2018 NCAA Basketball Tournament Discussion (Official Thread)

[OSU_Buckguy]

I see the Clemson Lobbying Group got to you.

that lobbying group certainly did a bang-up job in the 2016 fiesta bowl. and 2014 orange bowl.

 

[OhioState001]

Is it really fair that MSU gets to play it's first two games in Detroit? I get if 1 and 2 seeds get some location by their home but this is kind of ridiculous.

 

[Bucklion]

This is, without a doubt, the worst bracket I have ever picked. I have like 2 teams I think should make it out of the Sweet 16, and the rest I can find reasons I think they should lose there.

 

[OSU_Buckguy]

Is it really fair that MSU gets to play it's first two games in Detroit? I get if 1 and 2 seeds get some location by their home but this is kind of ridiculous.

top seeds get location priority when possible. it is what it is. texas tech, another 3-seed, plays its first two games in dallas. i mean, if it wasn't going to be msu getting its first two games in detroit, it was going to be 3-seed ttun. on the s-curve, though, msu is the top 3-seed and two spots above ttun.

 

[Bucklion]

Having to travel then play the next day sucks, but heaven forbid we get rid of 4 at large berths and just have a 64 team field. Those 9th place teams from the SEC, PAC 12, and ACC deserve their shot.

Of course, at the time there was a semi-legit argument that was made that a lot of leagues were getting 2 bids (the Missouri Valley, WCC, Coloniel, MAC when Kent was good) so they needed the extra space to keep them and the big conferences happy. Of course then, as soon as they added the births, magically all of the 2 bid leagues dried up, to the point you can go 29-3 and still miss out, and all the extra bids went to the newly merging mega powers like the ACC. Go figure.

 

[Jake]

In case you were wondering how bad the MEAC is, SWAC champ Texas Southern is blowing the doors off NC Central.

 

[CFPBuckeye]

In case you were wondering how bad the MEAC is, SWAC champ Texas Southern is blowing the doors off NC Central.

NC Central just looked baaaaad. Every shot I saw them take was just ugly. Even the wide open ones.

 

[Jaxbuck]

This is, without a doubt, the worst bracket I have ever picked.

which means, of course, you'll damn near go perfect with it

 

[buckeyemania11]

Of course, at the time there was a semi-legit argument that was made that a lot of leagues were getting 2 bids (the Missouri Valley, WCC, Coloniel, MAC when Kent was good) so they needed the extra space to keep them and the big conferences happy. Of course then, as soon as they added the births, magically all of the 2 bid leagues dried up, to the point you can go 29-3 and still miss out, and all the extra bids went to the newly merging mega powers like the ACC. Go figure.

A team like Oklahoma getting comfortably in is the biggest joke. I get that the "whole body of work" matters, but can you really just blatantly ignore the last part of their season? The committee pretty much did.

Arizona State getting in was hot garbage too. Same thing and didnt even make it out of the 1st round of a weak Pac 12 tourney field.

St Mary's shoulda got in over both of them (MTSU too)

Their new way of determining the at-large bids hugely favors the major conferences.

 

[Jake]

Arizona State was once ranked 3rd in the country?

This is why I don't give much thought to basketball in football season, and the committee shouldn't either.

 

[Systems_id]

Good grief these two teams are awful

 

[OSU_Buckguy]

down 2? gimme some heroball.

 

[OhioState001]

Haha Fuck off Arizona State

 

[OSU_Buckguy]

pac 12...

 

[brodybuck21]

down 2? gimme some heroball.

Exactly! terrible offensive possession