Recent content by Phil

Let's not go overboard. I'm sure there are plenty of fans who hate UConn. But I don't think that extreme emotion a significant role in the selection decisions. I'm not pretending it's zero but I don't think it's as dramatic as some feel and more importantly I don't think there's any reasonable...

This is a good point, although I'm not quite sure what to do with it. Before the idiotic conference realignment, there was a regular season, the second half of which in conference games, and the NCAA tournament was a way to find out the best overall teams among all the conferences. It would be...

I've seen people describe Tennessee as in a downward spiral. I understand why they would say that but I think the situation is a little more complicated. I would use a roller coaster metaphor and that may even apply within games. As Eric noted, the first half of the UConn game and the second...

I'm aware that many people here are particularly concerned about Texas but I am. One pair of games is the very definition of anecdotal, but last night in a trivia coincidence, UConn and Texas both took on schools whose name can be traced to King George II. I'll start with an assertion I doubt...

I think Tennessee deserves a 5 seed. I don't think they will get it, but that's what they deserve.

"Does it matter or does it not matter" is an example of binary thinking. Many questions qualify but some have probabilistic answers, which isn't aalways always comfortable for some people. Southie ("it does matter more often than not.") and Gamecockfan77 ("you’d rather play the least number of...

OK, on the cusp of the cusp

Penn State upsets USC

Vanderbilt not there yet but on the cusp, maybe

I remember her well at Georgia. The ESPN article states "no cause of death was given". The Wikipedia article mentions a car accident with a citation to an article

That wouldn't surprise me but I was asking who would be favored between Tennessee and Fairfield. My guess is Tennessee would be favored by about 15.

Early in the season, one of the Vol nation posters declared that Jaida Civil was the best freshman. They didn't mean on the Tennessee team, they didn't even mean in the SEC, they declared she was the best freshman the country, so I trust you understand that I don't take VolNation proclamations...

They already have fewer votes than Fairfield and you think they should have fewer. That either means you think that Fairfield would be favored in a game against Tennessee or you think there's something horribly wrong with the Fairfield voting.

I've noticed many examples of movements by the AP that don't make a lot of sense. The decision to rank Tennessee below Princeton is near the top of the list.