actual games don't seem to matter

they give A10 teams a hard route then when they lose a small upset say 'see? can't compete with the big boys'. maybe if they got a puff first game like the others they would

or, they don't even give 'em a chance

at this point, if your team can't win 20 games and isn't a conference champion winner, you don't get in. Period.

I don't care about road wins or wins against the top 50 or top 100 when those metrics are ignored for smaller schools.

Mid majors learned a valuable lesson. If you don't get the automatic bid, you're fucked. I wouldn't schedule anybody OOC, what's the point? It doesn't matter if you beat UCLA, Notre Dame, USC, Georgetown if you don't win your conference tournament

Who usually sets up the BSG brackets?

Jerseyhoya has always done the bracket on Yahoo, I believe.

Problem with the committee is none of the members will ever apply for the AD job at St Bonaventure, or to be commissioner of the A-10. Career wise they have incentive to take care of the major teams.

I think I did ESPN last year because Yahoo wanted your cell phone number or something weird.

If someone else wants to set it up, more power to them. I'll do it later this afternoon if there is still a lack of a BSG bracket.

jerseyhoya wrote:I think I did ESPN last year because Yahoo wanted your cell phone number or something weird.

If someone else wants to set it up, more power to them. I'll do it later this afternoon if there is still a lack of a BSG bracket.

It was ESPN last year.

i don't know cal, fran fraschilla jumping on the "buzz should go to tcu or osu" bandwagon.

stanford fired dawkins.

I don't like the system. One way to assure that teams like Monmouth and St Bonaventure and South Carolina and a few others don't get hosed, is to expand the 64 to 72. Have 4 games for the lowest ranked or smallest conferences on the cusp - then feed in to the 64 from there.


Villanova should have been in the east. That's foul. And St Joes' should have been a couple slots higher and not having to play in Spokane.

Philly the Kid wrote:I don't like the system. One way to assure that teams like Monmouth and St Bonaventure and South Carolina and a few others don't get hosed, is to expand the 64 to 72. Have 4 games for the lowest ranked or smallest conferences on the cusp - then feed in to the 64 from there.


Villanova should have been in the east. That's foul. And St Joes' should have been a couple slots higher and not having to play in Spokane.

Why not just have a big 320 team tournament that runs November to March. Boom. Everyone's happy.

ReadingPhilly wrote:i don't know cal, fran fraschilla jumping on the "buzz should go to tcu or osu" bandwagon.

stanford fired dawkins.

Our insiders said he isn't going anywhere this year. Next year though who knows.

I like the idea that you are ineligible for an At-Large bid if you have fewer than 20 wins

PTOITWCFTPP wrote:I like the idea that you are ineligible for an At-Large bid if you have fewer than 20 wins

See what happens to OOC schedules if that happens. You can't put that arbitrary number there given the disparity in numbers of games that teams play in outside tournaments either.

WilliamC wrote:

PTOITWCFTPP wrote:I like the idea that you are ineligible for an At-Large bid if you have fewer than 20 wins

See what happens to OOC schedules if that happens. You can't put that arbitrary number there given the disparity in numbers of games that teams play in outside tournaments either.

Yeah that's correct. I'm still a bitter old man about this whole process yesterday. It was the single worst Selection Sunday Show/Bracket/Seedings I've ever seen.

Have a snickers

Lowest ratings for the Selection Show in 20 years. Hopefully they go back to the old format.

CalvinBall wrote:

ReadingPhilly wrote:i don't know cal, fran fraschilla jumping on the "buzz should go to tcu or osu" bandwagon.

stanford fired dawkins.

Our insiders said he isn't going anywhere this year. Next year though who knows.

Also TCU is a a worse job. Ok state sure. They and Wisconsin called. He said no.

Anybody doing a bracket pool for some $$$$?

702 wrote:If anyone wants in a bracket challenge for money that I personally run using ESPN with a rather large group of people (around 50 brackets and upwards most years) PM me, 20 bucks a bracket.

1st 60%, 2nd 30%, 3rd 10%


Just opening it up to everyone here.

Eem, it's at 22 brackets right now after just the first half day. Should hit that 45-50 mark.