NCAA Tournament discussion

[Bravesfan]

Style of play?????? What is this committee chair talking about? You mean the "eye test" is a bigger factor than we all thought?

And why don't they just admit conference affilation (Colorado, Virginia Tech and the CAA notwithstanding) is a HUGE factor in their selections?

[Bravesfan]

Finally, nice to see a national pundit like Seth Davis predicting a lot of upsets and not sticking with the status quo. I think some are realizing that the bracket usually does not live up to the seeding.

[real fan]

Missouri State with an RPI of 42 is on the outside looking in (again). Their SOS hurt them as well as their lack of quality wins. I believe that I heard the announcers during the MVC championship game last weekend say that the regular season MVC champion has made the NCAA tournament every year since 1993 - if that's true, this year ends a long streak for the MVC.

Cuonzo told his players that they needed to win the tour. to get in, Hinson knows exactly how they feel as he should have gotten 2 bids when he was coach yet got none and lost his job.

[tornado]

Not looking good for Missouri State. Hello N.I.T.

Missouri State with an RPI of 42 is on the outside looking in (again). Their SOS hurt them as well as their lack of quality wins....

I really do and then DON'T feel sorry for them and their fans...
this has been discussed a zillion times -- especially in the context of ISU the past 3 years...

If you are going to schedule a couple dozen 300+ RPI opponents, then you have absolutely NOBODY to blame but yourself....
BUT then UAB is a total puzzle -- their non-conference SOS was close to 200!!

[tornado]

BTW -- anyone notice how many times one of the talking heads has said...
"the eye test"
or
"style of play"
or
"their track record" (in prior years)....

why are those criteria even mentioned...how about who you play and who you beat?

USC gets in with about the same number of losses as BU had last year PLUS we beat them!
(not to mention their coach is a hot head and embarrassed the university and all of college basketball with his boozing & brawling)

[Beninator]

"style of play"

Perhaps this aspect should be a big factor when we evaluate who our next coach will be!

[Tulsa Brave]

UAB is in because they were the undisputed regular season champion of the #8 conference. The committee has rewarded those kinds of teams before, especially when those kinds of teams have RPI's near 30 like UAB's.

Hard to defend VCU though.

[TheAsianSensation]

The committee was downright terrible this year.

[BRADLEY FAN 49]

THE B10 GETTING 7 TEAMS IN STINKS.

Illinois getting in while losing 10 of their last 16 is terrible.

[Bravesfan]

THE B10 GETTING 7 TEAMS IN STINKS.

Illinois getting in while losing 10 of their last 16 is terrible.

Well the committee deemphasized the last 12 games criteria, so this is no surprise.

I have to take a trip to the Illini message board to see how many people still want Weber launched!

[TheAsianSensation]

Missouri St = 3 seed in NIT
Miami = 2 seed in NIT

The NIT committee are a bunch of ****ing morons. I won't bother mincing words. They're *****s. A complete travesty.

[Bravesfan]

Missouri St = 3 seed in NIT
Miami = 2 seed in NIT

The NIT committee are a bunch of ****ing morons. I won't bother mincing words. They're *****s. A complete travesty.

At least Wichita St. got a 4 seed. I almost did not think they were going to get in at all.

[braveatheart]

Wow... surprised to see Utah State as a 12 seed with 30 wins.

This is a bunch of BS. The BCS bias is alive and well. The money grab is still going strong. Look at the facts on Utah State.

#17 in the ESPN/USA Today coaches poll

#23 in the AP poll

#21 in the Sagarin ratings

#16 in the Pomeroy ratings

#15 in RPI

Not sure what else to look at but based on these ratings you would expect anywhere from a 4 to a 6 seed. What did they get? A 12 seed. That makes a huge difference in the quality of your first game opponent.

Also look at Old Dominion vs Butler. You can't realy complain about the seeding but the fact that they play each other.

It just seems that these guys stack the deck so the good mid-majors get eliminated. That way the money stays with the BCS schools. Just like they do in football. These guys stack the deck and grab the money.

What ever happened to fair play?

[TheAsianSensation]

Mid majors playing each other in round 1 is the biggest anti-mid major myth in existence today. Complaining about Butler/ODU is simply wrong. Complaining about Utah St is very, very right, though.

[Bravesfan]

This is a bunch of BS. The BCS bias is alive and well. The money grab is still going strong. Look at the facts on Utah State.

#17 in the ESPN/USA Today coaches poll

#23 in the AP poll

#21 in the Sagarin ratings

#16 in the Pomeroy ratings

#15 in RPI

Not sure what else to look at but based on these ratings you would expect anywhere from a 4 to a 6 seed. What did they get? A 12 seed. That makes a huge difference in the quality of your first game opponent.

Also look at Old Dominion vs Butler. You can't realy complain about the seeding but the fact that they play each other.

It just seems that these guys stack the deck so the good mid-majors get eliminated. That way the money stays with the BCS schools. Just like they do in football. These guys stack the deck and grab the money.

What ever happened to fair play?

Yeah, but Utah St. only had one good win against a St. Mary's team that turns out to be NIT bound anyway. I think a 9 or 10 seed would have been much better for them though as a reward for winning their conference tourney.