I will never want UNC to win a game...ever. Fuck the ACC if we have to rely on UNC.
Clarify this. Just what are you trying to say?
I will never want UNC to win a game...ever. Fuck the ACC if we have to rely on UNC.
Not directly, but if it has no bearing whatsoever (as appears to be the case here), we sure spend a lot of time and effort following the pointless measuring stick, don't we?
Perhaps I am less willing than others to take the NCAA at their word that this was just a coincidence. If "the math" was the guide, I'm tempted to believe that it was the type of math behind the multibillion dollar entertainment contract and the attendant temptation to pair two brand names against each other in prime time being more persuasive than third grade math. I just know I'm comfortable on the side that believes money drives things and not on the side that agrees with the basketball acumen of a Committee that features Ron Wellman as a prominent member. To each his own, I suppose.
Maybe Carolina didn't beat anybody, but who was their worst loss after losing to then-ranked North Carolina State on January 26? They beat EVERYBODY they played, except teams ranked #2 or #1. I can think of worse basketball sins.
Don't know if this is what you're talking about, but committee members have to leave the room when a team from their conference is being discussed and seeded.
I don't think anyone's objecting to #1 Kansas getting a de facto home game. They earned it. What is concerning is that the #17 RPI team gets slotted as an eight seed and has to play a road game on the opening weekend, as if they didn't just play for the ACC title and go undefeated against everybody but two seeds since January against an ACC schedule. I'm perfectly aware that most ABC'ers are going to call that whining, but to me, it's third grade math. You can't divide 17 by 4 and get 8. Or even 7. Or even 6. You barely get to 5.
If this is the part where we pretend that the NCAA isn't trying to sell a storyline during primetime on Sunday night (b/c we sincerely believe that they just happen to be a humble, nonprofit educational co-op with a multibillion dollar entertainment deal, and this plotline-in-a-jar is just the happy little coincidence they tried to hustle), fine. If you say so, but again, math.
I'm also okay with people saying "Screw reason, bad for UNC = good for me". Hey, I get it. I've done very similar things in the past, and pledge to do them in the near future at the first opportunity.
Don't know if this is what you're talking about, but committee members have to leave the room when a team from their conference is being discussed and seeded.
Clarify this. Just what are you trying to say?
"Don't worry about it, I don't even have a piece of shit. I have to envy yours." - Ferris Bueller.
Don't know if this is what you're talking about, but committee members have to leave the room when a team from their conference is being discussed and seeded.