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College of Charleston is in...

Unless you're CBS SPorts or ESPN..then Charleston Southern is in.

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Ibanez wrote:College of Charleston is in...

Unless you're CBS SPorts or ESPN..than Charleston Southern is in.

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Louisiana-Lafayette loses to UT-Arlington in the Sun Belt semi. :thumb:

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Montana gets the 14 seed and will play Michigan. :ohno:
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Vidav wrote:Montana gets the 14 seed and will play Michigan. :ohno:
THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE UM!!!! :rockon: :rockon: :rockon: :nutkick:
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Ridiculous that MTSU has an RPI of 32 and freaking Texas gets in over them.

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Pwns wrote:Ridiculous that MTSU has an RPI of 32 and freaking Texas gets in over them.
Yep, but at least the mid-majors don't get screwed as much as they used to (or as much as the women's mid-majors do).

I also thought it was ridiculous that Arizona State got in ahead of USC.
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At least Notre Dame is out, thanks to Davidson.
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Ivytalk wrote:At least Notre Dame is out, thanks to Davidson.
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Ivytalk wrote:At least Notre Dame is out, thanks to Davidson.
I'd rather have Notre Dame in there than a lot of the ones that just made it (UCLA, Oklahoma, Syracuse, Providence, or 'Bama).
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Mvemjsunpx wrote:
Pwns wrote:Ridiculous that MTSU has an RPI of 32 and freaking Texas gets in over them.
Yep, but at least the mid-majors don't get screwed as much as they used to (or as much as the women's mid-majors do).

I also thought it was ridiculous that Arizona State got in ahead of USC.

Why? USC beat ONE tournament team all season - #12 New Mexico State

Arizona State beat:

#1 @ Kansas
#1 Xavier
#9 @Kansas State
#11 UCLA
#11 San Diego State

and USC
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dbackjon wrote:
Mvemjsunpx wrote:
Yep, but at least the mid-majors don't get screwed as much as they used to (or as much as the women's mid-majors do).

I also thought it was ridiculous that Arizona State got in ahead of USC.

Why? USC beat ONE tournament team all season - #12 New Mexico State

Arizona State beat:

#1 @ Kansas
#1 Xavier
#9 @Kansas State
#11 UCLA
#11 San Diego State

and USC

USC finished 4 games higher than ASU in the Pac-12.
USC won 6 of their last 8 games.
ASU lost 5 of their last 6 games.
USC ranked 32 spots higher in the RPI—they were 34th. and somehow didn't get in. :?


I don't care one bit about either team, but ASU seems to be no more than a shell of what they were in the first part of the season. There are probably other teams that deserved to be in ahead of them, too (e.g., MTSU), but USC was the obvious case because they're in the same conference.
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Last 10 games is no longer a criteria.
RPI has been de-emphasized
Quadrant (dividing the NCAA into four sections) wins is emphasized. ASU had 3 Q1 wins, USC had zero.
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dbackjon wrote:Last 10 games is no longer a criteria.
I really don't understand this logic. It's illogical. Can someone explain their reasoning for this with a straight face?
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Personally, both should have gotten in.
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dbackjon wrote:Last 10 games is no longer a criteria.
RPI has been de-emphasized
Quadrant (dividing the NCAA into four sections) wins is emphasized. ASU had 3 Q1 wins, USC had zero.
Yeah, I know; the point is that the new criteria is stupid.

I understand why they wouldn't want the non-conference to be deemphasized, but they shouldn't ignore cases where a team is obviously weaker than they were in the non-conference season. If a team fades, it's usually because of injury or because they're getting schemed better after they've played several games—those things aren't likely to change in the NCAA Tournament.
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bandl wrote:
dbackjon wrote:Last 10 games is no longer a criteria.
I really don't understand this logic. It's illogical. Can someone explain their reasoning for this with a straight face?
I can probably do it with this face...but I can't guarantee it.

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Ibanez wrote:
bandl wrote: I really don't understand this logic. It's illogical. Can someone explain their reasoning for this with a straight face?
I can probably do it with this face...but I can't guarantee it.

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bandl wrote:
dbackjon wrote:Last 10 games is no longer a criteria.
I really don't understand this logic. It's illogical. Can someone explain their reasoning for this with a straight face?

Well, I don't have a straight face, but they are looking at the entire season, not just a sub-section of it.
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bandl wrote:
Ibanez wrote: I can probably do it with this face...but I can't guarantee it.

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Were you just masturb....nevermind

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bandl wrote:
Ibanez wrote: I can probably do it with this face...but I can't guarantee it.

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Were you just masturb....nevermind

Not surprised you chose to post a pic of a gay dude.
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So, we're looking at NCAAT, NIT, CIT, and CBI on the men's side, and NCAAT, WNIT, and WBI on the women's side? Does anyone have all the brackets yet?
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