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What do you think about the Big East getting 11 teams in the tournament?

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afan

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Last year all we heard about was how great the Big East was...They lost 6 of 8 games in the first round...5 to lower seeds. This year they get 11??????
 
afan said:
Last year all we heard about was how great the Big East was...They lost 6 of 8 games in the first round...5 to lower seeds. This year they get 11??????
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Despite my own mid-major bias, I can't argue with any of the 11 that got in, nor identify too many candidates I'd have put in before them. So as weirds as it sounds, I'm okay with the 11... If not the seeding.

Edit: I'm more bothered by the Big Ten12Eleven getting 7 teams in.
 
thefish7 said:
Despite my own mid-major bias, I can't argue with any of the 11 that got in, nor identify too many candidates I'd have put in before them. So as weirds as it sounds, I'm okay with the 11... If not the seeding.

Edit: I'm more bothered by the Big Ten12Eleven getting 7 teams in.
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So am I and also with USC getting in. There is no way they deserved a shot over St. Mary's.
 
Big East deserves 11 this year.

There's always too much fluctuation in the tournament to use tournament results as the sole reasoning behind if a conference deserves the bids it got.
 
I still have a problem with teams that are only .500 in conference play getting bids. While Uconn's tourney run was great, I could have easily accepted 9 Big East Teams instead of 11...
 
I can see the argument for the 11 that got in. I don't really have a problem with them.

Now the Big 10 getting in as many as they did:eek::-o:eek::-o crazy. Mich. St. should not have got in....the Illini should not be in.

I think a set criteria for consideration should be put out there. One I would like is at least .500 in their conference.
 
thefish7 said:
Despite my own mid-major bias, I can't argue with any of the 11 that got in, nor identify too many candidates I'd have put in before them. So as weirds as it sounds, I'm okay with the 11... If not the seeding.

Edit: I'm more bothered by the Big Ten12Eleven getting 7 teams in.
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I'm more bothered by the B10 seeding, but w/e. I think most of the over-seeded teams will be gone quickly. This was such a weak year that the bubble teams have strong arguments against them.

The great thing about college basketball over football is that every team that was left out could have done something to get into the tourney.
 
bigdaddystuck said:
I can see the argument for the 11 that got in. I don't really have a problem with them.

Now the Big 10 getting in as many as they did:eek::-o:eek::-o crazy. Mich. St. should not have got in....the Illini should not be in.

I think a set criteria for consideration should be put out there. One I would like is at least .500 in their conference.
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THE b10 SHOULD HAVE HAD ONLY 3-4 TEAMS IN, THE ILLINI LOST 10 OF THERE LAST 16 GAMES NO WAY THEY SHOULD BE IN.
ESPECIALLY AS A 9 SEED.
 
BRADLEY FAN 49 said:
THE b10 SHOULD HAVE HAD ONLY 3-4 TEAMS IN, THE ILLINI LOST 10 OF THERE LAST 16 GAMES NO WAY THEY SHOULD BE IN.
ESPECIALLY AS A 9 SEED.
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bingo -- if BU had a tournament possible team and had finished under .500 and 7th in their league -- with losses to the guys at the BOTTOM of the league as well as UIC and losing 10 of their last 16 -- I can only imagine how much the Selection Committee people would have laughed if asked why Bradley wasn't included...
 
My arguement to those of you who say the Big Ten should have only had 3-4. Who should have gotten in over:

MSU
Illinois
PSU

I don't think you can name anyone.

Yes, they look weak compared to previous years. But they need to be compared to the field this year. Not previous years.
 
I'm not a B10 fan but the conference was fairly tough this year. Besides Indiana there was not an easy win. Can't say that about any other conference!
 
amckillip said:
My arguement to those of you who say the Big Ten should have only had 3-4. Who should have gotten in over:

MSU
Illinois
PSU

I don't think you can name anyone.

Yes, they look weak compared to previous years. But they need to be compared to the field this year. Not previous years.
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St. Mary's is an easy answer to that. Virginia Tech and Alabama have cases too. I'd take Harvard over MSU, I think.
 
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