NCAA Tourney

kdog27 · Post by **kdog27** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 8:19 pm

Some things I have noticed:

The difference between the major conferences and the smaller confernces has become quite small. It was not too long ago when the 1/16 and 2/15 games were blowouts 90% of the time. It's not the case anymore. 3 of the 4 sixteen seeds were competitive and gave the top seed some trouble and I think all of the 15 seeds hung in well. All the 4/13 matchups were real close or "upsets". Same with 3/14.

Are these wins by the smaller conferences really upsets? I'm not so sure they all are. I don't consider UW Milwaukee's two wins to be upsets. They were the better team in both games. Is their conference underrated? Yes.

I think it's time the power conferences stop getting 5-6 teams and some of these smaller conferences get 2-3. These small conferences can obviously compete. It's a waste to see these teams like LSU, Alabama, and Stanford in the tournament. There are obviously some really good teams in the comferences outside of the tops ones.

BGDrew · Post by **BGDrew** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 8:20 pm

In my opinion, unless it's a 16 beating a one (never happens) it's not an upset.

kdog27 · Post by **kdog27** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 8:22 pm

BGDrew wrote:In my opinion, unless it's a 16 beating a one (never happens) it's not an upset.

It's not going be long before it does happen.

EDIT With a better seeding some of these 16 seeds would have won an opening round game.

PGY Tiercel · Post by **PGY Tiercel** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 8:24 pm

Agree with you. I was hoping to see all the SEC teams (except UK) go out in the first round. So close to seeing that, Florida is overrated. Watching Utah beat Oklahoma was great.