Manvol
What's My Age Again?
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It IS an insult. Either make the 64 team bracket or wait on the NIT to be the 65th best team. It is just stupid to call a "play-in" game the 1st round of a tournament. It's just lipstick on a pig.
Not just Tennessee fans.
We've averaged top 5 in attendance and have the facilities to be great
Even Iowa fired Alford... he's now at a better program with UCLA.
Iowa actually cares enough about winning to find an improvement. I don't see why Vols fans should accept we can't be a powerhouse in basketball. Tennessee offers more than Iowa and it's sad when Iowa expects more than Tennessee.
First Four: A play-in game, and insult - CBSSports.com
Hard not to agree with Doyel that the power and greed (money grab) of the power conferences water down the tournament.
I think the selection system/criterion needs to be updated. 13-19 is a joke.
Tomorrow is the first round the way I look at it, don't give a damn what they call it, tomorrow is the first round, it is a joke to call the 4 games the first round, why don't the NCAA call the first 4 play in games like they do and then say the first rounds starts Thursday, makes to much sense I guess.:good!:
Every sport is trending to create soft kids...boo hoo you lost...but here's your trophy...entitlements are exactly what play in games are.
I don't know why the NCAA went to 68 teams anyway, we have been playing 64 for 30 years, 64 is the right number the NCAA will keep adding, in 10 years it will be the field of 80, if it is not broke, don't fix it, before anybody says we would not have make it so what, that would be our Team fault.
Disagree completely. Tenn. Is a football school and that is just life. Pearl was a surprise and did great. We will compete and go to the NCAA some of the time as we have done for forty years. Now if we get lucky with a mid major coach we might do better again.
So who decides how the smaller conference auto bids go to?
UTC Lady Mocs HC Jim Foster said he thinks conference tourney champs getting auto bid makes regular season meaningless.
At the time, Lady Vols were 26-3 with wins over Bama and Auby and losses to Lady Vols, 20 win Minn, and an outlier to Hawaii .
Don't call it a play in game. BTO will have a heart attack.
Although we all know that's what it really is, ESPN supports this by not allowing you to choose the winner of the game.