NCAA Selection Show

[Puck Swami]

Re: NCAA Selection Show

Be happy we have a selection show at all and a reasonably transparent selection process underneath.

Into the pre-Internet early !990s, there were smoke-filled room politics, the bracket was revealed in the newspaper (if you lived in a hockey city) and there was a media conference call where the committee chairman usually avoided the tough questions by spouting platitudes such as "Team X played well, but in the end there were other teams that made for more a competitive bracket"

We have it great now!

[Red Cloud]

Re: NCAA Selection Show

tweak=1% wrong

That is why I said 99% correct.

With only 16 teams in the tournament, your math may be slightly off.

[4four4]

Re: NCAA Selection Show

It does serve its purpose. Jayson Moy is still the foremost Bracketology expert anywhere on the planet, but I don't believe he's ever gotten the bracket 100% perfect. There's always some minor, unexpected tweak somewhere and that usually gets revealed on the selection show.

It's not a matter of discovering who's in the tournament - they really ought to cut it out with the lame "are they in or aren't they" cutaways to the teams watching the show.

tweak=1% wrong

That is why I said 99% correct.

[Red Cloud]

Re: NCAA Selection Show

This show in my opinion is anti-climatic. After today 99% of the teams already know if they are in the NCAA tourney. Maybe they should just discontinue the selection process and televise repeats of pumpkin pushing.

It does serve its purpose. Jayson Moy is still the foremost Bracketology expert anywhere on the planet, but I don't believe he's ever gotten the bracket 100% perfect. There's always some minor, unexpected tweak somewhere and that usually gets revealed on the selection show.

It's not a matter of discovering who's in the tournament - they really ought to cut it out with the lame "are they in or aren't they" cutaways to the teams watching the show.

[Federal League]

Re: NCAA Selection Show

what kind of uninformed losers ESPN puts on the screen.

This is my favorite part. There have been years when I've wondered if they even understand the PairWise. I also love when they mispronounce school and player names.

[4four4]

Re: NCAA Selection Show

This show in my opinion is anti-climatic. After today 99% of the teams already know if they are in the NCAA tourney. Maybe they should just discontinue the selection process and televise repeats of pumpkin pushing.

[Laker Dude]

Re: NCAA Selection Show

11:30 tomorrow morning of ESPN 2.

Re: NCAA Selection Show

11:30AM Eastern, the Deuce

[retrorunner]

What time does this occur on Sunday?

Always interesting to see if Moy's Bracketology ends up being correct, as well as what kind of uninformed losers ESPN puts on the screen.