03-16-2014, 08:40 PM
Admittedly the SEC was not consistently strong in basketball this year. But really, we got 2 teams in and a very strong Tennessee squad, likely stronger than many other 4th or 5th Conference selections, is having to play its way in against Iowa. Our other two solid entries we have are placed on the same side of the bracket and should they win out they would have to face each other for the 4th time this season in the semi finals. The nations top seed was placed in a bracket with a Kansas school that could easily have been a #1 seed, but was low rated to the 4th #2 position to get placed in a bracket with Florida. Arizona on the other hand was given a weak bracket to insure that the national audience would still be with us well into the sweet sixteen. And Virginia has but one real power to face on the way to the Elite 8 and that is Michigan State.
The SEC was screwed by the selection committee yet again. I guarantee you that we had 1 if not two other teams that should have made the field of 68 and there is no way that Tennessee should be playing their way in.
The way the tournament is handled it amounts to nothing more than welfare for a bunch of minor conferences and as a balancing tool for P5 conferences that don't earn enough bowl revenue. The SEC in the last 20 years has won more national championships in basketball than the Big 10 and has as many as the ACC. But because we love football first I don't think our fans protest enough. You do realize that we out drew the ACC in basketball attendance don't you? I think it's time Slive made some noise about the abuses.
Florida should not have to face a stacked deck as the nations top seed though most are on the other side of their bracket.
Kentucky and Florida should not be bracketed to face one another prior to the final game, especially since the SEC only has two main entrants and Tennessee if they play their way in still has to potentially play Kentucky in the Elite 8 and then they too would have to play Florida in the first round of the final four. So in essence the SEC has three teams in that if they all win will eliminate each other before the finals. With four brackets there is no damned excuse for this. Thoughts? I say let's get out of the NCAA and help to organize a P5 tournament that recognizes the New Big East, A10, MAC, Sunbelt, CUSA, and Moutain West conferences and distance ourselves from the rest.
The SEC was screwed by the selection committee yet again. I guarantee you that we had 1 if not two other teams that should have made the field of 68 and there is no way that Tennessee should be playing their way in.
The way the tournament is handled it amounts to nothing more than welfare for a bunch of minor conferences and as a balancing tool for P5 conferences that don't earn enough bowl revenue. The SEC in the last 20 years has won more national championships in basketball than the Big 10 and has as many as the ACC. But because we love football first I don't think our fans protest enough. You do realize that we out drew the ACC in basketball attendance don't you? I think it's time Slive made some noise about the abuses.
Florida should not have to face a stacked deck as the nations top seed though most are on the other side of their bracket.
Kentucky and Florida should not be bracketed to face one another prior to the final game, especially since the SEC only has two main entrants and Tennessee if they play their way in still has to potentially play Kentucky in the Elite 8 and then they too would have to play Florida in the first round of the final four. So in essence the SEC has three teams in that if they all win will eliminate each other before the finals. With four brackets there is no damned excuse for this. Thoughts? I say let's get out of the NCAA and help to organize a P5 tournament that recognizes the New Big East, A10, MAC, Sunbelt, CUSA, and Moutain West conferences and distance ourselves from the rest.
