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Message: [QUOTE="freescooter, post: 4013441, member: 1023"] The other thing is when you look at the tournament, there are a bunch of upsets most years but they aren’t really upsets based on ability. They are based on perception. Just so you don’t throw it up, yes, there are in fact some real upsets, UMBC over Virginia types, but often they are equal or better teams beating teams that they would be expected to beat if it was based on a Comparison of talent. Loyola when it made its final four run was a really good basketball team. It was as good, or at least very close to the teams it beat. Had it been in the NEWBIE instead of DePaul it would have :a. Been a higher seed and b. Been favored against At least a couple of the 2nd tier majors they beat. Just to show how bogus it all is, a worse Loyola squad got a better seed last year based not on play but on its 2018 performance. Many of the supposed mid-major upsets are based on rep, not ability. That’s why I think leagues should be limited to 4-5 bids. There are other really good teams that get left out so mediocre “majors” can get extra slots they really don’t deserve. If you finish 8th in the Big 10 I really don’t care what a computer says. It doesn’t pass the smell test. So bottom line is I don’t much care what your league is. Good teams and very good teams exist at most levels And mediocre and bad ones do too. Classifying a team as a major or mid major or low major based on what league you are in is just crazy. You see the same thing in football, but in a different way. A 4 star kid who signs with UConn will be downgraded to 3 while a 3 star who signs at Michigan is suddenly 4 stars. An undefeated Central Florida is ranked 8 behind 5 “P5” teams most of whom have worse records. [/QUOTE]

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