(03-18-2017 10:20 PM)Bobcat87 Wrote:  

(03-18-2017 09:39 PM)UTArlingtonMaverick Wrote:  

(03-18-2017 08:23 PM)Hemi Man Wrote:  

(03-18-2017 07:24 PM)FoUTASportscaster Wrote:  

(03-18-2017 05:13 PM)Bobcat87 Wrote:  Actually, that's not true. IF you can say they "might" have won a game or two. Then you can also "suppose" that they "might" have wilted. And I never actually said they would have wilted, merely allowed for the possibility.

Bottom line: We'll never know.

WOULDA, COULDA, SHOULDA

You're arguing a subjective point with a subjective point. The point that UTA could win a game in the tournament has basis in fact, as UTA owns wins over St. Mary's, Texas, every team in conference, and played Arkansas tough on the road early as Hervey was gaining his playing legs. Overall, the Mavs went 3-3 against teams in the NCAA tournament this year.

Your basing your point that we lost to you twice, including a tournament setting. Saying we could fall on our face like last time has no more merit in fact than the other statement.

What is almost universally accepted, except maybe in San Marcos, is that UTA represented the best chance for a win in the NCAA tourney. Our RPI was higher, our resume better and record was the best of any team in the SBC. No question, our seeding would have been better, allowing the Mavs to play a more favorable opponent.

No one here is saying we would have won. But, we could have, and if you don't think so then there's nothing we can say to convince you otherwise.

UTA couldn't win a game in the tournament because they didn't do what was required to get into the tournament. Take your medicine walk a away and deal with it.



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I've completely walked away. I think all of us posting have. Watching on TV the first round NIT thrashing of Brigham Young and hosting a second round game is very satisfying to me.

My only point was that the conference might use this opportunity to reflect FOR THE FUTURE on how best to maximize the chance for an NCAA victory from the one conference rep we will be allowed to send.

I find this line of thought particularly amusing. I'm betting that IF UTA had TCB and gone to The Big Dance, then there would be no one from Arlington suggesting that The Conference "reflect FOR THE FUTURE on how best to maximize the chance for an NCAA victory from the one conference rep we will be allowed to send."

Yeah, it sucks being in a one bid conference, but it is what it is. It was still incumbent on UTA to handle its business, and "by the rules we all played by" they didn't.