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I saw Fan Duel has like co-sponsored an TV advertisement for the Men’s Tourney (With NCAA)
sure wish we had that money to give to our football program
True….
They got 14 teams in because the teams were deserving. This is a lazy post.
Nah, the bottom 3 teams weren't deserving. Put OU or UGA in the Big East and they're worse than Xavier. Boise St. got screwed.
Xavier played a home game against a team that finished below UGA and tied with OU in the SEC, and the game was a toss up, but sure.
And UConn lost to Seton Hall. Let's see how those teams fair with Big East refs and style of play.
As it should - football drives the bus. Unfortunate that UCONN never realized this. Well, Lew Perkins did.
No idea why you continue to bring up the Seton Hall loss as if it makes some sort of point. Seton Hall played way above their standard level, and had a bunch of random luck, and caught us playing badly, so they won. Xavier-Texas wasn't close because Xavier played bad and Texas played amazing.
SEC to Net NCAA Record $70 Million From March Madness Units
The NCAA tournament's unit system will pay the SEC roughly $70 million for March Madness success. The Big Ten was next, followed by the Big 12.
Because a single game outcome is irrelevant. A bunch of those lower level SEC "big wins" were exactly like Seton Hall's win over UConn. They other team played like crap and they played their best game. They were way overrated.
So in your mind Xavier is much better than Texas and Xavier just played bad and that's why that game was close, is that correct?
More deserving of an invite to the tournament. Better resume.
I don't care who was more deserving of a bid in your mind because they both made it. I'm looking for why the 4th place team in the BE seemed pretty much at the same level as the 13th place team in the SEC if the bottom of the SEC sucks as bad as you say. Xavier played at home, against a team you say sucks, shot almost 50% from 3, had 17 assists and only 7 turnovers, and the game was still close. Seems pretty weird.
Texas should have been out. OU out. UGA out. Anybody who goes 6-12 in conference doesn’t deserve to make the tournament. Boise should have been in. WVU too. The SEC was good at the top and that inflated the metrics for teams towards the bottom. As for that game, matchups matter and anything can happen. Was New Mexico State better than UConn in 2012? No.
