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I like that article!
And, about the oh so-powerful ACC, yes, seems like every year it gets an obligatory 7 teams in....about time that league wins its second NC. (No sense reliving the ACC's only NC, now is it? :( )
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To the person, who left me the "paranoid" comment on my reputation: If you can give me anything resembling a logical reason as to how North Carolina and Tennessee ended up in the same bracket, I'll admit to being paranoid. :-)
Plus , i wasn't saying/not saying that the committee was doing things like this. I'm just saying that it "coincidentally" fits with the complaints that a lot of people have already brought up since yesterday. Take what you want from it, I was just writing things that I thought were a little peculiar/interesting.
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Originally Posted by bjude64
To the person, who left me the "paranoid" comment on my reputation: If you can give me anything resembling a logical reason as to how North Carolina and Tennessee ended up in the same bracket, I'll admit to being paranoid. :-)
Plus , i wasn't saying/not saying that the committee was doing things like this. I'm just saying that it "coincidentally" fits with the complaints that a lot of people have already brought up since yesterday. Take what you want from it, I was just writing things that I thought were a little peculiar/interesting.
It's only paranoia until your fears are proven true. Based on the shadiness in the brackets, I really don't think it's paranoia.
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Just because you think they're out to get you doesn't mean they're not :)
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Good article. I rarely agree with Mechelle, but I did this time.
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Has our insititution EVER been on a selection committee -- guys or gals?
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As long as the wbb selection committee is a FRONT for NOW - you will have these problems -
This is sport is one of the biggest farces there is in college athletics - it reeks with sexism and is about as straightlaced as the BCS -
But atleast the BCS does place some of the opposite gender in the decision making panel -
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Originally Posted by bjude64
To the person, who left me the "paranoid" comment on my reputation: If you can give me anything resembling a logical reason as to how North Carolina and Tennessee ended up in the same bracket, I'll admit to being paranoid. :-)
Plus , i wasn't saying/not saying that the committee was doing things like this. I'm just saying that it "coincidentally" fits with the complaints that a lot of people have already brought up since yesterday. Take what you want from it, I was just writing things that I thought were a little peculiar/interesting.
Speaking as myself, and not an admin, it was probably one of our resident tiger fans that left you the comment. Probably a Big tiger fan. Yep, a Big Bengal tiger fan.
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Originally Posted by Dawgpix
Has our insititution EVER been on a selection committee -- guys or gals?
Although she's not on the selection committee, NCAA vice president for Div. 1 women's basketball, Sue Donohoe, is a LA Tech graduate and was a graduate assistant under Coach Barmore in the early 80's.
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There is lots of paranoid ideation around. If anything, I think the real threat is more about bcs conferences than anything else. Also, that DANG made up imaginary label of "mid major" that is not even a real term, but that so many of us are so quick to accept has a lot to do with it, as well.
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Although she's not on the selection committee, NCAA vice president for Div. 1 women's basketball, Sue Donohoe, is a LA Tech graduate and was a graduate assistant under Coach Barmore in the early 80's.
Well, maybe Sue can settle all this and appoint members on that committee next year to include: Old Dominion, La. Tech, Tennessee, Texas, Connecticut, LSU, Baylor, Penn State, Auburn, Duke and Stanford. The universities who have "been there."
FOR PURE ENTERTAINMENT VALUE I WOULD PAY BIG BUCKS TO WATCH THE DYNAMICS OF THIS GROUP WORKING TO SELECT A 64-TEAM TOURNEY. Now that is how you steal any kind of thunder from the guys' tourney.
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Originally Posted by Dawgpix
Well, maybe Sue can settle all this and appoint members on that committee next year to include: Old Dominion, La. Tech, Tennessee, Texas, Connecticut, LSU, Baylor, Penn State, Auburn, Duke and Stanford. The universities who have "been there."
FOR PURE ENTERTAINMENT VALUE I WOULD PAY BIG BUCKS TO WATCH THE DYNAMICS OF THIS GROUP WORKING TO SELECT A 64-TEAM TOURNEY. Now that is how you steal any kind of thunder from the guys' tourney.
I think you are on track, but how about ONLY programs that have a National Championship being on the committee? Tech, ODU, TTech, Tennessee, Stanford, Purdue, Texas, etc....
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Well at least Lady Techster fans are aware that we're always going to get a lower seed than what we'd expect. I used to get so fired up and now I just nod, smile and try to figure out how I'm going to see the game. At least now that I'm in Houston I have a chance of seeing the game. Living in San Diego, I had to watch Stanford and Cal and UCSB.
At the end of the day though you just have to win.
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Well at least Lady Techster fans are aware that we're always going to get a lower seed than what we'd expect. I used to get so fired up and now I just nod, smile and try to figure out how I'm going to see the game. At least now that I'm in Houston I have a chance of seeing the game. Living in San Diego, I had to watch Stanford and Cal and UCSB.
At the end of the day though you just have to win.
Good post. I wasn't surprised really when we got the #11 seed. A few years ago I would have flipped my lid. Now I just try to look at it as we got a good draw. The only thing I'm worried about is when they start deciding we shouldn't go at all. These days, I can take getting a lower seed when we should be higher (to some degree). I won't be able to take not dancing when everyone knows we should be....and based on Western Kentucky this year, they have no qualms about shafting non-big conference teams with high RPIs.
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Originally Posted by champion110
I think you are on track, but how about ONLY programs that have a National Championship being on the committee? Tech, ODU, TTech, Tennessee, Stanford, Purdue, Texas, etc....
I threw the others in for "character":laugh: :laugh: :laugh: . Okay, take out LSU.
