TheLand1287
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I didn't see a thread for the NCAA Tournament, other than some Buckeye/Akron NIT talk in the OSU basketball thread, so figured I would start one up for those who follow and get into March Madness to share their opinions on the bracket and discuss the games once they start.
Honestly, I'm very disappointed in some of the seeding decisions and inclusions/exclusions. Just far too many head scratching decisions by this committee who literally have ONE job here... to create a bracket that makes sense. Some of my comments are below.
Seeding
Honestly, I'm very disappointed in some of the seeding decisions and inclusions/exclusions. Just far too many head scratching decisions by this committee who literally have ONE job here... to create a bracket that makes sense. Some of my comments are below.
Seeding
- The Big Ten got shafted. MSU as a 2 seed & IU and Purdue as 5 seeds were pretty harsh. After seeing this I was convinced that Michigan would be left out, but yet somehow consistency didn't factor in and they still made the bracket... despite the worst ever Top 100 record for any at large team ever (4-12 vs Top 100, 11 of the 12 losses by double digits)
- Not a Kentucky fan by any stretch of the imagination, but how do they tie with Texas A&M for the regular season SEC Title, beat A&M in the tournament title game, and yet end up as a 4 seed while A&M gets a 3 seed? Makes no sense.
- Michigan's record vs top 100 competition is above, and as questionable a selection as they are... they were far from the worst. Syracuse was basically rewarded for having their coach suspended. They finished the year 1-5 and had an RPI in the 70's. Vandy was 19-13 and had 2 good wins all season. Not to mention bowing out in the SEC tournament first round to a 14-18 Tennessee team. Tulsa... I wont even waste my time on this random selection other than saying 0/59 bracket projections had them in (per bracketmatrix.com), but somehow the committee did. Suspicious how the committee chairman is also from Oklahoma
- Monmouth, St Bonaventure, South Carolina, Valpo, Saint Mary's, and San Diego State were the last 6 teams left out. Compare those names to the Michigan's , Syracuse's, and Vandy's of the world and tell me that mediocre power conferences don't get an unfair advantage over mid majors.
- Monmouth had 17 road wins, more than anyone in the country, and the 20th ranked Non-Con SOS. They beat USC, Notre Dame, G'Town, and UCLA. Basically, they did EXACTLY what the committee says a low-mid major team should do... challenge yourself. Then they contradict themselves by ignoring their own criteria. St Bonnie tied with Dayton and VCU for the A10 regular season title and had an RPI of 29. They won at Dayton and swept tournament champion St. Joe's. Going back to the bracket matrix that 0/59 people projected Tulsa in: 52/59 had St Bonaventure in.
- Saint Mary's, SDSU, and Valpo all had a legit gripe too but not as much as Monmouth or the Bonnies, IMO.