It's about time to start looking into bubbles bursting and things like that!
The thing we have to consider each year is that the number of at-large bids is fixed, regardless of how good or how bad teams are. So we may end up with some solid teams off to the NIT or some iffy teams off to the NCAAs. (The other variable of course being the winners of the at large bids).
One thing I keep pointing out is that it's very hard for the Pac-10 to get more than six teams unless there is a miracle run (or two) during the conference tourney or a very specific patterns of wins and injuries by the bubble teams. The conference plays a true round-robin system, and there are simply not enough wins to go around. Even if you take the ASU and Oregon State games as guaranteed wins, that's only four. You still have to win games, and with an eight team field, there are simply not enough wins to go around. Now what if Washington goes to Pitt and beats them? (it didn't work the last time they tried doing that at NC State but they still got in), what if UCLA goes to Morgantown and beats the Fighting Logos? If West Virginia beats them, look for the Pac 10 coaches scrambling to adapt Beilein's 1-3-1 and two-guard offense to their own teams :-) The Fighting Logos you ask? Yes: Jerry West, West Virginia, NBA Logo, thus the Logos, not the Locos.
Here is a sampling of some brackets:
And if you have read all you can read about brackets and you are tired of reading about athletes and coaches getting in trouble, how about taking a positive half-full look at the world by reading the Good News in College Sports. Stories from all over the country including Bucknell, Texas A&M, and a cardiologist turned basketball coach.
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