Burmy Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 At halftime, Cal State Bakersfield leads New Mexico State 35-26 in the WAC Semifinals.Should the Roadrunners hang on, they'd face Idaho in the WAC Championship game...that would mean a 14-18 team vs. a 16-17 one (have two teams with overall losing records ever met in any conference title game before?)...how the mighty have fallen, from arguably the strongest mid-major twenty years ago to a FIrst Four qualifier today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 At halftime, Cal State Bakersfield leads New Mexico State 35-26 in the WAC Semifinals.Should the Roadrunners hang on, they'd face Idaho in the WAC Championship game...that would mean a 14-18 team vs. a 16-17 one (have two teams with overall losing records ever met in any conference title game before?)...how the mighty have fallen, from arguably the strongest mid-major twenty years ago to a FIrst Four qualifier today.20 years ago, the A-10 was still stronger...much stronger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burmy Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 At halftime, Cal State Bakersfield leads New Mexico State 35-26 in the WAC Semifinals.Should the Roadrunners hang on, they'd face Idaho in the WAC Championship game...that would mean a 14-18 team vs. a 16-17 one (have two teams with overall losing records ever met in any conference title game before?)...how the mighty have fallen, from arguably the strongest mid-major twenty years ago to a FIrst Four qualifier today.20 years ago, the A-10 was still stronger...much stronger. And they've only gotten stronger since...to the point where I no longer consider them a "mid-major". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burmy Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 UPDATE: Never mind...NMSU came back, and it looks like the Aggies are gonna pull this off after all.So the WAC title game is between the schools which stuck by until the bitter end when it announced it would cease sponsorship of football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 Reggie Theus has CSU-Northridge in the Big West Finals. Reggie is 58 and looks like he is going on 45.Hang Time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams80 Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 UPDATE: Never mind...NMSU came back, and it looks like the Aggies are gonna pull this off after all.So the WAC title game is between the schools which stuck by until the bitter end when it announced it would cease sponsorship of football.They stayed because nobody wanted them, not because they wanted to stay. On 8/1/2010 at 4:01 PM, winters in buffalo said: You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now. On 1/2/2011 at 9:07 PM, Sodboy13 said: Today, we are all otaku. "The city of Peoria was once the site of the largest distillery in the world and later became the site for mass production of penicillin. So it is safe to assume that present-day Peorians are descended from syphilitic boozehounds."-Stephen Colbert POTD: February 15, 2010, June 20, 2010 The Glorious Bloom State Penguins (NCFAF) 2014: 2-9, 2015: 7-5 (L Pineapple Bowl), 2016: 1-0 (NCFAB) 2014-15: 10-8, 2015-16: 14-5 (SMC Champs, L 1st Round February Frenzy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninersdd Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 If Arizona continues to play nails on defense, then they should beat UCLA tomorrow. The Bruins have looked strong though the last couple nights, winning by a combined 44 points(they were coming off a bizarre crushing at the hands of WSU), but Arizona has HELD their 2 opps. to 41 ppg. Fortunately AZ should hold onto a one seed since losing to UCLA won't wreck their resume. BEAR DOWN ARIZONA!2013/14 Tanks Picks Champion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 If Arizona continues to play nails on defense, then they should beat UCLA tomorrow. The Bruins have looked strong though the last couple nights, winning by a combined 44 points(they were coming off a bizarre crushing at the hands of WSU), but Arizona has HELD their 2 opps. to 41 ppg. Fortunately AZ should hold onto a one seed since losing to UCLA won't wreck their resume.Seeds are overrated. Arizona will be put in San Diego and Anaheim.Match-ups within 36 hours are more important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burmy Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 UPDATE: Never mind...NMSU came back, and it looks like the Aggies are gonna pull this off after all.So the WAC title game is between the schools which stuck by until the bitter end when it announced it would cease sponsorship of football.They stayed because nobody wanted them, not because they wanted to stay.Well, Idaho's coming back to the Big Sky for all sports except football next year (IMHO, they should have football come back too and be National Championship contenders again).As for NMSU, I could reasonably see them headed to Conference USA someday (the Battle of I-10 rivalry with UTEP would then be elevated) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayMac Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 UPDATE: Never mind...NMSU came back, and it looks like the Aggies are gonna pull this off after all.So the WAC title game is between the schools which stuck by until the bitter end when it announced it would cease sponsorship of football. They stayed because nobody wanted them, not because they wanted to stay. Well, Idaho's coming back to the Big Sky for all sports except football next year (IMHO, they should have football come back too and be National Championship contenders again).As for NMSU, I could reasonably see them headed to Conference USA someday (the Battle of I-10 rivalry with UTEP would then be elevated)Isn't NMSU going to the sun belt? Or is that for football only? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadragon76 Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 UPDATE: Never mind...NMSU came back, and it looks like the Aggies are gonna pull this off after all.So the WAC title game is between the schools which stuck by until the bitter end when it announced it would cease sponsorship of football. They stayed because nobody wanted them, not because they wanted to stay. Well, Idaho's coming back to the Big Sky for all sports except football next year (IMHO, they should have football come back too and be National Championship contenders again).As for NMSU, I could reasonably see them headed to Conference USA someday (the Battle of I-10 rivalry with UTEP would then be elevated)Isn't NMSU going to the sun belt? Or is that for football only?That's football only. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwerty Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 There goes Syracuse's #1 seed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
See Red Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 There goes Syracuse's #1 seedI don't think they were getting a one seed anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwerty Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 Kansas is now a #2 seed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRicSlick Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 Albany along with their terrible unis, will be going dancing! America East Champs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwerty Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 Albany along with their terrible unis, will be going dancing! America East Champs.You beat me to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwerty Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 Tulsa's going dancing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams80 Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 I still think Green Bay is the last team in.So far teams in the nit:UC irvineVermontBoston uUVUGreen bay(if they don't get in)SouthernDavidsonRobert MorrisAny others I'm missing??You forgot Florida Gulf Coast, High Point, Iona and Belmont...also Southern is ineligible for postseason because of APR sanctions.Ahhh damn that's alot. If southern was ineligible why was they playing in the SWAC tourney?(at least they lost 1st round) Because four SWAC teams were ineligible, so the SWAC got a special exemption from the NCAA to have all teams in the conference tourney. Had an ineligible team won it, the bid would go to the eligible team which advanced the furthest (if all eligible teams had been eliminated, the tiebreaker would go to who advanced furthest, then to seed).Good grief, what a mess, they should of fofited the auto-bid then. Glad it never came to that.Making one of the two HBCU conferences forfeit an auto-bid has really terrible optics. On 8/1/2010 at 4:01 PM, winters in buffalo said: You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now. On 1/2/2011 at 9:07 PM, Sodboy13 said: Today, we are all otaku. "The city of Peoria was once the site of the largest distillery in the world and later became the site for mass production of penicillin. So it is safe to assume that present-day Peorians are descended from syphilitic boozehounds."-Stephen Colbert POTD: February 15, 2010, June 20, 2010 The Glorious Bloom State Penguins (NCFAF) 2014: 2-9, 2015: 7-5 (L Pineapple Bowl), 2016: 1-0 (NCFAB) 2014-15: 10-8, 2015-16: 14-5 (SMC Champs, L 1st Round February Frenzy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burkell007 Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 I still think Green Bay is the last team in.So far teams in the nit:UC irvineVermontBoston uUVUGreen bay(if they don't get in)SouthernDavidsonRobert MorrisAny others I'm missing??You forgot Florida Gulf Coast, High Point, Iona and Belmont...also Southern is ineligible for postseason because of APR sanctions.Ahhh damn that's alot. If southern was ineligible why was they playing in the SWAC tourney?(at least they lost 1st round) Because four SWAC teams were ineligible, so the SWAC got a special exemption from the NCAA to have all teams in the conference tourney. Had an ineligible team won it, the bid would go to the eligible team which advanced the furthest (if all eligible teams had been eliminated, the tiebreaker would go to who advanced furthest, then to seed).Good grief, what a mess, they should of fofited the auto-bid then. Glad it never came to that. Making one of the two HBCU conferences forfeit an auto-bid has really terrible optics.Well if u can't afford to play with the big boys (grambling) or keep up the APR then go to div 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burmy Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 Quite a few have accused the NCAA of racism for instituting this APR policy...personally I think it's the OPPOSITE since they're making every school go by the same standards. (What WOULD be racism is if they decided HBCUs couldn't meet the standards so they have to lower them for them).But I digress...so far Albany and Tulsa clinched autobids today (by beating Stony Brook and Louisiana Tech in the conference title games, respectively) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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