Pete Ahles, to Mike B:
> > In 1974, Maryland was
> > ranked #3 in the country and didn't make the tournament, because they
> > couldn't beat North Carolina.
>
> Nitpick: North Carolina State
The David Thompson/Monte Towe team... nobody beat them except Bill
Walton's UCLA side (regular season,
Mike B. wrote:
In 1974, Maryland was
ranked #3 in the country and didn't make the tournament, because they
couldn't beat North Carolina.
Nitpick: North Carolina State
Pete
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It also dates back to when the basketball tournament truly was
regionalized. There were no at-large bids, you had to win your
conference tournament to get in or be the top independent. Each of
the conferences was designated to a region, so some regions would have
7 teams while others would have 6
> ...in the men's NCAA basketball knockouts...
>
> New Orleans, a southern city, is in the East...
>
> Spokane is clearly West Coast, but will be in the South and Midwest...
>
> San José will be both in the West and East...
>
> Oklahoma City in both Midwest and West...
>
> I don't think any of the
On Mar 15, 12:23 pm, Tom Wolper wrote:
> Let's say you have a situation in the NCAA Tournament: the 4 best
> teams are all from northeastern colleges and the west is unnaturally
> weak, every western school gets creamed in its non-conference games,
> so the best schools are ranked relative only t
I know the real reason(s), I just hear Dad J complain about things he
can't control and I tend to do similar.
Two Big East teams (Villanova and Georgetown) play their first two
rounds in a city to which they tend to travel in the regular season
(Providence, RI).
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