the problem I see is that, the committee publicly says one thing--that it is going to "get into the weeds..."--and then didn't really do that, just superficially so. Had they, the BE teams that were ignored for schools with legacy reputations--like Mich. St. and UVA, and more recent "darlings" like Dayton and FAU--would have been picked instead. I'm still seething over this.
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Not only undeserving but they are a #9 seed. 19-14 record. Joke.
Moose
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I posted about Trev Alberts and the mens tournament. Didn't realize the committee was playing mind games twice
- It’s a bit awkward: Trev Alberts left his post as Nebraska’s athletic director for the same position at Texas A&M just five days ago, and now both schools are set to open against each other in the men’s and women’s March Madness tournaments.
I don't have a beef with MSU. They had a top-15 SOS in the country and they can actually win some games in the tournament. (Edit: I see Moose posted the same thing while I was typing my second paragraph.)
Virginia on the other hand, if added to the BE would have finished 10th in the league. Everyone knew they were trash going in, and they absolutely proved that point. No basketball justification for putting them in over one of the three BE teams in the conversation, all of which were head and shoulders better than Virginia by any metric except for the political one.
Not to mention Virginia’s style of play is a channel changer and incredibly unappealing to begin with.
Moose
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Can they score 50 is my question
The only big OOC win MSU had was Baylor. They lost to James Madison, Duke and Arizona. They played “big” games lost most. Swept in conference by Purdue.
I do agree they played a tougher schedule.
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You get rewarded for the tough schedule though.The only big OOC win MSU had was Baylor. They lost to James Madison, Duke and Arizona. They played “big” games lost most. Swept in conference by Purdue.
I do agree they played a tougher schedule.
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I think we can score more than 75 against them, don't you?
Agreed. I don’t buy it’s as cut and dry as MSU should have been a no brainer from a weak Big 10 outside Purdue. A 9 seed!? No way.
OK, but that isn't or shouldn't be a consideration for NCAA tournament selection. There's more than one way to win games. One of the joys of the the tournament is watching the contrast in styles - what happens when an uptempo team meets a slowdown team, or two uptempo teams, or a guard-centric team versus a team that plays through the post, etc.
Besides, I happen to appreciate a good defense.
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this was our main point with Brad on the podcast which he firmly agreed with
SJUDave
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It's what Bob Walsh tweeted the other day - "tell us where the goal posts are and we'll get there" no one knows where they are because it's different team to team
Haven't listened to the pod yet, but I think an easy thing to do would be to publish a top 50 seed-list at the top of January, February, and March. They should also make the conference tournaments actually weighed as a normal game, or else make it a in-season tournament instead. Total waste of time.
The NCAA is playing chess and we are all playing checkers. By putting that Virginia team in the First Four, they did what many would have thought was impossible. They made every NIT game (they also own the NIT) a more compelling watch than an NCAA game.
That is a special type of genius.
That is a special type of genius.