College basketball 2009-10 running thread No. 1

No, I think 64 is just fine. I'd be fine going down to 48, but no lower. Don't put words in my mouth.

 

But to go to 96 will make a bunch of mid-

But to go to 96 will force a quantity of mid-majors to haul water up a hill in
a borderline game, then take the worst of it on short rest. It's Big Six
gangster bullshit.

 

Dre, you typed this...

"But, as I said there, I also believe all major sports should scale back to at least 24 teams."

I was not putting words in your mouth, I was just trying to get a clarification.

 

Not necessarily. It might make a bunch of weaker mid-majors do it, sure. But it'll also make weaker big schools do it, as well. It's not as though an expansion is going to prompt them to seed UConn and UNC over Butler and Old Dominion. The weakest teams are going to be treated as such.

 

Sorry, I thought it was pretty clear that I meant pro sports should contract to 24 teams overall.

 

Butler and Old Dome are going to make the field this year, as they should.

The only way UConn and/or that clown show known as Carolina should be on the premises for any tournament game this year should be as ticket-bearing
donkeys.

 

Oh, no doubt. My point was more what would happen if they signed off on 96. The bottom seeds would be populated by the weaker conference winners and weaker at-large winners, so it wouldn't hurt your Butlers and ODUs and Gonzagas any. And while adding weaker teams sounds bad on the surface, it also gets you a better 64 for the next stage, because now your No. 1 and 2 teams have to open with better opponents, and your tiny schools don't automatically get fed to the lions.

But I like college basketball; they can do whatever the hell they want to do to the tournament, and I'm still going to watch.

 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/10/AR2010031003724.html

Go TERPS

 

A right knee injury for Onuaku at Syracuse. No word yet on the severity, but that could be huge. Also, Georgetown continues to be the hardest team in the country to figure out.

 

Syracuse may have lost its No. 1 seed today. West Virginia should be drooling with the possibility of being a 1.

Kansas fought off a good game from Texas Tech. Cole Aldrich had 18 rebounds.

 

Bama's climbed back from doubles-down to lead SC by a point / :20 left

Winner gets Kentucky

 

Bama wins. Nice comeback.