"I never had a problem with the MVC. But Cincinati and Florida St should have been IN and those two asinine at large picks Air Force and Utah St should have been OUT. Ya know why Air Force and Utah St were both not competitive? Cause they didnt belong in the damn tournament, thats why. Could you find one single Illinois or Washington fan who would have NOT PREFFERED to play Utah St or Air Force over Cincinnati or FSU?
Putting those two in and Tennessee #2 seed are indefensible! Fire that fuckin committee!"
Mr. Smith - I tend to agree w/ ya. But there a few problems - and they're things that teams like FSU can solve for themselves. Major conference teams REFUSE to schedule mid major teams on the road. If you notice, when a mid major battles a major conference team...most of the time its at the major conference's team building.
Def. Air Force should've not been in...but I would still give Utah State in over Florida State.
My reasoning is this: FSU played a very bad out of conference schedule. Thats their choice...I would be willing to bet if they asked Utah State to add them to their schedule. The Aggies would be more than accomendating. Instead of complaining about not getting 'in' these major conference teams can add some road games against mid majors...but they dont want to take the risk. Wouldnt you like to see FSU @ Utah State...rather than Stetson @ FSU? Trust me...its not because a team like USU doesnt want to play FSU - of course they do.
w/ that being said...Utah State was 3-1 against Tourney teams heading into the tourney & FSU was 1-4.
I just dont feel bad for teams like FSU - they have more than control of their own destination - they could schedule better mid majors than Stetson, increase their RPI, and leave the complaining at the door.
ya know ?