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MSU loses a close game at home to San Diego St. So does that mean the selection committee was correct in not putting them in the Big Dance? I have feeling they will feel justified now.
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MSU has no reason to complain, not after losing a freaking home game to a team that wasn't even on the bubble.
I'm really starting to wonder if, this year, our league just wasn't full of it. I'm not saying we were, just wondering. We fell on our face during the bracketbuster, and now a team we all thought should've been 'in' looks like that.Comment
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Originally posted by Newsbreaker View Post
Good point. I don't think the MVC was "full of it" this year, but you could make a case that the league was very balanced top to bottom, but without any real "world beater" teams. Let's see how SIU and CU fare this weekend. SIU may epitomize what I described above, great overall team but lacking any players who really scare an opponent.Comment
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I would imagine MSU's mental state was about as bad as any team has ever been for that game. You go back to back years setting one record or another for highest rated team left out of the NCAA it might tend to get you down.
No group of kids has ever seen their bubble burst so many times or so unjustly as the seniors on that team.GO PANTHERS!Comment
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Losing in the NIT is not an indication that they shouldn't have been Big Dance. College basketball is an emotional game and playing in the NIT when you think you should be in the NCAA to tough for the kids (and coaches/ fans). The selection committee was wrong.Originally posted by AmesPanther View PostComment
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I think it might be a tough day for Barry Hinson. It's a shame, but I think he has coached his last game for the Bears...Comment
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You can't really make an argument as to who should've been in the dance and who shouldn't have been in based on what those bubble teams then do in the NIT. It's not fair. It's a totally different stage, it's a totally different set of emotions.
If Missouri State would've made the dance, trust me, they may not have won their first game, but they would've been up for the challenge mentally and given whoever they would've played a run.Comment
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Bottom line is they lost last night and the average fans simply reads it as the committee was right by not putting them in the BIG DANCE.
Barry I feel is gone. Too bad but the pressure in the MVC has just magnified.Comment
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I'm not saying that because MSU lost in the NIT it's clear they didn't belong in the Big Dance. Although I don't think they did belong; they should have done something in the MVC tourney if they wanted in the dance.
I agree it could be a huge emotional let down and I can totally understand the loss. That sword cuts both ways though. It could get them pumped and make them play better to prove something and to get these seniors another game. The fans certainly seemed to be into the game and I really thought they were going to pull out a win in those last 3 mins.
Players have to make plays and I think many times this season MSU had chances to win games and go where they wanted to, but bottom line is they didn't.
There are plenty of teams in the Big Dance that in my book don't deserve to be there either; a couple of Big 10 teams come to mind. I think MSU is every bit as deserving as them. But let's face it an MVC team has to do more and be more deserving to get equal treatment on selection day.
I'm really hoping CU or SIU can put together an good run this year. MVC teams making sweet 16 runs every year would go a long ways. Getting a final four team would be huge...Comment
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Take a look at what Stanford is doing against Louisville right now. Gotta love it. They were the worst pick out of the entire thing.Originally posted by AmesPanther View PostComment
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Yeah Stanford isn't a good team. Another non-deserving team.Comment
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The media will never talk about Stanford not belonging. I can hear it now. All you will hear this afternoon is about how it wasn't fair that they had to jump 3 time zones and play the early game, because to them it was really a 9:30 am tip. You will also hear about how it is unfair that they had to play Louisville in Lexington.
A long flight across three time zones to play an early morning road game is what will be reported, not that they were terrible and didn't deserve in anyway...Comment
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It's already begun . . .
. . . I'm watching ESPN and Doug G. is the only one that wanted to mention that they didn't deserve. Digger and the other guy wanted to play up the timezones.
It's disgusting.Comment
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I believe they had the worst RPI of any at-large team.Originally posted by jman2004 View PostComment
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