MBB: Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

bucs77 · February 25, 2007, 01:55:12 AM

Obviously I agree and can't think of any other reason besides QOWI that Oxy doesn't get on a flight to Spokane.

Its been snowing!

bbaddict · February 25, 2007, 03:30:17 AM

At the risk of sliding into negative karma land, I sure hope you guys (bucs77 & nwhoops) are right! I really don't understand how all that NCAA computer stuff works & it seems like people argue endlessly about it.

In the end, it's whatever the selection committee decides and sometimes it doesn't make sense.

Go Bucs & here's hoping for an at large for LC!

Pat Coleman · February 25, 2007, 05:40:59 AM

Quote from: nwhoops1903 on February 25, 2007, 01:35:29 AM
Oxy and WW didn't play each other. As for the other 4 criteria, WW wins 3 of 4.

I think Whitworth led three of those four criteria last week, yet the regional committee still put Occidental ahead.

Wheaton might not be a ranked opponent this time around for Whitworth to use in its favor.

bucs77 · February 25, 2007, 04:08:18 PM

Hey Pat,
Just wondering how much weight they put on each criteria. Is one much more important than the 3 others?

Gray Fox · February 26, 2007, 09:11:14 AM

It's only a six hour drive from Dallas to Clinton. The Shrieveport casinos are halfway.

How can I make sure I have a ticket when I get there?

scandihoovian · February 26, 2007, 10:23:24 AM

Looks like the Tigers are traveling - but not in the direction we thought...

Anybody know anything about Maryville? (Gray Fox - I'm counting on you

)

Good luck to the Tigers on Friday Night!

Gray Fox · February 26, 2007, 11:10:08 AM

Quote from: scandihoovian on February 26, 2007, 10:23:24 AM
Looks like the Tigers are traveling - but not in the direction we thought...

Anybody know anything about Maryville? (Gray Fox - I'm counting on you )

Good luck to the Tigers on Friday Night!

They did a videocast of the games over the weekend. Hopefully they will do them again. They were great. I couldn't get it yesterday. I'm assuming they just had too many viewers.

Gray Fox · February 26, 2007, 11:15:02 AM

Minimize those travel costs. Fly only one team.

Gray Fox · February 26, 2007, 11:28:40 AM

The ASC fans must have protested too loudly.

scandihoovian · February 26, 2007, 11:44:41 AM

Quote from: OxyBob on February 26, 2007, 11:20:44 AM
Further SCIAC screwing...

The bracket was changed. Instead of Oxy playing unranked Maryville on the road, the Tigers will instead play No. 5 Mississippi College in the first round at Mississippi College.

OxyBob

How does a bracket revision like that happen?

tigersports · February 26, 2007, 11:54:07 AM

Was it the work of the Whittier scoreboard operator?

Gray Fox · February 26, 2007, 12:17:02 PM

Quote from: OxyBob on February 26, 2007, 11:56:59 AM
tigersports:

>>Was it the work of the Whittier scoreboard operator?<<

Hey, at least that kind of cheating is blatant.

OxyBob

I was trying to figure out the travel costs of the four teams. Maybe they are trying to get Oxy out of town ASAP because of cheaper prices on Saturday. Other teams may bus home if they lose in the early game.

I saw a couple of the ASC playoff games on the videocast over the weekend. The officiating was bad. It was inconsistent. It affected all of the teams equally. The announcers and coaches were both complaining. I hope it is better this weekend.

DIIIghetto · February 26, 2007, 12:43:12 PM

Okay. I just emailed Oxy's President and Coaching staff. I told them that they should decline the invitation to get spanked by the #1 team in the South, thank the Committee for at the last minute letting politics shift the bracket around (since Oxy played a conference opponent in the 1st round last year I didn't know that it was so important to keep teams away from each other), and tell them that as an institution you are going to look to lead the charge into the creation of D4. Call the NYTimes, get some of great PR for your school, its academic mission.

How much more screwed can you get if you are Oxy? The #1 seed?!? At home. As much as I think Oxy could have won some games in this tournament, I think MC is one of those teams that you just don't have any chance against in their home gym.

Hopefully Oxy's football coach is in those closed door meetings right now too saying that as a matter of principle it is time as an institution to stand up and say enough is enough.

Stay home Tigers. Finish the season with 5 wins in a row. Nobody in the SCIAC will care. We are better suited for D4 anyway.

How does a team with as high of a power ranking as Oxy wind up playing a #1 seed except for politics. On the back end of this happening in football for 2 years, it is time for someone to say enough is enough.

On to D4!

tigersports · February 26, 2007, 12:58:23 PM

Pat, help us out here. I know you're a busy guy, but how on earth does this happen?

DIIIghetto · February 26, 2007, 01:02:37 PM

Because Mary Hardin Baylor whined. They got beat in the second game of the season by MC by almost 30 points. They had NO chance against MC. They must have an AD with some serious pull to be able to get the committee to change the bracket around that quickly. Oxy's AD is probably having a latte somewhere, reading the paper, enjoying the LA morning sunshine, and couldn't care less.