Yahoo Tournament Challenge

[sportdawg]

Just shows how awful these "experts" are at seedinG

[Cal&Ken]

I don't know why I don't want Middle to win. It's not about the bracket (although it'd certainly hurt). Just for the last few years I've watched the team that SHOULD have been Tech gain accolades and success in the Dance.

I loved it! Every year the small conferences get no respect and the big conferences get all the spots in the tournament. I love it when they get knocked off!

[kfj]

I loved it! Every year the small conferences get no respect and the big conferences get all the spots in the tournament. I love it when they get knocked off!

Big West, Ivy League, C-USA, Missouri Valley, Altantic 10, Sun Belt (sorry to mention them), and the West Coast. All underdog winners.

[Built4Speed]

Just shows how awful these "experts" are at seedinG

Too true. The MT win makes it 11 upsets in the first round, based on seeding. ELEVEN. Three games in progress now and 8 yet to start. So out of 21 games that have gone final, more than half have been upsets. Unbelievable.

[Dwayne From Minden]

I care because it means $$$$$ to our bottom line -

REVENUE UNITS ARE HUGE TO CONFERENCE COFFERS

[Cool Hand Clyde]

I care because it means $$$$$ to our bottom line -

REVENUE UNITS ARE HUGE TO CONFERENCE COFFERS

Me too

[dawg80]

WTG MUTS!

This is already and will continue to be a crazy tourney. Look for more "upsets." Maybe no one seeded higher than a 5 will reach the FF. Wait! there probably won't be anymore 5s left after this weekend.

Of the chalks, I like Oregon (team defense), Kansas, and UNC. But I hope they, and every other "elite" team, gets beat! Was at the FF in Houston when Butler and VCU made it. Some of the talk around town that week was disappointment because two "mid-majors" made it. Well....they each won 4 games, over so-called "power" schools to get there. Hello!

I hope the entire FF are so-called "mid-majors."

[Blue Dawg]

Arizona, Michigan State, Baylor, Purdue, California, Oregon State, and Texas Tech are all mid-majors.

[Dawg06]

I care because it means $$$$$ to our bottom line -

REVENUE UNITS ARE HUGE TO CONFERENCE COFFERS

Yep. And exactly why we should be rooting for Yooler to lose.

[Akbil]

This article states conference receives about $1.67 million credit per win, spread over six years (or $260,500 per year).
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graph...ts/ncaa-money/

[TYLERTECHSAS]

Wow!!

Good for CUSA but I dislike the directional school.

• Middle Tennessee St upsets No. 2 seed Michigan State, 90-81

[RougeDawg]

If they win a few I would think that would be huge in getting a second look for the conference next year.

[Tech77]

I know folks who live in Tennessee and Middle is a very-well respected school there.

[HogDawg]

Do schools and conferences still earn "basketball units" for NCAA wins??

[SicemDawgz]

Thank God we didn't play SFA this year. They would have killed us.