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Date Posted: 17:19:43 04/14/03 Mon
Author: BUfan2
Subject: Re: NCAA seeds ... who cares, really? -- we all should
In reply to: Cat Fan 's message, "NCAA seeds ... who cares, really?" on 12:14:12 04/14/03 Mon

>First off, let's not over look Cat A. Mount's (nice
>moniker) original argument-- Vermont deserves to host
>the men's tourney!

I wasn't commenting on that part of the post -- if you noticed, I addressed my comments to the poster's point that if UVM got to the NCAAs NEXT season, they would automatically get a higher seed.

>Who cares really what seed you get when you get in the
>first time? Especially you guys from Binghamton, who
>would kiss the polluted earth you live on to even be
>in the play-in game.

If you read the post, it was about NEXT year, not this year's seed. My comments were based on the way the selection committee seeds teams -- it's mightly hard for a conference like the AE to move up from a 16 seed if the team who makes the big dance has a weak out of conference schedule -- that's not my opinion -- it's fact. And I'm not from Binghamton.

>If Vermont got pounded in two guarantee games instead
>of beating St. Mikes and Middlebury, it would not have
>mattered. OOC, UVM did OK beating a Mid American team
>(Eastern Michigan turned out to be as good as or
>better than Ohio), beat Marist on the road, had a
>tough loss to Drake and went 3-1 vs Ivy's and NEC
>(they lost at Harvard without Coppenrath). Then again,
>very few big teams wanted to schedule Vermont for
>other guarantee games heading into last season. Same
>for this year.

Sorry, but Eastern Michigan, Ohio, Drake, Marist, the Ivies, and any NEC team are not the kind of competition that gets you to a 15th or better seed. Yes, I agree 100% that AE teams need to beat teams from these "similar" conferences -- that's essential. However, that wasn't the subject.

>The big thing for this league is that they need to win
>more road games against the other similar conferences
>in the region: Ivy, Patriot, NEC and MAAC. AE made a
>big improvement this year but needs to go further next
>season.

Totally agree.

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