Big Zip Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 Rarely if ever does the MAC get two teams into the NCAA tournament. This isn't like football where we can get four or five teams even though they have the same number of spots bowl wise as seats in the NCAA. There are only 34 at large teams in the NCAA B-Ball tournament. 30 spots are automatic. This is all the more reason to play a tough early schedule -- it doesn't hurt you come time for the tournament. You win some big time games early on and then win 20 games (not 25 or 26) they'd look closer at you. The big game will be the Bracket Buster -- I would be more inclined to go on the road to a higher ranked bracket buster team than stay home for a lower ranked one given the choice. A road win against a Butler, Gonzaga or other would look better than a home win against Hofstra or someone around our mid major ranking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-Roo Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 Rarely if ever does the MAC get two teams into the NCAA tournament. This isn't like football where we can get four or five teams even though they have the same number of spots bowl wise as seats in the NCAA. There are only 34 at large teams in the NCAA B-Ball tournament. 30 spots are automatic. Funny.. In football, there are 32 Bowl Games = 64 teams out of 119 participate 50% plusHoops? Only 65 out of 300 plus teams?? 21%Add in NIT and 97 out of 300 Still only 32% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 Rarely if ever does the MAC get two teams into the NCAA tournament. To be brutally honest...the MAC hasn't deserved 2 teams very often.K.e.n.t was a pretty weak champ last season. Toledo was our tourney runner up, and they didn't even get an NIT bid. The Zips and Miami were NIT material.It has been several years since the MAC has had a legit beef with not getting two teams to the Big Dance. This year the strongest teams are Toledo, OU, Akron and MAYBE K.e.n.t. All of the a.m. schools have lost their key early-season games...those needed to turn heads on the selection committee. Any of the above teams could probably afford to lose 1 or two more games MAX the remainder of the way out to have a beef with an NCAA snub. And of those one or two losses, one would not be the bracket buster game. Our league's strongest teams need to pull through on BracketBuster weekend to get some respect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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