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Is that official? EDIT: Nevermind.

Arkansas has a better case than KSU, sorry. Arkansas got beat by Mizzou BAD (We beat you 2x) and by Tech, who we just beat by 21..... Arkansas only has 2 road wins all year. Not deserving over a 4th place team in a major conference who beat Texas on the road, and just beat a team that is considered by many to be a "lock" by 21 pts. Sorry... I really don't think that a team should be considered for an at-large spot in the tournament if they can't even finish .500 or better in their conference.

Huge block by Darnell Jackson and he makes 2 free throws to all but wrap up the game. Er, Abrams hits a 3 to bring Texas within 2 with 8.3 left. Part of me wants this game to go to another overtime.

That changed since I made my post about who was in and out an hour ago and like you said, Arkansas wasn't even one of the last 4 out.

Yeah, everybody knew the ball was going to Durant. The least Texas could have done was have Augustine drive in and either go for a short jumper/layup if he's open or if the defense collapses, he kicks it out to somebody else.

Chalmers hits a three to tie the game at 79 with 13.8 seconds left. EDIT: And Durant misses a fadeaway and we're going to OT.

I've been watching Kansas-Texas but I assume Wisconsin hasn't looked too good in the game? How has OSU looked?

Lunardi's last four in are Purdue, Stanford, Drexel, and Kansas State while his last four out are Old Dominion, Illinois, Florida State, and Air Force. Stewart Mandel from CNNSI has Stanford, Texas Tech, Illinois, and Drexel in the tourney and Kansas State, Purdue, Arkansas, and Air Force out.

Easily the funniest thing Maddux has said. And it will never get old.

I like what I'm seeing out of Kansas right now. I realize they're down 10 and were down almost 20 earlier but that was with Durant being himself (i.e. superhuman). They weathered the storm and now have Texas lead down to 7. EDIT: KU down only 5 at halftime.

Right now: Kevin Durant 21 Kansas 15 EDIT: I'm thinking Durant hits 40 if Kansas can keep the game close.

Great, Billy Packer is announcing the Wisconsin-OSU game. Exactly who I wanted to hear.

Durant has 8 points including 2 3-pointers already. EDIT: 12 points in just 7 minutes and Texas is up 15 on KU.

They always call things like that. On a drive when the defender jumps in the air, the offensive guy jumps into him and gets the foul call. If there is contact and both are in the air, the foul is called on the defender.

UNC is now up 14 and ready to run away with this thing.

Al Horford just limped off with an ankle/knee injury when an Arkansas player ran into his leg. Didn't look bad but didn't look too good either.

The conference tournaments don't matter as much for the higher seeds and the top seeds aren't going to drop too much with an early round loss (i.e. UCLA is only going to drop to a 2 if they drop at all). But the conference tournament does matter a ton for the lower seeds. Just last year Syracuse went from being a bubble team to a #5 seed (complete crap FTR) because they won 4 games in 4 days to win the Big East tournament. That's where the media gets the thought that the conference tournaments mean so much. Obviously for most teams, it doesn't mean that much but it has the potential to (and that's outside of a team gaining an automatic berth when they wouldn't have had a chance at an at large).

I would think that if Kansas wins they'll get a #1 seed especially if OSU loses to Wisconsin because they would be the top team in the final polls. OSU is also a lock. If Wisconsin and Florida both win, I think they get #1's and UNC will get left out win or lose. If either Wisconsin or Florida loses their final and UNC wins the ACC, I think UNC gets the final #1 seed. UNC might have no chance as they have 6 losses. And I agree that UCLA will not get a #1 seed unless a couple of UNC, Florida, Kansas, and Wisconsin lose.

Finally saw the ending of the MAC championship game and I have to wonder, how on earth did the referee's end up with 0.6 seconds left on the clock. That made absolutely no sense. I could see 0 and I could somehow (albeit incorrectly) see 1.2. But 0.6? They're just lucky Miami didn't get burned at the end with the extra time that was put back on the clock.

Nice to know you have magical insights into the future. The fact is that, other than a #16 seed beating a #1 seed, anything can and has happened in the tournament. Well, Kansas is a 1 seed this year. :lol: =D> Very nice.

Who's Mark Buehrle? Hey, somebody had to make the joke.

For the record, my argument isn't necessarily anti-Illinois as it is pro-Stanford i.e. I was arguing why Stanford deserved to be picked over Illinois if the two were up for the last open spot. I'm not sure if Illinois deserves to be in or not (though I may have said something like that yesterday, I'm not sure) because I haven't looked up info on the teams other than Stanford that are on the bubble.

Lunardi just likes to hear himself talk this time of the year. His last Bracketology posted on Espn.com has the last four in as Purdue, Illinois, Drexel, and Old Dominion. The last four out are Air Force, Florida State, Kansas State and West Virginia and next four out are Missouri State, Stanford, Appalacian State and Mississippi State. What in the world could Kansas State and Stanford have done for themselves since this morning that moved them up to the last four in? Either he was full of you know what this morning or is now. He just moves teams around so his reports seem interesting. Not that it really matters, Illinois has one and done written all over them this year. But they are more deserving than Kansas State and Stanford. Yep, well said on everything. Kansas State and Stanford have no right in being ahead of Illinois for a spot tomorrow. Lunardi is becoming an egotistical, arrogant meathead these last couple of years. And I'll agree that Illinois has one and done all over them. BUT, that does not mean they should be snubbed over a couple of other undeserving teams. I don't know about Kansas State but Stanford most definitely deserves to be in over Illinois without question. Yeah, Stanford's RPI of 65 and Strength of Schedule of 36 is WAY better than Illinois RPI of 31 and Strength of Schedule of 31. I am sure an argument could be made either way, but "most definitely" and "without question" is a bit overstated. 10-8 in the Pac 10 is better than 9-7 in the Big 10. In conference, Stanford beat UCLA, USC, WSU, Oregon. Illinois' best win is Indiana twice. Stanford played more games against the Top 100 in the RPI and went 9-12, while Illinois went 7-10 though the extra games and wins were against teams between 51-100 in the RPI (both went 4-8 against Top 50). Stanford played in a better conference and beat better teams and before you play the record game, I'm sure Illinois record would have been a bit different had they played Wisconsin and OSU twice in the regular season rather than just once. And Illinois got both those two teams at home. I'm sure Stanford would have preferred to not have to travel to play UCLA and WSU also. Technically, the at home thing was a problem for Illinois. The rule in the Big 10 this year was-the 3-8 teams could only beat the 9-11 teams on the road, and only Ohio State and Wisconsin could beat everybody on the road. If Illinois had only played Ohio State and Wisconsin on the road instead of at home, that meant they would have played Purdue at home instead of on the road (the other game would have been Penn State, who they would have won on the road or at home). They likely would have beat Purdue at home, and so if they had played Ohio State and Wisconsin only on the road instead of only at home their conference record would be 10-6 instead of 9-7. They did get a break that they only played OSU and Wisconsin both only once in the first place though-the home thing was just not an advantage for them. That was what I was trying to get at. I was implying that had they played Wisconsin and OSU twice in place of another team, they likely would have had at least one more loss, if not two.

Lunardi just likes to hear himself talk this time of the year. His last Bracketology posted on Espn.com has the last four in as Purdue, Illinois, Drexel, and Old Dominion. The last four out are Air Force, Florida State, Kansas State and West Virginia and next four out are Missouri State, Stanford, Appalacian State and Mississippi State. What in the world could Kansas State and Stanford have done for themselves since this morning that moved them up to the last four in? Either he was full of you know what this morning or is now. He just moves teams around so his reports seem interesting. Not that it really matters, Illinois has one and done written all over them this year. But they are more deserving than Kansas State and Stanford. Yep, well said on everything. Kansas State and Stanford have no right in being ahead of Illinois for a spot tomorrow. Lunardi is becoming an egotistical, arrogant meathead these last couple of years. And I'll agree that Illinois has one and done all over them. BUT, that does not mean they should be snubbed over a couple of other undeserving teams. I don't know about Kansas State but Stanford most definitely deserves to be in over Illinois without question. Yeah, Stanford's RPI of 65 and Strength of Schedule of 36 is WAY better than Illinois RPI of 31 and Strength of Schedule of 31. I am sure an argument could be made either way, but "most definitely" and "without question" is a bit overstated. 10-8 in the Pac 10 is better than 9-7 in the Big 10. In conference, Stanford beat UCLA, USC, WSU, Oregon. Illinois' best win is Indiana twice. Stanford played more games against the Top 100 in the RPI and went 9-12, while Illinois went 7-10 though the extra games and wins were against teams between 51-100 in the RPI (both went 4-8 against Top 50). Stanford played in a better conference and beat better teams and before you play the record game, I'm sure Illinois record would have been a bit different had they played Wisconsin and OSU twice in the regular season rather than just once. And Illinois got both those two teams at home. I'm sure Stanford would have preferred to not have to travel to play UCLA and WSU also.

I would think that with A&M's early exit from the Big 12 tourney that Georgetown would have just earned a #2 for the NCAA tourney with this win.