The West regional is a joke...

[HoopsDawg]

if Arizona doesn't win that bracket, it's going to be an unappealing team in the final 4. Why wouldn't the committee put a Louisville, Duke or a Kansas in that bracket to balance it out.

[mic]

The committee is a joke.. here is a list of who decides who makes the dance and where they are seated..

The 10-person NCAA Tournament Selection Committee is chaired by Ron Wellman, the Wake Forest athletic director. There are six other ADs (Joe Alleva of LSU, Scott Barnes of Utah State, Joe Castiglione of Oklahoma, Mark Hollis of Michigan State, Bruce Rasmussen of Creighton and Peter Roby of Northeastern), two conference commissioners (Doug Fullerton of the Big Sky and Jamie Zaninovich of the West Coast) and Judy MacLeod, executive associate commissioner of Conference USA

Its been said before and I agree 100%, get people on the committee that actually know and watch college basketball..
Ex coaches, players, hell even Dickie V would be better than these clowns.. Im sure Judy MacLeod has watched a lot of men's basketball this year...

[Quaoarsking]

I'd say Creighton is an appealing team.

Overall, I thought it was a pretty good bracket. No notable snubs as far as In/Out goes.

[cbrunt29]

Watch out for Louisville. They'll be playing with a chip on their shoulder after getting a 4 seed

[CJDAWG85]

I'd say Creighton is an appealing team.

Overall, I thought it was a pretty good bracket. No notable snubs as far as In/Out goes.


SMU got completely screwed... They were ranked last week.

[HoopsDawg]

I'd say Creighton is an appealing team.

Overall, I thought it was a pretty good bracket. No notable snubs as far as In/Out goes.

They can be this year's butler. They've got a white kid that can play. But I feel like there are 10 teams that can win the national title and only 1 of them is in the West. Wisconsin, Creighton, San Diego State, blah. Compare that to Kansas, Syracuse, and UCLA in the South, or Duke, Michigan, Louisville in the Midwest.

[Quaoarsking]

SMU got completely screwed... They were ranked last week.

I probably would've put SMU in, but I wouldn't say they got "completely screwed." Tied for 3rd in the 8th best (read: worse than the SEC) conference, RPI of 53, SOS of 114, losing record against the top 100. Why would they deserve a bid any more than, say, Missouri?

[CJDAWG85]

Swept UCONN
Beat Cincinnati by 21



I'd have them in over UMASS, NCST, or BYU. They were ranked 25th last Thursday.

[HailState39110]

Michael White and LA Tech didn't get in either and he is the next John Wooden by some accounts on this board

[Quaoarsking]

I'd have them in over UMASS, NCST, or BYU. They were ranked 25th last Thursday.

I would probably agree with putting SMU in over NC State, but I don't think it's a travesty or anything. BYU and UMass have much better resumes:



Team
Record
RPI
SOS
Top 50
Top 100
Conference


UMass
24-8
22
38
7-4
13-7
T5th in the #6 conf


BYU
22-11
33
25
3-6
8-7
T2nd in the #9 conf


SMU
23-9
53
114
4-5
4-6
T3rd in the #8 conf


NC State
21-13
55
33
3-9
6-12
T7th in the #5 conf



Top 25 rankings are completely meaningless and just a circle-jerk for the sportswriters.

[chef dixon]

I think the AAC is a solid conference. They've got probably 4 teams that could win the SEC and arguably the best current team and defending national champ in Louisville. That's why RPI and conference ratings are kind of wild. I feel bad for SMU, not really Larry Brown, but for the players and fans.