NCAA 2010 Basketball Thread

[MrCrowesGarden]

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.

I know all of that, and I hope Missouri State gets in. But, the Valley hasn't been as good this year, and I think that streak comes to an end.

[phins]

Sports hurt sometimes.

[greenback44]

Hail to the Victors.

[JunkBondTrader]

Sports hurt sometimes.

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Purdue losing to mich st by 16 and wisconsin shooting 2 for 21 from 3 and not going inside to lose 36-33 to penn state is more evidence conference tournaments exist to get bubble teams into the ncaa

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This team should be a 17 seed after that game. You would think after 35 minutes of clanging 3s yet still being n the game, you might want to try something else..... One & done.

[MrCrowesGarden]

I suppose this is as good of a place as any to put this, but my alma mater, the University of Nebraska-Omaha (UNO) is skipping the jump from Division II to FCS and is going straight to Division I, becoming the newest members of the Summit League.

While it should be exciting, and to some degree it is, it's also costing the team its football and wrestling program since the Summit has neither. Football had made the D2 playoffs virtually for as long as I can remember, and wrestling just wrapped up its third-straight D2 National Championship. Our athletic director said it wasn't feasible for us to add extra scholarships for either program, which is presumably why we didn't move to I-AA.

That said, I will be excited to see my team competing for a chance to play in the NCAA Tournament in the future, though they won't be allowed to do that until 2015.

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Trev Alberts needs to be fired for bad lying. UNO has a hockey team in the WCHA and there is no reason to abandon wrestling. He is an a hole. He told the wrestling coach of the decision to stop the program on the night they won their 3rd consecutive D2 national championship.

[Leroy]

Interesting. That's the league that South Dakota State moved to. Their men's basketball hasn't fared too well, but the women's has been competitive.

Actually it is interesting for another reason. My brother just moved from Grand Forks to Omaha, and he is already enjoying UNO hockey, and knowing him he will get into the other sports as well. He is also excited about the college world series.

[MrCrowesGarden]

Hockey just made money for the first time in six years despite being D-1. Of course, it's also the first time they've been of national acclaim. The people I do know in the athletic department says football is a major drain on the budget, and unfortunately wrestling isn't a revenue-generator.

Leroy, I think your brother will really enjoy Omaha. I had to grow to like it, but eventually did. The CWS should be fun to see in the new park, and I'm interested in going to some Royals (excuse me, Storm Chasers) game at their new stadium as well.