BLIKNS Posted March 19 Posted March 19 Gators are playing in a West Region game in Raleigh??? If you are in a region , play the games in that region thatskablamo 1 Quote
ACE Posted March 19 Posted March 19 On 3/17/2025 at 11:10 AM, Minerva N. Owl said: Not whining. Everyone agrees that part of what's fun about the NCAA tournament is the upsets. Part of the reasons there have been upsets is that teams that know how to win in conference are able to win in the tournament. Take Loyola when they were in the Valley. The prayers of Sr. Jean might have helped, but Loyola's conference experience taught them how to win. Now that Porter M is in Oklahoma, he's making big money, but they're not winning in conference. They were 6-12 in conference this year. I hear the committee counter my point: the Sooners had 7 Quad 1 wins. My response? They had 11 Quad 1 losses. And it's as bad or worse for worse for Texas, Miss St, Vandy, Georgia, Ark. Against Quad 1 teams, those six all have seriously losing records. Arkansas has 4 Quad 1 victories, so they should get in, right? To agree, you have to ignore Ark's 11 Quad 1 losses. How does it make sense to invite at large teams with losing conference records, especially when they've shown they are consistently losers against Quad 1 teams? I'm proposing a common sense policy: to get an at large bid, a team must have a winning record in conference. The current system rewards losers. Literally. The NET system and the emphasis on Quad 1 victories produces this result. Why is it good to have a tournament full of losers? It's a simple proposal: to get an at large bid, a team must have a winning record in conference. That's the drum the "mid-majors" should be banging. Change the selection policy: no at large bids to teams with losing records in conference. Until recently, the practice has been that March Madness has been for winners, not losers. I 100% agree. It's amusing to see some of our fans like A_dud, so quick to carry the water for the SEC and the current system rigged for the P6. Telling the mid-majors to simply schedule better? Sure, that's easy today, with most P6 teams scheduling mostly cupcake buy games to rack up wins, and then go 6-12 in conference. The mid-major at large bid has basically become extinct in the current system. You have the P5 claiming all the at large bids, then you have mostly low majors with the automatic bids, with almost nothing left for the mid-majors. BTW, can people stop calling "low majors" - "mid majors". Quote
thatskablamo Posted March 20 Posted March 20 17 hours ago, BLIKNS said: Gators are playing in a West Region game in Raleigh??? If you are in a region , play the games in that region Hell, the Atlanta Braves used to be in the NL West. Common sense exited stage left a hella long time ago. AGB91 1 Quote
billiken_roy Posted April 6 Posted April 6 two games that went down to the wire. gotta love duke losing and anytime pearl loses i love it. thatskablamo 1 Quote
thatskablamo Posted April 6 Posted April 6 7 hours ago, billiken_roy said: two games that went down to the wire. gotta love duke losing and anytime pearl loses i love it. It’s like who to pick in the Iran-Iraq War during the 80s. Quote
SluSignGuy Posted April 8 Author Posted April 8 Dumb luck, and I beat the Wiz by picking one more first-round game correctly than he did. As I cannot give myself more reactions as a prize, all Billikens.com users get 3 more reactions in a collective victory. Quote
BLIKNS Posted April 8 Posted April 8 Congratulations Steve!! Well Played SLU_Lax and Bay Area Billiken 2 Quote
The Wiz Posted April 8 Posted April 8 2 hours ago, SluSignGuy said: Dumb luck, and I beat the Wiz by picking one more first-round game correctly than he did. As I cannot give myself more reactions as a prize, all Billikens.com users get 3 more reactions in a collective victory. Congrats Steve...You are like the Florida of this bracket winning a close one at the buzzer....I guess that makes me Houston. The computer doesn't get its Data-bytes treat tonight. CenHudDude 1 Quote
billiken_roy Posted April 8 Posted April 8 congrats Steve. of course steve can put up as many reactions as he wants. call me a sore loser. Quote
BrettJollyComedyHour Posted April 8 Posted April 8 9 hours ago, SluSignGuy said: Dumb luck, and I beat the Wiz by picking one more first-round game correctly than he did. As I cannot give myself more reactions as a prize, all Billikens.com users get 3 more reactions in a collective victory. It's a poor scorekeeper who can't something something Quote
crymdg2 Posted April 8 Posted April 8 I was amazed at how many quality bigs both Florida and Houston could rotate in and out without losing a beat. I really really liked Condon and Haugh for Florida and they're both only sophomores. The Houston bigs were just physical specimens and tough as nails. Overall a phenomenal Final 4. brianstl 1 Quote
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