Un-official Vent thread

[K-Roo]

[GoZips88]

PRETTY much how I feel Saturday and Sunday nights went. Thank you very much.

[K-Roo]

[GoZips88]

If that was the Rubber Bowl, it would be good start ... too bad it was the JAR.

[zvillezip]

Contact this person to rant about the NIT snub.Media Coordination Christine Fallon cfallon@ncaa.org (845) 548-2707

[timmyboy]

Maybe if enough Zips fans contact the people and make our voices heard as one, we will have a better chance at getting some respect when it comes tourney time next year...cuz they will know how passionate we are bout our zips athletics. just a thought

[zippyrifle32]

[RowdyZip]

From another thread...thought i'd put it up here too...About the NCAA being only about MONEY.You know, this is a really good point. I got into an argument at work with a fella today over this.His comment: you cant expect the North Carolinas and Ohio States of the world to come play AT akron.Me: Why not?Him: because they dont play in small arenas, there are two different levels of college basketball, even if it is all div 1-a.Me: Could it be because they're afraid they could lose?Him: You think Akron could stay with North Carolina at the JAR?Me: I think Akron could stay with ANYONE at the JAR, and that's why they wont come here.And so on and so forth. I saw so many teams get into the field of 65 because of having 5-9 or 7-8 records against the rpi top 50. Do you think if the zips got a dozen games against the top 50, split between home and road that we couldnt win at least 5 of those? Give me a break, just because every time WE play a top 50 team it HAS to be on the road, makes it that much harder to get those "quality" wins. So if you schedule tough, at the end of the season they look at you and say, well they went 1-8 against the top 50. Oh, but Purdue went 6-8. Would they notice that all 9 of the 1-8 were on the road? Nah.It comes down to this: Schedule tough and be forced to play the majority of your games on the road. You'll have a moderate RPI, especially if you could win a couple. Selection committee will knock you out, however, because you have too many losses.The zips won 26(7) games this year. Their schedule was easy, with the exception of a few mac games and nevada/oru. We won the vast majority. Lost all games by a combined total of 22 points. Result: you didnt schedule TOUGH enough. The major conference bias is the most disgusting thing in the world. Moreso than the MLBPA and their oppostion to a salary cap.Can you tell me that the decline in mid-major at-large bids isnt directly related to the instances of teams like george mason last year. Major conferences are deathly afraid of the year that a "mid-major" wins the NCAA tournament. George Mason came closer than ever this year. The result the following year? The lowest amount of "mid-major" at-large selections in the last decade. 6. And two of those were locks because of their status in the top 25 before losing somewhere in their conference tournaments (SIU and Butler). Disgusting.Another fun point? Old Dominion and Butler (2 of the 6 "mid-major" at-larges) face eachother in the first round.Ok. rant over. hope you enjoyed.