Tournament Brackets

[Dakota]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by BigUmpJohn

I guess you must be a Duke fan. ... Rant on... How many games does Duke have to lose before they aren't a 1 seed? Why isn't Mississippi State a 1 seed? They won their conference championship and have 2 fewer losses. Oklahoma State won the Big 12 and have 2 fewer losses, but they're not a number one seed. Heck, even Gonzaga won their WCC championship and have 3 fewer losses than Duke. I agree with you that St. Joe's shouldn't be there because they got crushed by Xavier. However, if St. Joe's doesn't win their conference championship, and Duke doesn't win either, why are they number one seeds? Take Duke and St. Joe's out and put OK St. and Miss. St. into number 1. However, it can't be corrected now, so...

Rant off...

Whoa, there pardner... How many Dook fans do you know that call them Dookies? (Hint - NONE! It is a spelling used by Dook's regular - i.e. ACC - opponents to make the Dookies mad.) All I was saying is the real reason Pitt didn't get a higher seed was the committee had to make room for St Joe at the top. I agree Dook gets too much benefit of the doubt, but until some of those other teams you name have a multi-year record to back up the whining... You do have to give Dook their due.

Besides, all conferences are not created equal. Losing to MD in the ACC final shouldn't hurt as much as losing to Xavier in the first round of the Atlantic 10.

And, the ACC was judged to be a tough conference this year, so they didn't penalize Dook so much for their conference losses.

Was this judgment accurate? Well, at least in basketball they have to play the games, so we'll see.