Running 2010-11 BKC thread

UAB should be in, but they're no lock. And if they go tits up in the semis against Memphis a third time, look out below.

 

Actually, Brian, I almost think it's gone 180 in the other direction. Where before it was Memphis and everybody else, now everybody is about the same quality. I've watched most of the teams in C-USA this season and I don't think there's 10 cents difference in any of the top nine teams. Any of them could win it, but I'm picking UTEP. They're at home and they're in the easier bracket. They'll get the Marshall-Houston winner, then either Tulsa or SMU in the semis, which is an easier road than what Memphis or UAB has to negotiate.

 

Nova going to the line down 1 to USF with 11 seconds left.

 

Wildcats make both, but then pull an ole move to let the Bulls get an uncontested layup. Ballgame.

 

Sioux Falls? Somebody is playing a conference championship game in fucking Sioux Falls?

Was Council Bluffs booked?

 

Great finish in UALR-North Texas as a made 3-pointer with 1.5 seconds decides the game.

UALR won, to send the Trojans to the NCAA tournament as the sixth seed from the Sun Belt.

 

Despite losing, North Texas sort of salvaged some things in Hot Springs. They had been such a disappointment during the conference season.

 

I'd pretty much knock Villanova out of my bracket. But I'm not picking. What do you guys think?

 

A 5-11 finish does not a tournament resume make. Looks like a good year for last 10 games to be removed as a criterion, Nova.
Down 17-0 right off the bat...Towson's available, Keno.

 

Crap.

 

@JayBilas on Twitter has been fantastic this week. It's essentially "Shit Bill Raftery says" only it would make for a much better sitcom.

 

What a fucking travesty in the Big East quarterfinal between St. John's and Rutgers. Refs didn't call an over-the-back on the Johnnies, among a few calls, and then a Johnnies players traveled and stepped out of bounds as he throws the ball in the air with 1.3 secs left. The refs runs off the floor and the Johnnies win. Burr and Higgins fucked this up so badly, it's a joke.