Opening the curtain on NCAA selections

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I'm prepared to follow this team wherever they go this year and I'm not going to get my hopes up that they'll make the NCAA tournament.

Jason King had this to say this morning:

I’m not sure what to think about this. Minnesota, for instance, opened the season on a high note with wins over North Carolina and West Virginia. The Gophers also tout a victory over Purdue. But the loss of wing Devoe Joseph (midseason transfer) and point guard Al Nolen (injury) has Tubby Smith’s squad in a tailspin, as Minnesota has lost six of its last seven games. To be fair, one of those setbacks came after our meeting. Still, my opinion is that Minnesota – a 17-win bubble team – shouldn’t be in the tournament mainly because of its recent play and the assumption that things aren’t going to get much better unless the Gophers’ trainer pulls a Mr. Miyagi on Nolen’s injured foot.

Still, because of its overall “body of work” – we heard that term a lot – Minnesota made the mock field as a No. 10 seed. So again, whether you’re hot or cold at the end of the season clearly doesn’t matter.

It's a really long article but a good read-

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/news?slug=jn-tourneymock022311