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Originally Posted by Skip Towne (Post 5585902)

Is that our time or Boise time?

Your time.

This is one hell of a tournament:

CollegeInsider.com Invitational
Rider at Liberty
Kent St. at Oakland University
The Citadel at Old Dominion
Mount St. Mary's at James Madison
Austin Peay at Bradley
Belmont at Evansville
Portland at Pacific
Drake at Evansville

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Originally Posted by Ultra Peanut (Post 5585934)

So they have an N.I.T. for teams that don't make the NIT?

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Originally Posted by Ultra Peanut (Post 5585934)

Go Pacific!

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Originally Posted by Spott (Post 5585945)

So they have an N.I.T. for teams that don't make the NIT?

That's the NIT for teams that didn't make the NIT's NIT.

By which I mean to say, the hierarchy is:

NCAA
NIT
CBI
CI.com

The CBI first round schedule:

3/17/09 Northeastern vs. Wyoming 9 p.m. HDNet
3/17/09 UTEP vs. Nevada 11 p.m. HDNet
3/18/09 St. John's vs. Richmond 7 p.m.
3/18/09 Vermont vs. Green Bay 8 p.m.
3/18/09 Charleston vs. Troy 8 p.m.
3/18/09 Buffalo vs. Wichita State 8 p.m. HDNet
3/18/09 Houston vs. Oregon State 10 p.m. HDNet
3/18/09 Boise State vs. Stanford

This actually looks like a half-decent field, Oregon State notwithstanding. At least there are some top 100 teams in this bitch.

Just as a strange tidbit, this week's Coaches' Poll is the FIRST TIME IN HISTORY that Louisville has been ranked #1. Weird, innit?

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Originally Posted by Ultra Peanut (Post 5585934)

Where's Bucknell?

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Originally Posted by MediaCenterJunkie (Post 5585894)

If SDSU and KSU win their 1st round games, KSU will host SDSU due to SDSU hosting the Women's NCAA tournament on those dates.

I heard they might find an alternate site in San Diego...can you verify that?

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Originally Posted by Ultra Peanut (Post 5585934)

Evansville plays twice, huh? Brutal.

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Originally Posted by Saulbadguy (Post 5585995)

Evansville plays twice, huh? Brutal.

They're so badass they're going to stand in for UDAHO.

Here we go:

Tuesday March 17
Rider (19-12) @ Liberty (22-11)
Kent State (19-14) @ Oakland (22-12)

Wednesday March 18
The Citadel (20-12) @ Old Dominion (21-10)
Mount St. Mary’s (19-13) @ James Madison (19-14)
Austin Peay (19-13) @ Bradley (18-14)
Belmont (19-12) @ Evansville (17-13)
Portland (19-12) @ Pacific (19-12)
Drake (17-15) @ Idaho (16-15)

I guess this guy from the Los Angeles NBC affiliate turned off last year's game with 10 seconds left:

"Cal State Northridge players will say they are not just happy to be in the tournament — but maybe they should be. The Matadors won the Big West but that earned them a 15 seed, and they drew defending national champion Memphis. Ranked third in the nation Memphis. That game takes place Thursday in Kansas City, part of the West bracket."

Since MU hasn't been to the Dance in eons, I doubt they know it is not friendly to their style of play. When Roy was at KU, we played even faster than MU does. And Roy blamed Tourney time out rules for his lack of winning it all. The timeouts last forever in the Dance and it lets your opponent rest when they otherwise would be gasping for air. Roy said he had time to take a nap during commercials. Anyhow, it is much harder to wear an opponent out in the Dance than it is during the season. Just so you know. We don't want you to get any surprises.

Go Shockers! Beat Buffaro.

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Originally Posted by MediaCenterJunkie (Post 5584994)

**** Arizona.

The Mountain West got 2 bids.

This is a ****in' Joke.

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Originally Posted by DJJasonp (Post 5585052)

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

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Originally Posted by DJJasonp (Post 5585067)

Yes...

And Arizona beat no one on the road...

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Originally Posted by eazyb81 (Post 5585074)

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

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Originally Posted by DJJasonp (Post 5585114)

a valid point....they came up 2 pts short against St Mary's....and had some other close calls...but no "big wins".

I guess the argument is the RPI....and the "mediocre conference record" argument another poster made....

Do you reward a mediocre season (.500 or worse) in a major conference over a good season in a mid-major, or sub-major if you will, conference?

Tough call.

I just dont like the East Coast Sports Network's slurping of east coast teams....and Arizona (they have always had a man-crush for Lute Olson).

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Originally Posted by tk13 (Post 5585129)

The only argument against Arizona is their big wins (KU, Gonzaga) came at home. You'd rarely ever get Kansas to go play at St. Mary's. Gonzaga had to go to St. Mary's since they're in the same conference... and they only won by 2 points... and Patty Mills was out.

Arizona played 2 non-conference games on the road, that's it. And they lost them both, including a 15 point loss at UNLV.

Big Arizona fan here.

1) No doubt that Arizona didn't earn the right to be in the Tourney.
2) No doubt the 25 year streak played a role in their selection
3) We lost 5 of the last 6 games... win any one of them an we earn the spot we were handed.
4) I don't care, WE'RE IN BABY!!!! PBJ PBJ PBJ

HatGuy wrote a column dissing Memphis. Mine eyes have seen the glory!

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First, the arguments for the Tigers: They lead the nation in defense, they set an NCAA record for wins over a four-year-period, they went to the championship game last year, they’re on a 25-game winning streak and they’ve won 61 Conference USA games in a row.

And now the killer arguments against them: They’ve never won an NCAA championship, and they belong to a mid-major conference
. . .
But not all won-loss records are created equal. And in Memphis’ case, there are not only the team’s humble conference origins to consider but its own history. To be looked at as a champion, you have to be a champion. And neither Calipari nor Memphis have ever been the ones cutting down the nets after the season’s final game.

Calipari and the Tigers are college basketball’s answer to golf’s Sergio Garcia. He’s the best coach and they’re the best team never to win a championship. Each year’s rankings are supposed to be determined on each year’s record. History isn’t supposed to factor into it. But human brains don’t work that way. If two teams have similar records, we will always rank the one with the grander history ahead of the one with no history.

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