NCAA teleconference

It’s at 7 p.m. I’ll put any pertinent comments in this blog post.

My quick reaction from the selection show:

No surprise on South Carolina. Once the first region (Midwest) went without an SEC team, you knew only three had made it, and we knew who those three would be. Further illustrating South Carolina’s plight, it wasn’t among the eight bubble teams that CBS put on screen as having just missed out.

The SEC was cleary going to get two teams, a historic low, before Mississippi State’s win. The Bulldogs were a No. 13 seed. The league’s seeding was quite low: LSU at 8 and Tennessee at 9. I guess having Mike Slive chairing the committee really didn’t help.

7:18 p.m.: It started about 12 minutes late, so I may have to hop off early to get on Darrin Horn’s teleconference. Nothing startling yet, a couple questions about Virginia Tech and Penn State.

“It’s about who you play, where you play and how did you do,” Slive said. “Then there is a lot of data that each of the member has to work with. Then each member of the committee uses that data as he or she sees fit.”

7:27 p.m.: ESPN’s Andy Katz asked Slive about it appearing that November and December games really mattered this time around.

“We’ve been talking about this, that nonconference games are important. Maybe in my this year being the chair I articulated (more) the whole body of work.”

He then defended Arizona, citing the teams it beat out of conference.

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One Comment to “NCAA teleconference”

  1. usc78 16 March 2009 at 9:00 am #

    Seth:
    Seems to me everyone is saying USC had no chance. I see it differently. Most of the Bracketologists (is that really a word) had Carolina in the field a couple weeks ago with seeds ranging from nine through ten or eleven. With each loss Carolina’s standing on the bubble became more and more unstable. Eventually a number of “experts” dropped Carolina’s seeding down a few notches and then with the MSU loss eventually out of tournament consideration.
    What really happened is USC lost 3 of its last 4 games (and by an average of 14 – 15 points) and gave everyone including the Committee an excuse to drop them from consideration. Throw in a few Conference Tournament upsets and the bubble shrinks. Hence those teams perceived as falling off the bubble (read that USC) were simply passed by the other Bubble Teams that finished stronger (e.g. Maryland, Auburn).
    USC has no one to blame but their own poor performance down the stretch.


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