College Basketball 2010-11

[bukie]

Another thing, I think the committee seriously screwed up in putting Syracuse and Marquette and Connecticut/Cincinnati in the same pod. I thought they were supposed to at least attempt to prevent conference foes from meeting until the sweet 16.

[Keener98]

Mich St and Izzo must've payed off someone on that committee to get that draw, my God. They got an unbelievable draw

[SouthSideRyan]

Great point by Gottlieb in response to the urging that basketball people have to be on the committee. He responds saying what a nightmare the favoritism would be.

[UMFan83]

Went to a VCU message board to see what they are saying about their surprise selection and they are bitching at ESPN for ragging on their selection.

 

http://www.vcuramnation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=5501

[Sosa21MVP]

Went to a VCU message board to see what they are saying about their surprise selection and they are bitching at ESPN for ragging on their selection.

 

http://www.vcuramnation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=5501

 

HATERS GONNA HATE

[SouthSideRyan]

Took Digger a half hour to start with the mid-major vs BCS conference battle

[SouthSideRyan]

You can't think of a selection worse than UAB Bilas? How about Air Force or Utah State in '06?

[bukie]

BCS conference nothing. Saint Mary's got absolutely boned. Virginia Tech had an argument, but it was borderline. Colorado had a terrible RPI profile.

[UMFan83]

All that talk about Michigan possibly not beating any tourney teams earlier in the week is bunk now. I believe they have 7 wins over tourney teams now (MSUx2, PSUx2, Illinois, Clemson, Oakland) and that's with Harvard not getting in. Of course the highest seeded team they've beaten is 9 seeded Illinois but whatever, we should have a win over Wisconsin too.

[bukie]

You can't think of a selection worse than UAB Bilas? How about Air Force or Utah State in '06?

Or Utah State in 2010 *bitter*.

[Guest]

Another thing, I think the committee seriously screwed up in putting Syracuse and Marquette and Connecticut/Cincinnati in the same pod. I thought they were supposed to at least attempt to prevent conference foes from meeting until the sweet 16.

 

The Big East had the following seeds: 1, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6, 9, 11. I mean, it's pretty much a nightmare keeping them out of the same pods, even if you fudge their seeds to try to prevent it.

[SouthSideRyan]

You can't think of a selection worse than UAB Bilas? How about Air Force or Utah State in '06?

Or Utah State in 2010 *bitter*.

 

Or UTEP 2010

[bukie]

Another thing, I think the committee seriously screwed up in putting Syracuse and Marquette and Connecticut/Cincinnati in the same pod. I thought they were supposed to at least attempt to prevent conference foes from meeting until the sweet 16.

 

The Big East had the following seeds: 1, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6, 9, 11. I mean, it's pretty much a nightmare keeping them out of the same pods, even if you fudge their seeds to try to prevent it.

There was plenty of room in the 2-7-10-15 pods for teams. Easy enough to bump, say, UConn to a 2 and Cincy to a 7, swap Marquette back to the other pod, and boom, no conflicts.

[NCCubFan]

Another thing, I think the committee seriously screwed up in putting Syracuse and Marquette and Connecticut/Cincinnati in the same pod. I thought they were supposed to at least attempt to prevent conference foes from meeting until the sweet 16.

 

The Big East had the following seeds: 1, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6, 9, 11. I mean, it's pretty much a nightmare keeping them out of the same pods, even if you fudge their seeds to try to prevent it.

There was plenty of room in the 2-7-10-15 pods for teams. Easy enough to bump, say, UConn to a 2 and Cincy to a 7, swap Marquette back to the other pod, and boom, no conflicts.

UConn would have certainly been a much more deserving #2 seed than Florida anyway.

[Keener98]

Heh, Self going back to Tulsa as well. Talk about coaching storylines, yea Im sure the committee really doesn't look at possible matchups. My ass

[bukie]

According to Pomeroy, the 2 seed and the 13 seed in the Southeast are dead even.

[NeifiIsMyHomeBoy]

There are certain certainties in life. One of which is that Illinois will never be on the 2/3 side of the bracket. Just once I'd like to be a 10 or 7 or 6.

[gflore34]

Heh, Self going back to Tulsa as well. Talk about coaching storylines, yea Im sure the committee really doesn't look at possible matchups. My ass

 

Hell yeah, remember the Illinois - Arizona brackets?

[EhDubya]

PSU in has to be a make up bid for 2009

 

What are you talking about? They deserved inclusion this year, they did not in 09.

[Guest]

Yeah, I was starting to worry when they hadn't called UCLA's name for a while. Hope the good Bruins team shows up against Sparty. Don't have much confidence they can win more than 1, even if Florida is incredibly overrated.

[Guest]

Yeah, I was starting to worry when they hadn't called UCLA's name for a while. Hope the good Bruins team shows up against Sparty. Don't have much confidence they can win more than 1, even if Florida is incredibly overrated.

 

Santa Barbara's pulling the upset.

 

Well, not really, but it would be awesome if they did.

[Guest]

Yeah, I was starting to worry when they hadn't called UCLA's name for a while. Hope the good Bruins team shows up against Sparty. Don't have much confidence they can win more than 1, even if Florida is incredibly overrated.

 

Santa Barbara's pulling the upset.

 

Well, not really, but it would be awesome if they did.

 

A battle of the UCs would be fun.

[SouthSideRyan]

Yes, Seth Greenberg there's a conspiracy theory to hold down Virginia [expletive] Tech

[Flames24Rulz]

Yes, Seth Greenberg there's a conspiracy theory to hold down Virginia [expletive] Tech

 

Could you imagine sulley if that happened to Illinois in back to back years?

[Guest]

Gus Johnson doing Friday/Sunday in Cleveland.