NCAA 2010 Basketball Thread

[InvincibleCakeEater]

03-04 IIRC

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The problem is, they can't rename Southwestern Oklahoma as Oklahoma State so there is a disconnect and lack of uniformity.

[Fat Strat]

Speaking of disconnect and lack of uniformity, MSU/SMS barely pulled out a victory over SIU in the qtr finals of the MVC tourney. Listened to the game since my DirecTV satelite decided to take a take the weekend off (service call on Monday morning). Hopefully they'll be able to shoot about 25% from the field tomorrow.

[phins]

Tough game. Had an industry designation test, come out at half and they're down.

Pulled over on way to STL, and actually turned around thinking game was over. Wife called to tell me they actually won. Turned around again.

Hope they play better tomorrow...I'll be in attendance.

[greenback44]

The Big Ten is going to get a half dozen teams into the NIT.

[Fat Strat]

Mo State won today to reach the MVC finals. Didn't look so good in the first half but righted the ship in the 2nd and played their usual game to beat Creighton convincingly. The big quesion is whether or not they are in even if they lose tomorrow to WSU -- assuming they play the Shockers.

No Valley team that's won the regular season has failed to make the tournament (at least in the last 20+ years or so), but if any team is so snake bit that they'll break that tradition it's the Bears.

[Swingingbunt]

INDIANA STATE!! Looking forward to a great matchup with Missouri State tomorrow!

[phins]

Indiana State worries me. Bears don't match up great with ISUb. Aaron Carter always seems to play well against us, and Jake Odum is playing out of his mind lately.

Remember, Indiana State actually beat Missouri State this year, unlike Wichita State.

[MrCrowesGarden]

Congrats to the Sycamores. I wish Kevin McKenna was still there to see his hard work pay off, but he followed Altman to Oregon.

It'll be tough for MO State to get in. 0-1 vs. RPI top 50 and 3-6 vs. top 100.

[Fat Strat]

It'll be tough for MO State to get in. 0-1 vs. RPI top 50 and 3-6 vs. top 100.

The Mo Valley regular season champ has made the NCAA tournament regardless of the Valley tournament since 1993. That's a lot of history that says the Bears will get in. Then again, of the teams with the highest rpi not to get into the field, the Bears have 3 of the highest. They were 37'th going into the tourney and will likely stay in the top 40.

If they don't make it, it will be another in a long history of tough outs and bad luck for the Bears.