Post by HoyaTejano on Mar 15, 2009 21:09:22 GMT -5
Doesn't the entire NCAA selection regime feel like state-run banana republic television? Both CBS and ESPN have no incentive to go Billy Packer-like angry now with so much money on the table.
All the things the committee says it tries not to do it did this year -- it scheduled a first round rematch (A&M-BYU), it's putting the overall #1 in an away-game format in the second round, and it is now deliberately manipulating seedings for the suits -- you can't tell me that slotting Arizona on the 12 line makes any sense other than to create the best possibile chance of resuming the popular 12-beats-5 narrative.
Don't believe the S-curve theory for one bit. These guys sit around a desk, shoot the breeze, draw doodles on notebook paper and throw darts at a big board to determine seeding.
And I love how the networks give all this credit to the selection committee -- but how hard is this, really? Nearly half of these bids are automatics from the 1-bid leagues, and the other at-large slots are racking and stacking from the power conferences.
The only consistent thing right now is this:
the BE gets 7-8 slots. It will never get 9 even though in some years there is a case for 10. It has a built-in case for 75 percent of the 1-line, even in a down year and this isn't even a down year.
I am also surprised nobody is acknowledging the horse trading and collusion that takes place now among the BCS heavies. The 2006 bracket is a once-in-a-lifetime situation, because sure as hell the football primes are going to make sure a mid-major insurgency never happens again.
All the things the committee says it tries not to do it did this year -- it scheduled a first round rematch (A&M-BYU), it's putting the overall #1 in an away-game format in the second round, and it is now deliberately manipulating seedings for the suits -- you can't tell me that slotting Arizona on the 12 line makes any sense other than to create the best possibile chance of resuming the popular 12-beats-5 narrative.
Don't believe the S-curve theory for one bit. These guys sit around a desk, shoot the breeze, draw doodles on notebook paper and throw darts at a big board to determine seeding.
And I love how the networks give all this credit to the selection committee -- but how hard is this, really? Nearly half of these bids are automatics from the 1-bid leagues, and the other at-large slots are racking and stacking from the power conferences.
The only consistent thing right now is this:
the BE gets 7-8 slots. It will never get 9 even though in some years there is a case for 10. It has a built-in case for 75 percent of the 1-line, even in a down year and this isn't even a down year.
I am also surprised nobody is acknowledging the horse trading and collusion that takes place now among the BCS heavies. The 2006 bracket is a once-in-a-lifetime situation, because sure as hell the football primes are going to make sure a mid-major insurgency never happens again.
