NCAA Tournament: Boston College Snubbed, Left Out Of The Field Of 68
by Brian Favat on Mar 13, 2011 7:39 PM EDT
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PrintAfter a nerve-wracking 37 minutes of coverage, we learned that Boston College basketball was left out of this year's NCAA men's basketball tournament field of 68. Just not enough quality wins on the year, a bad final impression in the ACC Quarterfinals and bad losses to Miami x2, Harvard and Yale.
That said ... UAB and Clemson in as no. 12 seeds? VCU and USC as 11s? Georgia and Penn State in as 10s? Villanova a 9 seed? Michigan an 8? Kinda ridiculous, no?
There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to the Selection Committee's picks this year. Teething pains as the Committee tries to figure out how to seed the new Tournament format, perhaps?
As a conference, the ACC got four teams in. Duke is in as the top seed in the West Regional. North Carolina is also in as a 2 seed. Florida State is in as a 10 seed in an interesting matchup with Texas A&M. Notice how Gumble mentioned the Aggies "started the season 16-1" ... Clemson will face UAB in Dayton in the #12 vs. #12 First Four matchup.
Virginia Tech -- we feel your pain. But really, we don't.
The Eagles will learn about their NIT fate (they are in) and first-round opponent during tonight's selection show on ESPNU. The broadcast is scheduled to begin at 9 PM. The NIT first-round games are scheduled for March 15-16 at home sites, and Boston College is all but assured a home game as one of the tournament's top seeds.
This will be BC's 11th appearance all-time in the NIT. The Eagles have a record of 16-11 in the NIT, having made the NIT Championship Game once (1969) and the NIT Consolation Game twice (1974, 1988). It will be the first time BC has played in the NIT since 2003. That year, BC defeated Fairfield 90-78 before falling to Temple 75-62 in the NIT First Round.
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Absolutely Ridiculous
VCU and UAB get in, WTF??? We could beat both those teams easily. I love how VT gets mentioned, and we dont. Everybody is feeling bad for Delaney and Allen, but what about Trapani and Raji? How do you think they feel? Its ridiculous that MSU and Michigan got in too, playing in the shitty ass Big 10. I dont get why the comitee hates the ACC.
by DetroitLionKing on Mar 13, 2011 7:14 PM EDT reply actions
Because Trap and Raji have gone already
As for Tech i laughed so hard but the comitee is awful this year they need basketball guys not these idiots
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by TheSpecialOne on Mar 13, 2011 7:18 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
But still, we have a case to get in
VT is a bunch of front runner thugs. When theyre up they wanna kick you, when theyre down they want nothing to do with you. Thats why I thought it was funny but it is kinda sad they didnt get in
by DetroitLionKing on Mar 13, 2011 7:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Virginia Tech and BC snubs cost the ACC some $
Still, I don’t feel bad about the Hokies’ omission. At all.
If you want in, don’t lose to Georgia Tech, BC x2 and UVa x2.
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Definately
If anything, we shouldve been in over VT.
Do you think we wouldve been in if we were still in the Big East?
by DetroitLionKing on Mar 13, 2011 7:54 PM EDT up reply actions
I think we’d be in if …
- we didn’t get blow out by Clemson in the ACC Quarterfinals
- Reggie Jackson’s three goes down against UNC
- Henson gets called for offensive goaltending in the first half of the game at UNC
- we didn’t lose to Yale
- we didn’t lose to Harvard
- Wake Forest, Georgia Tech and Indiana were just a little better at playing basketball
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Or ...
- BC even remotely attempts to guard the Miami player who drained a 3 at the buzzer at the end of the first half at Miami …
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Big East...what if?
If we were in the Big East I think we’d be in the same spot. We’re not appreciably better than Marquette although we are much better than Seton Hall. I can’t imagine them taking 12 Big East teams and it would have mattered more where our conference wins came from.
Bc vs mcneese st
On espnu tuesday at 9
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by TheSpecialOne on Mar 13, 2011 9:09 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Snubbed?
Not in my opinion. This team had plenty of chances to prove to the NCAA that they deserved a bid. Each time they failed. Don’t lose to Yale and Harvard and we are probably a 9 or 10 seed.
Yes, snubbed
Harvard was a bubble team this year who also beat Colorado.
Like I said earlier, the Yale loss is a bad loss … but teams that got in had losses that were WAY worse than a loss to Yale (cough, USC, cough).
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