NCAA Basketball (Page 9 of 30)

Well, time to put up or shut up. We get the good bracket and #1's Kitties too. Aztec's big chance to prove the pundits of the east wrong and The Show will be fully present as this is practically a home field in Tuscon, then Anaheim is even closer. Good Luck! Go Aztecs.

no one is completely satisfied with the committee's selections year to year. This was no different, Alabama, VT and Colorado were left off. What really irks me is Georgia at a #10 seed, when we just beat them twice in the last 2 weeks, including the amazing comeback in OT on Friday. Colorado should have had that 10 seed, and they could have left us both out if they really thought that UAB and VCU were that much better. Indeed they are not. I will concede our out of conference was a mess, but that was early on. On to the tourney nonetheless, I will pull heartily for our SEC teams, including Georgia who is virtually one and done. Good luck to all of you with teams that made it in, should be another barnbarner (C Barkley).

Tres

Still no respect, CBS cut to the other 3 teams in the selection announcements in the final west bracket, not to the 2500 fans and team in Viejas Center, the graphic also posted us as SD St., which is South Dakota ST.  
The omission of 'Bama had me blinking too. The stink of politics wafts from the selection committee. Colorado surely deserved better as well.
Coach Fisher is very happy with the 2 seed. Not having to travel cross country and having a large contingent of rabid fans has got to be good, with the first two venues basically close enough to be home. I expect the MWC selections to go deep this year. UNLV, BYU and SDSU are, hopefully, going to open some eyes back east. If our Aztecs play the way they came out in Vegas, they can beat any team in the nation. Did anyone watch the ESPN feature on the fab five? Coach Fisher had lots of features in it.
I'll be disappointed if the Aztecs aren't playing Duke in a bit. 
Good luck to all.
Rick

Hah, how funny Tres. I'd mentioned it but not directly. Fisher went from the top to here with little fanfare. He's built this from scratch and started with nothing. We're hoping this will be his reward. This is his Team, not some star with a supporting cast. Big, long, quick, very athletic and selfless to a fault. Fisher dropped a Freudian slip today, mentioning in an interview they'd be off to Houston soon!
Rick

SD    -8 1/2

BYU  -4 1/2

KY    -7 1/2

Rebels are -2 1/2

Angela gets her wish. 
Rick

I didn't get to watch any of the games on St. Patrick's Day, BUT when I saw the highlights I was in disbelief!  Princeton given Liz's team a run, could not believe it...Princeton got in on an exciting buzzer beater.  The coach is very admirable, he was so overcome with emotion after losing to Kentucky, he could not stop crying.  I don't know for sure cause I'm not caught up, but I guess Princeton was maybe ahead at some time during the game and they could have almost won...Louisville WILD, I'm not sure I've ever heard of Morehead...  Then Richmond...

Rick, about Temple, originally from the Big 5, before 'Nova switched to the Big East.  'Nova still plays those teams, now in different divisions,  and after we beat Temple this year, I remember looking up Juan Fernandez, because he was such a stand out. I see he scored the game winning points.  Since we went to 3 of the big 5 teams, we have extra love to spread around. 

Temple's Coach Dunphy has been around the Big 5 forever, playing for one of the school's in college.  Before Temple, he was at University of Penn (now ivy league division) for 17 years.  Before big business and $$$ in college sports was a big factor, going back, there was nothing more exciting than watching the Big 5 games in Penn's small arena, the Palestra.  Temple has their work cut out for them Saturday, see you on the court Rick...     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestra

I'll give a shout to RicEmmetfan. Not in our bracket so MWC all the way. Go UNLV Rebels tonight! If you and we go like I hope, maybe not such a shout in the future.  Wow Angela, George Mason hot again. Didn't figure that one. Bracket broken in half now. 
Rick