Mid-Majors in NCAA Tournement

[CharlieHog]

Re: Huh?

Stereotype alert, everyone: when you read the linked article, notice the accompanying picture. The best player for bubble team St. Mary's is Patty Mills from Australia, who was the only college player on their 2008 Olympic team.

1. Patty is a guy.

2. He's black.

A black guy named Patty (okay, Patrick, but they call him Patty) from one of the world's whiter and historically more race-conscious countries (at least officially), Australia. What will they think of next?

By the way, St. Mary's has four Aussies, all from the "Australian Institute of Sport" -- sounds like a good place to recruit.

We have a guy on our team named Rotnei Clarke who is white. We also have a black guy named Courtney. And last year we had a black guy on our football team named Chip.

[Count Shockula]

If you look at the TV ratings for March Madness they are off the wall for the first week because of the number of teams.
The ratings drop the next week and drop even more for the final four. Kevin Harlan and Soren Petro discussed this on 810 yesterday.
Viewing audiences love rooting for the underdog and that would be us. I guess what I am trying to say
is that the NCAA tourney needs us(Mid Majors).

Hadn't thought about that but it's true for me. I love watching the first few days. After that it just depends but I do watch less. Many times I don't even end up watching the Final Four or National Championship game. I'll just flip to SportsCenter for the highlights.

Same for me...I'm livin' the good life at the local pub the first few days. The underdog teams, Cinderella teams, whatever you want to call them, they make the tournament worth watching. Everyone expects UConn or Duke or Kansas to do well but when you have schools like Wichita State, George Mason, Davidson shock the so called bracketology experts, now THAT'S exciting! :bball_spin:

[Awesome Sauce Malone]

Re: Huh?

Stereotype alert, everyone: when you read the linked article, notice the accompanying picture. The best player for bubble team St. Mary's is Patty Mills from Australia, who was the only college player on their 2008 Olympic team.

1. Patty is a guy.

2. He's black.

A black guy named Patty (okay, Patrick, but they call him Patty) from one of the world's whiter and historically more race-conscious countries (at least officially), Australia. What will they think of next?

By the way, St. Mary's has four Aussies, all from the "Australian Institute of Sport" -- sounds like a good place to recruit.

We have a guy on our team named Rotnei Clarke who is white. We also have a black guy named Courtney. And last year we had a black guy on our football team named Chip.

Reggie Cleveland All-Stars

And the ever popular

Troy O’Leary All-Stars

[CharlieHog]

Re: Huh?

Stereotype alert, everyone: when you read the linked article, notice the accompanying picture. The best player for bubble team St. Mary's is Patty Mills from Australia, who was the only college player on their 2008 Olympic team.

1. Patty is a guy.

2. He's black.

A black guy named Patty (okay, Patrick, but they call him Patty) from one of the world's whiter and historically more race-conscious countries (at least officially), Australia. What will they think of next?

By the way, St. Mary's has four Aussies, all from the "Australian Institute of Sport" -- sounds like a good place to recruit.

We have a guy on our team named Rotnei Clarke who is white. We also have a black guy named Courtney. And last year we had a black guy on our football team named Chip.

Reggie Cleveland All-Stars

And the ever popular

Troy O’Leary All-Stars

haha, I was pretty surprised the first time I saw Grady Sizemore talking about being black....

[WSUwatcher]

Good stuff

This should probably be in a thread of its own, because it's far afield from the subject of "mid-majors" in the tournament. So I'll answer here and then drop out in hopes of allowing the thread to return to its advertised subject, and if I decide to continue on this I'll start a new one.

Anyway, ASM, I remember Reggie Cleveland, because I'm a longtime Cardinals fan (although he's long since receded deep into my memory bank). It's amusing to see our old nemesis Nate Funk on there. Maybe if that team ever assembled for a game of something they could have Spencer Davis, who also sounded black, sing the national anthem.

Charlie, if you look at the Wikipedia entry that contains ASM's teams, you'll also find a "Lindsey Hunter All-Stars" team that contains a couple of Courtneys. Maybe you can add a member. Long-time Shocker fans will also remember a touted Eddie Fogler recruit who never really panned out, a black guy from New Jersey named Chip Thompson.