frdbtr wrote:

Does anyone besides me see this as a sign that the BCS is screwing up college basketball too. This is the first time in the history of the 64 team bracket. Yes, they probably are the best teams, but why? The parity in sports is being stripped away. The BCS money is now making it so the rich are getting richer even in basketball. There may come a day soon when we no longer get to see a 4 seeded Arizona knock off all 4 1 seeds to win the championship. Some see that as the way it should be, I see it as boring.

Is this a serious post?

Memphis makes the Final Four and they are a nonBCS team. NonBCS teams making the Final Four have never been a regular occurance in the current NCAA tournament format. In fact, if you look it up you will see that nonBCS teams are actually having more success than in the pre BCS days in advancing deep into the tournament. For example there have been more occurances of NonBCS teams advancing to the elite 8 over the last 10 years than the 10 years previous to the BCS.

The BCS pertains to the college football postseason and has little to do with anything else.

...all I know is my bracket is looking good with all #1 seeds advancing!

kiwibacon wrote:

...all I know is my bracket is looking good with all #1 seeds advancing!:silly:

You have a pretty impressive bracket. Well played. There have been some good brackets from this group. I remember after last year thinking that Memphis was going to be my choice for this year but I listened to everyone talking about how they weren't challenged and couldn't shoot freethrows. Oh well.

My entry (Nater Tater in the Maughan Fam group) still has all four teams left. Best I've done in years.

frdbtr wrote:

There may come a day soon when we no longer get to see a 4 seeded Arizona knock off all 4 1 seeds to win the championship.

They knocked off 3 1 seeds, bro. Kansas, UNC and UK. Unless the tourney changes to a round robin, there will never be a team to beat 4 1 seeds! And you heard it here first!

There is no George Mason to get blown out, there is no team that got hot at the right time like Davidson. What we will see this weekend is the best of the best battling for the crown.

Actually, George Mason provided better competition to Florida than UCLA did -- either year! Mason was only behind by 5 after the first half, while UCLA had double-digit deficits throughout both games. So, you can take your "George Mason didn't belong" smack and put it where the sun doesn't shine. It is inaccurate. Mason's run was a thing of sublime beauty. They belonged more than UCLA and LSU that year.

Go Cougs!!!!!!