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Post by ghostofdylan on Mar 11, 2012 7:10:20 GMT -6
With the exception of one very noteworthy aspect, it's Christmas morning for this college basketball fan. Does anyone else here make a list of the teams that they think are in/out?
Here's my shorthand attempt (potential bid-earners in italics; underlined could have bid taken away):
America East (1)
Vermont
ACC (4)
North Carolina, Florida State, Duke, Virginia
A-Sun (1)
Belmont
A-10 (3 or 4)
Temple, St. Louis, Xavier, St. Bonaventure
Big East (9 or 10)
Louisville, Syracuse, Marquette, Cincinnati, Notre Dame, Connecticut, Georgetown, West Virginia, South Florida, Seton Hall
Big 10 (6)
Michigan State, Ohio State, Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana, Purdue
Big 12 (6)
Missouri, Kansas, Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas State, Texas
Big Sky (1)
Montana
Big South (1)
UNC Asheville
Big West (1)
Long Beach State
Colonial (1)
VCU
C-USA (3)
Memphis, Southern Miss, Marshall
Horizon (1)
Detroit
Ivy (1)
Harvard
MAC (1)
Ohio
MAAC (1)
Loyola (Md.)
MEAC (1)
Norfolk State
MVC (2)
Creighton, Wichita State
Mountain West (4)
New Mexico, San Diego State, UNLV, Colorado State
Northeast (1)
LIU-Brooklyn
OVC (1)
Murray State
Pac-12 (1)
Colorado
Patriot (1)
Lehigh
SEC (5)
Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi State
SoCon (1)
Davidson
Southland (1)
Lamar
SWAC (1)
Mississippi Valley State
Summit (2)
South Dakota State, Oral Roberts
Sun Belt (1)
Western Kentucky
WCC (3)
St. Mary's, Gonzaga, BYU
WAC (1)
New Mexico State
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Post by Pounce Needs Pals on Mar 11, 2012 7:56:31 GMT -6
I don't think we'll see Marshall's name pop-up on CBS. I think we might see NC State's name. I hope Drexel gets a bid.
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Post by ghostofdylan on Mar 11, 2012 9:20:22 GMT -6
I don't think we'll see Marshall's name (pop up) on CBS. I think we might see NC State's name. I hope Drexel gets a bid. That would be a shame, given that Marshall is 4-5 against the RPI top 50 and N.C. State is 1-8. The Thundering Herd shouldn't be punished for having to play on the home court of league heavyweight Memphis in the C-USA title game by a prearranged agreement. Believe me, Marshall has a very tournament-worthy profile, including wins over Cincinnati (on the road), Iona and No. 19 Southern Miss (twice). Drexel, meanwhile, is 1-1 against the RPI top 50, splitting with VCU in what was essentially a home-and-home. I don't think the Dragons (RPI 71) should make it at the expense of Marshall (RPI 42). |
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Post by GoPanthers33 on Mar 11, 2012 10:10:45 GMT -6
I think Drexel may make it only because they've been a media darling all week...
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Post by ghostofdylan on Mar 11, 2012 10:58:30 GMT -6
Ugh! I have to cheer for Xavier in the A-10 final.
Go, Gangstas! (I'm just really not feeling this.)
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Post by parkerj on Mar 11, 2012 13:58:55 GMT -6
I don't think we'll see Marshall's name (pop up) on CBS. I think we might see NC State's name. I hope Drexel gets a bid. That would be a shame, given that Marshall is 4-5 against the RPI top 50 and N.C. State is 1-8. The Thundering Herd shouldn't be punished for having to play on the home court of league heavyweight Memphis in the C-USA title game by a prearranged agreement. Believe me, Marshall has a very tournament-worthy profile, including wins over Cincinnati (on the road), Iona and No. 19 Southern Miss (twice). Drexel, meanwhile, is 1-1 against the RPI top 50, splitting with VCU in what was essentially a home-and-home. I don't think the Dragons (RPI 71) should make it at the expense of Marshall (RPI 42). but now you're getting down to whether the RPI is the only set of rankings you should consider Personally, I don't think that Marshall (Sagarin 74, Pomeroy 74) should get in at the expense of Drexel (Sagarin 56, Pomeroy 40) Can we just take Xavier out? haha EDIT: additionally, a few days ago NC State had 4 top 50 wins...now Miami and Texas are just outside of that range..."top 50" is an arbitrary number, and i would hope the committee recognizes that the 51st ranked team in the RPI isn't significantly different than the 49th |
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Post by Hack on Mar 11, 2012 14:00:49 GMT -6
Marshall was 9-7 in Conference USA. End of discussion.
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Post by gman2 on Mar 11, 2012 14:29:14 GMT -6
Ugh! I have to cheer for Xavier in the A-10 final. Go, Gangstas! (I'm just really not feeling this.) Why are people so down on Xavier. There was a bad incident, players were suspended and they moved on. Remember, we had a player drive drunk. Should we be offended if other people referred to UWM as drunks? |
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Post by Hack on Mar 11, 2012 16:39:16 GMT -6
Will Detroit fare better against Kansas than UIC did in 2004? Doubt it. Final then was 78-44.
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Post by uwmfutbol on Mar 11, 2012 16:45:42 GMT -6
Detroit's in for a rough game.
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Post by Super King on Mar 11, 2012 17:22:34 GMT -6
I have Detroit in the Sweet 16, because why not. Here's where having major-conference talent and all that length can really pay off.
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Post by gman2 on Mar 11, 2012 17:54:02 GMT -6
Detroit's in for a rough game. They likely are in for a rough game, but so were, Bucknell in 2005, Bradley in 2006 and NIU in 2010. |
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Post by PantherU on Mar 11, 2012 18:12:42 GMT -6
Detroit's in for a rough game. They likely are in for a rough game, but so were, Bucknell in 2005, Bradley in 2006 and NIU in 2010. UNI. NIU is Northern Illinois. And we have some people who prefer the UWM acronym? Go Western Michigan! I can see Detroit winning. |
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Post by Hack on Mar 11, 2012 18:23:44 GMT -6
robdemovsky: Hearing that Butler, Cleveland State and UWM -- in addition to Detroit (NCAA automatic) and Valpo (NIT automatic) -- all are in tournaments.
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Post by GoPanthers33 on Mar 11, 2012 18:30:04 GMT -6
robdemovsky: Hearing that Butler, Cleveland State and UWM -- in addition to Detroit (NCAA automatic) and Valpo (NIT automatic) -- all are in tournaments. I'm hoping we know by the end of the night! |
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