Selection Sunday thread

[Oz]

Same token, Drexel's omission was a travesty. As a mid-major program, they followed the NCAA's advice on scheduling to a "T", and really couldn't have done much more to bolster their credentials. They did exactly what the committee asked for. Meanwhile, major conference jokers like Arkansas and Illinois get invites. It's a shame.

And Arkansas essentially built its entire SEC resume in the past nine days. I still can't believe it got in.

 

[zizzer]

Haven't seen it posted in the last three pages, so I apologize if I'm pulling a D_B.... apparently, Niagara's bitching about being sent to Dayton on Tuesday....

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/ncaatourney07/news/story?id=2794997

Meanwhile, as pointed out in the story, half of their team missed some games this season for taking part in beating a NU pitcher half to death last summer. Sorry, but these kids should be lucky they're playing in the NCAA tournament at all, when they should all be playing in the New York State Penal League. I don't think there's a team I'd like more to win a game than Florida A&M.

 

[Twoback]

They are overrated, but unlike Iowa State, the Aggies have an Alpha Dog. Acie Law could just say, "fork it," and go on a two-week run. That's why A&M scares me so much; I have no idea what to expect. Ditto Tennessee with the Lofton factor.

Marcus Fizer and Jamaal Tinsley weren't exactly terrible collegiate players. In fact, they did come within one game of making the Final Four the year before they lost to Hampton. Just saying.

No, they weren't terrible. But Tinsley was pass-first, and Fizer couldn't create his own shot. Law's damn-near unstoppable when he's on -- from anywhere on the court. You never could really say that about Tinsley and Fizer.

Whatever Marcus Fizer's strenghts and weaknesses as a player might have been, he was using them in the NBA in 2001.

 

[expendable]

Attention *microphone feedback*:

The NCAA and NIT selection committees can suck my left testicle...






That is all. *click*

Akron fan?

I've never seen a team get prison sex violated like that. Wow. I had a lot to complain about last year, but Akron takes the cake...26 wins, a last-second loss in the conference title game and NO POSTSEASON BID ANYWHERE?!?! My goodness.

And again: Listening to Jim Boeheim cry about getting screwed over is awesome. Screw you. Now you know how the rest of the world feels.

Either that or a Washington fan.

Nope and nope. And they can now switch to my right testicle.

 

[jagtrader]

The Big East got hammered because of its lack of quality non-conference wins and because the teams at the bottom drag down the RPI.

Notre Dame and Marquette are not significantly worse than Virginia or Maryland, but the seeding says otherwise. Those two 4 seeds for the ACC are glaring mistakes. That's not even mentioning Duke.

 

[trifectarich]

If I spent a week picking teams for the tournament I never would have included Stanford, which lost to Air Force BY 34 and to Santa Clara by 16. Those aren't bad losses; they're horrendous.

 

[Chef]

Not trudging through 23 pages of sludge.

Drexel got absolutely assholed.

K-State, Air Force were robbed.

How the bloody heck does Tech get in ahead of K-State after getting thrown around OKC like a rag doll?

 

[Twoback]

Maybe the fact that Tech won AT K-State had something to do with it, to say nothing of the two wins over A/M and one over Kansas.

 

[Chef]

KU-KSU was close.

KSU wins AT Texas

Not a KSU fan at all, but have always like Huggins.

Drexel has possibly the most legitimate beef in history.

 

[jagtrader]

Drexel has possibly the most legitimate beef in history.

Good grief. Drexel finished behind Hofstra in the Colonial. The Dragons' legend grows with each complaint.

 

[trounced]

Maybe the fact that Tech won AT K-State had something to do with it, to say nothing of the two wins over A/M and one over Kansas.

Tech won at Kansas State, won at A&M, beat Kansas and A&M at home, and crushed Arkansas on a neutral court. Tech also had to play the day before they played Kansas State in the Big 12 tourney. Tech also played a much more competitive non-conference schedule. It may be argued that Kansas State should be in the field, but not at the expense of Tech.

 

[Mystery_Meat]

Drexel has possibly the most legitimate beef in history.

Good grief. Drexel finished behind Hofstra in the Colonial. The Dragons' legend grows with each complaint.

And Drexel finished fourth in the CAA, which in reality means they finished fourth out of four because of the chasm between the top four and the Northeasterns and William & Marys of the conference. Not that teams from down there can't win (Mason), but you had four teams with RPIs of better than 75, then everyone else was like 150 and lower. So Drexel finished last in Good CAA, and even a sterling road record couldn't save them.