March 17, 2008

Gripes with the NCAA tournament Selection Committee

When all was said and done, and the dust had settled, i had many a gripe with the NCAA tournament selection committee. For one, Gonzaga a #7 seed gets #10 Davidson in Charlotte, NC. This is a HOME GAME for Davidson! I swear i have not seen a lower seeded team get a home game, that is quite ridiculous(FYI: We beat UCONN, Finish with a better record, and Advance further in our conference tourney, yet they get a #4 seed and we get a #7...hmmm). Also, Villanova gets in and Arizona St. does not. This is definately a West Coast biased descision, The PAC TEN was arguably the best conference in College basketball, but the BIG east gets 8 teams and the PAC gets 6? not a great decision by the Committee. I know they have a tough job, but think about the reprocussions of the decisions made while doing the job. Arizona St. Beat Arizona twice during the year and Xavier. I think AZ st. deserved a berth more than Oregon as well. I agree with Bobby knight that we need to allow 128 teams into the tourney, and have a play in game to decide the top 64 seeds, this would remove a lot of the bad teams from the crowd and make sure that the true top 4 teams get a chance to compete. Just a rant from a concerned college basketball fan.

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