from ESPN

Stephen A. Smith is "not interested in Cinderellas" playing in the national championship because he wants to see the two best teams, and that doesn't include Loyola-Chicago.


If you want to see the two best teams, then don't have a tournament, because a tournament by definition is not the best teams, but the hottest teams - the teams that are best at this particular moment. If you don't want to have Cinderellas, then don't have a tournament. Real simple. In a tournament you are only "the best team" if you win.

Incredible big school arrogance!

Well if the 3, 6, 7, and 9 seeds of the region had beaten Loyola, they wouldn't be in the Final Four.

They landed in a region where the 1, 4, and 8 seeds were upset in the first round. The 2 went out in the second round and the 5 went out in the third round.

Folks like Smith are fine with Loyal, UMBC, Buffalo etc being in as long as they know their place and lose.