SilverPhoenix

Wow...Nantz and Packer need to get fucking smacked! Don't these guys get it?! Getting in the Tournament is not about Previous Tournament performance!!! It's about your season!!!! One thing I can say is none of these selections of the bubble teams make any sense. But seriously, who from the power conferences did they think deserved in? Maryland? Florida State? I'm a Florida St fan and even I admitted freely that the Noles needed 20 wins to get in. I just have no idea where Air Force and Utah State came from. Their non-conference schedules were shit so bad they made Florida State's weak schedule look overwelhming. Oh no, I have to agree. Some of these teams do not deserve to be here....Utah State, Air Force?!?!? Utah State didn't play ANYONE and Air Force = What? That's all I have to say, for now. But Nantz and Packer are just throwing numbers out there, and don't realize that Power Conferences STILL Got 26 Fucking Bids, and they're arguing for ALL 34 to go to them, using stats that mean nothing in the selection process. Not to mention that they're arguing for a caste system for the tournament, screw trying to move up. That's what gets me angry.

Wow...Nantz and Packer need to get fucking smacked! Don't these guys get it?! Getting in the Tournament is not about Previous Tournament performance!!! It's about your season!!!!

I fucking knew it. Hofstra didn't get in. And Missouri State WOW!! 21...21, and still didn't get in.

Tenn a 2?!?!?! What the fuck were they smoking....and they got the 15th Seed NO ONE Wanted....Winthrop. Be very wary...Be very wary. And oh...it doesn't look good for Hofstra.

Yeah...So Funny..... GW as an 8....If they get past UNCW.....Duke may have a problem.

Fuck you, Steve Lavin. And Packer hasn't flipped a shit fit.

On ESPN, Digger just got owned by Bilas, as he explained perfectly why Missouri State should be in. Phelps kept whoring Florida State's Duke win. FSU aint getting in, you can bank it. Also, I'll go on a lamb and say Alabamba gets left out too.

Yeah, I heard that. He also used that reasoning to explain why the MVC didn't deserve all the bids people are saying they should get. He probably doesn't think they should get any more than the automatic bid. If Packer was running the selection committee, you'd probably see every single team from the 6 power conferences that was eligible for postseason play getting a bid. Fucking elitist. And every ACC team would be getting a bid as well, eligible or not. Actually Packer argued against Florida State. Then he said the ACC deserved seven bids. Something tells me Billy lost his medication years ago. Packer needs to be committed. This version of the ACC getting 7 Bids is just plain loco.

I hope Memphis gets a 1 seed, so Calipari can tell him to piss off. That'll make the selection show. Also, did you hear that *THUD*? It was Texas falling to the 2 Line, right where they belong.

Oh yeah, I view the Big 10 Championship Game for a bit, and Packer shoots off his big fucking mouth, again. This time he was talking about how Memphis shouldn't even be in consideration for a 1 seed. His reasoning, there should be a 5 year evaluation performance evaluation period before you can even sniff one, and that the big 6 conferences control these seedings. He needs to be run over by a truck.

If that's true, Temple goes from a school I don't like to a school I REALLY don't like. I'd be happy if Huggins never got another job. It would make sense for Temple, considering they've always played the physical game, they could really make themselves the black sheep of the Big Five if it happened. The ensuing Martelli-Huggins feud would be worth it as well... Fuck that. The A10 Vs. Huggins feud would make for better TV than the WWE at this point.

You don't count. Stop hating on good Big 12 teams. There are good Big 12 Teams? (I had to take this one. It was too easy. I have no hate for the Big 12, otherwise.) Yeah Texas and Kansas. And it's a tough league to play in. Dama, don't worry, the question was a joke, mostly. I respect both teams playing in Dallas right now.

Gottlieb is a fucking idiot, there is no way that Memphis should be above Nova in the seedings. Steve Lavin keeps whoring off the Nova loss to Texas as his reason for making them (Texas) a 1 seed. I guess he has tunnel vision, cause I think he's still ignoring the OK State blowout loss.

You don't count. Stop hating on good Big 12 teams. There are good Big 12 Teams? (I had to take this one. It was too easy. I have no hate for the Big 12, otherwise.)

I love how people are trying to take Nova off the 1 Line. That would be total BS, escpecially since Ray's is supposed to be practicing as we speak.

They're yours. The Big East does not Claim the Traitor.

I go to Hofstra, so I can tell you my reaction. Hofstra may have a RPI of 30 (31 Per CBS), but we also have a really bad number and one really bad loss. - Our OOC SOS is 285. - We have a loss to Towson with a RPI of 219. So there you have it, the committee's two excuses to leave us out. In all honesty, I would be upset to be left out, but I can see why.

I was going to make a new thread, but fuck it. I'll save it for after the Selection Show. It is now Sunday, March 12th, 2:24 PM, less than 4 Hours away from the selection show, which will single the true beginning of March Madness . Usually, by this time Sunday Afternoon the bubble is pretty much established, however, it is not the case this year. This year, we have a game that has many bubble implications in the SEC Championship Game, which could cause a bubble to burst on Sunday Afternoon. Even then, there's already more bubble drama than an Anime Convention Masquerade. To understand why here is brief synopsis. - Conference Realignment has made the Big East a 16 Team, Potentially Bid Swallowing Juggernaut: The Big East became even bigger when the response to the ACC raid in 2003 had Louisville, Cincinnati, DePaul, Marquette and South Florida defect from C-USA. This effectively bought the Big East membership to 16 strong, and adding 4 Powerful Basketball programs gave the Big East the strength to potentially be the premier Basketball Conference, and it has done so this year. In fact, the Big East has done so well that it has the potential to get 9 Bids, shattering the record completely. - The year of the Mid-Major: While the New Big East is a new factor that selection committee has to deal with, it is not the biggest controversry. The biggest controversy are the Mid-Major schools that are threatening to take a record number of At-Large Bids as the Missouri Valley and Colonial are having Banner Years in their current forms with Conference Rankings of 6 and 10 Respectively, solidly in the first Tier, and have legitimate claims to At-Large Bids. Some are talking about as many as 9 Bids between the conferences, others as little as 4. Some have gone as far as to make it their mission to build up or bury these two conferences. Needless to say, as we come towards zero hour, the talk becomes more polarized. With that said. From 6:00 - 6:30 will reveal ALOT about the selection committee, and almost every question we've wanted answered will be answered. Among them include. - How powerful is the Big East, now? - How will the Mid-Majors be dealt with? - How important is the RPI? - Is there a major Conference Bias? - Will this spark true change in scheduling? And quite a few more will be answered.

Replace Texas with Villanova and this is my ideal Final 4. (Dependant on Gray, of course.) My Realistic Final 4 is. UConn, Duke, Villanova and Memphis. I really doubt that this will be the first year that four 1 seeds make the Final Four. The only really sure team is UConn. After that, I wouldn't be surprised at all if we end up with something like a 5 seed, a 6 seed, and an 8 seed. You're probably going to be right. But with so much uncertainity, it is almost as uncertain that this will happen, that it can happen.

Replace Texas with Villanova and this is my ideal Final 4. (Dependant on Gray, of course.) My Realistic Final 4 is. UConn, Duke, Villanova and Memphis. Other scenarios include UNC GW (Don't Laugh) Memphis Ohio State LSU (They're the only SEC Team with any shot.) Pitt WVU Georgetown Illinois Boston College should they beat Duke Gonzaga

Don't Jinx It. The last thing they need is everyone predicting that every team going to the Final 4 is a Big East one.

[Lex Luger]I DON'T KNOW!!!![/Lex Luger] But in all honesty. I couldn't tell you. It could be as high as a 4th Seed, it probably should be a 6th. Right now I don't care. Cuse did it!! What a run! You're going to be telling your kids about this.

If this happens, I hope there's alot of bitching. Cause a good deal of it will be warranted.

*Breathes a sigh of relief for Ray and his family* This is the best news we can all wake up to. I couldn't stop thinking about it all night. I personally would've hated to be either Ray or Krauser. I didn't get to see most of the game, but from all accounts, Krauser looked completely shaked up the rest of the night. Well today is Championship Saturday, with a grand total of 11 Conference Championships to be decided, and the 5 other conferences having their semi-final games. Championship Game wise we have American East MEAC MAC Atlantic 10 WAC Big West Mountain West SWAC Pac 10 C-USA And the main event of Championship Week. The Big East Championship Game. It should be a great day of Basketball.

Fuck!! Oregon is down by 6. We need them to win this to eliminate the Golden Farce!! Otherwise Hofstra IS probably going to get screwed.