mrjames
Professor
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Loc: Montclair, NJ
Reg: 11-21-04
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02-11-17 06:51 PM - Post#221407
In response to Tiger69
The NCAA Tournament could be the 68 best teams in the country. It is not. It is roughly the 50 best teams in the country plus 18 conference winners.
I have all the sympathy in the world for regular season title holders which are in the Top 68 but don't get an at large after losing their conference tourney. But if you're not in the Top 68, then having a shot at a bid is a gift anyway, one which is given for the explicit purpose of promoting mayhem.
If Princeton ends up clearly in the Top 68 and loses at The Palestra, I will think the Tigers got a raw deal. But if they remain hanging around the 80s/90s in quality and resume metrics, I don't feel bad.
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