Shockers and the NCAA Tournament

[WuDrWu]

In the latest RPI, Arkansas is 30 and the Shockers are 40. @WuDrWu: will have to provide the latest Pablo.

The Shocks got a nice boost in their Pablo this week, jumping to 42. Interestingly enough, Pablo has Kansas @ 36, Arkansas @ 33 and Cleveland State @ 58, making the Lawrence regional quite possibly the most competitive regional in the country.

[WuDrWu]

@1972Shocker:, I believe in your common opponents breakdown that Arkansas lost at Auburn 3-2 instead of winning.

[1972Shocker]

@1972Shocker, I believe in your common opponents breakdown that Arkansas lost at Auburn 3-2 instead of winning.

Good catch @WuDrWu:. I have corrected my mistake.

[flyingMoose]

For those of us deprived and FWIW, the replay of the Selection Show from ESPN3.

[WuDrWu]

Now I am curious. Have we ever put in a bid?

The (very) short answer here @flyingMoose:, is yes. Often. One of the biggest problems we have is geographically. Limited schools in the midwest, and you know Nebraska and Texas, for example, are going to host every year.

It would be nice to see, for instance, a PAC12 low #1 get sent here with us as 2, but I just doubt it's ever going to happen.

[flyingMoose]

The (very) short answer here @flyingMoose, is yes. Often. One of the biggest problems we have is geographically. Limited schools in the midwest, and you know Nebraska and Texas, for example, are going to host every year.

It would be nice to see, for instance, a PAC12 low #1 get sent here with us as 2, but I just doubt it's ever going to happen.

Thanks. With the philosophy that national seeds get to host unless there is some facility-availability conflict and with the geography issue, it appears that practically speaking, we will never get to host.

[1972Shocker]

Thanks. With the philosophy that national seeds get to host unless there is some facility-availability conflict and with the geography issue, it appears that practically speaking, we will never get to host.

I guess we just need to build the program to where we are national seed every now and again.