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This LA Time writer says it's not woth the bother to include the bubble teams in the NCAA tournament.
She says--
They're losers.
Over the last five seasons, only nine teams seeded No. 9 through No. 12 -- your typical seeding for a major-conference bubble team -- made it to the Sweet 16, and last season no team seeded lower then seventh made it.
These people just don't get it. Even a bubble team that makes it 1 or 2 games into the tournament, gets millions of dollars for their program and conference. If they have any hope of building their program into a consistent winner, it has to start with some modest beginnings in the NCAA tournament.
The difference this year is that a lot more of the "bubble teams" are teams from the power conferences like Syracuse, Arizona, Kentucky, Maryland, Texas A&M, Ohio State and two-time defending champion Florida. Isn't it curious that this year you hear people like Jim Boeheim (Syracuse) and Herb Sendek (Arizona State) saying the tournament should be expanded?
She says--
They're losers.
Over the last five seasons, only nine teams seeded No. 9 through No. 12 -- your typical seeding for a major-conference bubble team -- made it to the Sweet 16, and last season no team seeded lower then seventh made it.
These people just don't get it. Even a bubble team that makes it 1 or 2 games into the tournament, gets millions of dollars for their program and conference. If they have any hope of building their program into a consistent winner, it has to start with some modest beginnings in the NCAA tournament.
The difference this year is that a lot more of the "bubble teams" are teams from the power conferences like Syracuse, Arizona, Kentucky, Maryland, Texas A&M, Ohio State and two-time defending champion Florida. Isn't it curious that this year you hear people like Jim Boeheim (Syracuse) and Herb Sendek (Arizona State) saying the tournament should be expanded?