moytoy12 Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 Arizona in, what mid-major did they knock out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moytoy12 Posted March 15, 2009 Author Share Posted March 15, 2009 Dayton in as #11 seed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kshoe Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 Dayton in as #11 seed. Arizona over Creighton or St. Marys. Those two schools have to feel like crap right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moytoy12 Posted March 15, 2009 Author Share Posted March 15, 2009 Wisconsin in as #12 seed. Goodbye mid majors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kshoe Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 Wisconsin in as #12 seed. Goodbye mid majors. Certainly means good-bye Penn St. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majerus Magic Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 Certainly means good-bye Penn St. St. Mary's as well, I think. I don't like Arizona and Wisconsin in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kshoe Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 St. Mary's as well, I think. I don't like Arizona and Wisconsin in. This stat from CBS says it all: Non BCS at-large bids: 2003: 10 2004: 12 2005: 9 2006: 8 2007: 6 2008: 6 2009: 4 Now some of that is the disolution of CUSA after 2005 but its really a shame what is happening to this tournament. Its turning into the BCS invitational. I'm sure Bilas and his pals are hi-fiving in Bristol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SluSignGuy Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 Now some of that is the disolution of CUSA after 2005 but its really a shame what is happening to this tournament. Its turning into the BCS invitational. I'm sure Bilas and his pals are hi-fiving in Bristol. And now the former CUSA Commish will explain it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidnark Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 This stat from CBS says it all: Non BCS at-large bids: 2003: 10 2004: 12 2005: 9 2006: 8 2007: 6 2008: 6 2009: 4 Now some of that is the disolution of CUSA after 2005 but its really a shame what is happening to this tournament. Its turning into the BCS invitational. I'm sure Bilas and his pals are hi-fiving in Bristol. The only good news is that it doesn't seem to have hit the A-10 quite yet. The MVC certainly gets screwed every year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moytoy12 Posted March 15, 2009 Author Share Posted March 15, 2009 "we only evaluate 'teams', not conferences." - Slive I call b.s. on that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kshoe Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 The only good news is that it doesn't seem to have hit the A-10 quite yet. The MVC certainly gets screwed every year. Agreed, but I think its only a matter of time. Its like a transition drug...Screw over the MVC and Mountain West first and if nobody objects, then move to the A-10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moytoy12 Posted March 15, 2009 Author Share Posted March 15, 2009 Slive is a joke..way to not answer Greg Anthony's (good) question about non-bcs teams being able to get bcs teams to play them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moytoy12 Posted March 15, 2009 Author Share Posted March 15, 2009 Slive dodges the "how'd Arizona get in?" question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kshoe Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 "we only evaluate 'teams', not conferences." - Slive I call b.s. on that. I love Greg Anthony asking the tough questions. Not surprisingly he is a UNLV guy so he understands the issues with being a "mid-major" team. Slive completely failed to answer Anthony's question about how mid-majors are supposed to play tougher schedules when the BCS teams won't play them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kshoe Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 I love Greg Anthony asking the tough questions. Not surprisingly he is a UNLV guy so he understands the issues with being a "mid-major" team. Slive completely failed to answer Anthony's question about how mid-majors are supposed to play tougher schedules when the BCS teams won't play them. Jay Bilas is showing his stripes right now. "Mid-majors can play anyone they want". What a bunch of b.s. Dickie V putting him in his place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moytoy12 Posted March 15, 2009 Author Share Posted March 15, 2009 Vitale busting Bilas' balls. I love it. Go get 'em Dickie V. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moytoy12 Posted March 15, 2009 Author Share Posted March 15, 2009 what the hell was digger pointing at? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moytoy12 Posted March 15, 2009 Author Share Posted March 15, 2009 Bilas and Digger are laughable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kshoe Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 Vitale busting Bilas' balls. I love it. Go get 'em Dickie V. Gottlieb and Vital. These guys are great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bay Area Billiken Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 Slive dodges the "how'd Arizona get in?" question. This is utter rubbish. Teams left out with their final RPI's: 34 San Diego State 40 Creighton 46 UAB- However, I'm pretty sure that 48 St. Mary's was actually ahead of UAB. Teams allowed in in place of the above, i.e. teams with what should have been non-qualifying RPI's: 55 Maryland 60 Boston College 62 Arizona Although the pecking order on the West Coast overall has the Pac-10 as the top conference in the West, there will be significant criticism of the NCAA taking Arizona (Tied for 5th Place Pac-10, 9-9 regular season Pac-10 record, and quarterfinal loss to Arizona State in the Pac-10 Tournament) over St. Mary's. There is also a position out here that USC (#6 seed in the Pac-10 Tournament, also 9-9 Pac-10 regular season) winning the Pac-10 Tournament a short drive from its LA campus, and then Mississippi State winning the SEC Tournament today in a terrible game against Tennessee, took away St. Mary's NCAA bid; ditto for Creighton. We will never know if the NCAA had St. Mary's ranked ahead of Creighton, but I suspect that was the case since CBS showed the scene in Moraga and not in Omaha. Further, I believe the NCAA had St. Mary's ahead of San Diego State based upon SMC beating SDSU head to head on a neutral floor in Anaheim. These are ominous warning signs for non-BCS leagues. The 8 team Mountain West, ranked 7th of all conferences, only got 2 teams in, and 3 Mountain West teams tied for first place in the regular season. Those wanting SLU in the MVC should take careful notice that the MVC (conference rank #9) is again a Juan Bid league- 1 sole bid. The A-10 (conference rank #8) got 3 bids, with final RPI's of 17 Xavier, 27 Dayton, and 30 Temple, with Temple getting the automatic bid. There seems little doubt as to how the A-10 and MVC are perceived nationally, vis-a-vis each other, a point I've tried to make in other posts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majerus Magic Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 I love Arizona, but there is no way they deserve to be in. Also, I love Greg Anthony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NH Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 Also, I love Greg Anthony.agreed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bay Area Billiken Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 agreed Greg Anthony played for UNLV= non-BCS. He's like Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, the Great Dissenter, amongst all these BCS talking heads. Arizona does not belong in this NCAA Tournament. I will be interested to see what Taj and Billiken Roy have to say about what happened today. SLU had best stay in the A-10 at this time and try to make the best of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 I love Arizona, but there is no way they deserve to be in. Also, I love Greg Anthony. That POS Digger was trying to say he got Zona in the tournament. Talk about thinking a little too much of yourself. There is a reason why nobody has wanted you to coach their program for years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Box and Won Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 A couple of days ago, Bilas (drop the "L" from his name) said that Arizona should be in because they had two lottery picks in their starting lineup. Great analysis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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