Selection Sunday Thread (UPDATE: Lamont Butler WILL Play)

[40bill]

Even giving North Carolina any spot is a miscarriage of common sense.

[Joneslab]

Troy is my Alma Mater. I spent 20+ years in the military so I've never even set foot on the campus.

Interesting.

I remember it as Troy State. It's been just Troy University for the past 20 years, the internet tells me.

It began as a teacher's college in the late 1800s. I also see they have a campus in Phenix City, Alabama. Met a family from there on a vacation a couple years ago.

That's literally all the knowledge I hold about Troy University.

[Joneslab]

Here's Keith Gill of the committee saying that North Carolina made it because "they're 8-0 against Quad 2."

https://x.com/CBSSportsCBB/status/1901413549538181543

[Joneslab]

Their AD is chairman of the committee

He claims he was out of the room, per NCAA rule.

It's just a complete farce of a situation...but I'm not that incensed over it because I absolutely knew it was going to happen.

[KCKUKFan]

I don't think Arkansas will beat Kansas

Kansas and Arkansas are shockingly similar teams, in terms of personnel and style of play. They also share many of the same shortcomings.

Should be a terrible game.

[Matt Dillon]

Here's Keith Gill of the committee saying that North Carolina made it because "they're 8-0 against Quad 2."

https://x.com/CBSSportsCBB/status/1901413549538181543

Everyone knows why they got in.

[Catsrock]

Here's Keith Gill of the committee saying that North Carolina made it because "they're 8-0 against Quad 2."

https://x.com/CBSSportsCBB/status/1901413549538181543

A metric that most years means NOTHING. But this it fit the situation. Tired of me yet 😜

[Joneslab]

All in all I think Kentucky got the best path it could've gotten.

I sort of think Tennessee might be knocked out before we got them, if we're lucky enough to get through to the Sweet 16. (Illinois worries me. Illinois at their best would beat Kentucky, but they're the most erratic team in college basketball and will quit if you put pressure on them.)

Houston is almost certainly going to go through to the FF...but they do have a key injury to their best player, and that might see them getting knocked out. They're on such a heater that they might get beat just on the law of averages.

[Joneslab]

TV schedule for Thursday and Friday.

[Joneslab]

An interesting thing about Kentucky is that we have two players who are part of NCAA Tournament lore: both Annsley Almonor and Lamont Butler have been involved in historic postseason games recently. Almonor for FDU in their 16/1 win over Purdue, and of course Butler for the Final Four buzzer beater.

Amari Williams is the only other player we have active who's played in an NCAA Tournament game. When Amari was a freshman, Drexel was knocked out of the tournament by Illinois. He played sparingly in that game. (Andrew Carr did have 31 points against Georgia last season in the NIT.)

[justford]

He claims he was out of the room, per NCAA rule.

It's just a complete farce of a situation...but I'm not that incensed over it because I absolutely knew it was going to happen.

Louisville is thinking make this make sense

[Lighthouse]

Louisville is thinking make this make sense

There's no way it makes sense. Just further proof the NCAA is crooked and needs to be stopped. But how?

[Joneslab]

There's no way it makes sense. Just further proof the NCAA is crooked and needs to be stopped. But how?

Gotta re-invent "the committee."

It needs to be people who aren't associated with the universities, rather a group of college basketball analytics guys and thinkers about the game. And there are several of these guys out there by now.

[KentuckyWild2020]

There's no way it makes sense. Just further proof the NCAA is crooked and needs to be stopped. But how?

From 2011....

"Kentucky men's basketball coach John Calipari floated an idea Wednesday for four new "super conferences" that apparently would be separate from the NCAA. Speaking on Kentucky Sports Radio, Calipari was asked his thoughts on paying college athletes. In response, he unveiled a blueprint for the highest level of college athletics. There would be four super conferences in Calipari's plan and each would include 16 to 18 colleges, depending on how many join the coalition. The conferences would be separated geographically: Western (traditional Pac-10, Big 12 teams), Northern (Big Ten, Big East), Eastern (Atlantic Coast Conference, Big East) and Southern (Southeastern Conference, Big 12).

In football, Calipari suggested that each conference would crown a champion that would advance to a four-team playoff for the national championship. All other teams would be eligible to play in traditional bowls.

In basketball, Calipari said all 64 to 72 teams would make the NCAA Tournament. He said the coalition would generate enough revenue that member schools could pay room and board plus $3,000 to $4,000 a year for each athlete in every sport. As for compliance, Calipari said the leagues would audit each other."



With all that being said, most of us old school fans who like tradition probably thought or still think this is a horrible idea but Calipari has been outspoken about the NCAA for many years.

Maybe this is why he chose to do things the way he has done it?

With NIL in place it doesn't matter now but I do believe all along he wanted players paid for there services which is why he never had a problem getting them to the next level asap.

[justafan]

Gotta re-invent "the committee."

It needs to be people who aren't associated with the universities, rather a group of college basketball analytics guys and thinkers about the game. And there are several of these guys out there by now.

But, almost all have some sort of affiliation with a team.