The Big LEAST - OVER-RATED

[Rivercard]

As has Cornell

Cornell is for real. That is a talented senior-heavy team. Kentucky will have their hands full.

 

[Rivercard]

You mean the 2nd quarter of the conference. Bottom half (i.e teams 9-16) really stunk.

And yes, overrated. When the conference gets the seeds it did, it is overrated.

Why should we care in College B-ball really, it all eventually gets fleshed out on the court as it should be. It's not like college football where having a phantom power conference really can make a difference.

 

[Dback Jon]

Syracuse goes down to Butler...

Over-rated!!!! Over-rated!!!

 

[Brian in Mesa]

Man I wish vbookie was working. Butler would have made me a boatload of A$FN !!!

Ding Dong the witch is dead.

Adios, Syracuse !!

 

[Dback Jon]

Why should we care in College B-ball really, it all eventually gets fleshed out on the court as it should be. It's not like college football where having a phantom power conference really can make a difference.

But obviously it does - gave the Big East more teams (and thus more money) than they deserved, and higher seeding than they deserved.

Travesty that a good team like UNI gets a 9 seed, while crap teams like Notre Lame get an undeserved 6 seed.

 

[Rivercard]

But obviously it does - gave the Big East more teams (and thus more money) than they deserved, and higher seeding than they deserved.

Travesty that a good team like UNI gets a 9 seed, while crap teams like Notre Lame get an undeserved 6 seed.

Travesty? UNI has as good a chance to win a championship as anyone else. You can't say that in college football.

 

[MigratingOsprey]

I think the impact isn't that great as long as they both get in if the team is good enough to make the final 4

sure it's nice to have a little run - as a fan of a midmajor team I'd love to see another victory in the tournament, even if it meant getting blasted in the 2nd round by a #1 seed ..... would I rather delay that blasting sure

however, if a team like UNI is good enough to beat the #1 seed than it doesn't really matter

on the random slight chance that the brackets hold (except for upsets by the 9 or 6) the path to the final 4 looks like this

for the 9 they play the #8, #1, #4 and #2

for the 6 they play the #11, #3, #2 and #1

with the way seedings are arranged with automatic placements, etc the road for all teams is usually pretty tough

 

[LVCARDFREAK]

Syracuse goes down to Butler...

Over-rated!!!! Over-rated!!!

To be fair, Syracuse was playing w/o one of their top players.

But let me ask you this. Is your complaint that the Big east had too many teams in the tourney or that they were seated too high? I might agree on some of the seeds (except WVU got shafted with a #2 seed in the East-should have been a #1) but this is the same conference that had 3 of the final 4 teams last year, had the best OOC record of all the major conferences this year,won 4 of the most well respected pre season tourneys, and had 4 teams in the top 10 for strength of schedule.

When WVU beats Kentucky and then wins it all will you still call the conference overrated?

 

[LVCARDFREAK]

Travesty that a good team like UNI gets a 9 seed, while crap teams like Notre Lame get an undeserved 6 seed.

This same 9 seed that was down 10 to UNLV (the thrid seed in the Mountain Wst) and needed a last second shot to win? That UNI team?

Dont get me wrong, great run they are on, but lets not go overboard and call them a 3 or 4 seed. Hell they lost to Eastern Kentucky earlier (or some scrub school like that)

 

[Dback Jon]

To be fair, Syracuse was playing w/o one of their top players.

But let me ask you this. Is your complaint that the Big east had too many teams in the tourney or that they were seated too high? I might agree on some of the seeds (except WVU got shafted with a #2 seed in the East-should have been a #1) but this is the same conference that had 3 of the final 4 teams last year, had the best OOC record of all the major conferences this year,won 4 of the most well respected pre season tourneys, and had 4 teams in the top 10 for strength of schedule.

When WVU beats Kentucky and then wins it all will you still call the conference overrated?

Both. Too many teams, and over seeded, especially Villanova, G'town and Notre Dame - did the pope do the seeding?

Who would you have put WVU at #1 over?

 

[LVCARDFREAK]

Both. Too many teams, and over seeded, especially Villanova, G'town and Notre Dame - did the pope do the seeding?

Who would you have put WVU at #1 over?

Duke. Stats (rpi, strength of schedule, etc) bear out that WVU should have been a #1 seed over Duke and if they were to be put in as a two seed it should have been in the south region.

BE in the Final Four! WVU beats a team of future NBA stars. F%^K Kentucky!!!

 

[Dback Jon]

Duke. Stats (rpi, strength of schedule, etc) bear out that WVU should have been a #1 seed over Duke and if they were to be put in as a two seed it should have been in the south region.

BE in the Final Four! WVU beats a team of future NBA stars. F%^K Kentucky!!!

Duke - more overrated than the BE...

Congrats on the final four - loved seeing Cheatin' Cali go down.

 

[Renz]

Congrats on the final four - loved seeing Cheatin' Cali go down.

Unfortunately, Huggins made it. That game was a lose-lose.

 

[LVCARDFREAK]

Unfortunately, Huggins made it. That game was a lose-lose.

Oh, you gotta love the Huggy Bear!