SEC to Net NCAA Record $70M from March Madness Units

[7774]

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?

 

[cellocgg]

The rich get richer I guess

 

[HuskyHawk]

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.

 

[7774]

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.

 

[HuskyHawk]

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.

None of those low seeds have a chance to go deep. NCAA is awarding those spots and the $ associated to P2 teams to placate them.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[7774]

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.

None of those low seeds have a chance to go deep. NCAA is awarding those spots and the $ associated to P2 teams to placate them.

So “matchups” was why the game was close, got it haha. Definitely put Boise in, I hear every team they beat played great, so their wins are all legitimate bahahaha.

 

[MuchoDogYears]

They got 14 teams in because the teams were deserving. This is a lazy post.

Five SEC teams lost in the first round. Deserving to be there? No. Those teams who won their regular season conference and then lost in the championship of their conference tournament are more deserving.

But I’m just spitting in the wind. This is how it’s going to be from now on. They’ll expand the tournament to 76 teams so that every team from the SEC and Big Ten gets an invite.

And the thing is there won’t be a valid argument against it because those conference's WILL have the best teams in the country. The best players in the portal go to the SEC and the Big Ten where the money is. Which will generate more tournament money for those conferences which will allow them to cherry pick even more players. It’s a runaway train and there’s no way to stop it.

 

[champs99and04]

The only teams that might've made the tournament undeservingly were UNC and Xavier. This idea that the SEC was overrepresented despite sending 7 teams to the sweet 16 is perplexing to me. Oklahoma and Texas weren't great and may have been left out with a stronger bubble, but that's what usually happens to the teams that barely get into the NCAA Tournament. They lose.

 

[giddyup]

Five SEC teams lost in the first round. Deserving to be there? No. Those teams who won their regular season conference and then lost in the championship of their conference tournament are more deserving.

But I’m just spitting in the wind. This is how it’s going to be from now on. They’ll expand the tournament to 76 teams so that every team from the SEC and Big Ten gets an invite.

And the thing is there won’t be a valid argument against it because those conference's WILL have the best teams in the country. The best players in the portal go to the SEC and the Big Ten where the money is. Which will generate more tournament money for those conferences which will allow them to cherry pick even more players. It’s a runaway train and there’s no way to stop it.

They have bought their success and will continue to do so. They have mucked up another college sport. It’s simply amazing these money hungry conferences, networks, coaches and players have cast aside the health of the sport to line their ow. pockets. Really pathetic.

 

[superjohn]

Five SEC teams lost in the first round. Deserving to be there? No. Those teams who won their regular season conference and then lost in the championship of their conference tournament are more deserving.

But I’m just spitting in the wind. This is how it’s going to be from now on. They’ll expand the tournament to 76 teams so that every team from the SEC and Big Ten gets an invite.

And the thing is there won’t be a valid argument against it because those conference's WILL have the best teams in the country. The best players in the portal go to the SEC and the Big Ten where the money is. Which will generate more tournament money for those conferences which will allow them to cherry pick even more players. It’s a runaway train and there’s no way to stop it.

When the Big East had the most teams ever in the tournament in 2011 UConn won it all, now look and see how the rest of the teams did in the tournament. That Big East was an unbelievable conference that season. The SEC is an unbelievable conference this season. There's no grand conspiracy, the right teams got into this tournament.

I think Duke has the best team in the country this season. I think UConn has a chance to have the best team in the country again next season along with Houston and Duke. This idea the basketball schools are just going to vanish is crazy to me. Let me know when the Big 10 ever wins a basketball national championship.