Selection Sunday Thread

[I Should Coco]

And CBS has its nationwide Saturday matchup ready to go in Indiana-Kentucky ...

... unless Chattanooga screws it up! Sorry, IU alumni!

 

[DanOregon]

Judging from their profile, I wouldn't have put Tulsa in either. TWO losses to Memphis in recent weeks?

 

[JackReacher]

Doesn't CBS pretty much get right to it? Then spend the last 85% of the telecast arguing?

NOPE

 

[Songbird]

The current (and extended) ESPN segment with Calipari, then Boeheim, now Jay Wright -- with Greenberg interludes -- has been amusing and entertaining. Calipari is funny.

 

[heyabbott]

The current (and extended) ESPN segment with Calipari, then Boeheim, now Jay Wright -- with Greenberg interludes -- has been amusing and entertaining. Calipari is funny.

Only for college sports can a coach be suspended for 1/3 of the season for academic dishonesty and not be asked about it. But it have it treated as an obstacle, like an injury.

 

[Songbird]

He was self-effacing and talked about his nose though.

 

[HanSenSE]

Has Vitale cried yet?

 

[Michael_ Gee]

You know what would end this bull****? Relegation. Hey, BC, didn't win a game in the ACC, you're in America East next year. UCLA, say hello to the WAC. Then the Monmouths, etc. could move up to where the big kids play and see what they could do.

 

[Batman]

Sweet Monkey Jesus.
I just turned on ESPNU for the NIT selection show (don't judge me, I'm watching for work-related reasons) and there's a bracket selection show for an e-Sports competition. This **** has got to stop.

 

[Donny in his element]

Looks like first four out, via NIT: Monmouth, St. Bonaventure, South Carolina, Valpo.

 

[Songbird]

Kansas over Oklahoma

Michigan State over West Virginia

Sparty to cut 'em down. I really like Denzel Valentine.

 

[Dick Whitman]

I'm eagerly anticipating a Mitch Albom column about Brendan Dawson's presence at the Sparty selection show gathering.

 

[Batman]

LSU decided to skip the postseason rather than accept a potential NIT bid. Watching the selection show, the NIT selection committee chairman did not seem too happy about it.

 

[LongTimeListener]

LSU decided to skip the postseason rather than accept a potential NIT bid. Watching the selection show, the NIT selection committee chairman did not seem too happy about it.

Translation: Ben Simmons, through his agent, said "**** that, I ain't playin'."

 

[Michael_ Gee]

If forced, I'd pick Kansas. Then West Virginia, then Villanova, then Kentucky.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Is there anything more cliche than teams cheering their seeding? Let's see a team that didn't make it get all Trump supporter on someone.

That's what I was saying earlier.

I'm fine if they show some low-major team, or a team on the bubble that may not necessarily have made it in. But don't show me a 1 seed or a 2 seed. Whoop de damn do.

 

[ChrisLong]

You know what would end this bull****? Relegation. Hey, BC, didn't win a game in the ACC, you're in America East next year. UCLA, say hello to the WAC. Then the Monmouths, etc. could move up to where the big kids play and see what they could do.

So you're gonna dump the national all-sports leader in national championships into the WAC? Uh, no.

 

[Chef2]

South Carolina, Monmouth and St Mary's have biggest gripes.
Frank Haith must have nude pics of someone on the committee.
Can't figure out why Kentucky is a 4......and AtM is a 3....
Oregon as a 1 surprises me.

 

[Mr. Sunshine]

Coming up is my favorite weekend to vacuum the house.

 

[Batman]

That's what I was saying earlier.

I'm fine if they show some low-major team, or a team on the bubble that may not necessarily have made it in. But don't show me a 1 seed or a 2 seed. Whoop de damn do.

Similarly, the indignation of teams that receive a No. 2 seed instead of a No. 1.
There is no difference whatsoever in this tournament between a 1 and a 2 seed. None. You still get a cupcake in the first round. You still usually play a decent major conference opponent in round two (and sometimes even luck up and get a mid-major who landed a lucky punch). If things work out and you take care of business, you end up at the exact same place as the No. 1 seed on the road to the Final Four.
The 1 vs. 2 argument is about as stupid as debating Pro Bowl snubs.