Selection Sunday thread

I am crushed that Niagara's being treated so shabbily. It will affect my entire view of this tournament.
Jesus.
Anyway, you can pencil in Michigan State right now.
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=575878
Those are quotes from Milwaukee that fairly scream, "Loser!" to me.

 

Forgive the possible D_B, but has anyone noticed that HBC's have been relegated to the play-in game each year?

Florida A&M in 2004, Alabama A&M in 2005 -- is Hampton an HBC? Because they were in last year -- and now Florida A&M again?

Methinks there may be a story out there.

 

Yeah. The story is: Historically black colleges tend not to be very good at basketball. Hampton against Iowa State and Coppin State against South Carolina is lightning in a bottle (and has Coppin State even come close to doing anything since?). I'm pretty sure the SWAC has never won a NCAA game, and it's rare that their rep gets close.

 

Hampton is an HBC.

Not wanting to start an NIT thread, I'll put this comment here. I don't know if anybody had pointed this out, but N.C. State plays at Drexel on Tuesday in the NIT. It will be the Wolfpack's fifth game in six days. If State wins, it plays again Thursday, which would be its sixth game in eight days. If Lowe can get his team through the first two rounds of the NIT, it will be amazing.

 

Southern beat Georgia Tech one year, but I agree with your point.

 

Laughed my ass off when that pairing popped on the screen. Poor Tan Tommy ... the Gold is always getting picked on.

 

You need to look closer. Stanford beat five teams that are seeded 5th or higher in the tournament (UCLA, USC, Washington St, Oregon, and at Virginia), not to mention Texas Tech at a neutral site. The losses to Air Force and Santa Clara were while their best big man, Brook Lopez was injured. Their late slide was while their best guard, Anthony Goods, was injured. They did enough to earn their spot. Definitely more deserving than Syracuse or even Drexel.

 

Ah, that's right, I remember that now. My bad.

 

This year's biggest snub of either tournament:

AKRON

26 wins, lost their conference tournament final on a fluke 3-pointer at the "buzzer", and yet they didn't even get an NIT bid.

 

Who did they beat? 14th-seed ORU and 17th-seed Niagara and went 1-2 against Miami of Ohio. They had an RPI of 67 and a SOS of 178th and it was at 295 before they got into MAC play.

 

Resume's just as good as Nevada's, if not better.

 

Nevada/Akron

Record: 27-4 (with two losses to Utah State as only to non-NCAA teams)/25-7 (losses to Arkansas-Little Rock, Illinois-Chicago, Ohio, Toledo)

RPI — 23/67

Conference RPI — 9/14

SOS — 119/178

OOC SOS — 133/295

Wins over tourney teams — Gonzaga, New Mexico State/ORU, Niagara and Miami