2012 Division III NCAA Tournament

Pat Coleman · October 26, 2005, 10:33:07 PM

Your son's a little young for that. He might come around yet.

David Collinge · October 26, 2005, 11:33:58 PM

I don't see how anyone of any age could hate Conjunction Junction.

Coach C · October 27, 2005, 09:02:11 AM

He is five and has been criticizing Phil Garner all week for not pinch hitting late in game 3, so what can I tell you? I had expected Schoolhouse Rock to go over well!

Knightstalker · October 27, 2005, 09:47:07 AM

"Conjunction junction, what's your function? Hooking up words, phrases and pronouns"

Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) · October 27, 2005, 01:17:29 PM

Coach C, you haven't been on the board discussing the PC-ing of mascots, but I think to be fair to everyone involved, we need to refer to the NCAA's home city as "Native Peoplesapolis."

And if it turns out that your kid never comes around, I'll be happy to take the Schoolhouse Rock set off your hands.

smedindy · October 28, 2005, 01:55:43 AM

Watch it - those are my homies yer talkin' about...

Coach C · October 28, 2005, 10:26:36 PM

Nah - they ain't your homies -- most of them are carpet baggers from all over the place that have been drawn by the siren call of power over the masses.

Warren Thompson · October 28, 2005, 10:33:52 PM

Coach C:

" ... ~~iren call of power over the masses"? Man, you're waxing most poetic this evening.~~

Pat Coleman · October 28, 2005, 10:38:51 PM

You misspelled "pathetic."

Ralph Turner · October 28, 2005, 10:41:02 PM

Caoch C, what aspects of the 59-team tourney do you not like as opposed to a full 64 team tourney?

Anything other than the extra 5 teams?

Warren Thompson · October 28, 2005, 10:43:47 PM

Pat, I did indeed make a spelling booby .... LOL.

Coach C · October 28, 2005, 10:51:55 PM

Ralph -

First, I hate the byes. They won't end up going to the 5 best teams the tournament. There will be geography issues involved and conference issues, and who knows what else int he way of politics. Plus, mark my words, one of these bye teams will go down in their first game. Byes are unnatural in a tournament and serve to interrupt the proper flow of tams at a crucial time of the year.

Second, the mini-tournament idea is horrible. It takes the games off of half of the campuses, further from half of the fans. Teams with better facilities will be rewarded over teams deserving of a home game. It is the single worst idea in the history of this tornament. It's worse than having 48 teams in my opinion. It will serve to actually LOWER interest in the games.

Coach C · October 28, 2005, 10:52:26 PM

Warren -

Why thank you!

C

David Collinge · October 28, 2005, 10:53:20 PM

There's really no point in giving karma to the guru...but I just had to for that one.

Ralph Turner · October 29, 2005, 09:16:09 AM

Coach C, thanks for the clear and well considered responses.

After careful consideration of the mini-tournament, I don't like the mini-tournament idea either. The first round games are very important, especially, for those "Cinderella" programs that are seeded 17-32. A home playoff game? Wow, what an event on campus!

As geographicaly isloated as the ASC is, the bye-home-away bracket may be the only way that we get a home game down here.
We McMurry fans remember the 2000 season when the South and Great Lakes were thrown together. #1 Calvin, #2 H-SC (upset by Maryville) and #4 McMurry were thrown into the Calvin bracket, at Calvin, in the Sweet 16. I came to the conclusion that an ASC team might never host anything beyond the first or second round.