Pac 10's down year. who benefits the most??

[Chi_archie]

which conference/s?

I think off the top of my head that the A-10 will benefit the most, they got a lot of good teams, and many of them are on the bubble. possibly the MWC as well getting 3 to 4 teams in total. you can pencil 6teams for the big 12, a good chance at 7 but that is about the same as last year.

lots of bubble teams in power conferences like the big east, big ten, acc..... so maybe despite having down years, they all still get about the same amount of at large bids as last year. I think the big east had 7, big ten 7 and acc 6 or 7 last year.

or do we get some more mid majors in this year?

would you rather see teams like Uconn if they finish strong? or a team like a Marshall out of the conference usa or george mason from the CAA

[onthewhat]

The mid majors from A10, Mountain West, etc. will benefit

Some solid mid major teams this year, Utah State, BYU, Butler, Xavier, Gonzaga, New Mexico, etc.

Would not be surprised if 3+ non BCS conference teams made Sweet 16

[GiveMeaBJ]

The A-10 for sure. I think they get 6 in. If Pac 10 produced normal they would only get 3, probably 4.

[Chi_archie]

The A-10 for sure. I think they get 6 in. If Pac 10 produced normal they would only get 3, probably 4.

pac 10 had 6 last year.....so we are looking at 4-5 extra bids from around the country, depending upon how the conference championships in the small conferences shake down...

[Chi_archie]

SEC prob gets 4. I don't think Miss ST. has done enough yet

[onlooker]

Mountain West.

[ZBOIZ]

swac

[GiveMeaBJ]

pac 10 had 6 last year.....so we are looking at 4-5 extra bids from around the country, depending upon how the conference championships in the small conferences shake down...

Yea, I know I am just saying A-10 probably gets more teams in that wouldn't have been in.

I think if Miss St deserves to be in. They are better then a lot of teams that would get in ahead of them.

[Brock Landers]

what a disgusting year for a real power conference. How can they all be this bad at once?

[onlooker]

Maybe recruits are filtering into the Mountain West? Usually deep PAC10 teams are no longer, as some players jump ship to get playing time early elsewhere. I think UNLV has two transfers from UCLA.

[Chi_archie]

swac

LMFAO

its really sad that we have to give the one automatic to this conference this year....... such a horrible year

[GiveMeaBJ]

what a disgusting year for a real power conference. How can they all be this bad at once?

Can't figure it out. I really thought Cal and Wash had a chance to be strong ranked teams this year. They have all the tools and good enough home floors. The thing now though is since every Pac 10 team is so bad it is impossible for any teams to pick up a quality win at this point. No one has a chance to plpay their way in by going on a run in conference.

[Terrapin Station]

Mountain West should benefit.

Cal could potentially be dangerous in the tournament though. They're not solely built around one player, they've got some veteran guys, and they can shoot 3's all day long. Not saying they will, but they have the exact makeup of a team that can do damage and surprise people.

[2daBank]

A-10 for sure...would think it will help a extra mid-major get a at large as well

[suckerforparlays]

Maybe recruits are filtering into the Mountain West? Usually deep PAC10 teams are no longer, as some players jump ship to get playing time early elsewhere. I think UNLV has two transfers from UCLA.

UCLA has 2 top 100 recruits coming in though next year so they will be back

[2daBank]

Can't figure it out. I really thought Cal and Wash had a chance to be strong ranked teams this year. They have all the tools and good enough home floors. The thing now though is since every Pac 10 team is so bad it is impossible for any teams to pick up a quality win at this point. No one has a chance to plpay their way in by going on a run in conference.

yea i really thought wash had the ability to be very good...i agree it is so tough to judge cal at this point as im not sure how much credit to give them for blowing these other shit pac-10 teams out....they gonna be a real headache in my bracket

[Terrapin Station]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the UCLA AD is leading the selection committee this season. Something to think about.

[uva3021]

pac 10 has lost a lot of talent over hte last 3 years to early entry, especially cal/usc/ucla

[Terrapin Station]

pac 10 has lost a lot of talent over hte last 3 years to early entry, especially cal/usc/ucla

No question. Teams have been hit very hard due to the NBA.

[2daBank]

No question. Teams have been hit very hard due to the NBA.

certainly not gonna have to worry about that to much this year

[suckerforparlays]

Pac 10 will be back to stature in 2 years look at there recruiting classes coming in for all the pac 10 teams.

[TheJer]

I'm not going to lie i dont know crap about college bball but i get so excited about it lol

[Terrapin Station]

certainly not gonna have to worry about that to much this year

For the sake of the NBA, I sure hope not...

[Chi_archie]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the UCLA AD is leading the selection committee this season. Something to think about.

interesting, I know that staff from a school can't be involved in the selection process for their school, but is it also for their conference? I can't remember the exact way it works

[onthewhat]

Correct Archie, I believe they must leave the room when discussion of teams in their conference are involved because of the money the conferences get per team that goes to the tournament and revenue sharing, etc.

[james4512]

The mid majors from A10, Mountain West, etc. will benefit

Some solid mid major teams this year, Utah State, BYU, Butler, Xavier, Gonzaga, New Mexico, etc.

Would not be surprised if 3+ non BCS conference teams made Sweet 16

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Xavier isn't even in the top 3 on their conference give me Richmond charollete uri or Dayton over them not to mention unlv has been playing good basketball along with butler and cornell

[DaColts]

Xavier is way better the dayton right now

[whatsgood5]

A-10 Definitely benefits pretty big from this

[whatsgood5]

Mountain West will probably be able to sneak another team in as well...

[Chi_archie]

just looked at Lunardi's bracketology breakdown and was suprised to see the following number of teams from the following conferences......

Big East 9-seems at least 2 teams too high.... no way should uconn sniff the dance unless they make it to the big east finals


ACC-7

Big-12 -7

Big Ten -5

SEC-4

mountain west -4

A-10- 4- I thought for sure 5 would be a lock, and a good shot at 6 teams making it from the a-10

[DeluxeLiner]

Hey so why is the Pac 10 down so much this year, and why does UCLA totally suck?

[stealthyburrito]

spot on with the a-10 and mwc, both conf. should get 4 bids

[suckerforparlays]

Hey so why is the Pac 10 down so much this year, and why does UCLA totally suck?

Its called the NBA