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(03-10-2018 11:27 PM)Gilesfan Wrote:  

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(03-10-2018 11:17 PM)Monarchblue Wrote:  

(03-10-2018 10:35 PM)DaBigBlue Wrote:  To think a team that started the season 0-14, gets in over a 25-7 ODU.

Isn't the idea of the tournament to include the best teams now + conference Champs. Not sure why the way you played in November should matter much if you are good enough to earn a bid in March. That is actually something that really bothers me. Why does "body of work" mean more than who is good now.

Let's take a hypothetical that moves the bias in our favor. Say we stayed hot after our stint of beating everyone by 30 and kept that kind of dominance up all the way to the conference championship then lost to a top 25 MTSU. Our resume would have kept us out of the tournament based on games in November and December, but we would have proven we are a really good team going into the NCAAT. Would it have made sense to keep a dominant team out of the tournament because of a loss to W&M months ago? I say all this resume stuff I'd crap, pick the best teams, we don't need a legally defensible method of picking the best teams at the start of the tournament.

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You cant say a team is the best team based on a couple games tho. Marshall isnt the best team in CUSA; they just happened to play to well at the right time and got a dream draw with a hobbled UTSA, Southern Miss, ans WKY. You could run this tourney back tomorrow and MTSU would be a huge favorite to win it. Anything can happen in small samples; see USM beating MTSU.


Ask any statistician

I don't give a **** how good anybody was in November and December. Teams get better. Teams get worse. Give me the teams that prove it in February and ultimately March, because that is when the championship is decided.

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If you could control it, then that would be logical. Inmean USM just beat MtSU. They could play 100 times and USM would win 20. But since its March..........

Where did I say one game should eliminate a tournament worthy team from getting a bid? MTSU is good enough. Now if we are talking Hampton vs NCCU, then NCCU earned it.

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