16-17 Games of Interest

[JayPak]

Ah, but where's Woodfox when they need him? A major faux pas by the Jayboys. How about a 7-10 opening matchup between them and the Shocks?

It will be an 8-9 in Tulsa with Chickenhawks awaiting the winner. Book it!

[SHOCKvalue]

It will be an 8-9 in Tulsa with Chickenhawks awaiting the winner. Book it!

So how will the Bluejay faithful rationalize being a 5-10 point underdog to WSU in that 8/9? Kenpom #12 versus #25, with CU on the wrong side of those two numbers.

[wichshock65]

So how will the Bluejay faithful rationalize being a 5-10 point underdog to WSU in that 8/9?

How will the Jayturds react to being even?

[Stickboy46]

How will the Jayturds react to being even?

It will be some random babbling about Comparing conferences, then Comparing "futures", then comparing incoming recruits and when all else fails they will fall back on all their MVC championships as their crown jewel of accomplishments.

[SHOCKvalue]

How will the Jayturds react to being even?

Meh... kenpom shows a potential WSU versus KU matchup as -1.5 KU, so there's no way in hell WSU versus CU would be even.

[wichshock65]

Meh... kenpom shows a potential WSU versus KU matchup as -1.5 KU, so there's no way in hell WSU versus CU would be even.

Lol. Sorry, should have made it clear that Jayturds = Jayhawks.

[SHOCKvalue]

It will be some random babbling about Comparing conferences, then Comparing "futures", then comparing incoming recruits and when all else fails they will fall back on all their MVC championships as their crown jewel of accomplishments.

Clarification... MVC *Tournament* Championships.

They're fairly unimpressive on the regular season crown - only secured that title twice in their last ten years in the MVC. Big deal.

[wichshock65]

Meh... kenpom shows a potential WSU versus KU matchup as -1.5 KU, so there's no way in hell WSU versus CU would be even.

Really? -1 1/2?

Ok, ONE of my faults in life is trying to rationalize irrational behavior but how in the hell would Palm defend this? A team not deserving to be in the dance only being 1 1/2 dog to a number one seed? He gets paid for this crap?

[1972Shocker]

Lol. Sorry, should have made it clear that Jayturds = Jayhawks.

What is about jay-birds? Red, Blue or Red & Blue. Doesn't really matter.

[SHOCKvalue]

Really? -1 1/2?

Ok, ONE of my faults in life is trying to rationalize irrational behavior but how in the hell would Palm defend this? A team not deserving to be in the dance only being 1 1/2 dog to a number one seed? He gets paid for this crap?

Yeah, it's asinine. A new methodology needs to be developed for selection and seeding. Something that removes a portion of subjective human factor, and adds objective and synthetic logic.

[ShockingButTrue]

Granted this one is extremely minor offense, but when it add it with the other major offenses that have happened this year, it looks really bad. If this was the only issue, I doubt it would even make the news.

I'm guessing the fix-it-ticket came at 2:00 am on game day. That's just a guess though.

[ShockingButTrue]

Mea Culpa. It wasn't a fix it ticket. Class group of guys. Here's a link:

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/18748820/kansas-guard-devonte-graham-apologizes-traffic-warrant-arrest

[ShockerPhi]

Really? -1 1/2?

Ok, ONE of my faults in life is trying to rationalize irrational behavior but how in the hell would Palm defend this? A team not deserving to be in the dance only being 1 1/2 dog to a number one seed? He gets paid for this crap?

I'm sure he gets paid to IGNORE that stuff. That and all other rational arguments. He sticks to one thing and one thing only. Record vs RPI. Pretty sure he doesn't even watch basketball.

[ShockingButTrue]

A team that lost to ISUb, last in the Valley, has swept 'Nova? On a related note, the UNI victim Sundevils play UCLA tonight. Might be a good game.

[wusphlash]

Steve Forbes and ETSU defeated Furman in OT last night 93-81. ETSU is now in 1st place in the Southern Conference. Tevin Glass with 17 points and 11 rebounds.