4 teams from the AAC
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It would be 5 from the AAC if SMU had not been banned. Houston had a very outside shot at getting in which they blew by inexplicably losing to Tulane.
The Committee considered that Boeheim was suspended 9 games during which Cuse went 4-5. The Committee considered Boeheim probably was worth another couple wins. They are permitted to do this and they did do this.
I personally think the team with the biggest gripe should be Michigan State. There is no way that Oregon and Virginia should have #1 seeds over MSU, which beat Kansas on a neutral court and won the Big 10 and lead the nation in FG defense, rebounding margin and 3 point shooting. But, they will now play with that on their shoulder. That's a team I wouldn't want to play either.
It turns out that UConn is responsible for both Tulsa and Syracuse being in the NCAA Tournament. UConn beating Memphis prevented Memphis from stealing Tulsa's spot, but UConn blocked the steal. Also, the neutral site win over UConn is what put Syracuse in, said the committee:
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-bas...cane-last-team-field-thanks-uconn-huskies-win
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-bas...cane-last-team-field-thanks-uconn-huskies-win
Kevin Duffy @KevinRDuffy
UConn would do anything to swap spots with Temple right now.
They get to play in Brooklyn on Friday by being a lower seed....
Tim Fontenault @Tim_Fontenault 14h14 hours ago
We should have lost yesterday.
UConn would do anything to swap spots with Temple right now.
They get to play in Brooklyn on Friday by being a lower seed....
Tim Fontenault @Tim_Fontenault 14h14 hours ago
We should have lost yesterday.
....... SEC - 3
Tim Fontenault @Tim_Fontenault 8h8 hours ago
Just noticing this: seven AAC squads are in the KenPom top 90. SMU 19, UConn 25, Cincy 31, Houston 57, Tulsa 58, Memphis 71, Temple 86.
Tim Fontenault @Tim_Fontenault 8h8 hours ago
Just noticing this: seven AAC squads are in the KenPom top 90. SMU 19, UConn 25, Cincy 31, Houston 57, Tulsa 58, Memphis 71, Temple 86.
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I have heard several times that the "committee" is permitted to look at extenuating circumstances when determining a teams seeding or even making the tournament (see Boeheim suspension). Funny how they did not look at UCONN's 3 losses when Brimah was out with an injury. They lost to Temple by 2 points, Cincinnati by 1 and Tulsa by 9 (whom we beat with Brimah in the lineup). Doesn't that mean the committee should look at our record as 27-7 instead of 24-10? If they did they might bump us up to an 8 seed, right? I hate Calipari but he was right in what he said yesterday. These biased idiots are a joke, always favoring ACC teams over all others. We can thank ESPN and Duke Vitale for that.