Conference tourney and NCAA discussion

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Figured I would start a general thread as we head towards the Selection Special. Of note, GW just lost. Yhey are in for sure but now one less at large bid available because A-10 tourney winner will stea lone. Also, the 'cuse just beat Uconna and that should get them in for sure. So now I believe teams like Kentucky and FSU need to get a little nervous. A first round exit in their tournaments could land them in the NIT.

 
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(lawgator1 @ Mar 9 said:
Figured I would start a general thread as we head towards the Selection Special. Of note, GW just lost. Yhey are in for sure but now one less at large bid available because A-10 tourney winner will stea lone. Also, the 'cuse just beat Uconna and that should get them in for sure. So now I believe teams like Kentucky and FSU need to get a little nervous. A first round exit in their tournaments could land them in the NIT.
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Especially FSU. The Duke win is really the only thing pushing their candidacy. I don't know how a team that talented ends up on the bubble, but they have.
 
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UConn losing reminded me of a comment that an NCAA selection committee member made last year. He said that conference tourney action had very little impact on their decision making with top seeds. Does this sound right to y'all?
Can a solid 2 lose a conf. tourney game and find themselves a low three in some wacky site 3,000 miles away?

 
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(lawgator1 @ Mar 9 said:
Figured I would start a general thread as we head towards the Selection Special. Of note, GW just lost. Yhey are in for sure but now one less at large bid available because A-10 tourney winner will stea lone. Also, the 'cuse just beat Uconna and that should get them in for sure. So now I believe teams like Kentucky and FSU need to get a little nervous. A first round exit in their tournaments could land them in the NIT.
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excellent points LG....and should an upset or two occur in the SEC and ACC....look out....
 
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If they don't pick it up quickly, Kentucky and Michigan will have put themselves in serious jeopardy of missing the tournment.
 
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(hatvol96 @ Mar 9 said:
If they don't pick it up quickly, Kentucky and Michigan will have put themselves in serious jeopardy of missing the tournment.
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I think KY will be in. The selection committee loves them.
 
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(orange+white=heaven @ Mar 9 said:
UConn losing reminded me of a comment that an NCAA selection committee member made last year. He said that conference tourney action had very little impact on their decision making with top seeds. Does this sound right to y'all?
Can a solid 2 lose a conf. tourney game and find themselves a low three in some wacky site 3,000 miles away?
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I think that can happen.

Problem for both the Bubble Teams and everyone not a #1 seed is simply this: you are not in total control of your destiny. A lot depends not just on what you do but what happens elsewhere. Kentucky and FSU can only win their games. They have zero say in how many at-large slots are available come Sunday. Teams like UT can only win their games. They have no say in what happens to other teams that are right now on the same seeding line as them.
 
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Say goodnight FSU. Interesting, you can't say goodnight without NIT.
 
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Sayanora, Michigan. As an aside, are any of the Coach K proteges better than mediocre coaches?
 
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I start a thread about 'Cuse taking out UConn and it gets moved to the other sports forum... the GATOR starts a "general NCAA thread" and it sits on the VOL Board? WTF?!?!?!?
 
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(rwemyss @ Mar 9 said:
I start a thread about 'Cuse taking out UConn and it gets moved to the other sports forum... the GATOR starts a "general NCAA thread" and it sits on the VOL Board? WTF?!?!?!?
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Because Tennessee falls under "all things Bball related" and it doesn't under Syracuse and UCONN. :dunno:
 
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(Orangewhiteblood @ Mar 9 said:
Because Tennessee falls under "all things Bball related" and it doesn't under Syracuse and UCONN. :dunno:
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I'm just trying to get a jab at ya OWB. That said... where in this thread has anyone talked about anything remotely Tennessee related? I see GW, SU, FSU, Michigan, Colorado... OH! Kentucky... that's about as close as it has come. :p
 
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I just talked about Tennessee in the post before yours. :hi:
 
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(rwemyss @ Mar 9 said:
I start a thread about 'Cuse taking out UConn and it gets moved to the other sports forum... the GATOR starts a "general NCAA thread" and it sits on the VOL Board? WTF?!?!?!?
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Besides which I am special.
 
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The word down here in Florida is that FSU is probably out. The win over Duke was obviously a plus for them, and they did play them to overtime at Duke, but now that Maryland has stepped up and gone to the 1/4's in the ACC tourney, and now that the A-10 will have a mystery team in, and now that Syracuse has locked up a spot, there isn't much room left.

I did not see the FSU game, but from what I read they led most of the way and then, in the words of one of their own players, everyone stopped doing what the coach was telling them to do and ran their own stuff. Now that, to me, is a coaching problem. No discipline on that team. And I even felt that way watching them beat Duke. Tons of talent, no smarts.

The opposite of UT. Not that you don't have talent, you do. But FSU probably has more. But you have Pearl. If he can recruit now off this success, you guys could become an NCAA regular. Hope so. I'd like to see Florida and Tennessee give Kentucky a run for its money year in and year out. Would toughen this league up.
 
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