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NCAA Tournament, the field of 65

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Bucklion;1676915; said:
I thought Temple would make more of a showing..the A10 looks like dogfuck this year, despite getting a bunch of teams in. Even X is really having to scrap.
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Their FG% in the first half was dismal. If they shot decent, they would be up 10-15points.
 
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BuckeyeMac;1676923; said:
Their FG% in the first half was dismal. If they shot decent, they would be up 10-15points.
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Over 60% in the 2nd half. Second halves have not been kind to the Gophers over the last week.
 
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[quote='BusNative;167693;2]Anyone want to start an "I-VEE LEAGUE" chant? No? Anyone? Bueller?[/quote]

Yeah, we get it. You went to Princeton and are very smart. Why don't you and PrincetonBuck go resurrect your little two-man circle jerk. :roll1:


:p
 
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jlb1705;1676805; said:
Let's say Florida and Minnesota were the last two teams in. Why not have them face off for the distinction of being a part of the real field? Set it up so the winner gets the 11-seed and plays #6 Xavier. It would be more fair and a hell of a lot more interesting.
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I agree with your assessment of the committee, I see no reason why they don't place the field by criteria in this order:

1. Rank ALL of the teams in terms of resume from best to worst, no matter if they auto-qualified or not.
2. Designate the seeds in a 1 2 3 4/4 3 2 1/1 2 3 4/etc... all the way down the list.
3. THEN make changes based upon the pre-existing rules regarding conference/geography and the likes...

I've never understood the way the play-in game is run anyway...two teams who WIN their conference and auto-qualify play for the right to face a team they won't beat 99/100 times.

Put those teams where they belong in terms of rank and take the LAST 2 teams in that ranking system that didn't auto-qualify and make THEM the play-in game...because as you said, that truly would be a PLAY-IN game.

I'd say that it would be difficult to gauge WHERE to place the winner of the play-in game if that were the case...but I don't see why you couldn't read down that list and average where their rank on the master list would place them in terms of ranking and throw them in there.

I don't think fans would mind a dyanamic play-in game every year. I certainly wouldn't.
 
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[quote='BusNative;167693;2]Anyone want to start an "I-VEE LEAGUE" chant? No? Anyone? Bueller?[/quote]

Hmmm. Ivy League fans don't find the need to chant their league name upon winning games, but SEC fans do. If I could only find the connection...
 
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BuckeyeMac;1676948; said:
I picked the Cornell upset...Xavier I figured would pull this one off too.
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That's one that doesn't surprise me...

I had Cornell before I second guessed myself...that was one game where I thought Cornell should be the 5 and Temple the 12, I wouldn't be surprised to see Cornell win another one....
 
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TheRob8801;1676950; said:
That's one that doesn't surprise me...

I had Cornell before I second guessed myself...that was one game where I thought Cornell should be the 5 and Temple the 12, I wouldn't be surprised to see Cornell win another one....
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Yup exactly. Never second guessed myself with that pick. I'm interested to see Wisky/Cornell.
 
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