Chase Winovich CBS Sports Article

[thewolverines24]

I disagree. That 15 seed isn't going to win the tournament anyway, so how is that a good thing? A 15 seed beating a 2 seed only makes the path for the other teams in that bracket easier. I have no interest in any of these shitty teams in the NCAA bracket even being invited. Give me the top 16 teams and make it 2 weekends.

Tell that to the 2 seed that loses to the 15. It was easy for them, right?

The best part of March Madness is that it's all proven on the court. It weeds out the teams who aren't good enough to win it all. If you aren't good enough or consistent enough to beat a 12, 13, 14, or 15 then you get bounced by that lower seed.

I'll take proving it through competition over a committee deciding who should be there.

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[tomdalton22]

Tell that to the 2 seed that loses to the 15. It was easy for them, right?

The best part of March Madness is that it's all proven on the court. It weeds out the teams who aren't good enough to win it all. If you aren't good enough or consistent enough to beat a 12, 13, 14, or 15 then you get bounced by that lower seed.

I'll take proving it through competition over a committee deciding who should be there.

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all that upset does is cheat us out of a better matchup later down the road. Just like UMBC did last year when they beat Virginia. That created a path for Loyala-Chicago vs KSU in the elite 8 which put a shitty team in the final 4. That's not what I want to see...UM rolling over a shitty team to get to the final? Michigan didn't have to beat a single team above a 7 seed to get to the final game. Give me the top 16 teams and leave the rest out. It would make the college basketball regular season relevant and give us a tournament full of teams that have a chance to win it all.

 

[Michchamp]

all that upset does is cheat us out of a better matchup later down the road. Just like UMBC did last year when they beat Virginia. That created a path for Loyala-Chicago vs KSU in the elite 8 which put a shitty team in the final 4. That's not what I want to see...UM rolling over a shitty team to get to the final? Michigan didn't have to beat a single team above a 7 seed to get to the final game. Give me the top 16 teams and leave the rest out. It would make the college basketball regular season relevant and give us a tournament full of teams that have a chance to win it all.

I think that's just the way it is, and you're going to have to learn to live with it.

 

[Gulo Blue]

Looks like the Winovich participated in the dirty play. Disappointing. First I've heard of this kind of thing so hopefully it's uncharacteristic and retaliatory, but still, not good.



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[tomdalton22]

I think that's just the way it is, and you're going to have to learn to live with it.

I understand that. There are a lot of things in life fall into the category of "that's just the way it is, and I will live with it"....no learning necessary.

 

[thewolverines24]

all that upset does is cheat us out of a better matchup later down the road. Just like UMBC did last year when they beat Virginia. That created a path for Loyala-Chicago vs KSU in the elite 8 which put a shitty team in the final 4. That's not what I want to see...UM rolling over a shitty team to get to the final? Michigan didn't have to beat a single team above a 7 seed to get to the final game. Give me the top 16 teams and leave the rest out. It would make the college basketball regular season relevant and give us a tournament full of teams that have a chance to win it all.

The fact that you think Loyola was a shitty team is your problem. You clearly don't know much about basketball if you think that was a shitty team.

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[tomdalton22]

The fact that you think Loyola was a shitty team is your problem. You clearly don't know much about basketball if you think that was a shitty team.

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shitty was a poor choice of wording. They were a good small school team...but not a top level team. They just got hot early in the tournament.

They lost to BSU, Milwaukee, Missouri St, Indiana St & Bradley. A good team doesn't lose to teams like those.

 

[thewolverines24]

shitty was a poor choice of wording. They were a good small school team...but not a top level team. They just got hot early in the tournament.

They lost to BSU, Milwaukee, Missouri St, Indiana St & Bradley. A good team doesn't lose to teams like those.

They didn't just get hot. They were 28-5 and on a 10 game win streak going into March Madness.

Good teams have bumps in the road and upsets happen. This is why the tourney is great. No team is perfect and their flaws can be exposed in the tourney.

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[Michchamp]

I understand that. There are a lot of things in life fall into the category of "that's just the way it is, and I will live with it"....no learning necessary.

Okay, make it "learn to live with it, and stop complaining about it on the message board."

 

[tomdalton22]

Okay, make it "learn to live with it, and stop complaining about it on the message board."

I will copy this for our political discussions

 

[tomdalton22]

They didn't just get hot. They were 28-5 and on a 10 game win streak going into March Madness.

Good teams have bumps in the road and upsets happen. This is why the tourney is great. No team is perfect and their flaws can be exposed in the tourney.

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well, you have it the way you like it. A regular season that is irrelevant and a tournament where over 50% of the teams have no realistic chance to win it. :cheers:

 

[thewolverines24]

well, you have it the way you like it. A regular season that is irrelevant and a tournament where over 50% of the teams have no realistic chance to win it. :cheers:

The regular season isn't even remotely close to irrelevant. Teams earn better match ups and locations closer to home for an advantage in the postseason.

25% of college football schedules are cupcake match ups. Then you get 40 irrelevant bowl games and a four team "playoff". There's no logical argument you can make that says that format is better.

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[tomdalton22]

The regular season isn't even remotely close to irrelevant. Teams earn better match ups and locations closer to home for an advantage in the postseason.

25% of college football schedules are cupcake match ups. Then you get 40 irrelevant bowl games and a four team "playoff". There's no logical argument you can make that says that format is better.

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lol...Duke played Gonzaga the other night...two top 5 teams and almost nobody watched because the game didn't matter. If Bama played UM in week 2 of the college football season it would be a huge game with ratings that would rival a final 4 NCAA B-ball game.

 

[thewolverines24]

lol...Duke played Gonzaga the other night...two top 5 teams and almost nobody watched because the game didn't matter. If Bama played UM in week 2 of the college football season it would be a huge game with ratings that would rival a final 4 NCAA B-ball game.

Bama and Michigan will never play in Ann Arbor or Tuscaloosa. At least basketball teams are willing to schedule each other and not just at neutral sites.

The win for Gonzaga was huge. Major resume booster that will likely lead to them getting a 1 seed and playing close to home in the tourney. It definitely mattered.

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[thewolverines24]

D-1 college football is the only version of football that doesn't have a real playoff to crown a champ. It's not a good thing just because it's different. They are the exception to every other version of football because they're doing it wrong.

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