NCAA Fun Fanboy Thread

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

Stanford is being embarrassed by Louisville. The selection committee will take grief over their inclusion.

The other two morning games are good battles. Davidson/MD and BC/TX Tech

Yet Stanford over Louisville was one of the more popular upset picks by the so-called experts.

[Texas Aggie]

The selection committee will take grief over their inclusion.

This is nonsense. If Stanford were doing that to Louisville, would you say that Louisville didn't belong?

I'm hardly a Stanford fan (in fact, quite the opposite), but they had no bad losses and some decent wins. I don't know if they were better than those left out, but they were not exactly a surprise tournament pick, in my view. The committee will take some justified heat, but this isn't one place.

[Nevadaref]

I disagree. Stanford finished in 6th place in the Pac-10 at 10-8 in league and lost their opening round game in the conference tourney. They only had 18 wins on the year and lost 4 of their final 5 games PRIOR to the NCAA game (which makes it 5 of 6).
Also you say no bad losses???
How about 45-75 to Air Force, which did not make the tournament and 46-62 to Santa Clara, another non-tournament team. These weren't close losses.

[rockyroad]

Originally Posted by Texas Aggie

This is nonsense. If Stanford were doing that to Louisville, would you say that Louisville didn't belong?

I'm hardly a Stanford fan (in fact, quite the opposite), but they had no bad losses and some decent wins. I don't know if they were better than those left out, but they were not exactly a surprise tournament pick, in my view. The committee will take some justified heat, but this isn't one place.

I agree...put Stanford up against a different team in the field and this probably doesn't happen...Louisville is strong at guard where Stanford is not - they rely on the big guys...L'ville pressured the guards and kept them from getting the ball inside - it's more of a kudos to Pitino and his team than a slam on Stanford.

[Nevadaref]

Jim Burr is working the Wash St. / ORU game.

[Nevadaref]

The officials are wearing the blue circular NCAA patch again this year.

[cmathews]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

The officials are wearing the blue circular NCAA patch again this year.

I certainly wish I was required to wear one of those this year LOL

[Nevadaref]

UPenn making a HUGE comeback against TX A&M!!!

[socalreff]

Originally Posted by cmathews

I certainly wish I was required to wear one of those this year LOL

I got to wear one this year. It was pretty cool. Everything was so much more official.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

Jim Burr is working the Wash St. / ORU game.

He's also an alternate. Whore

[stmaryrams]

Gotta love VCU giving Duke everything they can handle. Best game so far of the evening set

Gotta feel bad for the Michigan State player with the elbow dislocation. Nasty looking.

[rainmaker]

Originally Posted by stmaryrams

Gotta love VCU giving Duke everything they can handle. Best game so far of the evening set

Especially since Duke lost at the end. That makes any game worth watching!

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by Texas Aggie

This is nonsense. If Stanford were doing that to Louisville, would you say that Louisville didn't belong?

I'm hardly a Stanford fan (in fact, quite the opposite), but they had no bad losses and some decent wins. I don't know if they were better than those left out, but they were not exactly a surprise tournament pick, in my view. The committee will take some justified heat, but this isn't one place.

They had too many losses and not enough wins. Put Stanford against the 6 clubs many thought got snubbed and they probably would be 1-5 or 2-4. Nevada said they were 10-8 in conference. How many of those 10 were against the bottom 5 in the league?

[WhistlesAndStripes]

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

Nevada said they were 10-8 in conference. How many of those 10 were against the bottom 5 in the league?

5.

[WhistlesAndStripes]

And to elaborate on those 5 wins, those were actually wins against the bottom 4, since Stanford was in fact the #6 team in the league. Which means they also had 5 wins against the top 5 teams in their league.

EDIT: Compare that to Syracuse, who many people felt should have been in with their 23-9 record including 10-6 in the Big East. Of their 10 conference wins, only 2 of those came against the top 5 teams in the league. The other 8 were against the bottom 9 teams in the league, and they also LOST to 3 of those bottom 9 teams.