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I'll be rooting for ISU in the NCAA's
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I'll be rooting for ISU in the NCAA's
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I'll be rooting for ISU in the NCAA's
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Reputation:33
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Thanks for the kind words. But ISU, like Missouri State 2 years ago, got screwed out of the tournament, while teams with lower (WAY LOWER) RPI's like Oregon and Villanova got in. Oregon had a conference record of 9-10 and an overall record of 18-13, yet they're in. The selection committee is composed of a bunch of imbeciles.
ISU just needs to win the whole damn thing next year and not leave it in the hands of a bunch of morons just looking to reward teams (like Kentucky) just because of their name.
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I'll be rooting for ISU in the NCAA's
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I'll be rooting for ISU in the NCAA's
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Reputation:98
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Since:Aug 18, 2006
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Yea, and how about Arizona!!!! I just don't know what to say. What really pisses me off is that I honeslty think they didn;t get in beacause of 2/3 of ONE SINGLE GAME!!! The blowout to Drake cost them. I think the committee completely ignored the entire body of work over the year and based it on that final game. 24 wins, strong RPI, a win in Carbondale (where SIU was something like 61-1 against the MVC), a sweep of Creighton.
WHAT A JOKE!!!!
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I'll be rooting for ISU in the NCAA's
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I'll be rooting for ISU in the NCAA's
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With the "blowout" rationale, how does anyone explain taking Oklahoma who lost by 28 to TEXAS!
Time to go watch the NIT selection show.....
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I'll be rooting for ISU in the NCAA's
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I'll be rooting for ISU in the NCAA's
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How do you explain it? Easily - big school, "major" conference. The same way you explain Oregon and Villanova and Arizona State making it.
I don't know about you, but I'm really looking forward to seeing the University of Maryland - Baltimore County Retrievers playing. That's the equivalent of the College of Dupage getting in.
I really think think the NCAA has to look at which conferences should get automatic berths. As it stands now, any 6 schools with schlock teams can form a conference and petition the NCAA for an automatic bid to the NCAA playoffs through their conference tournament. This is a joke. Belmont? UT-Arlington? American? Portland St.? Come on.
They should also consider another rule that states that if you're under .500 in you're conference, you're out. The Pac 10 has 2 teams in the playoffs that have a conference record under .500. What kind of BS is that? All those teams have to do is finish a few games over .500 overall and they're in, regardless of their conference record. Heck, if the Illini had won just 2 more games overall, I'm sure they would have been an at-large berth, too. This is a crock.
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I'll be rooting for ISU in the NCAA's
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I'll be rooting for ISU in the NCAA's
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Reputation:33
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Sorry, made a mistake. Arizona St. didn't make it. Arizona did. They're under .500 in the Pac 10 also.
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I'll be rooting for ISU in the NCAA's
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I'll be rooting for ISU in the NCAA's
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Reputation:76
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Since:Nov 28, 2007
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:Listen, the team who we should be mad at is South Alabama.
The committee basically said, hey, we're gonna put 2 Sun Belt Conference teams in but only allow 1 Missouri Valley team in the tournament. What a crock.
South Alabama has 4 bad losses, including 2 to Middle Tennessee St, North Texas, and 1 other awful loss. Their best wins were Miss. State and twice to Western Kentucky. Granted, Illinois St.'s best nonconference victory was Cincinnati but they did beat SIU twice, Creigton, and I think they beat Bradley but might be wrong.
I think that's awful. You tell me, ISU or South Alabama? Who's more likely to spring the upset? The team who lost to the likes of Middle Tennessee St twice? Or the team who got 2nd place, got to the final of their conference tournament UNLIKE SOUTH ALABAMA, and played in the 8th best RPI conference.
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I'll be rooting for ISU in the NCAA's
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I'll be rooting for ISU in the NCAA's
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ISU split with Bradley ILL55INI. ISU also won in Carbondale which has been IMPOSSIBLE for an MVC over the last 4 years. SIU was 61-1 against conference teams until ISU came knockin'. ISU also had a winning record in true road games as well. It just doesn't make sense - at all!!!
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I'll be rooting for ISU in the NCAA's
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I'll be rooting for ISU in the NCAA's
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Good points, ILL55INI. Yes, ISU split the season series with Bradley, each team winning at home. ISU also beat Wright St. in the Bracket Busters game. Wright State has a solid, if not spectacular team.
With the Valley's overall RPI rank, they deserved to have more than one team making the NCAA dance. The Big East sent EIGHT teams. EIGHT!!! Is that some sort of record?
Anyway, ISU vs. Utah St. on Wednesday at Redbird Arena. Show up, Redbird fans. I want to see more than 4,000 people there. Fan apathy at ISU has bothered me this year, also. I was at the Drake game at Redbird Arena this year, and a ticket could still be had at game time of that one. Crowds at Redbird Arena overall were very disappointing this year, especially with a much-improved team. Bradley and Creighton sell out just about every game, and their schools are much smaller.
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I'll be rooting for ISU in the NCAA's
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I'll be rooting for ISU in the NCAA's
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Level:Amateur
Since:Dec 9, 2007
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Yeah, it's a real shame that we didn't sell out against Drake, a ranked team. I will be pissed if the place isn't packed against Utah St. The team deserves a sell out crowd.
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I'll be rooting for ISU in the NCAA's
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I'll be rooting for ISU in the NCAA's
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