Alabama State does not belong in the NCAA Tournament





While this article makes some strong points and places a huge indictment on many of us involved. I must add that, while our interest on this site is mainly the SWAC, this could be said for the bottom four or five conferences as listed by their RPI or Sagarin Ratings.
 
mighty hornet said:
Yup. But the way some of these folks are posting, you would think that a SWAC regular season champion would go deep into the NCAAs, maybe even the Final Four.
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This is why I like the fact that our reg season champ goes to the NIT. At least there, we have a good shot at an upset. Though we won't win either, success in the NIT is much more realistic. The NIT, to me, is like the NCAA 1-AA playoffs.
 
usa today said:
But others want to cry foul when the season champion fails to win the tournament, hell it's no one's fault but the season champion lol.
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Who cries foul? Hell, that's why its called March Madness; anyone can lose in a 4-day tournament held on consecutive days. How many D1 teams won their regular season and conference tournament this season, anyway? I can only think of KU and UConn.
 
All this talk and not one thing about the horrible overall play in this conference. Just more excuses and embarrasment.

OK..........Screw it.
Teams need to schedule the easiest teams around, rest players and win just enough games to get to the tournament, and then kick it into high gear. Why should we GAS about the regular season. The REGULAR SEASON IS MEANINGLESS IN THIS CONFERENCE because the only team that is going anyway is the tournament champion. We ain't getting 2, 3, or 4 of these sorry azz teams in anyway.

Problem solved.
 
Jafus (Thinker) said:
While this article makes some strong points and places a huge indictment on many of us involved. I must add that, while our interest on this site is mainly the SWAC, this could be said for the bottom four or five conferences as listed by their RPI or Sagarin Ratings.
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Good point. The chances of another George Mason are slim-to-none.
 
jstate83 said:
All this talk and not one thing about the horrible overall play in this conference. Just more excuses and embarrasment.

OK..........Screw it.
Teams need to schedule the easiest teams around, rest players and win just enough games to get to the tournament, and then kick it into high gear. Why should we GAS about the regular season. The REGULAR SEASON IS MEANINGLESS IN THIS CONFERENCE because the only team that is going anyway is the tournament champion. We ain't getting 2, 3, or 4 of these sorry azz teams in anyway.

Problem solved.
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Well said, dude. Basic common sense.
 
Anonymous said:
Alabama State has no business playing for a national championship. At least that’s what’s being intimated by the national press prior to the Hornets (17-17) opening round game versus Texas-San Antonio (19-13) on Wednesday.

“Alabama State has the NCAA tourney’s worst record” was the Associated Press headline, and it was immediately reproduced in newspapers and on web sites throughout the country.

Yep, once again a historically black college squad has a big embarrassing scarlet letter across its chest.

http://fansnthestands.com/2011/03/16/alabama-state-does-not-belong-in-the-ncaa-tournament/
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1. If they dont want the SWAC in the tourney, they need to work with the NCAA to change the rules.
2. If the SWAC does not want the tourney champ to get the automatic invite they should change the rules.
3. They have had teams with losing records in before, have they requested that their conferences be removed from March Madness?
4. They just want to get another major conference team in the tourney - if thats the tourney that they want, then they should remove everyone, but the major conferences. The have almost done it with football, then split Division I with basketball the way they have with FCS FBS. Its not that hard to do.

Piss or get off the pot, such a bunch of cry babies!

The way to get the bid is laid out in black and white - win the conference tourney. Its the same way for most of the conferences.
 



Nonchalant said:
Who cries foul? Hell, that's why its called March Madness;
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seems that you're crying foul, by suggesting that the reg season champ should get the invite and not the tourney champ. Heck, the SWAC tourney is swac team's March Madness. winner take all tourney. Nothing wrong with. (and like I've said EVERY year, I think all 10 SWAC teams should be there too and if the 10th place team wins the tourney and gets the automatic bid, then so be it.
 
jstate83 said:
Teams need to schedule the easiest teams around, rest players and win just enough games to get to the tournament, and then kick it into high gear. Why should we GAS about the regular season. The REGULAR SEASON IS MEANINGLESS IN THIS CONFERENCE because the only team that is going anyway is the tournament champion. We ain't getting 2, 3, or 4 of these sorry azz teams in anyway.

Problem solved.
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you can schedule whoever you want to in the early part of the year, but by January, you'll be playing SWAC teams only, so your logic is flawed.
 
Nonchalant said:
Who cries foul? Hell, that's why its called March Madness; anyone can lose in a 4-day tournament held on consecutive days. How many D1 teams won their regular season and conference tournament this season, anyway? I can only think of KU and UConn.
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You talking about men or women? UConn was a #9 seed in the Big East tournament and had to win 5 games in 5 days
 
mighty hornet said:
seems that you're crying foul, by suggesting that the reg season champ should get the invite and not the tourney champ. Heck, the SWAC tourney is swac team's March Madness. winner take all tourney. Nothing wrong with. (and like I've said EVERY year, I think all 10 SWAC teams should be there too and if the 10th place team wins the tourney and gets the automatic bid, then so be it.
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Dude, keep it real and put your school pride to the side for a second like me:

The level of play in the SWAC is at the bottom of D1. The SWAC Tournament should be nothing more than a recreational event where a trophey is awarded.. Our conference is not strong enough to receive multiple bids to the NCAA Tournament so why would we give our only bid to a team who's only body of work is winning a 4-day tournament?
 
Nonchalant said:
Dude, keep it real and put your school pride to the side for a second like me:

The level of play in the SWAC is at the bottom of D1. The SWAC Tournament should be nothing more than a recreational event where a trophey is awarded.. Our conference is not strong enough to receive multiple bids to the NCAA Tournament so why would we give our only bid to a team who's only body of work is winning a 4-day tournament?
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So you want the SWAC should be removed from March madness? This needs to be taken up with the SWAC leadership. They don’t have to participate in tourney.
 
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