NIT announced

[TheMacHouse]

Cincy, Maryland, Michigan, and Louisville are 1 seeds. MSU and CU are 2 seeds so they should host a couple of games. Gary Williams looks to be backing off the MVC a little since he attacked a couple of bigger schools now on who made the NCAA. He must be afraid to schedule the MVC.

Maryland coach Gary Williams was miffed to see Wisconsin (19-11) and Arizona (19-12) make it.

"Interesting. What makes them better than us? I don't know,'' Williams said. "For whatever reason, our 19-12 wasn't as good as Arizona's record or Wisconsin's record.''

[tcondon]

Gary Williams is quickly becoming the village idiot. Let's take a look here Gary.

Your best (and only) road wins were over Georgia Tech (RPI 160, 11-17) & Virginia (RPI 80, 15-14). You beat two teams in the top 50, George Washington (RPI 37) & Arkansas (RPI 45). 2-7 vs. the top 50. You didn't play on another teams floor in the nonconference. Your nonconference SOS was 64. Your team forgot to show up against Boston College in the ACC Tournament.

Wisconsin won @ Penn State (RPI 106, 15-14) Minnesota (RPI 83, 15-14). Wisconsin beat 6 top 50 teams. They played the 26th toughest nonconference schedule, including wins at home against NCAA Tournament teams Marquette, UNC-Wilmington, UW-Milwaukee, Iowa, Michigan State, Indiana and Ohio State.

Arizona had the toughest nonconference schedule in the country. See Gary, play somebody good, and you'll get rewarded. Arizona beat Kansas, Western Kentucky, Washington, & Cal. They played UConn, Michigan State and Virginia. They went to Utah and actually played on their home floor.

It all goes to actually playing some nonconference games away from the Maryland/D.C. area Gary. It is not that tough. Next year you'll have to play an away game in the Big Ten/ACC challenge. Don't let that be your only game away from home.

[panther2317]

He knows we have airports and hotels here in Iowa right? Heck, I think we could find him a place with running water and electricity if he agreed to come to Cedar Falls to play. Seriously...if he thinks they are THAT MUCH BETTER than teams from the Valley...why is it not a no-brainer to sign a home and home contract with a Valley school?