What is this shirts versus blouses?
I haven’t posted anything in over a week and that’s because I’ve actually been busy. But with the back alley, rusty hanger abortion that was last nights NCAA selection show, I had to say something.
I’ve always been a proponent of giving the little guys a chance in the tournament. But I think that the committee was smoking some herbal supplements over the last week.
Here are my teams that have no business being in the field
George Mason: for one they lost to Hofstra twice in the last 2 weeks of their season. And two, they will be without their second leading scorer for the opening round. How do you put this team in? Everyone talked all year how they were a shoo-in and then they choke down the stretch of the regular season and lose in their conference semis. I just don’t get it.
Utah State: they played a hell of a game against a much more talented Nevada team Saturday night in the WAC Final. Yes they have 23 wins, but the general consensus was that their RPI and SOS were not nearly strong enough to get in. When they got a 12 seed I almost fell out of my chair.
Seton Hall: yes they put up good numbers in one of the best conferences in the NCAA. They got big road wins down the stretch. But they choked and got beat badly by Quincy Douby (and Rutgers to a lesser extent) and they’ve only got 18 wins. If they would have beaten Rutgers I wouldn’t have a problem with this. I could even look past the plastering that Duke put on them early. But the fact is that they didn’t step up when everything was on the line and that always bothers me.
Air Force: yes they have 24 wins. But they looked horrible in the MWC tourney and their RPI and SOS were bad. How you take a team like this over Florida State who has an equally bad RPI and SOS but at least plays in the ACC is beyond me. Maybe the committee was just trying to send a message to the bigger schools to schedule better in the preconference.
Now here’s the teams that should have been in instead of these dead beats.
Florida State: as much as that pains me to say its true. Now grant it they too choked in the ACC tourney against Wake, but they are also the first ACC school to finish the regular season over .500 in conference and not make the tournament. They interviewed Leonard Hamilton before the show and he was so confident. I have to think he cried himself to sleep last night.
Hofstra: as stated above they beat George Mason twice in the last 2 weeks of the season, finish second in one of the best mid major conferences in America, and made it to the CAA tournament finals. I don’t know how you ignore a team that did so well head-to-head against a team that is in the field.
Cincinnati: I still hate that they ran Huggins out of town and that they’re doing the same things to Andy Kennedy. The guy took a team that had no business winning 5 games in the Big East and ended up finishing in the top half of the conference. Yes they lost the heart breaker to Syracuse, but after they went on to win the Big East tournament I think that has to be discounted. How SHU gets in over them is beyond me.
Missouri State: flat out this team finished with an RPI of 20. That means they are the highest RPI team not to make the field in the 20+ years they’ve been using the method. They finished 2nd in one of the strongest, most competitive conferences in the nation. Yes they lost in the first round of the MVC tourney, but to a tournament bound UNI team. I just think it sets a bad precedent that they change the way the RPI is figured to help the mid majors and the selection committee turns their back on a team that finishes in the top 20.
On a side note it was 80 here yesterday so I went golfing with my buddy. Needless to say it was good times had by all. We polished off our 12 pack of silver bullets and finished up with some $.94 PBRs from the clubhouse. I shot a 55 and 52, so I was happy. Especially since every pin was on the front of the green and I swear they hadn’t watered the greens all year. Pretty awesome for it being March when everyone is getting out for the first time. Really considerate.
And if you missed it or haven’t gotten the email, I set up a Yahoo pick’em for the tournament. The ID# is 66506 and the password is nobrevard. Its $10 per entry. 2nd place doubles their money and the winner takes the rest.
I’ve always been a proponent of giving the little guys a chance in the tournament. But I think that the committee was smoking some herbal supplements over the last week.
Here are my teams that have no business being in the field
George Mason: for one they lost to Hofstra twice in the last 2 weeks of their season. And two, they will be without their second leading scorer for the opening round. How do you put this team in? Everyone talked all year how they were a shoo-in and then they choke down the stretch of the regular season and lose in their conference semis. I just don’t get it.
Utah State: they played a hell of a game against a much more talented Nevada team Saturday night in the WAC Final. Yes they have 23 wins, but the general consensus was that their RPI and SOS were not nearly strong enough to get in. When they got a 12 seed I almost fell out of my chair.
Seton Hall: yes they put up good numbers in one of the best conferences in the NCAA. They got big road wins down the stretch. But they choked and got beat badly by Quincy Douby (and Rutgers to a lesser extent) and they’ve only got 18 wins. If they would have beaten Rutgers I wouldn’t have a problem with this. I could even look past the plastering that Duke put on them early. But the fact is that they didn’t step up when everything was on the line and that always bothers me.
Air Force: yes they have 24 wins. But they looked horrible in the MWC tourney and their RPI and SOS were bad. How you take a team like this over Florida State who has an equally bad RPI and SOS but at least plays in the ACC is beyond me. Maybe the committee was just trying to send a message to the bigger schools to schedule better in the preconference.
Now here’s the teams that should have been in instead of these dead beats.
Florida State: as much as that pains me to say its true. Now grant it they too choked in the ACC tourney against Wake, but they are also the first ACC school to finish the regular season over .500 in conference and not make the tournament. They interviewed Leonard Hamilton before the show and he was so confident. I have to think he cried himself to sleep last night.
Hofstra: as stated above they beat George Mason twice in the last 2 weeks of the season, finish second in one of the best mid major conferences in America, and made it to the CAA tournament finals. I don’t know how you ignore a team that did so well head-to-head against a team that is in the field.
Cincinnati: I still hate that they ran Huggins out of town and that they’re doing the same things to Andy Kennedy. The guy took a team that had no business winning 5 games in the Big East and ended up finishing in the top half of the conference. Yes they lost the heart breaker to Syracuse, but after they went on to win the Big East tournament I think that has to be discounted. How SHU gets in over them is beyond me.
Missouri State: flat out this team finished with an RPI of 20. That means they are the highest RPI team not to make the field in the 20+ years they’ve been using the method. They finished 2nd in one of the strongest, most competitive conferences in the nation. Yes they lost in the first round of the MVC tourney, but to a tournament bound UNI team. I just think it sets a bad precedent that they change the way the RPI is figured to help the mid majors and the selection committee turns their back on a team that finishes in the top 20.
On a side note it was 80 here yesterday so I went golfing with my buddy. Needless to say it was good times had by all. We polished off our 12 pack of silver bullets and finished up with some $.94 PBRs from the clubhouse. I shot a 55 and 52, so I was happy. Especially since every pin was on the front of the green and I swear they hadn’t watered the greens all year. Pretty awesome for it being March when everyone is getting out for the first time. Really considerate.
And if you missed it or haven’t gotten the email, I set up a Yahoo pick’em for the tournament. The ID# is 66506 and the password is nobrevard. Its $10 per entry. 2nd place doubles their money and the winner takes the rest.
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