Comments on: Tuesday Links & Notes

By: JimC

JimC — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 11:20:29 +0000

Michigan (10) vs Butler (7) in Dayton…that’s Jerry Palm’s bracket today.

And the B10 has 8 bids, while the ACC & Big East have 7. So there’s some respect!

By: Go Blue

Go Blue — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 04:39:26 +0000

The automatic bid should go to the regular season champ in these small conferences. The best team should get the bid, not an inferior team that just gets lucky and pulls the upset. I hate to see near .500 teams from terrible conferences going to the tournament over a vastly superior high major team. I like the small school feel in the tournament and this would not be lost by taking the regular season champ.

By: AG2

AG2 — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 04:38:08 +0000

I agree that Butler is terribly overrated. I would love to face them in the first round, especially in light of the way they torched Michigan last season in Alaska.

And I still think they have the most hideous mascot in all of sport.

By: jgunnip

jgunnip — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 04:17:12 +0000

I think Butler is badly overrated. I love their program but they are not a top 25 team this year. They have an impressive win on the road at Xavier but other than that, there’s nothing that stands out. I don’t see them getting out of the first round this year with their lack of experience.

By: Tom Too

Tom Too — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 04:02:00 +0000

My wife is watching America’s Top Model right now, so it tough to concentrate on only one bubble right now…

By: Dylan

Dylan — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:31:02 +0000

If you play Butler in the tourney you better take away that bail out pass to the baseline. Cleveland State finally did and they got the easy steal. Hayward was going to that a lot, not sure the kids name who did it at the end.

By: acedeuce

acedeuce — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:27:52 +0000

Talk about a choke job by Butler, 4 missed shots and 2 really costly turnovers over the last 3 minutes. At least tie the game for Pete’s sake!

By: ypsituckyboy

ypsituckyboy — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:27:44 +0000

The scary thing about the Big Ten this year is that most of their best players are sophomores, as the All Conference Team makes clear. Moreover, many of the best role players on the top teams are young as well. They may not do great this year in the tournament, but they’re all coming back. It’s gonna be a wild year next year, and I really think they will win the B10/ACC Challenge for once. We’ll get a preview of it come tourney time, when we can stack up records by conference.

By: IX

IX — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:26:04 +0000

If CSU were to pull a 13 seed, I can really see them upsetting a not-so-great 4 seed. The Horizon league is one of the best mid-major conferences and CSU played pretty well this year, including shocking Syracuse @ the Carrier Dome on a long, last-second buzzer-beater.

If we don’t win Thursday, I’m really starting to think we will miss the tournament. Depends on what happens with the rest of the bubble teams though.

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:20:49 +0000

CSU should be a 12. Played really well this year.

At this point, we are on the high side of the bubble, so lets just take care of business on thursday and let the worries subside. If I’m providence, now I’m scared, since the field just shrank and they lost a meaningful game today when Cincinnati went down.