections were made today. UNC needs a long winning streak starting now to get in.

[Bravesfan]

Well what I'm saying is that UConn and UNC are nowhere near the Oregon/Arizona/Kentucky level in terms of resume. They are in much worse shape.

We do live in a world, however, where .500 in conference play isn't terrible (especially with imbalanced schedules). The good news is UConn and UNC aren't going to come close to getting there.

Oh good. I guess that means Bradley's 8-8 conference record isn't that bad either!

[Tulsa Brave]

San Diego State had just 2 top 50 wins last season, and LOST by 13 to Arizona. Thus, it's hard to convince me that they deserved in over Arizona.

[Bravesfan]

...and Lunardi has UConn in: http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebaske...field-with-win

Well, I want to see UConn win a couple of more games in a row, particularly against teams they should beat before I move them into my bracket. But I must admit now after tonight's win that they have two sensational wins within the last week. So they do show potential, but they need more consistency before they get my tournament vote.

[Tulsa Brave]

Well what I'm saying is that UConn and UNC are nowhere near the Oregon/Arizona/Kentucky level in terms of resume. They are in much worse shape.

We do live in a world, however, where .500 in conference play isn't terrible (especially with imbalanced schedules). The good news is UConn and UNC aren't going to come close to getting there.

I would have agreed with you last week, but what has transpired since then tells me UConn will probably do a lot more than come close to getting there...

[TheAsianSensation]

Beating two top ten teams in a week fixes a lot of profile.

[Monmouth_Bradley_Fan]

UCONN has absolutely played their way into the tournament this last week.