Selection Committee Did Butler No Favors
March 17th, 2008
If any team can make a legitimate case that it got hosed by the Selection Committee, it’s the Butler Bulldogs.
For starters, how is Butler a No. 7 seed? Butler’s RPI is 17. Not only is that significantly better than the other No. 7 seeds (Miami’s RPI is 33, West Virginia’s is 27 and Gonzaga’s is 31), but it’s better than any of the No. 6 seeds, too.
And then there’s Butler’s draw: The Bulldogs are placed in the East region, where they’ll play the first-round game against No. 10 seed South Alabama, in Birmingham, Alabama. It’s safe to say South Alabama will have a lot more of their fans in attendance than Butler will.
And then, if the Bulldogs beat South Alabama, they have to play, in all likelihood, Tennessee. The Volunteers are the best team among the four No. 2 seeds. Bottom line: Butler may legitimately be one of the top 16 teams in the country, but it has an incredibly difficult road to get to the Sweet 16.
1. I think Butler got a bad deal. The bottom line is that the loss to Drake a few weeks ago cost them a 3 or 4 seed.
Posted at 9:27PM on Mar 16th 2008 by Joe
Tags: alabama, south
March 17th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
And the north is the enlightened part of the country?
March 17th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
As someone who refers to the state as “South Cackalackey” I can assure you that you won’t be missed. Just kidding (though I do hate it when people refer to it as such).I just think it’s ignorant and to some degree in line with the same thought patterns that lead to racism to write off an entire region that most people only know from the selective negative things that they’ve seen in the media.I too have had my share of a shitty religious upbringing but I don’t let it bother me. People are people and most people suck.
March 17th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
Bush is really from New England. Just like his Daddy and Grand Daddy. He’s a transplant to Texas. In other words: Fake.
March 17th, 2008 at 3:06 pm
No need to apologize, if you hate a place, you hate a place and you seem to be validated more than most in doing so (which is why I said “most people”). I’ve got a love/hate relationship with the South (like I think most anyone should have with their surroundings no matter where they live). I live in Greenville now, but I used to live way up in the sticks and still miss it sometimes (though I certainly hated living there during my teenage years).
March 17th, 2008 at 3:57 pm
Oh fuck off. We’re not all Evangelicals and we didn’t all vote for Bush (Agnostic and I voted for the lesser of two evils in ‘04 for the record). I’m sick and tired of this stupid territorial bullshit whether it comes from a Southerner or someone from the North. There are good and bad things about any part of the country.Of course, that would ruin the fun of being an elitist, wouldn’t it?
March 17th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
SC rocks - at least on the coastline. I moved to SC from NYC. We live right on the beach now. Lots of transplants here from all over.SC is also the camel toe capital of the world.
March 17th, 2008 at 5:38 pm
Ah South Carolina…say what you will about Southerners being a bunch of ignorant rednecks, but South Carolina is one of the few places I’ve felt I can do whatever I want without anyone breathing down my neck or deciding whats good for me - If I want to ride my motorcycle with no helmet, buy a ton of fireworks, or own a collection of high powered firearms, South Carolina says go ahead.
March 17th, 2008 at 6:29 pm
Couldn’t we pick a more-fit state to be involved in the show down?
March 17th, 2008 at 7:19 pm
Oh shit. The Nullification Crisis again…Same state, same problem…
March 17th, 2008 at 8:10 pm
I thought we were still busy giving props to Minnesota for this. Did reddit finally figure out Minnesota was one of FOUR STATES not interested in RealID, not the only one?Go South Carolina. Go Minnesota. We’ll find out who the other two are ~as the reddit turns~.
March 17th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
Who voted him to office?
March 17th, 2008 at 9:51 pm
Well, lets be intellectually honest here. South Carolina is not exactly a shining example of non-Evangelical thought and it’s not exactly a bastion of the Democratic party. I grew up in Flowrinse South Cackalackey, and went to a non-denominational church/day care where I was demonized for being a Catholic and by extension a cannibal.That said, I think for the most part SC is a shit hole and can rot in hell. I’m never going back.
March 17th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
What happened to States rights? You know that pesky 10th Amendment?