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Small Conference Schools

I wish everyone would quit complaining about the Small conference
teams getting a shot.

The goal of the tournament is to find a champion.

When was the last time a small conference school won
the championship?

Next question, when was the last time a bubble team
made the final four?

My answer... 2000. Both North Carolina and
Wisconsin... (both barely made the tourney) ended up
in the final four.

Small school sleepers in the final four... it never
happens.

So why do we need to see these middle conference teams receive these
extra bids,only to see them lose to the middle of the road Big Ten
teams anyway?






Sun Feb 29, 2004 7:36 pm

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Absolutely agree 100 percent. Unfair to punish the mid majors. But what is the best way to rectify this? Maybe if they are perceived to be in the top 25 have...
ruby93067@...
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Feb 28, 2004
7:19 pm

I wish everyone would quit complaining about the Small conference teams getting a shot. The goal of the tournament is to find a champion. When was the last...
dd564
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Feb 29, 2004
7:50 pm

... That's right. Gonzaga has never done anything in the tourney. They should be denied a bid in favor of Notre Dame. I think I'll go back to planet Earth...
Hugh Wolfgang
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Feb 29, 2004
10:51 pm

Well, that was a needless comment. Are you considering Gonzaga a bubble team, because that's what I am arguing about. OBVIOUSLY THEY ARE NOT. They are...
dd564
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Mar 1, 2004
11:20 am

We're not arguing about Gonzaga - the zags are going to get in the tournament and, in fact, will probably get a very nice seed (#2 / #3). We're arguing about...
Brad Steeples
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Mar 1, 2004
4:26 pm

It's worth adding that many people argued that the 2000 North Carolina team did not belong in the tournament, as they had a pretty poor overall record that...
Brad Steeples
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Mar 1, 2004
4:27 pm

Ruby, Being in a weak conference is always going to put mid-majors at a disadvantage relative to teams in major conferences. Even Gonzaga, the poster-boy ...
Brad Steeples
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