For those inclined to fret about Gophers' chances on Selection Sunday?

[SelectionSunday]

I ask you again, who has ever got an invite by going 5-11 in their last 16? Anyone?

That's pretty specific criteria, Moses. I have time on my hands, but not that much time. I'll let you do the research on that one.

 

[BOUNDOUTPASSDUNK]

Has a team from the southwestern most 14 states with three vowels in the school title which won at least 60 percent of its games played on Tuesdays on the road when the wind at game time was out of the west and an RPI better than 50 ever been left out of the NCAA tournament?

 

[Maximus]

Thankfully, we still live in the U.S.A. where the 1st Amendment is valued.

I'm not getting the connection between the 1st Amendment and Gopherhole.

 

[Gopher Warrior]

Sincere question: Is that the goal? Or is it to include the teams who have done the most? I suppose you could make an argument that one leads to another (i.e. the best teams have done the most), but I've always wondered... If they really were trying to pick the best teams, wouldn't they include Iowa? I mean, I don't know that you could have a very good argument indicating that Iowa isn't better than, say... Southern Miss? Or some team like that.

I mean, obviously it's not the best 68 teams in the country due to the auto-bids. But I don't think they're picking the best teams; I think they're picking the teams who've done the most. Often they're the same, but certainly not always.

Anyway, I enjoyed your devil's advocate post. Well thought out and didn't just put your head in the sand with regard to our resume like some other people have with a similar argument/point.

Thanks for your comments. Yes, the goal is to "select the best 37 at large teams". That's it.

Let me see if I can change your thinking (on the selecting the best teams vs who has done the most).

People get so into arguing about what isn't STATED criteria (i.e., "well, they don't look at the last x games!") and lose sight that there essentially is none. Just because there are no rules that say the committee should look at a team's trends during the season doesn't mean they can't do it.

Here are the NCAA's principles and procedures for establishing the bracket. The principles are on the first page - the remainder of the document is largely procedural.

From the NCAA's stated principles (the bolded portion is bolded by the NCAA):

The committee selects the 37 best teams not otherwise automatic qualifiers for their
conference to fill the at-large berths.

 

[Dr.Don]

Keep drinking the Kool-Aid, Donny boy. I'm sure it's great with the vodka you add.

tinyarch and moses87, it is not that I don't feel you should have your say and you certainly have the right to say it. The boredom of your posts comes from the incessant repeating of yourselves over and over again so as to keep the arguments going. We know how you feel, but repeating over and over constantly is what is sickening. Here's to ya!

 

[Breakin' The Plane]

That's pretty specific criteria, Moses. I have time on my hands, but not that much time. I'll let you do the research on that one.

Just looking at last year, WVU got in after winning only 4 of their last 13, which is a worse percentage than winning only 5 of your last 16. You can do wonders when you pick and choose the numbers that fit your own agenda.