2. Which team was the biggest snub? Missouri closed its regular season with a conference title...

2. Which team was the biggest snub?

Missouri closed its regular season with a conference title after going 7-1-2 in the Big 12. The only problem for the Tigers was they still had a conference tournament to play. They lost in the quarterfinals and won't get a chance to take that regular-season crown to the NCAA tournament.

Bradshaw said the committee didn't focus on conference record as an isolated factor, but that 2-6-2 mark still proved hard for some to swallow.

"There were certainly some committee members that struggled with the record within the conference itself," Bradshaw said of Arizona State. "But in the end, the committee just felt like based upon the entire body of work, the team was worthy of placement into the field."

There is a legitimate case, based on strength of schedule, to be made for both decisions. But if you win the Big 12 and don't get into the tournament, you've got a right to feel snubbed.

Via Graham Hays of ESPN.com

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/columns/story?columnist=hays_graham&id=4640285

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I guess it’s better to go 2-4-1 against teams that make the tournament field and play out west with a losing conference record than to go 1-1-1, win your conferences regular season crown with a dominating 7-1-2 record, and lose in the semi-finals of a conference tournament.

Shame.

I find myself getting angrier as I keep doing research on who made the field and who didn’t. Just astonishing.

"Huey: [narrating] I did battle with ignorance today, and ignorance won. I admit that I'm often... vexed at the behavior of my people. Yeah... 'vexed' is a good word." ~ The Boondocks

by D-Sing on Nov 10, 2009 5:54 PM CST reply actions