NCAA Tournament: Why the Selection Committee Grinds My Gears

I’m sitting here looking at the bracket, and a few things are really boggling my mind...

1) Oklahoma a No. 6 seed?  

Seriously, a SIX seed for this dumb, boring team?  So, Oklahoma is apparently equivalent to USC, Marquette, and Purdue, huh? 

Yeah, okay guys, that makes plenty of sense!  I mean, a six seed would never lose AT HOME TO STEPHEN F. AUSTIN, right?  Or get absolutely plowed by Colorado? 

Not only does Oklahoma get a six, but they get to play arguably the easiest No. 11 seed—St. Joseph’s, who finished with seven losses in the overrated, flimsy A-10. 

This seeding makes about as much sense as putting Roseanne Barr on the cover of Maxim next month.

2) Oregon a No. 9 seed.

Oregon is 18-13, and finished 9-9 in the Pac-10.  Thirteen losses.  That should put you all over that bubble. 

Hmm, let’s see.  What did the Ducks do out of conference?  Oh yeah—lost at St. Mary’s, Nebraska, and OAKLAND.  Yep, Oakland.  They did win at Kansas State, but they lost to Oakland. 

In conference play, they swept Arizona (we’ll get to them in a minute), and managed to beat Stanford at home—however in the rematch, they got completely dusted, 72-43, so that’s pretty much a wash. 

This is an 11 or 12 seed, at best.

Oregon getting a No. 9 seed makes about as much sense as letting Roseanne Barr pose for Penthouse.  

3) Arizona made the field. 

This is just ridiculous.  I’ve already written an article explaining why this team doesn’t belong in the Dance. 

If you can’t even finish above .500 in your conference, you better have a very convincing non-conference resume. 

Well, in Arizona’s case, they do have wins against Texas A&M and UNLV—who are both tournament teams, but basically middle-of-the-road tournament teams. 

But, hey, the Wildcats, who can schedule anyone they want, played Memphis and Kansas too.  Overall, it’s a decent resume, but not enough to overcome 11 losses within its own conference.

Once again, the committee rewards someone just for being able to fu**in’ schedule games against top 10 teams. 

And once again, it’s Arizona who benefits.

Arizona deserves a bid about as much as Roseanne Barr deserves another pudding pop.