Lunardi

Still in his bracket.

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/bracketology

Regardless of in or out at this point, this shows how awful college basketball is. I can't fathom how we should still be in discussion, much less people think we are in.

 

Clearly an anti-semite.

 

Either there is some hidden stipulation that the Big Conferences get 4+ teams or the whole field of 64/8 is terribly, terribly watered down.

 

We will lose again before the season is over, which should put us out.

 

See my misplaced post in the Cuonzone thread.

 

it makes it all the more mind-boggling that there are human beings out there who want a 128-team field

 

Agree 100 percent. The fact that simply making the tournament saves your job is just ridiculous. It's like rewarding a 7-5 football coach.

 

i think it's more of an accomplishment than making a bowl. but the point stands

 

Not sure. Roughly the same number of teams make bowl games as do the NCAA tournament. Now there are more NCAA basketball teams, but you can easily not ever sniff the top 25 and make the tournament every year.

 

Same with bowls. Think about all the crappy bowls.

 

Isn't it like almost every football team with a winning record in a BCS conference makes a bowl of some kind?

 

How many automatic qualifiers are there?

 

It's more of an accomplishment to make the tourney than a bowl. Not even a close call. There are I think 33 automatic bids. it could be a couple fewer, but that still only leaves 35ish at-large spots. And there are 350 D-1 CBB teams.

There are 123 CFB teams (I think...it's right around there). You have to really suck to not make a bowl.

 

That'a big 10 - 4.

 

the sports are apples and oranges, but every year 8-10 SEC teams go to a bowl game. in a hell of a good year in basketball, 6 make the NCAA tournament, and the SEC hasn't seen that in several years.

 

So those guys are "bubble" teams.

 

SEC gets 3 in.

UT wont be one of those 3.

 

UF, UK, Mizzou

 

I think Mizzou is the 3rd as well.

 

Mizzou just lost to effin Alabama... Not sure how a bubble team recovers from that kind of loss this late - they likely lose to UGA at UGA and to us since we are at home.

Seems like only 2 teams should make it. Georgia or LSU could make a run here if they win out and maybe do well in SECT. Good chance UGA can win out, LSU would need to upset UF. Actually they play each other so probably one or the other. UGA will need to beat UK/UF in SECT to play themselves onto the bubble + win out. LSU could win out and not lose in first game of SECT and be in since that gives them a win over UF. I see Missouri with 2 more losses and us with at least 1 so I think those 2 teams end up missing.