Okay, so everyone has gotten over/reasoned with/and finally, agrees that the NCAA got it right again by placing UK as a 4 seed and Florida a 2 seed, right? Good, let's move to the rest of the bracket. So the selection committee doesn't put much emphasis on the conference tournament, but more so, the body of work by a given team throughout the season. UCONN is a three seed. I don't have a big problem with that because even though they did struggle for about a month, their wins are very impressive and what they did in the Big East tournament is near unimaginable, unless your name is Kyle Brown, who predicted this in his previous post. Nice work paaartnar...Since UCONN beat Texas during the regular season, I believe that is what bumped the Longhorns down to join the Cats as a 4 seed which moved UCONN to the three. Would you say their run through the tournament helped them move up dramatically? Syracuse, a 3 seed, had lost 6 of 8 games through the end of January and into February. Syracuse, a 3 seed, has only Michigan St. or Michigan to claim as their best nonconference win. Syracuse, a 3 seed, also lost their first conference tournament game. I guess the selection committee was looking at last year's resume by "mistake". Villanova's in the tournament again this year as a 9 seed. They have won 5 games in 15 tries since mid-January...I'm getting even more irritated as I write, but probably not as much as Louisville fan who watched their Cardinals fall from a 2 seed to a 4 seed because they don't have Patrick Sparks. Sorry, I had too...Dan Mink's Boocats came in at a 6 seed, which is proooobably a spot or two too high given their out of conference schedule, but who cares...You have to be a 4 seed or better to win the championship anyways, right?....Leaving the Big East, San Diego St got the 2 and BYU got the 3. Interesting that they didn't use the whole season's body of work, where they would find BYU soundly beating San Diego St. twice, but since BYU developed their honor code during the Old Testament, they aren't worthy of a 2 seed anymore. This happened to the Cats as well in 08' after Patterson went down (Meeks was also injured that whole season as a friendly reminder for the haters). Finally, UNC and Florida......., both are losers in the second round with the Heels losing for only the 2nd time when playing in North Carolina against UK's recruiting scouts, Washington, and Florida gets out coached by Izzo (who argue ably shouldn't even be in the tournament). Not that UK should be a 2 seed, but they sure as hell deserve it more than Florida, along with many more. Most every year after the selection show, I'm always left feeling angry and confused, but never has the best Sunday in March had me reaching for my Head n' Shoulders like this year's. It's quite a head-scratcha...
Monday, March 14, 2011
HEAD-SCRATCHAAA!?
Okay, so everyone has gotten over/reasoned with/and finally, agrees that the NCAA got it right again by placing UK as a 4 seed and Florida a 2 seed, right? Good, let's move to the rest of the bracket. So the selection committee doesn't put much emphasis on the conference tournament, but more so, the body of work by a given team throughout the season. UCONN is a three seed. I don't have a big problem with that because even though they did struggle for about a month, their wins are very impressive and what they did in the Big East tournament is near unimaginable, unless your name is Kyle Brown, who predicted this in his previous post. Nice work paaartnar...Since UCONN beat Texas during the regular season, I believe that is what bumped the Longhorns down to join the Cats as a 4 seed which moved UCONN to the three. Would you say their run through the tournament helped them move up dramatically? Syracuse, a 3 seed, had lost 6 of 8 games through the end of January and into February. Syracuse, a 3 seed, has only Michigan St. or Michigan to claim as their best nonconference win. Syracuse, a 3 seed, also lost their first conference tournament game. I guess the selection committee was looking at last year's resume by "mistake". Villanova's in the tournament again this year as a 9 seed. They have won 5 games in 15 tries since mid-January...I'm getting even more irritated as I write, but probably not as much as Louisville fan who watched their Cardinals fall from a 2 seed to a 4 seed because they don't have Patrick Sparks. Sorry, I had too...Dan Mink's Boocats came in at a 6 seed, which is proooobably a spot or two too high given their out of conference schedule, but who cares...You have to be a 4 seed or better to win the championship anyways, right?....Leaving the Big East, San Diego St got the 2 and BYU got the 3. Interesting that they didn't use the whole season's body of work, where they would find BYU soundly beating San Diego St. twice, but since BYU developed their honor code during the Old Testament, they aren't worthy of a 2 seed anymore. This happened to the Cats as well in 08' after Patterson went down (Meeks was also injured that whole season as a friendly reminder for the haters). Finally, UNC and Florida......., both are losers in the second round with the Heels losing for only the 2nd time when playing in North Carolina against UK's recruiting scouts, Washington, and Florida gets out coached by Izzo (who argue ably shouldn't even be in the tournament). Not that UK should be a 2 seed, but they sure as hell deserve it more than Florida, along with many more. Most every year after the selection show, I'm always left feeling angry and confused, but never has the best Sunday in March had me reaching for my Head n' Shoulders like this year's. It's quite a head-scratcha...
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