St Marys

[Yo Tee]

I was wrong. Not the first or last time. I still think it’s bullshit. I’m more pissed at how Oklahoma is in. Two teams in their own conference deserve it more than them.

 

[ralphiewvu]

Who’d they draw in the NIT?

 

[bksballer89]

https://i.turner.ncaa.com/sites/default/files/external/gametool/brackets/basketball_men_nit_2018.pdf

 

[SteelersPride]

https://i.turner.ncaa.com/sites/default/files/external/gametool/brackets/basketball_men_nit_2018.pdf

louisville, utah, usc,oregon final four

louisville vs usc

louisville to win it

 

[Ron G]

St. Mary's deserved to be in at 28-5. Non conference tourney winners with 12-13 losses do not deserve to be in.
Their schedule may have been harder but they lost to those teams. That does not make them more deserving than St. Mary's. If it does, then St. Mary's and all those teams they beat should be dismissed from Division 1. They should be told before the season (or when their schedule is being negotiated) that regardless of how well they do they will not be allowed in the tournament. But it seems that (just as in football) if you schedule decent teams and those teams have a bad season (out of your control) your team is punished.

 

[SteelersPride]

St. Mary's deserved to be in at 28-5. Non conference tourney winners with 12-13 losses do not deserve to be in.
Their schedule may have been harder but they lost to those teams. That does not make them more deserving than St. Mary's. If it does, then St. Mary's and all those teams they beat should be dismissed from Division 1. They should be told before the season (or when their schedule is being negotiated) that regardless of how well they do they will not be allowed in the tournament. But it seems that (just as in football) if you schedule decent teams and those teams have a bad season (out of your control) your team is punished.

no they didnt, they played horrible teams to get that record, and when they played anyone decent they lost......

 

[SteelersPride]

no they didnt, they played horrible teams to get that record, and when they played anyone decent they lost......

st marys didnt schedule good teams that were just "bad" btw

 

[SteelersPride]

those powerhouse byu, cal, georgia teams.............

 

[Myles]

They were ranked in the top 20 last week.

They did a shitty job of selecting teams this year. USC should have been in. Notre Dame should have been in. Oklahoma should not have been in.

 

[SteelersPride]

They were ranked in the top 20 last week.

They did a shitty job of selecting teams this year. USC should have been in. Notre Dame should have been in. Oklahoma should not have been in.

Rankings r meaningless

 

[bksballer89]

They were ranked in the top 20 last week.

They did a shitty job of selecting teams this year. USC should have been in. Notre Dame should have been in. Oklahoma should not have been in.

I disagree about Notre Dame & St Mary's. Notre Dame shouldn't have been losing to teams like Ball State & Indiana with Colston.....

St. Mary's scheduled poorly. When you schedule so poorly & play in a shit conference, not only do you need to beat the Zags at least once (which they did) but you also need to make sure you make it to the conference title game vs the Zags which they didn't do. Can't lose to a team like BYU before the finals and expect to make it.

 

[Myles]

I disagree about Notre Dame & St Mary's. Notre Dame shouldn't have been losing to teams like Ball State & Indiana with Colston.....

St. Mary's scheduled poorly. When you schedule so poorly & play in a shit conference, not only do you need to beat the Zags at least once (which they did) but you also need to make sure you make it to the conference title game vs the Zags which they didn't do. Can't lose to a team like BYU before the finals and expect to make it.

Syracuse and Oklahoma have worse resumes than the Irish.

 

[Yo Tee]

They got it right with keeping Notre Dame out. But the fact that Syracuse and Oklahoma got in yet teams like OK State, USC and St. Mary's didn't...grinds my nerves.

 

[bksballer89]

Syracuse and Oklahoma have worse resumes than the Irish.

Understandable and they shouldn't be in either. I'm totally against Syracue & OU being in the tournament

 

[SteelersPride]

Syracuse and Oklahoma have worse resumes than the Irish.

i see what u did there switching gears to another team after arguing for st marys

 

[Myles]

i see what u did there switching gears to another team after arguing for st marys

Unfortunately, the committee left us with several fuck ups on their part.

 

[Ron G]

no they didnt, they played horrible teams to get that record, and when they played anyone decent they lost......

I don't know anything about their schedule, except that they played Division 1 teams. Those teams are either Division 1 or they are not. As I implied. The NCAA should identify the teams that will hurt your chances to get in before the schedules are negotiated. Then teams that schedules those teams do so at their own risk.
Of course, the NCAA will never do this because then those teams identified as "unworthy" would never be able to fill out their schedules.

 

[ericd7633]

St. Mary's had a chance to play Creighton, Rhode Island, Nevada and at Grand Canyon this year and pussied out. They are rightfully where they deserve to be.

 

[Myles]

They still had a much better RPI than Oklahoma

 

[SteelersPride]

I don't know anything about their schedule, except that they played Division 1 teams. Those teams are either Division 1 or they are not. As I implied. The NCAA should identify the teams that will hurt your chances to get in before the schedules are negotiated. Then teams that schedules those teams do so at their own risk.
Of course, the NCAA will never do this because then those teams identified as "unworthy" would never be able to fill out their schedules.

yes ron, they were shit teams