NCAA selection sunday biotchessss

just like their football team.

24-8 and an RPI right around 100 seems like it should be good enough to at least get them considered for a 13th.

A 14th would be fine, I suppose. It’s what I’m expecting anyhow. You can sometimes get a beatable opponent in a 3 seed.

A 15th would be a real blow. You don’t get much fluff with 2 seeds.

Last time we were essentially a 16th, as Memphis was far away and the best #2 seed in the tourney and prolly should’ve been a #1.

a logistical nightmare and would eliminate all the fun of doing your brackets.

Shocking.

That they seemingly gave Wimbley away to Oakland. Not a stud, but not really a spare, either.

A 3rd string RB and a pile of beans.

“This why the Browns are the Browns”

Is the three-pointer.

The baseball system would work so much better, imo.

I also think they should allow a JC/Juco exemption like baseball, fwiw.

But I have to wonder if this wouldn’t result in more kids going the Europe route… like let’s say a highly touted PG chooses college out of high school (I think PG is the most likely scenario, as even when HS’ers were allowed to declare, HS PG’s making the decision to come out were few and far between), then tears it the fuck up in the NCAA as a Freshman…. Like, say, John Wall.

What’s to stop him from taking 2yr/7mm or so to go spend the next two year’s playing in Europe?

Shit, I would.

Granted this probably wouldn’t happen all that often (like a few times a decade, max, I’d think), but it could be a problem, especially if the Euroleagues continue to gain popularity.

Plus they will be close to home for the first two weekends if they can keep winning.

And they’ll be playing in Houston if they make it out of the first two rounds. Very, very good draw for them.

12th in the Pomeroys. Which I don’t think should be an exclusive, or even the most important, tool for determining the tournament field, but it is the best tool I’ve ever seen for picking who will beat who, and there’s been talk that the tournament committee looks at it during their little meetings. And sometimes I look at their selections and seedings and it sure seems like they do.

Anyway, it likes Baylor. A lot.

One game doesn’t make the difference.

Also, it’s more likely both were going to be in, so they seeded them and ignored the game and then went about worrying about the other parts of the selection process. That’s actually pretty common. They have to focus on so much, if two teams are both getting in they’ll very often ignore the championship game.

Interesting that Utah St is thought of as a sleeper. I’m conflicted because I usually pick against Duke earlier than most because they’re usually overrated (like this year), but it would cause me physical pain to pick A&M over Duke.

A very, very well represented school in these parts, and it’s not too far for the fans from Utah. They’ll have a borderline homefield advantage, and they’re probably about as good (just less battle tested) as A&M, anyway.

Of course, I’m sure that’s blasphemy in these parts.

The biggest criticism I have of UT isn’t their shooting or FT’s or defense (though all have had some pretty ugly stretches this year), but that once the game gets to a certain point, they basically roll over. Basketball is a game that ebbs and flows and the players involved shouldn’t ever really think they’re out. But it really does look like this team is ready for the season to be over.

I’m going to the game(s?) in OKC.

Anyone else? I’ll be the shirtless guy with a green talon pained on my stomach.

The Pacific on HBO.

I absolutly loathed that guy. It went like this on my list of hatred:

Reggie
Starks
Karl Malone

The only bad part of that series between the Knicks and the Pacers was that one of them had to win. I despised both those teams.

Last team in beats Xavier, Pitt and (presumably) K-State? Yowza.

I went Kansas, Ohio State, Syracuse, BYU (Ken Pomeroy’s darling), Wisconsin, West Virginia, Duke and Baylor.

check their forums (SBN or otherwise) — might help some?