Selection Sunday Thread

[shoxlax]

Tark is rolling in his grave right now

[ShockerFever]

Michigan State AD Mark Hollis oversees committee

Plaster him with tweets @MSUAD

Mr. Pizza-Eating Spin Zone is on the air now.

[shock]

I really don't understand the people with this chain of thought. Completely understand hating on conference rivals, since I'm the same way with most Big Ten teams. Everyone keeps bitching about how weak the Valley is, but then turn right back around and actively hope for another Valley team to miss the tournament? It makes absolutely no sense.

The B10 must not have any teams whose fans throw pennies at opposing players.

[jocoshock]

Thing is they never said they would use advance metric. But this might get the NCAA to move forward quicker in using advance metrics.

Coach said in an interview that they were going to use advanced metrics next year.... We'll see.

[SHOCKvalue]

Can the committee stop pretending they even look at (or understand) advanced metrics? Absurd.

Can we PLEASE already go to a BCS-type system?

[pinstripers]

OK, beat Dayton

[ShockBand]

[shockerfan]

If I was a Dayton, Kentucky, UCLA...Etc...Fan I would be PISSED lol

[ShockingButTrue]

10?....The committee obviously doesn't look at BPI/Kenpalm. Go Shocks.

Never. Not next year either.

[Eric]

Print the shirts!

[WuShock Reaper]

"A full guide to every team in the 2017 NCAA tournament" - ESPN

Eamonn Brennan, ESPN Staff Writer
On March 22, 2015 - 5:07 PM CT

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/18883919/complete-look-every-march-madness-team-2017-ncaa-tournament

HAD THEM RANKED 13. Wichita State Shockers
Can we be real a second? For just a millisecond? Let down our guard and tell the people how we feel a second? This was written before the bracket was announced. Gasp! We denizens of the past don't yet know where Wichita State was seeded, who they play in the first round, or who was placed in their region. But we can already say these things with confidence: The Shockers are better than their resume, better than their seed, and a waking terror foisted upon whichever No. 1 or No. 2 was unfortunate enough to draw Wichita in a potential second round matchup. Landry Shamet and Conner Frankamp are two of the nation's best 3-point shooters sharing the same backcourt. Wing Markis McDuffie does basically everything well. Only Marquette and Kennesaw State shot it better from deep. Gregg Marshall's teams always guard like crazy. This one is really good. Yet the reasons the Shockers have been inevitably undervalued are not without merit: Every time the MVC champs played three obvious tournament teams (Louisville, Michigan State, Oklahoma State), they lost. Everything is on the table.

[wsushox1]

The committee chair is making no sense.

[ShoxRoxMySox]

If jerry Palm so much as says a word about our seeding, or even smirks, I will find him and I will end him.

[ACW]

It's clear the committee only values Top 50 wins, but only if the Top 50 wins fit into their mindset. 2 wins over Illinois State (32) would not look as good as 2 wins over Syracuse (83). Now how the **** does that make sense? They're a bunch of walking hypocrites.

They cater to a category where only the P5 has the advantage. There is no way any non-P5 team can EVER rack up the amount of Top 50 wins that qualifies them unless they play 6 non-conference games on the road at Top 25 teams in November and December. Then they must not have an off night (like P5's do whenever) and go basically undefeated for 2 months in their conferences slate. THEN, they must win a hot weekend conference tournament in March where they hope they don't have another off-night against teams hungry as hell to get into the NCAA's by beating them.

And you think the NCAA, who is all about students, equality, and fairness, is being FAIR?

This trash is what killed football and they're perilously close to doing in basketball.

You're right...and yet I'm sure most of us will forget about this when the games start. March Madness is ALWAYS great.

[ShockerFever]

I bet you a lot benjamins these athletic directors didn't watch more than 20 minutes of basketball this week.