ZonaPunk Posted March 17 Report Share Posted March 17 11 hours ago, mrelegazna said: CBS: How did UNC get into the field? Committee Talking Head: Well, because Memphis beat UAB. If they hadn't, UAB and Memphis would both be in and UNC would be the first team out. CBS (Jay Wright): Great answer. LOL, what an absolute cop-out of a non-answer, which of course gets him a pat on the back from his TV bedfellows. So gross. Just go ahead and declare the 20 or 30 teams that the richest conferences, schools, and TV execs want and call the winner of that tournament the national champion. The "Committee Talking Head" was none other than North Carolina's Athletic Director. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted March 17 Report Share Posted March 17 1 hour ago, ZonaPunk said: The "Committee Talking Head" was none other than North Carolina's Athletic Director. Criminal that he's allowed to be the chairman considering his AD contract specifically pays out for NCAA tourney appearances. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZIPS96 Posted March 17 Report Share Posted March 17 5 minutes ago, Let'sGoZips94 said: 1 hour ago, ZonaPunk said: The "Committee Talking Head" was none other than North Carolina's Athletic Director. Criminal that he's allowed to be the chairman considering his AD contract specifically pays out for NCAA tourney appearances. He received a bonus of over $100k for them making the tournament! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted March 17 Author Report Share Posted March 17 PCCC gets St. Bonaventure in the NIT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWAkron Posted March 17 Report Share Posted March 17 17 minutes ago, Let'sGoZips94 said: Criminal that he's allowed to be the chairman considering his AD contract specifically pays out for NCAA tourney appearances. blatant corruption. hate to see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted March 17 Report Share Posted March 17 Our old pal Wistrcill is on the selection committee. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UAZipster0305 Posted March 17 Report Share Posted March 17 (edited) 39 minutes ago, ZIPS96 said: He received a bonus of over $100k for them making the tournament! Huge conflict of interest but not surprising for the NCAA or the general direction of the country as a whole. Edited March 17 by UAZipster0305 3 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWAkron Posted March 17 Report Share Posted March 17 Boise State had good reason to think it had done enough to earn an NCAA tournament bid entering Selection Sunday. The Broncos scheduled aggressively in non-league play, toppling Clemson and Saint Mary’s. They won 14 games in the Mountain West regular season and advanced to the title game of the Mountain West tournament, ousting two of the conference’s best teams along the way. Why then did the committee leave Boise State out? It certainly didn’t help that the Broncos are one of the only bubble teams with a blemish in Quadrant 4, a 63-61 loss to 19-loss Boston College in the title game of the Cayman Islands Classic back in November. “Because, on the third day of a tournament, Boston College hits a step-back 3 to beat us, does that mean we're not tournament-worthy?” Boise State coach Leon Rice asked incredulously on Saturday night when speaking to reporters about his team’s NCAA tournament case. Apparently so. When the margin between bubble teams is so thin, every game matters. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westie Posted March 17 Report Share Posted March 17 John Groce will be on ESPN 850 at 11 a.m. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippy87 Posted March 17 Report Share Posted March 17 Has anyone been able to find the video they showed yesterday online? It was really good and I'd love to watch it again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted March 17 Report Share Posted March 17 As a brief Zips Hoops history lesson - The 1986 Zips led by Bob Huggins played Michigan in Round #1 of the NCAA Tourney. Zips were a 20 point underdog, and Dick Vitale predicted we'd lose by 40. Michigan was led by future NBA'ers Glen Rice, Roy Tarpley and Gary Grant. The Zips countered the 6' 11" Tarpley with Russell Holmes, a 6' 3" football player brought on to to basketball team because Huggins was hamstrung on players. In fact, three football players were needed to fill out the 1986 Zips roster! The Zips lead at halftime 32-30. I enjoyed some ice cold Hudepohl Gold as I watched from Annadale Avenue on a 19" tube TV. The Zips lost 70-64, but played a great, highly competitive game. The 2025 Zips team is in much better shape to compete with Arizona. Our interior shortcomings can be overcome by great coaching and player effort...just like in 1986. Shock the World! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDZip Posted March 17 Report Share Posted March 17 For those of you for whom Seattle might be a stretch, after the Zips win their first two games, they'll be in Newark, New Jersey. 😉 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDZip Posted March 17 Report Share Posted March 17 4 hours ago, ZonaPunk said: The "Committee Talking Head" was none other than North Carolina's Athletic Director. Yes but he wasn't "in the room" when North Carolina was selected because there's no way there could be any back room dealings or any deals made without him there. Pisses me off that Boise State beat St. Mary's Clemson and San Diego State, and were left out while North Carolina with exactly one quad 1 win was included. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1981 grad Posted March 17 Report Share Posted March 17 1 hour ago, Westie said: John Groce will be on ESPN 850 at 11 a.m. I just listened to the interview and it was a great. Interesting to hear that Groce's plan was to call a timeout but when he saw the runout he looked at the clock and saw Nate had time to score and kept the timeout in his pocket. The 3 guys that he has since frosh, Nate, Lyles, and TJ all made great plays to win that game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kreed5120 Posted March 17 Report Share Posted March 17 3 hours ago, Let'sGoZips94 said: Criminal that he's allowed to be the chairman considering his AD contract specifically pays out for NCAA tourney appearances. It's mostly all AD and conference officials on the selection committee. It's always been that way. Not that I agree with the system, but it's just a bigger story this season as the chairman's team was a controversial bubble selection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted March 17 Report Share Posted March 17 25 minutes ago, 1981 grad said: I just listened to the interview and it was a great. Interesting to hear that Groce's plan was to call a timeout but when he saw the runout he looked at the clock and saw Nate had time to score and kept the timeout in his pocket. The 3 guys that he has since frosh, Nate, Lyles, and TJ all made great plays to win that game. These are the types of things that make him an elite coach. Most coaches would've panicked and called the TO. Imagine if he calls a timeout there once Lyles gets the rebound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted March 17 Report Share Posted March 17 Again, this game will come down to our shot making. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Let'sGoZips94 Posted March 17 Report Share Posted March 17 1 minute ago, Zippy87 said: Boise State needs to get in on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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AkronAlumnus Posted March 17 Report Share Posted March 17 (edited) Not sure if it’s been mentioned yet, but another head-scratcher is the committee’s decision to place Michigan as a 5 seed. Not only did they win the B1G Tournament, but they did so by beating Purdue, Maryland, and Wisconsin — all of which received higher seeding. Just doesn’t quite add up! AND people want to expand the CFB playoff.. SMH. Edited March 17 by AkronAlumnus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZipCat Posted March 17 Report Share Posted March 17 4 hours ago, Let'sGoZips94 said: Criminal that he's allowed to be the chairman considering his AD contract specifically pays out for NCAA tourney appearances. We live in an ear of supreme fraud. It's basically the 1890s again. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UAZipster0305 Posted March 17 Report Share Posted March 17 12 minutes ago, AkronAlumnus said: Not sure if it’s been mentioned yet, but another head-scratcher is the committee’s decision to place Michigan as a 5 seed. Not only did they win the B1G Tournament, but they did so by beating Purdue, Maryland, and Wisconsin — all of which received higher seeding. Just doesn’t quite add up! AND people want to expand the CFB playoff.. SMH. I'd love to expand the CFB playoff to include all FBS/D-1A conference champions. As it is, the non-major conferences start the season with no access to earning a national championship. That's not competition, it's bullying from the P5. The other conferences should negotiate an expansion that guarantees their conference champions a place or form their own lower division but that is above I-AA. I have no doubt there are enough schools to make a compelling division that is way more fair and not dominated by the same 10 teams every year. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1981 grad Posted March 17 Report Share Posted March 17 27 minutes ago, Let'sGoZips94 said: Boise State needs to get in on this. Do you think there might be other problems in the State that need attention other than their basketball team not making the tourney? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted March 17 Report Share Posted March 17 8 minutes ago, 1981 grad said: Do you think there might be other problems in the State that need attention other than their basketball team not making the tourney? So because there are other problems, we should let this problem go unaddressed? The consolidation of wealth & power in the NCAA is BS. We're talking about jerking around with people's lives. Tomorrow is not guaranteed. Imagine being 18-24 years old, you played your asses off all season, had a lot of success, and you miss out on participating in one of the greatest sporting events in the world because some arrogant suits want to make sure their chairman gets his $100k bonus check. I'd imagine the Morgantown & Boise businesses would appreciate some fight on this, since they are set to lose out big time on people being out and about for watch parties and what not. Elitist corruption has run rampant in this country for far too long, and the NCAA is a huge culprit. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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