March Mad Cow

So the selections were announced last night and with little shock Maryland missed the NCAA tourney again. I'm really starting to fear that we may be headed into a Clemson-like recession. More notable than that though is the horrible job done this year by the selection committee. Just because a school plays in a smaller conference with no talent on their schedule does not mean that they need your help and generosity to get into the tournament, it means they should not be there anyway.

The Missouri Valley and the Colonial Athletic Association bringing in a combined 6 bids? Are you serious?

Cinncinatti, Florida State, Michigan and even Maryland are better than those teams on most days. But more so than who is better let's be honest it is about money. Who is going to bring higher ratings, George Mason/NC Wilmington or Cinncinatti/Maryland.

One team who got screwed over big time: George Washington

Now granted they played a ridiculously weak schedule and are in a terrible conference, but anytime you are one of only two teams in the country that finish the season with two losses, you need to get some respect. I mean why do we have top 25 ratings if they mean nothing anyway? GW goes from #11 in the polls to #8 seed in the tourney? So either they should not have been ranked at all or they should have had a higher seed. I think it's both.

Maybe give them a token #25 ranking for the polls, but they should have come up with at least a 7 seed against ohio state. I mean they might as well have been a 16 seed because they play duke in the second round what kind of reward is that for going 26-2? GW could beat Duke, it's not likely but they shouldnt have to beat Duke just to get to the sweet 16.