I lack any seeds below 6 (WVU) in the Sweet 16 and any seeds below 4 (Washington) in the Elite 8. This unnerves me. I picked one 12 and 11 apiece (Arizona and Temple).
Exactly. No one is going to go to this game. It's going to be embarrassing. No one wants to go watch a group of ridiculous underachievers bow out against one of Memphis's C-USA punching bags. I'm going to be at work so I won't even be watching. I can't even describe my level of dumbfoundedness over that blog rant, as if the NIT means even one tiny little thing.
A) The NIT is not a meritocracy. B) You can have our 2 seed and play UAB, ranked 42nd by Pomeroy, and we'll play Tulsa, ranked 58th. (Again. Not a meritocracy.)
Notre Dame played six games against the four #1 seeds (playing all four), plus 2 against 3 seeds. Even with everything else that went wrong, they might have been close to the bubble if Mike Brey could game the system correctly and play a bunch of 170 RPI teams in nonleague play instead of the 250 or worse that we routinely do.
We'll find out shortly, but I'd bet anything on one of the showcase teams going to Greensboro. Gus Johnson will probably end up in Portland, where there are two 5/12 and 4/13 games each, hence more potential for upsets.
they have better players, no doubt. but i think weber is better than howland. I'm not on board with that at all. and you can have your opinion. both are better than brey, though. Thanks for the cheap shot, like our absence from the dance doesn't speak enough to that.
The Big Ten is getting the total screw. I think it's funny because I dislike the Big Ten, but it's really really bad. Purdue in Portland, MSU a tough 7/10 draw, and Minnesota and Wisco underseeded.
Yeah, Louisville, MSU, Kansas, WVU, Wake is a nice group. There are some legitimately frisky teams in this bunch, to boot. Definitely. Dayton, Siena, OSU (at home).