BG loses

[akronzips71]

So much for my picks!

Great feed, great finish, strangely they don't have the score on screen.

[RowdyZip]

So much for my picks!

Great feed, great finish, strangely they don't have the score on screen.

MAC COTY eliminated at home vs. NIU. :lol:

[MDZip]

ORU just got eliminated in their tournament. 27-6 and headed to the NIT. Hope we avoid a similar fate.

[GJGood]

ORU just got eliminated in their tournament. 27-6 and headed to the NIT. Hope we avoid a similar fate.

At least they have the NIT, I fear if the regular season champ auto bid to the NIT rule was not in place the NIT wouldn't have taken them either. The NIT selection committee has absolutely no respect for leagues like the Summit, and only a very small amount for the MAC.

[MDZip]

And on the flip side, congrats to DistrictBaller and VCU who are heading back again this year after winning the CAA tournament. No sweating out Selection Sunday this year. That means Drexel is heading for the NIT as well. No matter what you think of the NIT, I think it's great that they reserve a slot for the regular season conference champs who don't make the NCAA's.

[zippyfan34]

And on the flip side, congrats to DistrictBaller and VCU who are heading back again this year after winning the CAA tournament. No sweating out Selection Sunday this year. That means Drexel is heading for the NIT as well. No matter what you think of the NIT, I think it's great that they reserve a slot for the regular season conference champs who don't make the NCAA's.

I think Drexel will get an at large. They have been hot at the end of the year winning 28 of their last 30 games including the VCU game.

[ZipGB8]

At least they have the NIT, I fear if the regular season champ auto bid to the NIT rule was not in place the NIT wouldn't have taken them either. The NIT selection committee has absolutely no respect for leagues like the Summit, and only a very small amount for the MAC.

They definitely do because the NCAA thinks there are certain conferences such as the Summit, are hastily assembled with the "left-overs" of teams that could not find ways or reasons to fit into other conferences. That's the way the Horizon league was when they were the mid-continent. But schools like Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Butler helped gained the respect for that conference. When conferences in the mid-major and low-major level attain more than just 1 20-win team, the NCAA opens their eyes for some reason. The Mountain West for example keeps getting respect because of Gonzaga, St. Mary's, San Diego, and Portland. If you don't consistently have 3 or 4 20-win programs, the at-large bids will float somewhere else. The Horizon league has the potential to earn a 2nd at-large bid in future tournaments if they can keep up the programs they've had in the past 4 seasons or so.

From like 1999-2004, the MAC was ranked in the middle of all the D-1 conferences, like 14/15 out of 31. In the past 3 or 4 seasons, they have been 17-19-ish out of 32. With 12 teams, if they could not have 4 or 5 of the teams consistently having 12-19 type records, they would rank higher. The "major" level on the conferences is usually determined by level of competition or talent. And the NCAA probably uses tournament history in the schools to help solidify some of their views. The CAA has George Mason in 2006 to thank for their added at-large bid of the past 4 years and the expansion of the teams to increase probably of it.

[Z.I.P.]

They definitely do because the NCAA thinks there are certain conferences such as the Summit, are hastily assembled with the "left-overs" of teams that could not find ways or reasons to fit into other conferences. That's the way the Horizon league was when they were the mid-continent. But schools like Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Butler helped gained the respect for that conference. When conferences in the mid-major and low-major level attain more than just 1 20-win team, the NCAA opens their eyes for some reason. The Mountain West for example keeps getting respect because of Gonzaga, St. Mary's, San Diego, and Portland. If you don't consistently have 3 or 4 20-win programs, the at-large bids will float somewhere else. The Horizon league has the potential to earn a 2nd at-large bid in future tournaments if they can keep up the programs they've had in the past 4 seasons or so.

From like 1999-2004, the MAC was ranked in the middle of all the D-1 conferences, like 14/15 out of 31. In the past 3 or 4 seasons, they have been 17-19-ish out of 32. With 12 teams, if they could not have 4 or 5 of the teams consistently having 12-19 type records, they would rank higher. The "major" level on the conferences is usually determined by level of competition or talent. And the NCAA probably uses tournament history in the schools to help solidify some of their views. The CAA has George Mason in 2006 to thank for their added at-large bid of the past 4 years and the expansion of the teams to increase probably of it.

Ummmm, I think you mean the West Coast Conference. Gonzaga and St Mary's are both 8-10 seeds. BYU has about a 50/50 chance of an at-large. San Francisco or Loyola Marymount will make the NIT, the other the CBI.

AND, Congratulations to Shaka Smart from Districtballer's team for getting back to the Big Dance. Now, you just gotta get back to the Final Four! (like Butler) I wouldn't put it past 'em.