*** Official SELECTION SUNDAY Thread ***

[runbikeswim]

I would have put Illinois State or Syracuse in over USC. Sorry.

Agree about USC. Illinois St or Monmouth, give them a sotto over mediocre power teams.

 

[Tornado man]

Why Illinois State? They didn't beat anyone all year. USC at least doesn't have the horrible losses Syracuse does. Those should count for something

You can tell from the committee's seedings of the teams that they value RPI - Illinois State's RPI of 33 is higher than the last 4 at-large teams that got in. ???

 

[runbikeswim]

I think Calipari had a good point: just tell us what the conference tourneys mean. In some respects they are given great credit - in others they are not.

I agree. Listening to the head of committee about moving up or down is difficult once they start the brackets, so first 2/3rds of season more important, which is the opposite of how it should be imo, unless your Michigan basically.

 

[bosco]

Why is Calipari ALWAYS ESPN's go to interview? I've never seen a coach get more free pub than that guy.

Listening to that guy talk makes my skin crawl. You can feel the slime coming out of the speakers and covering you in its crapulance.

 

[bosco]

I think Calipari had a good point: just tell us what the conference tourneys mean. In some respects they are given great credit - in others they are not.

It's not an original thought. He says it and everyone things great idea when many people have been saying the same thing for years.

 

[Tornado man]

I agree. Listening to the head of committee about moving up or down is difficult once they start the brackets, so first 2/3rds of season more important, which is the opposite of how it should be imo, unless your Michigan basically.

Amen! Hollis made it sound like "hey, we worked so hard on these seeds during the week, we're not going to just move them around so fast on Fri - Sat - Sun." Huh?

 

[Dandy]

 

[stormchaser2014]

When is Steve Prohm's interview on ESPN?

 

[NoCreativity]

I can't believe Vanderbilt was a 9. I would have thought they would be play in game material with 15 losses.

SOS doesn't do any good if you can't beat any of those teams. Besides us they didn't beat anybody in non-conf and barely finished .500 in a crap conference.

 

[cyclones500]

Already tired of Clark Kellogg. That never takes long.

But he shows so much Poise.

 

[ca4cy]

Wally Szczerbiak had some good things to say about us on CBS Sports.

 

[AllInForISU]

When is Steve Prohm's interview on ESPN?

2 years ago when Murray State got snubbed.

 

[cyclones500]

An odd regional placement, even though it follows bracketing principles for in-conference repeated matchups: Iowa State as a 5 and KU as 1 in same subregion.

 

[chuckd4735]

Game times are out, but havent seen ISU's yet.

 

[hawksuck75]

ISU playing late night game on Thursday. On TruTV

 

[chuckd4735]

ISU should top around 9PM Thursday night.

 

[CarlHungus]

 

[Goclones1727]

Will take that in a heartbeat

 

[stormchaser2014]

Dammit, wanted the early game.

 

[CycloneErik]

Good game time. I'll be impossible to live around all day.

Feel free to take advantage of the free shots that opens up.