Meritocracy?

LMAO LMAO

Vitale is going ape shit.

Here we go with the good stuff. Dick Vitale defending the mid-majors and Jay Bilas acting like we shouldn't have any mid-majors at all.

With that said...San Diego State is a better bb team at this point...than is Arizona. SDSU's RPI was 37....

There's a strong argument that the mountain west deserved 3 teams....over teams like:

Arizona
Michigan

yeah, this is great

Dick Vitale about to start crying on national tv.

It was incredible last year... every time I saw him before going to a new set of games, he would say something along the lines of "I see these teams winning, and look out for these upsets", and he was wrong every.... single.... time. I don't think anyone could be more wrong if they were trying to be wrong.

Just before the FF games, he said UCLA and UNC would advance, and then he picked Memphis in the NC game.... he's the Kiss of Death.

ROFLROFL

What was Digger just doing pointing at someone. He didn't realize the camera was on him. ROFL

I can't understand how Arizona could get in over San Diego State... not that this hasn't been covered. their RPI and SOS were both like 30 places better, were they not

Yes...

And Arizona beat no one on the road...

I usually defend the mid-majors, but I'm fair. I was the one pimping the Mo. Valley a few years ago when they were really good, the KU fans laughed me out of the building for saying Bradley could beat them. But to be fair, I don't think we have anything like that this year. Nobody is that good.

But I think Vitale has a good argument that the more we bring in these power teams it rewards teams that win 18-19 games and are really mediocre. That's not any fun to watch in the first round. It's more fun to watch a Davidson go up against Syracuse or somebody.

Arizona has some huge wins. Who has San Diego State or St. Mary's beaten?

your "big wins" is an emotional argument... facts say that san diego played better teams this year overall

It's not just a mid-major thing, though. Looking at all of the 5 or 6 seeds and above, I see almost NOBODY capable of a sustained run. WVU is good for a few games, maybe, and I could definitely see a few mid-low seeds pulling upsets in the first round, but looking at a bracket, almost NOBODY outside of the top 4 seeds looks like a real threat.

Well, I think Vitale is certainly making more sense than anyone else in this argument.

How so? I can sit here and name top teams that Arizona beat. Who did SDSU or St. Mary's beat?