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If we defend the 3 this can be a comfortable win. That's how much they lean on it. Also, if this is in the 20s at the break then we have them in the grinder and will chew em up in the 2nd half.

I support this.

No

Yes. And yes, it is awesome... but it seams to me we are good with watering down the tournament year after year so we can watch the random 15 knock off a 2 every so often.

Both of those UCONNs are anomalies in favor to the point you are making. UCONN was skulling everyone. Teams sitting at home aren't going to get pinned into a corner of a couch by 40..just isn't happening. And that's sort of my point. We might as well give these top seeds a bye. Yeah, yeah, FDU wouldn't have ever happened. I hear ya.

But, but, but... how? Georgia is a part of the 'gReAtEsT cOnFeReNcE EvEr'

Good analysis. Now I can go back every year where 14, 15, and 16 seeds get dismantled. A 'don't belong' type of ass whippin. All the while much, much, much more deserving AND better teams aren't in. This isn't an elitist approach I'm bringng. I'm just bringing a do better than having your AQ br 15-17 or whatever with no wins of note. Those are the types that get their pants pulled down and bent over daddies knee on national television and we don't need it. An elitist approach to this would be just disbanding ALL low major teams, much like a snobby UK fan would say abolish all mid majors from being in. That's not what I'm saying here.

Dead weight has to go. Low majors that are 14-17 have no business in this field. Zero..nada.

Maybe. But, again, do we really need to see St Fracis vs Alabama State to see who wins the right to get destroyed in the actual 1st round?

I am saying that we allow too many shit teams in and I don't know how to fix it.

That's why I opened my comment with not wanting to walk onto this slippery slope. But the 14-16 seeds are just eating spots. The 12/13 seeds are often filled with competitive teams/programs.

I don't want to allow the NCAA to step up on this slippery slope, but I also would like to see the NCAA attach metrics to conferences to allow their tournament champ to be eligible for their AQ. The committees job is to get the best 68 teams in. I think the tournament selection data needs to be restructured so guaranteed 25 point thrashings in the first round are no longer common. Let's make the tournament as competitive as possible... Like, I don't need to Saint Francis and Alabama St in a play in game to win the right to get annihilated by Auburn... it's dumb.

Yeah, HP also got abused on the glass. Purdue's offensive rebounding has almost totaled HPs total rebounding. Horrible recipe for success.

Their best player and conf player of the year got hurt pretty early.