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Toughest Brackets: South, MidWest, West, East -- nm

Posted by budice Mar 14 '16, 05:43

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It doesn't seem to matter as far as distance this year but why is Kansas in the South and not the Mid-West? -- nm - Krusty Mar 14, 06:54
I continue to be outraged that Wichita St. got assigned to a play-in game. - Cadbarony Creme Egg Mar 14, 06:18 20
- The tourney is becoming such a joke. The pandering to football schools/conferences is outrageous. -- nm - decline Mar 14, 06:44
- UNI won the conference tournament so that put Wichita into the at-large group where they were judged against - Krusty Mar 14, 06:38 8
  - All true. Their strongest opponents were early in the season when, unfortunately, Van Vleet was out. -- nm - Cadbarony Creme Egg Mar 14, 06:50 7
    - I don't know what happened but they didn't schedule many top 50 or 100 teams. I don't know if they couldn't get those schools to play them - Krusty Mar 14, 06:52 6
      - None of those schools ever want to play the Missouri Valley. It's always been an issue. -- nm - Dark Callisto Mar 14, 06:58 5
        
        It's infuriating really. The big conference teams are scared of the very real possibility of losing to an MVC team, so they won't schedule them... - Jim Mar 14, 07:03
        
        I would love to see the NCAA set up some sort of rotation where the major conference schools have to play a mid-major from each conference but there's - Krusty Mar 14, 07:02 3
        
        That would bump some of the NAIA and D-II teams they play early on though! - spamlet Mar 14, 07:23 1
        
        Haha! -- nm - Krusty Mar 14, 07:25
        
        How about instead of the Big 10/ACC matchup or the Big 12/SEC challenge they can do it with mid-major conferences. -- nm - Krusty Mar 14, 07:11
- And conversely, there are those that Wichita St made the tournament at all vs say Monmouth -- nm - JD Mar 14, 06:28 9
  - The #12 team in the country's tournament bid shouldn't be up for debate. - David Mar 14, 06:38
  - Oh I'd have dumped some mediocre major conference school like Pitt, Syracuse, or Michigan in a second to include Monmouth. -- nm - Cadbarony Creme Egg Mar 14, 06:37 1
    - Seriously, if for no other reason than optics for Syracuse. - Will Hunting Mar 14, 06:40
  - maybe Monmouth shoulda been more focused on honing basketball skills instead of clever sideline dance routines -- nm - prayformojo Mar 14, 06:35 5
    - Monmouth had bad losses that cost them a spot. No other team in the conversation lost four times to teams near or out of the top 200. -- nm - Krusty Mar 14, 06:39 4
      - Becuase most of the mid-majors don't play teams that low. - Will Hunting Mar 14, 06:41 3
        
        The schedules are the toughest thing for some of these schools to overcome. There are only so many non-conference games and getting a big school to -- (edited) - Krusty Mar 14, 06:43 2
        
        Well, Monmouth is hosed now becuase no big school will take them on. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 14, 06:45 1
        
        Pretty much. It's so difficult for the mid-majors. -- nm - Krusty Mar 14, 06:47
Yup. -- nm - Krusty Mar 14, 05:57

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