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Selection Sunday

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by DanOregon, Mar 14, 2009.

  1. Mystery_Meat

    Mystery_Meat Guest

    Memphis, Gonzaga, Butler, Xavier, Utah and Dayton would like to have a word with you. Because they were considered good on their own merit, not because IT'S TIME TO LET THE MID-MAJORS SWING ON THE SWING YOU GUYS THAT'S MEAN OF YOU.

    Hell, some of the best NCAA tourney moments are games that go to overtime or get decided on the last possession. So let's have all games start with one minute left in regulation.

    FB's dead on with this one: It is getting really difficult to be a mid-major fan (and I went to two of 'em) when you know you're going to come here and get an unabated litany of butthurt after the selection show. Two years ago, you had two teams -- Syracuse and Drexel -- who got legitimately fucked. Last year, realistically, none. But if you came here either year, you'd think that 32-0 Davidson got a 15 seed and 28-2 San Diego was sent off to play at Stanford in the NIT while 10-20 Virginia and 8-21 Nebraska get 7-seeds.

    Point of the tournament is NOT to give the mid-majors a boost or to artificially create magic moments of any sort. It's to determine a national champion. The other stuff is a side effect, not the purpose.
     
  2. Michael_ Gee

    Michael_ Gee Well-Known Member

    St. Mary's has a beef. UConn loses an important player, doesn't play so well down the stretch, gets a one seed anyway.
    They lose an important player, get waxed by Gonzaga (a four seed) in their conference tourney, and they're out-BECAUSE of that player's injury, as I saw stated by a committee member.
    THAT'S a double standard, more of one than the committee going with Arizona instead of them.
     
  3. Mystery_Meat

    Mystery_Meat Guest

    UConn still had a very strong resume, and it wasn't like they were swimming in 1-seed candidates. The only other one was Memphis, so they hedged their bets and sent them to the same region, one so weak it's like they're aiming for a 1-2 final.

    What should have happened to UConn? Switch spots with Memphis and maybe get a slightly tougher run of games?
     
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