03.05.09 Fast Breaks
Posted by rtmsf on March 5th, 2009Just another night of highly ranked teams playing as if they don’t want to be a high seed. However, I am always on top of my game and I bring 110% to the Fast Breaks everyday. So sit back, relax, and let me do the work for you.
- Rivals takes an expansive look at each and every conference tournament.
- Who better than Kyle Whelliston to recap all the conference tournaments that have already started.
- CBS’ Mike Freeman takes a fantastic look at why Blake Griffin isn’t receiving the same attention Tyler Hansborough did last year.
- Jameson Fleming tries valiantly to explain why Baylor continues to underachieve.
- Gary Parrish says forget tournament expansion, with the way these bubble teams are playing, we should think about cutting it in half.
- Sure, lets throw Northwestern onto the bubble. Bring’em on!!! The more merrier.
- Please Mr. Goodman, slow down your bubble watching, I am not yet in tournament shape for all these bubble watches.
- Math and statistics has helped us prove that college basketball is the hardest sport to win at on the road.
- Despite what Russ Pennell has done at Arizona, the Wildcats are looking for someone who has “had success at the highest level”….I am sorry, what level does Arizona play again?
- We made fun of Paul Harris for his in-game dietary habits. But he also managed to make some ridiculous plays as well.
- Will Duke being playing shorthanded against UNC? They better hope Lance Thomas and Brian Zoubek get healthy and fast.
Been reading the blog for sometime now – some interesting stuff!
I particularly enjoyed the article, or shall I say argument written by Gary Parish. I share some of his frustration – to watch Bubble Teams, day after day, lose games that they should win and then cry to the media when they are not given a bid to the Big Dance.
Although I share some of Parrish’s frustration, they should absolutely NOT decrease tournament bids to 32 teams. It does not make sense financially, for the game of college basketball, or for the fans of college baketball. March Madness has grown into arguably the country’s most exciting sports event largely in part to these teams that Parrish says do not deserve to make the tournament.
To eliminate these teams from the tournament, would also eliminate many of the climatic moments delivered by these teams in the first few weeks of the tournament. Everybody loves the Underdog, and the NCAA tournament has created the best opportunity in sports for the Underdog to flourish and be praised.
To add on to what ohiobasketball stated, we all know the best part of the tourney is the first two days. Eliminating all those teams would take that all away.
I think Gary was just using the idea of cutting the tournament down to make a point. I wouldn’t take it literally. It was his way of saying there’s at most 32 teams that are good enough to be allowed to play for a title.